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6 <br /> <br />i Agricultural District• Voluntary A~lcultural District and Enhanced Voluntarv_ - - ~~~~ ~~ Bold, UnderNne <br />~~~.~ <br />2 Aeiicultut•al District -' <br />------------------------- Formatted: Font void, No underitne <br />3 <br />4 Board of Commissioners: Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br />5 <br />6 <br />Oualif~g,Farm: A farm that has met the qualification criteria set out in Article VII of this <br />7 ~ ordinance, is certified for the Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District <br />8. Program. . <br />9 <br />10 <br />Certified Oualifyine Farm: A farm that has met the criteria as a "qualifying farm" above, <br />11 and has executed the provisions of Article VII.A, including the conservation agreement as <br />12 specified herein. <br />13 <br />14 <br />1s ARTICLE V <br />16 AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION BOARD <br />17 <br />18 A. Creation <br />19 <br />20 An Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board, consisting of seven (7) initial - - - Formatted• ]usdfied <br />I <br />21 members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, is hereby established. Theme - _ - ueieted: rad~ d~ <br />22 Agricultural Preservation Board shall consist of up to seven ('n at-large members plus <br />23 ~ one member from each Agricultural District Resion created and existing under this <br />24 Ordinance, with members selected from Certified Qualifying Farms within Voluntary <br />25 ~ and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Districts, appointed by the Board of County <br />26 Commissioners. Additional appointments may be made to satisfy the requirements of <br />27 Section IV.B.l.b.of this ordinance. <br />28 <br />29 B. Membershiv <br />30 <br />31 Requirements ' - - - <br />1 FO'*"a~~ ~"~teed <br /> . <br />32 <br />33 a. .Each Board member shall be a resident of Orange County. <br />34 <br />35 <br />b. Each Agricultural District existing pursuant to this ordinance shall be <br />36 represented on the Board by a person owning farmland on a Certified <br />37 I Qualifying Fans within the Agricultural District The Board of County <br />38 Commissioners shall appoint the Agricultural District representatives and <br />39 shall make its selection of a representative for each Agricultural District <br />40 from among Certified Qualifying Farms within the A¢ricultural District <br />41 <br />42 <br />c. The remaining members of the Board shall be appointed at-large by the <br />43 Board of County Commissioners to represent a broad range of agricultural <br />q4 interests. <br />45 <br />4(, d Additional members may be apaointed to the Board in an ex o~cio* - - - Formatted: ~~ ~ Num6e~ <br />47 caaacity from the Soil and Water Conservafion District Board. North <br /> Draft Revisions - 2 <br />