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Dr. Alice Gordon, Chair <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />PO Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />RE: PRESENTATION AT THE JANUARY 16,1999 BOCC GOALS RETREAT BY THE <br />AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS ADVISORY BOARD <br />Dear Dr. Gordon: <br />On behalf the Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board, I want to thank the Board of County <br />Commissioners for its continuing support of farmland preservation. During the past year, considerable progress has <br />been made in several areas. Significant accomplishments include: <br />• approval of $1.85 million in the Capital Investment Plan for the purchase of conservation easements, including <br />agricultural conservation easements, <br />• completion of a an agricultural survey, Keeving Farmers Farming that examined'the attitudes and perceptions of <br />the agriculture community toward land -use regulations and preservation programs, <br />• creation of an Environment and Resource Conservation Department, which will give focus and strength to the <br />County's commitment to preserving its resources; and <br />• approval of $1,500 to conduct additional 'Family Land Planning' seminars. <br />The Agricultural Districts Advisory Board looks forward to working with the new Environment and Resource <br />Conservation Department in the coming year as we strive to create a farmland preservation program based on <br />voluntary measures and incentives for landowners. To this end, the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board is pleased <br />to present our top priority goal for the Fiscal Year 1999 -2000 for consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners: <br />ti <br />Orange County's Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) Program is described in the Voluntary Farmland <br />Preservation Program Ordinance. Established by authority of the North Carolina Farmland Preservation Enabling <br />Act of 1986, the Orange County VAD Program can be an effective, low -cost farmland preservation strategy. The <br />following changes are recommended to the VAD Program: <br />(over) <br />cdo Orange County Planning & Inspections Department <br />306FRevereRoad <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Hillsborough • 732 -8181 Chapel Hill • 967 -9251 Durham • 688 -7331 Mebane • 227 -2031 <br />