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Impact Statement Fred Fees, representing the Prince William-Fairfax Farm Bureau, called for an impact statement and cost benefit ratio to be done before land is allowed to be taken from agricultural use. He also suggested that use value taxation be left as is without lengthening either the rollback period for deferred taxes once land is developed or increasing the five per cent penalty applied to the deferred taxes. Stanley Franklin, one of the last four dairy farmers in Fairfax, told the delegates that his parents had recently sold their 825 acre dairy farm to a residential developer who plans 2,000 dwelling units on the property.
“The sale was a last resort after years of active, intense but futile efforts to convince county government to help us continue farming,” said Franklin.
He reported that the Board of Supervisors had twice rejected the option of use value taxation and had made it clear to Franklin’s parents that they would have to go to court in order to get tax benefits under the Agriculture and Forestal Districts Act.
According to Franklin, real estate taxes on the property that supported 200 cows milked daily and full employment for four farm families amounted to $40,000 per year. '. "My parents gave up the fight when they realized they*<
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