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is ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM To: Agricultural Preservation Board From: Tina Moon, Cultural Resources Specialist Date: May 13, 2009 Subject: Livermon-Bley Farm, Voluntary Agricultural District Application Copies: David Stancil, ERC Director In February, Luther Livermon and Karen Bley submitted an application to include their 30- acre farm in the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) Program. As you can see from the attached map and soils analysis chart, the farm is located along the southeast side of Bradshaw Quarry Road, in Bingham Township. Section V. of the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Protection Ordinance (VFPO) outlines the required application procedure. Once the application is deemed complete ERCD staff forwards it to the Tax Assessor and Natural Resources Conservation Service to ensure that the property meets specific criteria. ERCD staff received the attached memoranda from NRCS and the Tax Assessor certifying all six parcels as qualifying farmland, eligible to participate in the VAD program. The next step in the process is for the Agricultural Preservation Board (APB) to determine whether it wishes to recommend the application to the Board of County Commissioners. Please review the attached materials and relevant sections of the VFPO, and be prepared to consider this application for VAD status. Should the Agricultural Preservation Board decide to recommend the Livermon-Bley Farm for inclusion in the County's Voluntary Agricultural District program, ERCD staff will forward the recommendation along with the appropriate agenda materials to the Board of County Commissioners for their review and consideration in June.