ADOPTED - NOVEMBER 22, 2005
Agenda Item No. 5
Introduced by the
INGHAM
RESOLUTION APPROVING SELECTION CRITERIA
(SCORING SYSTEM) FOR RANKING LANDOWNER APPLICATIONS TO THE
RESOLUTION #05-313
WHEREAS,
Ingham County desires to provide for the effective
long-term protection and preservation of farmland in Ingham
County from the pressure of increasing residential and commercial development;
and
WHEREAS,
the Ingham County Board of Commissioners adopted the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights
Ordinance in July 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of
Development Rights Ordinance authorized the establishment of the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board to oversee
the Farmland Preservation Program; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, in the course of implementing the Ingham County Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance, the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board has established selection criteria for ranking landowner applications to the Ingham County Farmland Preservation Program; and
WHEREAS, the Ingham County Purchase of Development
Rights Ordinance requires that the selection criteria be approved by the Ingham County Board of Commissioners before each
application cycle.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham
County Board of Commissioners approves the Selection Criteria developed by the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board as set forth
in the Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance passed
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board to proceed with the 2006 Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) application cycle.
Nays:
None Absent: None Approved 11/15/05