Council directs staff to develop framework for public benefit rating system; legal review requested
Councilors agreed to move forward with staff direction to develop a public benefit rating system framework—designed to offer tax incentives for environmental, conservation and community-benefit actions—but flagged assessor capacity and asked legal to confirm whether staff outside the assessor can develop the program.
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Councilors on April 1 revived discussion of a public benefit rating system, a program that would offer tax incentives for landowners who provide specified public benefits such as farmland conservation, parks and trails.
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