ADOPTED - JULY 27, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 17

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FARMLAND AND OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION (FOSP) BOARD’S RECOMMENDATION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM (FRPP)

RESOLUTION #10-217

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 Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board to oversee the Farmland Preservation Program; and

WHEREAS, in the course of implementing the Ingham County Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance, the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board has established Selection Criteria for ranking landowner applications to the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Program; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance requires that the Ranking of Applications be approved by the Ingham County Board of Commissioners; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board now has funding in place to further implement the Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance for 2010; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board has scored and ranked all applications received for the 2009 cycle and wishes to proceed with negotiations on the remaining five ranked farms; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approved the 2009 ranking and priority list on October 13, 2009, Resolution #09-328.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approves the Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board submitting an application for matching dollars to the Federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program for the remaining five of the top ten ranked farms.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board to proceed with negotiations on the remaining five of the top ten ranked farms.

ADOPTED - JULY 27, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 17

RESOLUTION #10-217

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Schor, Celentino, Grebner, McGrain, Vickers

Nays:  None              Absent:  Copedge     Approved 7/20/10

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Schor, Holman, Dougan

 Nays:  None               Absent:  Tennis, Bahar-Cook          Approved 7/21/10