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13 <br />• Recommendation for participating farms for the Voluntary (VAD) and Enhanced <br />Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) programs (ongoing) <br />• Updated the 1990s survey on local agriculture and distributed to farmers to <br />receive more current data on farming activity <br />List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br />• Review and make recommendations on the form of the Voluntary Farmland <br />Preservation Program Ordinance (VFPO), and amendments <br />• Review and make recommendations concerning the establishment of VADs and <br />EVADS <br />• Implement the Objectives in the Agricultural Chapter of the 2030 Comprehensive <br />Plan <br />• Implement the Action Strategies in the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan <br />• Assist in the planning process for the annual Agricultural Summit <br />• Advise the Board of County Commissioners on projects, programs or issues <br />affecting the agricultural economy or activities with the County that will affect <br />agricultural districts <br />• Perform other related tasks or duties assigned by the Board of County <br />Commissioners <br />Describe this board/commission's activities/accomplishments in carrying out <br />BOCC goal(s)/priorities, if applicable. <br />• Prepared the Orange County Agricultural Development and Farmland Protection <br />Plan <br />• Amended VFPO to allow for the creation of EVADs <br />• Offered recommendations to the Lands Legacy Action Plan <br />• Implemented objectives in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan that pertain to <br />agriculture <br />If your board/commission played the role of an Element Lead Advisory Board <br />involved in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan preparation process, please indicate <br />your board's activities/accomplishments as they may relate to the <br />Comprehensive Plan's goals or objectives. <br />(The Element Lead Advisory Boards include: Planning Board, EDC, OUTBoard, <br />Commission for the Environment, Historic Preservation Commission, Agriculture <br />Preservation Board, Affordable Housing Board, Recreation and Parks Advisory Council) <br />• The APB provided extensive input into DEAPR staffs development of the Natural <br />and Cultural Systems Element of the Comprehensive Plan-specifically the <br />chapter on Agriculture. The APB frames its annual work plan around efforts to <br />implement the objectives outlined in the Agricultural Chapter of the <br />Comprehensive Plan and the Farm Plan. <br />