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2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />6 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />i¢ <br />Certified Oualifving Farm: A farm that has met the criteria as a "qualifying farm" above, <br />and has executed the provisions of Article VII.A, including the conservation agreement as <br />specified herein. <br />ARTICLE V <br />AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION BOARD <br />A. Creation <br />An Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board, consisting of seven (7) initial <br />members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners, is hereby established. <br />Thereafter, the Agricultural Preservation Board shall consist of up to seven (7) at -large <br />members plus one member from each Agricultural District created and existing under this <br />Ordinance, with members selected from Certified Qualifying Farms within Voluntary <br />Agricultural Districts, appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Additional <br />appointments may be made to satisfy the requirements of Section IV.B.l.b.of this <br />ordinance. <br />B. Membership <br />1. Requirements <br />a. Each Board member shall be a resident of Orange County. <br />b. Each Agricultural District existing pursuant to this ordinance shall be <br />represented on the Board by a person owning farmland on a Certified <br />Qualifying Farm within the District. The Board of County Commissioners <br />shall appoint the Agricultural District representatives and shall make its <br />selection of a representative for each Agricultural District from among <br />Certified Qualifying Farms within the District. <br />C. The remaining members of the Board shall be appointed at -large by the <br />Board of County Commissioners to represent a broad range of agricultural <br />interests. <br />2. Tenure <br />39 Each member shall serve a term of three (3) years, except that the initial Board is <br />40 to consist of two (2) appointees for terms of two (2) years, two (2) appointees for <br />41 terms of three (3) years, and three (3) appointees for terms of four (4) years. <br />42 Thereafter, all appointments are to be for terms of three (3) years, with <br />43 reappointments permitted. Notwithstanding the term limits contained in this <br />44 section, Agricultural District representatives may be appointed and re- appointed <br />