C Capital Development Board

Section 700.APPENDIX C   Capital Development Board Section 700.EXHIBIT B   CDB Agricultural Land Conversion Mitigation Measures 1.         The site is subject to review and CDB will notify the Illinois Department of Agriculture (DOA) of proposed sites involving possible farmland conversion if: a)         the proposed site is greater than ten (10) acres in size, and b)         the proposed site is located outside the corporate boundaries of a municipality. 2.         A Study of Agricultural Impact will be prepared by the DOA on potential project sites that are subject to the DOA's review.  The results of the study will be forwarded to the CDB for incorporation into the CDB's programmatic and technical reviews (Step 4 in 8 Ill. Adm. Code 700.Appendix C:  Table B) of user budget requests. 3.         The findings of the DOA's study will be submitted to the CDB in accordance with Section 700.Appendix A:  Exhibit B(3) to avoid delays in budget formulation or in decision making during project execution. 4.         When a Study of Agricultural Impacts is conducted, the CDB's programmatic review process will reflect the consideration of agricultural land conversion impacts of the proposed project sites. 5.         In cases where the CDB has sole responsibility for site selection and land acquisition, or approves and acquires a user proposed site, an agricultural land conversion impact factor will be incorporated into the site evaluation process. 6.         The CDB Architect/Engineer Project Manual will include design considerations for agricultural land impacts when a Study of Agricultural Impacts has been prepared. These mitigation measures will be implemented by the CDB as the basis of the CDB's Agricultural Land Preservation Policy.