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1' 378 2. 3• 4. 5. FARMLAND PRESERVATION s, Ms. Smith and Ms. Elizabeth Walters, Agri.cul.tural. •Task Force 6, Implemental Committee Chair, said these recommendations had been 7, reviewed and no changes were suggested. 8. Mr. Peter Kramer,.. Route 1, 121-A Eno Township (border of' Little 9. River Township) , spoke in favor of the Board of Commissioners adopting 10. the recommendations as presented by the Ag. Task Force Implementation 11, Committee. He cited the development pressures from Durham for his 12, area and said that Orange County.was the first in the State with these 13, measures. He feels it is necessary to preserve and protect the char- 14, acter of the County and the farms. 15. Dr. Irvin said the Planning Board had taken no formal action on 16, the recommendations because it didn 't know it was supposed to do so. 17, However, he added, there were no objections to the recommendations and 18. formal action could be taken at the Planning Board meeting on May 16th. 19, Commissioner Marshall said the Ag. Task Force Implementation 20, Committee also wished to know if the Commissioners wished any further 21,.effort from them. or if it wished to dissolve the Committee. 22. Commissioner Lloyd said he had two concerns regarding the recom- 23, mendations: 1) the ten/twenty year commitpent; and, 2) adherence to 24, soil conservation- practices. He said he'd like those two concerns 25. addressed. 26. Ms. Smith replied that the Committee had reconsidered those two 27, items at Commissioner Lloyd's request twice already and the Committee 28. had not changed the recommendations. Commissioner Whitted said the 29, information on the Ag. Task Force Recommendations had been well 30. disseminated and there was no need for the Committee to reconsider these 31- issues; however, the Planning Board recommendation is needed now. 32. This is to be returned to the May 23rd agenda with the Planning Board 's 33. recommendat ion. Further, the Ag. Task Force Implementation Committee 34. wi11 be dissolved at that time. 35. 7. BRIGADOON PETITION 36, Ms. Smith provided the background information on this petition. 37. (Petition is attached to and part of these Minutes on pages of 38- this book. See abstract on page of this book for specifics. ) 39. 140.