HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016/08/01 RESOLUTION TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING AT REGULAR BOC MEETING ON MONDAY AUG. 15, 2016 CONCERNING PROPOSAL TO EXTEN ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO DUPREE FARMS PRODUCT LLC AT 1308 PEARIDGE RD, ANGIER. NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION
HARNETT COUNTY
THAT WHEREAS, Dupree Farms Produce, LLC a North Carolina Limited Liability
Company (Dupree Farms Produce) located at 1308 Pearidge Road, Angier, NC 27501 was
formed on January 1, 2016 to finance, construct and operate a year round sweet potato
processing plant to select,clean and package whole sweet potatoes grown in the Harnett County
area; and
WHEREAS, Dupree Farms Produce has requested that Harnett County provide certain
economic development incentives to Dupree Farms Produce which will assist said company in
the establishment of that sweet potato processing plant in Harnett County which will provide a
greater tax base, create jobs and increase economic activity for the benefit of the County's
citizens; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Development Act, N.C. General
Statutes §158-7.1, prior to awarding economic development incentives, the Harnett County
Board of Commissioners shall hold a public hearing in order to obtain public comment
concerning the proposed appropriation of any economic incentives to an applicant
business/industry; it is the desire of the Board of Commissioners through this Resolution to
direct the scheduling of said public hearing.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Harnett County Board of
Commissioners that the Harnett County staff is hereby directed to schedule a public hearing to be
conducted at the next regular meeting of the Board on Monday, August 15, 2016, at 7:00 PM
concerning a proposal to extend economic incentives to Dupree Farms Produce for the location
and operation of a sweet potato processing plant in Harnett County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that proper notice of this public hearing be forwarded to
all proper parties and published pursuant to N.C. General Statutes §158-7.1.
This the 1st day of August, 2016.
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