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Fall 2013 Voluntary Agricultural Districts &
Farmland Preservation Workshops
Presented by:
Welcome!
9:15 am VAD-EVAD- County
Farmland
Protection Program
Updates
Evan Davis ADFP Trust Fund Document
Specialist
NCDA&CS
9:30 am Federal, State &
Local Farmland
Assistance
Including TVA
Settlement Grants
& Programs
Services
Dewitt Hardee Farmland Preservation Program
Director
NCDA&CS
Julie Henshaw Soil & Water Conservation NPS
Section Chief
NCDA&CS
Alan Walker ASTC-FO
USDA – NRCS
10:30 am Break Presented by:
10:40 am Federal, State &
Local Forestry
Resource Programs
Sean Brogan Director of Forest Management and
Development
NCDA&CS
11:30 am DOT Long Range
Planning with VAD
Tris Ford Community Planner
NC DOT
11:55 am Lunch Break Presented by:
12:50 pm Taking Advantage of
Mapping and GIS Systems
Daniel Madding ISS Director
NCDA&CS
1:50 pm Break- Sponsored by:
NC Farm Bureau
2:00 pm PUV Tax Issues &
Assessments, VAD Myths
& Realities, and Appraisal
Issues
Theodore A. Feitshans Extension Associate Professor
NCSU Agricultural & Resource
Economics
Jonathan Lanier Assistant General Counsel
NCDA&CS
2:30 pm Tax Updates, Legal Issues,
and Legislative Updates
Theodore A. Feitshans Extension Associate Professor
NCSU Agricultural & Resource
Economics
Jonathan Lanier Assistant General Counsel
NCDA&CS
3:30 pm Ask the Pro Panel Session All Event Speakers
VAD, EVAD & County Farmland
Protection Program Updates
-VAD Contacts -Updating VAD Statistics -Monitoring Closed Grant Projects
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Farmland Preservation / ADFP Programs Staff
NCDA&CS Administrative Staff:
-Dewitt Hardee: Farmland Preservation / ADFP Programs Director
-Elizabeth Heath: Farmland Preservation / ADFP Programs Office Manager
-Jonathan Lanier: Assistant General Counsel
-Janine Owens: Paralegal II
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NCDA&CS ADFP Trust Fund Staff:
-David Mitchell: ADFP Trust Fund Budget Officer
-Evan Davis: ADFP Trust Fund Document Specialist
-John Ray Davis: Field Staff (Temp)
-Sim DeLapp: Field Staff (Temp)
-Paul Walker: Field Staff (Temp)
-Lester Weaver: Field Staff (Temp)
Mission and Responsibilities of the ADFP Trust Fund Staff
-Assist in the preservation of N.C.’s agricultural economy by providing grants to county governments and non-profit organizations for conservation easements, agricultural agreements and programs.
-To encourage the preservation of qualifying agricultural, horticultural and forestlands to foster the growth, development and sustainability of family farms.
-Prioritize grant funding for maximum match resource
utilization from private, local and federal constituent partners.
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Why preserve farmland in North Carolina?
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, North Carolina
is among the leading states in farmland acreage loss at an
estimated rate of 10.3% over a 10 year period. North Carolina
lost more than 970,000 acres of farmland from 1997 to 2007
or approximately 100,000 annually. 19
Why preserve farmland in North Carolina?
•$77 Billion of North Carolina’s $440 billion gross state product comes from
agriculture and agribusiness, accounting for 17.5 percent of the total gross
state product.
•Agriculture and agribusiness, including the food, fiber, and forestry industries
employ 642,000 of North Carolina’s 3.8 million employees. Prepared by Mike Walden, Professor, North Carolina State University. April 2013.
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Agriculture and Agribusiness is North Carolina’s #1
Industry
Why preserve farmland in North Carolina?
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County-wide Economic Benefit
An American Farmland Trust survey showed that for every dollar in taxes received
from working lands only 34 cents in services is paid by the government.
However, services paid to residential development are an average of $1.15 per
dollar of taxes received.
Therefore, it is a net gain of revenue for the tax base and thus an economic
benefit for any county to preserve working lands.
Why preserve farmland in North Carolina?
Quality of Life
Environment 22
Who is eligible to submit a proposal to the ADFP Trust Fund?
North Carolina counties
Non-profit conservation groups
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To Fund Agricultural
Plans & Development
Projects
To Fund Term
Easement
Purchases
To Fund Perpetual
Easement
Purchases
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• Water Rights
• Hunting Rights
• Development Rights
• Farming Rights
• Mineral Rights
• Timber Rights
Development Rights
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ADFP Trust Fund Easement Requirements
• Working Land Use
– Agriculture
– Horticulture
– Forestry
• Must Remain In Private Ownership
• North Carolina Only
• Monitoring of Easement on Land Required
– County
– Non-Profit Conservation Organization 26
Grant Match Requirements
• Non-Profit Conservation
– 30%
• County
– 30% (No Approved FLP)
– 15% (Approved FLP, Tier II & III)
– 0% (Approved FLP, Tier I)
• Monitoring Fees Capped @ 3% of Development Rights Value
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The ADFP Grant Process
Proposals
• Request for Proposals (RFPs)
• RFP open until December 16, 2013
• Application available at www.adfp.org
Proposal
Evaluation
• ADFP Trust Fund Staff Evaluation & Recommendation
• ADFP Advisory Committee Review & Recommendation
• Commissioner of Agriculture Review & Approval
Contract
• Signed Contract Between NCDA&CS and Grantee
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Cycle VII RFP Preference Categories
• TVA: – Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Yancey.
• Military: – Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chatham,
Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrell, Wake, Washington, Wayne, Wilson.
• Other: – Includes counties outside of the previously mentioned regions.
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Current Resource Funds For 2014-15
• Legislative
– $1 million (TVA)
– $616,922 (General Appropriations)
– Additional Legislative Funding????
• Military
– $284,710 (MCIEAST)
– Other interested
• Air Force
• Army
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Time Required To Disburse Funds
Contracts For 2 Years
• Easements
• Projects
• Plans
One Year Extension Option Based
Upon Hardship
• Funding Partner Issues
• Permits / Inspection Issues
• Death or Ownership Change (Easements)
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Our Partners
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ADFP Trust Fund Partnering Agriculture & Military
Questions?
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NCDA&CS ADFP Trust Fund
1001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1001
919.707.3071 [email protected]
www.ncadfp.org
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