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36 <br />The Board discussed the need to review the state enabling legislation and <br />then determine if changes need to be made to the local ordinance before <br />accepting the Berry /Smith application. <br />Green made a motion to table the Berry /Smith VAD application. Some <br />discussion followed and it was noted that the new owners were serious <br />about farming. The motion was seconded by Woods. Motion carried. <br />Hughes presented Nelson and Clay Parker VAD for final signature by chair of the APB. <br />This signature must be notarized. Hughes will move forward on getting signatures and <br />the Parker Farm and Vineyard to the Register of Deeds office. <br />Hughes gave updates on new VAD applications <br />1. Green presented Hughes a VAD application for his farm. <br />2. A landowner would like to apply for a 150 acre tract in Caldwell <br />District —the Randall Ward farm; in January he will receive present -use <br />value; the farm has 50 acres in hay and 100 acres in forest. <br />3. Another landowner (tentative) who participates in the Healthy Forest <br />program; ENO & TLC helped obtain a grant to help pay <br />for developing forest stewardship plans; this property is about 100 acres. <br />Current VAD applications: will present at the Jan. 24th BOCC Meeting; will invite all <br />property owners that were approved tonight. <br />Hughes: At the last meeting we had a discussion about state law changes and another <br />question about VAD recording vs. not recording. This is like present -use value. We can <br />keep the requirement to record VAD. Hughes spoke to Dewitt Hardee, ADFP -NC DA, <br />who says that present use value & recording of VAD agreements are both optional. <br />Question: Staff asked the board how much material they want sent to them for future <br />VADs. Discussion followed, with general agreement that a copy of the application and a <br />map would be sufficient. Staff agreed to try a system to consolidate the future <br />applications as one group pdf file so that members could just open and download one file. <br />Staff offered to provide several full packets that could be passed around during the <br />meeting if anyone needed to see more detail. <br />g. 2012 Annual Report and 2013 Work Plan (for BOCC): Stancil reported that <br />he was working on the annual report and would send it around as soon as he <br />finished it. <br />h. Meeting Calendar for 2013: the Board endorsed the calendar attached to the <br />minutes. <br />6. Items for Discussion <br />