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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAPB agenda 101800ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM OCT 1 3 2000 To: Agricultural Preservation Board From: David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director Date: October 12, 2000 Re: October 18 Meeting Agenda Please find attached the agenda for our next meeting, scheduled for: At this meeting we will consider the Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan for fiscal year 2001 -2002, a report on Voluntary Ag District incentives, and discuss the September 27 joint meeting with the Economic Development Commission. Please contact Carol Crawford (245 -2597) by Tuesday, October 17 if you will be unable to attend. Copies: Fletcher Barber, CES County Director Brent Bogue, District Conservationist Tina Moon, Land Use and Preservation Planner AGENDA ORANGE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION BOARD PLANNING AND AGRICULTURAL CENTER FOOD LAB 306 Revere Road HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA Wednesday, October 18, 2000 7:30 p.m. Time Palle AGENDA ITEM 7:30 1. CALL TO ORDER 7:30 2. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA 7:35 02 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — September 27 (2) 7:40 11 6. ITEMS FOR DECISION a. Recommendations — 2001 -2002 Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan 8:15 24 7. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION a. September 27 Joint Meeting / Followup Ideas b. Voluntary Agricultural Districts Incentives Report c. February 2001 Ag Summit Planning 9:00 8. ADJOURNMENT n r. lJ L DRAFT MINUTES Joint Meeting of the AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION BOARD and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION September 27, 2000 PRESENT: APB: Whit Morrow, Nancy Goodwin, Tony Kleese, Marty Mandell, Noah Ranells, Rodney Recor, Elizabeth Walters, Louise Tate, David Stancil, Tina Moon, Carol Crawford. EDC: Jim Gibson, Bob Hall, Diane Reid, Yvonne Scarlett. Guests: Commissioner Barry Jacobs ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER In absence of APB Vice -Chair Strayhorn, Stancil called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. ITEM #2: INTRODUCTIONS Stancil asked everyone to introduce themselves and say which board they serve on, and then described the group's mutual interests in Agricultural Preservation. The goal of the evening was to talk about three Orange County topics, which impact economic development and agricultural preservation. A joint meeting was held last year to discuss ways for the two commissions to work together to build a more viable local agricultural economy, to enhance local markets, and to pursue other ways to maintain agriculture's important role -in Orange County's economy. A follow -up item from last year's meeting was to build local markets for agricultural products. It takes a lot of important players to create and maintain a local market system, the folks who provide products at the farmers market, the tobacco farmers who diversify into other fields, the middle men or brokers who link the two together. ITEM #3: UPDATE ON LOCAL MARKETS FOR AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS Barber gave review of on -going work on this project and thanked Commissioner Jacobs for his interest. Barber reported that they had met with representatives from the University, Orange County and Chapel Hill Schools to see if they would be interested in buying local produce. There are currently four local grower /producers that could supply the quantities necessary for schools and university. More local farms would be needed to produce larger quantities to provide the needs of schools and hospitals. One commission member suggested surveying producers at the farmers 05 market, to see if any farmers in the county would be interested in converting to vegetable production farm. Recor suggested analyzing how many acres of each product would be required to supply the needed amounts of broccoli, tomatoes, potatoes or other locally grown vegetables. A coordinated effort of gathering enough local farmers to produce the supply would need to follow. Barber said that a local broker -type person coordinate what is produced with what is needed would be critical to the success of any program. The county also needs to determine which farmers would be willing to try a new crop. Kleese noted that there needs to be market data to stimulate farmers to want to grow more vegetables, and encourage banks to lend money for these trial crops. The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association believes that there is more market for organic product than there are growers. A survey of the North Carolina market during 1997 -1998, funded by the Reynolds Foundation, collected data over a 15 -month period. The survey, which recorded product volume, price fluctuation, and where products came from, documented that over 85% of these products came from out of state. The project suggested preparing as enterprise budgets as the next step -- showing what the cost of production is compared to the end -cost data. This information could be taken to the bank or used to make a judgement call as to whether it is worth the risk to try new crop projects. Developing market data is critical factor to stimulate agricultural risk taking, without risking a substantial loss. Mandell asked about the possibility of apprentices for the program. Upcoming farmers could be linked with older farmers with active farmland, equipment, and experience. Morrow suggested that if a school /university issued a RFP for the production of large quantities of vegetables over a certain time frame, the farmer would have a guaranteed buyer for the product at a given price. That type of arrangement might provide enough insurance for traditional farmers to take a risk and switch from tobacco to vegetables. In addition, if banks see profit margins, they are more likely to lend money. Jacobs reported that their meetings with university /schools indicated that institutions prefer to deal with a broker, who could consider locally produced goods first. Community based childcare services was noted as another high volume vegetable purchaser. Food shoppers are willing to work with local producers to provide nutritious meals. A suggestion of child care services might serve as a model — they are small enough that we 0 4. could figure out how to target what they need and work out an arrangement where someone could use local products as much as possible. A member of the group suggested working with growers to look at their financial planning. including retirement issues. The average of age of our farmers is late fifties, which is not the usual age to consider diversifying operations and taking risks. An economic developer could sit down with the farmer and prepare a financial analysis, look at ways to deal with retirement issues and ways to reorient an existing operation to make a profit. It is critical to keep farmers farming, to pass farms to younger farmers in order to develop a strong local agricultural economy. The county should also consider utilizing a Small Business Loan operation. Stancil noted the importance of developing a resource guide. Recor suggested having an insert in The Agriculture Review that had information about Orange County programs. It would provide quick access to all the people who already receive and participate in farming practices. Reid suggested a county broker working with the website idea for community supported agriculture, where people contract with the farmer for produce. A `share the risk' idea of paying up front to reduce the start up cost was discussed. Reid also reported that the county's initial free guide survey of about 500 local producers provided less than 50 responses. Kleese suggested a buy /sell website where farmers could post items for sale, and buyers could access. Another idea of "getting publicity for supporting local products" included selling ads to go in the resource guide to businesses that sell local products. Agricultural tourism is another avenue of saving farms. An example was given of a farm where people could have picnics and buy on -farm produced products. Processing large amounts of vegetables was noted as a problem for people. The idea of a community processing facility or canning/freezing facility could be another program to work in conjunction with the farmers market. Dave noted that the BOCC is scheduled to receive a report on local markets for agricultural products later this year. Adding a marketing strategy component to the Agricultural Resource Guide, generating awareness of what the market might support and encouraging the production of produce could be incorporated to the report. A draft of the report should be presented at the October APB meeting. Oki ITEM #4: PROPOSED GRANT APPLICATIOIN TO GOLDEN LEAF FOUNDATION ERCD is requesting permission to apply for a Golden Leaf grant at the BOCC's next meeting. Stancil reviewed the announcement for the Golden Leaf Foundation. The Foundation was established by the State to distribute a portion of the funds North Carolina receives as a result of the settlement of NC v. Phillip Morris Incorporated, to those most affected by the decrease in tobacco production. The purpose is to fund activities to improve social and economic conditions in economically affected or tobacco - dependent regions of the state. Orange County is certainly economically affected; over five million dollars of tobacco gross sales was recorded in 1999 alone. Traditionally northern Orange County is a high producer of tobacco. The Foundation will fund different types of activities such as: Education Assistance - having an economic specialist help prepare business plans, job training and employment assistance — providing business planning operations to keep farmers active; Public Works and Industrial Recruitment - attracting new business for economic development purposes or keeping agriculture a viable part of the economy; Community Assistance — while we're not a tobacco dependent community, there is a substantial section of the local economy linked to this agricultural infrastructure. Stancil noted that to be eligible to apply the organization should be tax exempt or a governmental unit. Typically, the first year for funding is a good time to begin. As the application is due October 16, staff will be working hard to comply with the criteria listed in the announcement. Orange County located in an urbanizing part of the state that is feeling tremendous growth pressures. There is great interest for keeping agricultural viable. Hopefully the pilot project will keep farmers farming by enhancing the farmers market in Hillsborough. The grant proposal would also pursue funding for a movable shelter for the market facility. The second main objective in the proposal is to create an agricultural economy specialist position funded for three years, to serve as a broker for OC farmers, child care services, schools, UNC and other possible buyers of locally produced products. The agricultural economy special wouls also bring the rest of us up to speed as to what we have in OC, prepare agricultural resource guide, inventory what produce is available, and provide business planning resource for farmers. Ranells noted that the grant application may carry more weight if the pilot project has a regional effort, and suggested getting letters of intent from surrounding jurisdictions to that effect. Other ideas discussed included using tracking tools to look at volumes, prices, crops most desirable, and farm locations in correlation to growing zones, link together efforts towards grant application. It is unlikely with it the limited time frame that the county will be able to get other governments to participate in this cycle. However, we can still share market data with surrounding counties, and work on demonstration projects with experimental crops for diversification. We can encourage farmers to lend the use of their land for test crops for educational purposed. One commission member suggested a program where the farmer trained the first year, produced the second year and rotated to a new crop the third year, or trained another farmer. The group discussed the possibility of small scale slaughtering facility as part of Agriculture Center, or a community owned processing center. Other suggestions included an agricultural fair once a year including demonstrations of new products such as yellow tomatoes, multiple location farmers markets, and creating a home grown system from partnership with producers and consumers. ITEM #5: PROPOSED SURVEY OF FARMER'S MARKETS In the past, mailings to targeted farming community produced very little interest in participation. The group discussed other ways to contact farmers to see if they would be willing to participate such as a phone survey or a door -to -door visitation program made -up of volunteers from each community. The idea of small payments or an appreciation dinner for information gathers was discussed. January or February was noted as the best time to survey farmers. ITEM #6: FOLLOW -UP AND NEXT STEPS Stancil reported that the Agricultural Summit upcoming up in February 2001. Planning efforts should begin soon. ITEM #7: ADJOURNMENT The joint meeting was adj ourned at 7:00 p.m. 07 DRAFT MINUTES Meeting of the AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION BOARD September 27, 2000 PRESENT: APB: Whit Morrow, Nancy Goodwin, Tony Kleese, Marty Mandell, Noah Ranells, Rodney Recor, Elizabeth Walters, Louise Tate, David Stancil, Tina Moon, Carol Crawford. GUESTS: Commissioner Barry Jacobs ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER Stancil reported that upon Matheny's resignation and in absence of Vice - Chair Strayhorn due to Farm Bureau business, In the interim Vice Chair has asked Morrow to chair the meeting. Morrow called the meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Morrow thanked Jacobs for attending and extended courtesy of having comments before proceeding with the agenda items. Commissioner Jacobs thanked the APB for their efforts and gave an update on the Smart Growth Commission set up by the state legislature empowered for a year, broken into four work groups: Transportation, Downtown community revitalization, Regional partnerships and, Farm & open space preservation. Meetings have occurred all over the state since January with recommendations due to legislature by Jan/Feb 2001. Jacobs listed the group principles to date including: state has obligation to protect natural resources, state must insure the viability of its conservation programs, educate public on benefits of open space and farms, respect private property rights, strengthen and development voluntary incentives to conserve farms, forest and open space, provide tools for flexibility for control in local government, keep farmers working, support long term economic viability and farms equal open space, strengthen the present use value system, should increase participation in voluntary agriculture districts, encourage partnerships between state and local government, private organizations and individuals in land trusts, protect sensitive natural areas on lands owned by public colleges and universities, support the million acre initiative, provide basic mapping data on prime threatened and environmentally or culturally important farmland, flood plains and natural areas, and that hazard mitigation and open space are inter - linked. The group has stressed that when state programs are put into place they should be whenever possible voluntary incentive based and locally controlled. Jacobs asked for comments from the APB. Morrow asked what is expected to happen after the recommendations. Jacobs explained 0El that it could include proposals of how the Clean Water Management trust funds will be administered, possibility of dedicated funding source for farmland preservation program, or other recommendations that the legislature will determine to support. ITEM #2: INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW MEMBERS As the members had introduced themselves at the earlier joint meeting with Economic Development, no more introductions were needed. Morrow suggested at upcoming meetings the old and new members get to know each other and each others views. ITEM #3: CONSIDERATIOS FO ADDDITIONS TO AGENDA ITEM #4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES — August 16 MOTION: Tate made a motion to approve the August 16th, 2000 minutes with noted correction. Seconded by Walters. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #5: ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE -CHAIR Stancil reported that Strayhorn expressed unwillingness to serve a Chair due to overextended responsibilities and submitted proxy vote to support Morrow. Morrow opened the floor for nominations for the APB Chair. Walters nominated Morrow for Chair. Seconded, by Kleese. MOTION: Kleese motioned Morrow for Chair and close nominations. Seconded by Walters. VOTE: Unanimous. Kleese nominated Strayhorn for Vice - Chair. Mandell nominated Tate for Vice- Chair. Tate declined and seconded the nomination for Strayhorn as Vice - Chair. MOTION: Ranalls moved to close the nominations and motioned Strayhorn for Vice - Chair. Recor seconded the motion. VOTE: Unanimous. MOTION: Morrow moved for Strayhorn acclamation. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #6: ITEMS FOR DECISION a. Resolution — Golden Leaf Foundation Application aS As the detailed discussion was concluded at the earlier joint meeting, Stancil distributed a draft resolution for APB review and revision. As the grant application goes to the BOCC soon, it would be preferred that an endorsement from the APB to accompany the grant. A suggested change was to add number of acres of farms, take out "economic" from the specialist title and add coordinator and financial planner to the broker description. Add a statement about providing education to tobacco farmers on alternative agricultural enterprises. Staff to revise and forward to BOCC. MOTION: Kleese motioned to pass the resolution with noted changes. Seconded by Morrow. VOTE: Unanimous ITEM 7: ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION a. Triangle J Regional Principles Project- Agricultural Working Group Stancil reported on the Green Space Team, an Agricultural Work Group and reviewed working list of farm and farmland protection strategies as listed in the agenda packet. The APB discussed the listed strategies including: Involve the Agricultural Community in Local Decisions, Conduct study of cost of community services to help educate the public on the economic benefits of agriculture, Support the development of farmers' markets that enable farmers to sell directly to the public, Help farmers write business plans for their farm, Invest in mobile processing facilities, enhance the voluntary Agricultural Districts Program, Create tax advantages to provide more financial incentives for farmers to enroll in VAD's, Improve traffic safety for farm vehicles in Voluntary Agricultural Districts. Other discussion including district size, pros and cons of zoning of agricultural districts, improving the economics of farming including converting to organic farming to receive substances, develop cost share program, environmentally sound farming and, other agricultural preservation concerns. Stancil encouraged emailing ideas to staff also. Recor noted a new email address of "rrecor @rodneyrecor.com ". Kleese expressed receiving contact at home number as well as Renalls. An updated roster to be provided in the next agenda packet. b. Potential Cost of Community Services Study Stancil report that this topic has been discussed by the APB and now the Triangle J is planning to do a cost of community services study across the region..A proposal submitted by the American Farmland Trust was distributed at a previous meeting, which could be done as regional report package of all six counties or report individual county. Recent alternatives researched included a study done by NC State of Chatham County, A study commission on homebuilders association looking at residential development in the triangle also conducted by NC State. In comparison, it was noted that the study by Phillip Gottwals association Agricultural Economic and Development Conservation was the most beneficial for this region to get a sense of how public costs are affected by the different sectors of the economy, residential, industrial and farmland. An alternative might be that Orange, Wake and Johnston might do independent study. APB members expressed support for the study in Orange County. More to come in November or December. C. Update on Pilot Project agricultural conservation easement Stancil reported on information just received from Conservation Trust For NC, Chuck Roe — Guidelines for Farmland Preservation Funds. The focus for this year is to do a pilot project conservation easement in Cane Creek Watershed working in conjunction with OWASA and Soil & Water District. A main objective is to do water quality and farmland protection. Staff will be working on this grant due December 10tH ITEM #7 \8: ADJOURNMENT Stancil announced the- next meeting to, be -held at the Planning and Agricultural Food Lab on Revere Road in Hillsborough on October 18th at 7:30 p.m. Staff to send out recent criteria adopted by APB for LLP. The joint meeting was adj ourned at 9:00 p.m. 11 ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM To: Agricultural Preservation Board From: David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director Date: September 21, 2000 Re: Lands Legacy — Annual Action Plan 2001 -2002 At your October and November meetings, the APB will be asked to discuss any projects you would like to recommend to the County Commissioners for inclusion in the Annual Action Plan for Lands Legacy for the upcoming 2001 -2002 fiscal year (July 1, 2001 -June 30, 2002). A draft Annual Action Plan will be presented to the Board at their annual retreat in mid - December. Attached is the adopted process for developing the Annual Action Plan, as well as the current 2000 -2001 Interim Action Plan. As you can see, each relevant advisory board will be making recommendations on projects for land acquisition, if any. These may include fee - simple acquisitions, conservation easement or other alternative acquisition methods). These recommended projects from each board will be compiled into a draft Annual Action Plan for the Commissioners. At your October meeting, please think about any land acquisitions for famrland preservation you would like to recommend. You may wish to look at your adopted criteria for evaluating prime famrland (also attached). Feel free to identify projects that may offer multiple preservation goals (a farm as part of a larger park setting, for example). We will attempt to keep you abreast of what other advisory boards are considering in November. The following ideas have been previously suggested (please do not limit your discussion to these topics — these are provided only as a starting point): • Complete initial pilot project easement • Acquire a second conservation easement • Look at a combined farmland /cultural area acquisition Please feel free to call (245 -2590) if you have any questions. cc: Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Manager a r-t 14 Lands Legacy Annual Action Plan Annual Process August Staff begins work to identify. possible projects, BOCC.asked to provide initial guiding thoughts prior to advisory boards September Initial discussions.by the Commission for the Environment (natural areas and wildlife habitat,' riparian buffers, ...parklands)., Agricultural Preservation Board (farmland), Historic Preservation Commission (cultural and archaeological), and Recreation and Parks Advisory Council (parklands) October Staff works with each advisory board to finalize proposed projects for coming fiscal year. November Advisory boards approve recommended projects; staff develops into draft Annual Action Plan. December,. Draft Annual Action Plan submitted to BOCC as part of retreat materials. March -April BOCC reviews draft and .revises as desired May Annual Action Plan adopted concurrent with CIP discussions Lands Legacy Interim Action Plan Adopted 5/3/00 Lands Legacy — Interim Action Plan For the period May 3, 2000 — June 30, 2001 Introduction The Lands Legacy program, adopted on April 4, 2000, is activated through an Annual Action Plan process. In future years, this process will begin in August of each year with a staff- generated draft which will be reviewed initially by the Board of Commissioners and then sent to relevant .advisory boards for further development of priorities for the coming fiscal year. The revised draft would be distributed to the Board of ,Commissioners at the December goal - setting retreat, and finalized during the budget /CIP process in the spring of each year. For the initial year of the program, the Board has authorized an Interim Action Plan to be created to guide Lands Legacy resource land purchases from the present through the fiscal year 2000 -2001 (which begins on July 1). The Interim Action Plan that follows is consistent with the template adopted as part of the Lands Legacy program, and contains goals for the period May 2000 -3une 2001, more specific objectives and a priority table with timetable and purpose. The document closes with a performance report for the previous year (which is incomplete in this case, since the program was just adopted). Goats for May 2000 - June 2001 (Note: the following goals implicitly include _ continuing to aggressively pursue grant funding for many of the County's proposed projects.) 1. Purchase parklands (regional, district and community- level) strategically throughout the County, for both active and low - impact recreation, to land -bank for future parks that can provide leisure opportunities for all citizens (and potentially be co- located with future schools). 2. Partner with the towns and other entities such as OWASA in acquiring future park sites, where possible. I Work with a willing seller (and a partner entity, if possible) to purchase a "pilot" farmland conservation easement in conjunction with the N.C. Farmland Preservation Trust Fund. 4. Finalize park management and facility development /use plans via an inter -local agreement with Durham County for the Little River Regional Park and Natural Area. 5. Protect sensitive natural areas in the Seven -Mile Creek bottomlands and along New Hope Creek. 14 Lands Legacy Interim Action Plan Adopted 5/3/00 6. Accomplish preservation of riparian buffers, historic and archaeological sites, and identified natural areas and wildlife habitat /prime forest through parkland acquisition, when possible 7. Update the 1988 Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat. Specific Acgu sition objectives A. Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat • Work to preserve (through acquisition and other means) identified Natural Areas in the Seven -Mile Creek .area • Work to preserve (through acquisition and other means) properties along the Eno River adjacent to Duke Forest (Hillsboro Division) or Eno River State Park • Work with the UNC Botanical Garden and Triangle Land Conservancy and others to preserve an identified natural area surrounding the Mason Farm Preserve in Chapel Hill • Continue to monitor the efforts to preserve Pickard's Mountain natural area, with standing offer to assist in preservation if needed • Work in conjunction with Triangle Land Conservancy to pursue opportunities for preservation of additional lands along the New Hope Creek Corridor (as they might arise) B. Farmland Preservation • Work (with the Soil and Water District and /or OWASA) to identify a willing seller of a conservation easement "pilot project," preferably in Cane Creek watershed. Preservation of a farm in the watershed that also contains riparian buffers would optimize the purchase for all potential partners .and could meet multiple goals. • Apply for a grant from the Farmland Preservation Trust Fund by December 1, 2000, for assistance in purchasing the conservation easement. • If practical, finalize arrangements with the Soil and Water District to hold the conservation easement, with specified monitoring and maintenance responsibilities worked out through a Memorandum of Understanding between the County and the District. C. Parklands and Open Space • Using existing plans and the comprehensive resource database, pursue acquisition of park sites in the following areas: Lands Legacy Interim Action Plan Adopted 5/3/00 • A district or regional park (with a combination of active and low - impact and natural area preservation) — in Chapel Hill Township, between Chapel Hill /Carrboro and Hillsborough. This park could serve both rural and Town populations. • Expansion of the "Cedar Grove Park" at Northern Human Services Center into a district park (with a combination of active and low- impact recreation) • A community park (with active and low- impact recreation) — in Bingham Township • A community park (with an active recreation focus) — Eno Township or Schley area (unless needs are met through other park possibilities in north or east Hillsborough) • Develop a map and plan for a pilot project trail (paved greenways in urban settings, rustic woodland trails in rural areas) linking Chapel Hill and /or Carrboro Town parks, less- sensitive areas of Duke Forest, future County parks and Eno River State Park. • Acquire (through easement, donation or purchase) the missing links for the pilot project trail, as practical. • In all park acquisitions, be cognizant of the potential for school site co- location. r • The County's focus in parkland acquisition and collaboration should be on community, district and regional -scale parks. 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EM .N u ° a�0 CU E axi OU c t a) o ci Ln ro a > > E o ra c CU CU ch C N O' � L t_CII L Vf rp C L Maio E cQ = LA nC) O U o IS Lands Legacy Interim Action Plan Adopted 5/3/00 Other Notes and Special Inquiries • As acquisitions are explored, staff will consider parks and resource lands in the context of long -term trail linkages with parks as listed in Joint Master Recreation and Parks Work Group Report (and include these in the update to County Master Recreation and Parks Plan): Staff will also consider acquisitions in context of potential school /park co- location, and pursue accordingly. • Other acquisition inquiries received from landowners and potential partners during the year will be compiled and periodically presented for the Board's review and direction on whether to pursue acquisition. At present, there are four additional inquiries that have been made that have not been broached with the Board. A summary of these inquiries will be forthcoming. Some may be in keeping with the goals and objectives listed herein. • Staff will begin the outreach and educational efforts discussed in the Lands Legacy program, making available brochures on Lands Legacy, the advantages of land conservation, and other related issues. Staff will also solicit speaking engagements to spread the word about the program during the coming year. • Discuss conservation easements with Duke on less- sensitive portions of the forest for future trails. Performance Report for Previous Year This is the first year of the program. In future years this section will contain more detail about accomplishments during the previous year. A Performance Report will be prepared for the first Annual Action Plan (FY 2001 -02) in December 2000. However, there were several opportunities that arose during FY 1999 -2000 that occurred and can be listed: • Received grant of $143,000 from Clean Water Management Trust Fund toward March 31, 2000 purchase of Duke University property in Upper Eno watershed critical area, adjacent to public water supply. This property is currently being referred to as the McGowan Creek Preserve (pending official Board action). • Received grant of up to $377,000 (Durham and Orange) for the proposed Little River Regional Park and Natural Area from Clean Water Lands Legacy Interim Action Plan Adopted 5/3/00 1 S Management Trust Fund. Submitted application to Parks and Recreation Trust Fund for project as well (decision anticipated in early -May, 2000). • Evaluated consultant work on Greene Tract, which led to eventual preservation of 60 acres of the property by the Board. Brought six properties for potential acquisition to the Board for formal review and direction. Staff�developed an evaluation of each site, based on relevant criteria. In addition to these activities, there are other projects that have furthered the goals of Lands Legacy — in particular the provision of parkland and parks facilities. The following report, "Report on the Parks Bond and Other Parks - Related Projects" addresses these activities. Conclusion Although the Lands Legacy program was not adopted until April, the draft program was used to evaluate and pursue two acquisitions of parkland and watershed riparian buffers. A total of $520,000 in grant money was awarded by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund toward these projects, with another application pending before the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. The proposed action plan for the coming 14 months focuses on addressing the parkland deficit in the County, developing a pair of pilot projects for farmland preservation and a rustic woodland trail link, and preserving land in what could become a Natural Area Preserve in the Seven -Mile Creek area. The total cost of the proposed Priority List of projects for the upcoming fiscal year ranges from a low of $2.11 million to a high of $5.05 million — depending on the acreage acquired, the cost of the land, location of the land, and the timing of acquisitions. This cost estimate is a rough estimate, and will be refined as more - detail is developed on potential sites. The cost estimate does not reflect grant funds that might be achieved to pursue the projects, nor does it include contributions from prospective partner entities. Staff will continue to aggressively pursue grants to fund these projects, and solicit the involvement of partner agencies, wherever possible and practical. Co- location of school and park facilities will be evaluated in each case. While pursuing the current action plan as adopted by the Board, staff will also begin developing the first regular Annual Action Plan for 2001 -2002 in the early -fall, with advisory boards helping draft priorities and initiatives during the fall — to be presented at the Board's December goal - setting retreat. rr ORANGE COUNTY Farmland Ranking System The Farmland Ranking System is to be used to rank, or prioritize, applications received from landowners seeking sale or donation of their development rights. The System can also be used for evaluating conversion impact. The System consists of two parts: 1. Site Assessment Criteria: This part of the system consists of factors, most of which are related to development pressures and development capability /suitability of a particular farm parcel. and its surrounding area. Each factor is assigned a point value based on its relative importance to other factors. 2. Soil Assessment Criteria: All soils in Orange County have been rated and placed into groups ranging from the most productive farmland to the least productive. A relative value has been determined for each group —the best group is assigned the highest value and all the other groups are assigned lower values. To determine the total value of a given parcel, the values for the Site Assessment and Soil Assessment criteria are added together. Site Assessment Criteria The following information describes the criteria to be used in site evaluation in administering the Farmland Preservation Program. Point values and the criteria for allocation of ranking points are listed below. 1. Probability of Conversion (weight –100 points) Property subject to potential forced sale 100 points Property subject to estate settlement sale 75 points Property actively marketed for voluntary sale 50 points 2. Consistency with Comprehensive Plan a. Proximity to Planned Development Non - Agricultural development planned adjacent 50 points Non - Agricultural development planned within % mile 40 points Non - Agricultural development planned within 1/2 mile 30 points Non - Agricultural development planned within 1 mile 20 points Planned agriculture within 1 mile 10 points b. Proximity to Public Water and Sewer (weight – 50 points) Existing service area adjacent 50 points Existing service area within % mile 40 points Planned service area within % mile 35 points F:\ PLANNING \T( boon\ ERCD \APS\AgPres \FarmRankSystem2.doc Existing service area within Y2 mile 30 points Planned service area within % mile 25 points Existing or planned service area within 1 mile radius 20 points No existing or planned service area within 1 mile radius 10 points 3. Proximity to Agricultural Priority Areas (APA) (weight — 50 points) Included in or adjacent to APA 50 points Within % 40 points % to Y2 mile 30 points More than Y2 mile 20 points 4. Farm Size (weight— 100 points) A score of one point per acre is given up to a maximum of 100 points. 5. Percentage of Farm In Agricultural Use (weight— 100 points) A score of one ranking point per percentage point of land in production compared to total farm size is given up to a maximum of 100 points. 6. Capital Investment in Farm Operation (weight — 200 points) (Dwellings are not included in this determination or than employee housing) Substantial capital investment within past 5 years 200 points Substantial capital investment within past 10 years 100 points Substantial capital investment within past 15 years 50 points 7. Specialty Products (weight — 50 points) A score of one -half a ranking point per percentage point of land used for production of a locally unique crop or product up to a maximum of 50 points. 8. Conservation Program (weight — 200 points) A score of two ranking points per percentage point of land meeting the "T" formula of conservation is given up to a maximum of 200 points. 9. Historic, Scenic, Environmental Qualities (weight — 50 points) Exceptional features favorable to preservation (National Register of Historic Places, exceptional scenic contribution on major highway corridor, exceptional or special environmental circumstances.) Significant features favorable to preservation (Historic Survey Site, significant scenic contribution of rural roads, significant environmental circumstances.) Features favorable to preservation (Significant, but undocumented historic features, moderate localized scenic contribution and /or limited by recognized environmental features favorable to preservation.) 2 Soil Assessment Criteria The following table lists the soil types found in Orange County with the pertinent characteristics, groupings, relative values and ranking system points. This information is used to determine the relative soil quality of a given parcel of land by the administration of the Farmland Preservation Program. Soil Assessment Criteria SO IL SLOPE LAND FARMLAND AGRI .. RELATIVE RANKING SYMBOL''` , SERIES - CAPABILITY CLASS CULTURAL 1/ALUE .: `SYSTEM CLASS GFOUP POINTS Hwb Hiwassee 2 -6 2E Prime 1 Aa Altavista 0 -3 2W Prime 1 Cp Congaree 0 -2 3W Prime 1 ApB Appling 2 -6 2E Prime 1 CfB Cecil 2 -6 2E Prime 1 GeB Georgeville 2 -6 2E Prime 2 HrB Herndon 2 -6 2E Prime 3 EnB Enon 2 -6 3E Prime 4 Lg Lignum 0 -3 2W Prime 4 HhA Helena - Sedgeville 0 -2 2W Prime 4 HeB Helena - 2 -8 2E Prime 5 CrB Creedmor 2 -8 2E Prime 5 ApC Appling 6 -10 3E Prime 5 VaB Vance 2 -8 3E Prime 5 WsB White Store 2 -6 2E State /Local 6 CfC Cecil 6 -10 2E State /Local 6 GeC Georgeville 6 -10 3E State /Local 6 HrC Herndon 6 -10 3E State /Local 6 HwC Hiwassee 6 -10 3E State /Local 7 TaD Tatum 8 -15' 3E State /Local 7 EnC Enon 6 -12 4E State /Local 7 Or Orange 0 -3 4W State /Local 8 Ch Chewacla 0 -1 3W State /Local 8 IrB Iredell 1 -4 4S State /Local 8 WmD Wedowee 8 -15 4E State /Local 8 WtC2 White Store 6 -15 4E State /Local 8 TaE Tatum 15 -25 4E Other 9 GID Goldston 15 -25 4S Other 9 LoC Louisburg 6 -15 6E Other 9 WmE Wedokee 15 -25 6E Other 9 WxD Wilkes 8 -15 6E Other 9 LoF Louisburg 15 -45 7E Other 10 WxF Wilkes 15 -45 7E Other 10 GIF Goldston 15 -45 7S Other 10 IuB Iredell -Urban 1 -8 8S Other 10 WwC White Store -Urban 2 -8 8S Other 10 GhC Georgeville -Urban 2 -10 8S Other 10 AuC Appling -Urban 2 -10 8S Other 10 2 r Pt Pits -- 8S Other 10 Ur Urban -- 8S Other 10 W Water -- 8S Other 10 Oct -09 -00 04:381? Triangle Land Conservancy 919 755 9356 R.02 � THE Am & WsnuR 1 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2000 20A 1 advise and &ijoin those wk) direct the p4per in the trnnorrowc never to advocate any cause for persorial projij or prefernjeltt. I would wish it alo),R y to be "the tocsin. "and to devote itself to the policies of equality and justice to the underpri.vilfged. If the paper Should 4t any time he the voice vfself= jttttrc:st or becn►nc- the spokecmun ujprivilege or se rt hn.jns it would he antrue to its history. — *am tho will of Josephus Daniels, Editor and Publisher 1894 -1948 What won't, save the farm rniers tend to be a cautious Iot, being the original independent busi- >ness owners and at the mercy of weather and other uncontrollable forces. Some officials in charge of farm preser- vation, initiatives might be well- inten- tioned, but some don't seem to grasp those sensibilities when trying to buy or lease development rights from fimners. That probably plays a large role in the nearly imperceptible pace of farm preservation efforts in the Triangle and beyond. Wake, Durham and Orange counties have farmland ordinances that offer farmmers payments, tax breaks and lowered tax values if they formally agree that they and their descendants will never sell their farms for housing devel- opments or office buildings. Governor Hunt insightfully has vowed that the state will save} a million acres from the bulldozer, Yet farmers often express queasiness about the contracts they have to sign, which gives authorities the right to coarse on their property to ensure that the contract's terms are being followed. Ire some cases, owners must agree to follow "best management" farm prac- tices and file formal timber plans. The point of easements is to reward farmers — who tend to appreciate the earth more than the average city- slick- er T who will keep their farms off the market. Saving farms helps save the state's rural heritage, provides air- and water-cleaning benefits and improves a region's quality of life. But agreements need to be simple. The Triangle Land Conservancy, whieh holds four farm easements, properly tries to tailor con- tracts to the wishes of landowners. The public of course needs assurances that a farmer can't back out of an ease- ment, but the terms should not be struc- tured so that farmers are made to feel that essential hieedoms will be trampled. Contracts need to be free of threaten i>ng legalese and heavy- handed- 'rules;­_ Farmers have enough reasons to ignore this newfangled preservatiop movement without having more legal rocks in the soil than the family over the ridge. IRNATI AS i FIELDS FOREVER Kandall Moore, the 13- year -old grandson of Durham County farmer Howard Moore, tries to coax a cow and horse into their pen on the Moore family's farm, which Howard Moore wants to protect from development. BY BARBARA BARRETT STAFF WRITER For Howard Moore, the symbol of the future sits in his carport: a stout, 1960s- era McCormick Farmall Super A trac- tor, buffed to a shiny, new-on- Christ- mas red. Moore drove the Super A on his 25- acre cattle farm on South Lowell Road in Durham County. Today, his son lives on the farm and drives the tractor. And, God willing, his grandson will drive it- someday, too. To make sure of that, Moore, at age 77, is poised to become the first farmer in the Triangle to turn over develop- ment rights on his land to a county government. But the unyielding atti- tude that carries farmers through tough harvests has made Moore sus- picious of the contract with Durham County. For now, he will not sign. "We never talked about these restric- tions before," Moore said; nodding at the papers that would not only keep his farm from ever being developed but might also, he fears, put too many restrictions on his descendants. That's how it often works with per- manent easements, and it's one of the main reasons Triangle counties haven't had much success with farmland preservation ordinances, some of which have been gathering dust for years. Preservation programs, also in place in Wake and Orange counties, are sup- SEE FARMS, PAGE 6A 'I'm not going t® make it restrictive so they can't do what they want t® ado.' 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