HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0024 (2)REQUESTING MODIFICATION OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE
RECREATION AND NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST FUND
WHEREAS, the 1991 session of the General Assembly enacted a
bill that increased the excise tax on land transfers by one dollar
per thousand; and
WHEREAS, eighty-five percent of the revenues from this
increase went into the general fund of the State; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Study Commission on Parks and
Recreation has drafted legislation that would dedicate the eighty-
five percent of the revenue that is currently going to the general
fund to a proposed Park Fund of North Carolina to be used for land
acquisition; and
WHEREAS, local governments in North Carolina need almost one
billion dollars to meet national standards in providing land and
facilities for leisure opportunities for citizens and visitors; and
WHEREAS, funding from the Federal Land and Water Conservation
Fund, which was a major source of support for State and Land Parks
Systems for the last twenty-seven years, has decreased considerably
since 1979; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Recreation Parks Society has
requested support for modification of the proposal developed by the
Legislative Study Commission on Parks and Recreation to divide the
entire 1991 tax increase of one dollar per thousand such that
fifteen percent of the funding would be used for acquisition of
land with significant natural heritage value, forty-five percent of
the funding would be used for local park acquisition and
development of park lands, and forty percent of the funding would
go to state parks; and
WHEREAS, Iredell County Recreation Advisory Board has
endorsed this formula and has requested the Iredell County Board of
Commissioners to also support this proposal.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF
IREDELL DOTH RESOLVE:
1. The members of the General Assembly representing the
people of the County of Iredell are called on to support the
modification of the proposal which has been drafted by the
legislative Study Commission on parks and Recreation to provide for
a more equitable distribution of funds from the 1991 tax increase
with the funding being divided as indicated above.
2. The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners is directed to
send a copy of this Resolution to each of the members of the
General Assembly representing the people of Iredell County and to
the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners.
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Sara KHatl re
Chairman
ADOPTED 3/16/93
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
CONTRACT WITH DAVID M. GRIFFITH & ASSOCIATES - /93-11t
MOTION from Commissioner Madison to approve the contract with David
M. Griffith & Associates for Cost Allocation Plan. Funds for this
contract are to come from lapsed funds already in the budget. A
transfer in the amount of $8,250 will be made from Medicaid line
item in the Social Services budget to Professional Services line
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