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McAdams Application for Certification as Qualifying Farmland Page 2 <br />Section 105-277.2 (1,2, and 3), during each of the five (5) previous <br />years, measured from the date on which the determination must be <br />made as to whether the land in questions qualifies. <br />[Response to be provided by District Conservationist] <br />3. Be managed, if highly erodible land exists on the farm, in accordance with <br />the NRCS-defined erosion control practices as specified in the 1985 Food <br />Security Act. <br />[Response to be provided by District Conservationist] <br />In accordance with Section V of the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Ordinance, <br />you have 30 days within which to evaluate the application for compliance with the above <br />requirements and return your finding to the Environment and Resource Conservation <br />Department. In your response, please be as specific as you can be regarding how the property <br />complies. Provided the property is certified as.qualifying farmland, and the Agricultural <br />Preservation Board recommends designation as a voluntary agricultural district, the Board of <br />Commissioners could consider the request in the fall of 2008. <br />The Harrys have identified six tracts for consideration for the VAD program, five in Cheeks <br />Township and one in Bingham Township. (You may wish to use the attached maps showing <br />the boundaries of the property and tabulation of acreage by soil type when completing your <br />review.) <br />1) TMBL#3.54..11E 24.61 acres <br />2) TMBL# 3.55..11 11.03 acres <br />3) TMBL# 3.55..12 13.93 acres <br />4) TMBL# 3.55..6 120.40 acres <br />5) TMBL# 3.55..13 10.54 acres <br />6) TMBL# 6.3..1 93.54 acres <br />Revisions to the Voluntary Farmland Protection Program, adopted in June 2005, reduced the <br />minimum participating farm size requirement to 20 acres. Together the six adjacent tracts <br />contain 275 acres, well exceeding the minimum requirement. <br />Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Please feel free to contact me at 210-2595 or by <br />email at cmoon@co.orange.nc.us, if I can answer any questions or provide additional <br />information. <br />/tm <br />attachments <br />cc: David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director <br />