PRINTER'S NO. 3934
No. 594 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY S. MILLER, ALLEN, ARGALL, J. BAKER, CALTAGIRONE,
LEH, ROHRER, SANTONI AND SEMMEL, JUNE 4, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 4, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the Berks County Agricultural Land Preservation Board
2 on its attainment of 25,000 acres of preserved farmland.
3 WHEREAS, The Berks County Agricultural Land Preservation
4 Board is being honored for reaching the milestone of 25,000
5 acres of preserved farmland; and
6 WHEREAS, Created in 1989, the land preservation board is
7 responsible for oversight of the State Farmland Preservation
8 Program, which allows the Commonwealth and its counties to
9 purchase land development rights in an effort to guarantee that
10 farms remain as agricultural land; and
11 WHEREAS, Since 1998, when the board celebrated its 10,000th
12 acre of preserved farmland, it has added another 15,000 acres to
13 reach a total of 25,000 acres and is continuing its work as one
14 of the most active boards in this Commonwealth; and
15 WHEREAS, The Berks County Commissioners and the Berks County
16 Agricultural Land Preservation Board are celebrating the
17 attainment of 25,000 acres of preserved farmland at a ceremony
1 on Friday, June 7, 2002; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the Berks
3 County Agricultural Land Preservation Board for its attainment
4 of 25,000 acres of preserved farmland.
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