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8 <br />Supervisor of the voluntary agricultural district established. The location of said <br />district will be marked on the Orange County tax maps. <br />E. The County may take such action as it deems appropriate through the <br />Agricultural Preservation Board or other body or individual <br />to encourage the formation of voluntary agricultural districts and to further their purposes <br />and objectives, including, at a minimum, a public information program to reasonably <br />inform landowners of the farmland preservation program. <br />Section VI- REVOCATION OF CONSERVATION AGREEMENT <br />By written notice to the Board of County Commissioners, a landowner of qualifying <br />farmland may revoke the conservation agreement formulated pursuant to Section V of this <br />ordinance. Such revocation shall result in loss of qualifying status, and consequently, loss of <br />eligibility to participate in a voluntary agricultural district and benefits thereof. Upon revocation <br />of a conservation agreement, written notice of the revocation shall be recorded in the Orange <br />County Register of Deeds as provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 121 -41. <br />Section VII - PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />A. PURPOSE <br />No state or local public agency or governmental unit may formally initiate any action to <br />condemn any interest in qualifying farmland within a voluntary agricultural district until <br />such agency or unit has requested the Orange County <br />1d Agricultural Preservation Board to hold a public hearing on the proposed <br />condemnation. <br />B. PROCEDURE <br />1. Upon receiving a request, the Agricultural <br />Preservation Board shall publish notice describing the proposed action in a <br />newspaper having general circulation in the area within seven (7) days of the <br />request, and will in the same notice notify the public of a public hearing on the <br />proposed condemnation, to be held within 30 days of receipt of the request. <br />2. The Board will, in making its findings and recommendations following the public <br />hearing, consider such factors as: <br />a. Whether the need for the project has been satisfactorily established by the <br />agency or unit of government involved, including a review of any fiscal <br />impact analysis conducted by the agency involved; and <br />8 <br />