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7 <br /> 2. The Plaftaing Environment and Resource Conservation Department shall <br /> review each application for completeness. When complete, the application shall <br /> be forwarded to: <br /> a. The Orange County Tax Supervisor's Office; and <br /> b. The local office of the Soil Ceasef-va4iea Natural Resources <br /> Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. <br /> Within 30 days of receiving an application,the above offices shall evaluate the <br /> application for compliance with the requirements of Section V.D.2. above and <br /> return their findings to the Rimming Environment and Resource Conservation <br /> Department. The Planniag Environment and Resource Conservation <br /> Department shall present the application for consideration at the first meeting of <br /> the AgrieW#&ml Pistfie4s A&isefy Bee Agricultural Preservation Board, <br /> following receipt of the findings of the above offices. <br /> 3. Within 60 days of receipt of the findings of the Orange County Tax Supervisor <br /> and Seil Gemen;a6ea Natural Resources Conservation Service offices,the <br /> Board will render a decision regarding the application of qualifying farmland <br /> status,and, if applicable,prepare a recommendation to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners regarding the establishment of a voluntary agricultural district. <br /> The Chair will notify the applicant by mail of the Board's decision as to whether <br /> the real property for which certification is sought satisfies the criteria established <br /> in Section V and has been certified as qualifying farmland. If application was <br /> also sought for designation as a voluntary agricultural district,the Chair will <br /> notify the applicant of the Board's recommendation concerning such designation. <br /> 4. Upon receipt of the recommendation of the Board,the Board of County <br /> Commissioners may consider an application for establishment of a voluntary <br /> agricultural district. In deciding whether to establish a district,the Board of <br /> County Commissioners shall consider the findings of the Orange County Tax <br /> Supervisor and Natural Resources Conservation Service <br /> offices as well as the recommendation of the Board. <br /> 5. Upon approval by the Board of County Commissioners,the establishment of a <br /> voluntary agricultural district shall become effective upon recordation of a <br /> conservation agreement,prepared in accordance with Section V.C.(1)(d), <br /> executed by the landowner and the County, and recorded in the Orange County <br /> Register of Deeds as provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 121-41. <br /> 6. Upon recordation of a conservation easement,the Plmniiag Environment and <br /> Resource Conservation Department will notify the Orange County Tax <br /> 7 <br />