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4 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 b. Matters on the Printed Aqenda <br /> 3 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda below.) <br /> 4 <br /> 5 3. Petitions by Board Members <br /> 6 Commissioner Price said she attended an awards program at Orange County Schools this past <br /> 7 weekend. She asked the Board to present a resolution to the Northern Orange Education Task Force and <br /> 8 Superintendent Patrick Rhodes for their achievements in bridging the minority achievement gap. She said <br /> 9 she will gather more information and work on this to present it for processing. <br /> 10 Commissioner porosin noted that, a few weeks ago, he had asked a question about a review of the <br /> 11 employment practice about ban the box. He asked about the status. <br /> 12 Frank Clifton said this will be put as an informational item on the next meeting agenda. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> 15 <br /> l�a. a. Voluntary and Enhanced Aqricultural District Desiqnation — Multiple Farms — Walker, <br /> 17 Kirk, D. Pope, J. Pope, Hill, Ranells/Berqmann, Green <br /> 18 The Board considered applications from multiple landowners/farms to certify qualifying farmland <br /> 19 within the Cedar Grove, Cane Creek/Buckhorn, High Rock/Efland, and Caldwell Voluntary Agricultural <br /> 20 Districts; and enroll the lands in the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) and the Enhanced <br /> 21 Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) programs. <br /> 22 Commissioner Rich arrived at 7:39. <br /> 23 Gail Hughes said the request is for approval to accept six farms into the program and to revise <br /> 24 acres for one farm. She said, if approved, this would equal an increase of 1052 acres for a total of 5838 <br /> 25 acres. The Voluntary Agriculture District (VAD) has 5347 acres and the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural <br /> 26 District has 491 acres. She said the farms being presented are mostly family farms that have been in the <br /> 27 families for 75-100 years. She reviewed the designations of VAD versus EVAD. <br /> 28 She presented slides with the following information on the farms being considered: <br /> 29 <br /> 30 C. Norman Walker <br /> 31 - Caldwell District <br /> 32 - Raises livestock, grass/hay crop, and managed woodland/forestry <br /> 33 - VAD = 244.11 acres <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Kirk Farms <br /> 36 Kenneth, Ronald, Donald, and Aaron Kirk <br /> 37 - Cane Creek/Buckhorn District <br /> 38 - Raises beef cattle, corn, soybeans, grains, hay/ pasture crops, and managed forestry/woodland <br /> 39 - VAD= 278.65 acres <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Donald and Faye Pope <br /> 42 - Cedar Grove District <br /> 43 - Raises beef cattle, organic tobacco, grains, hay and pasture crops, and managed forestry <br /> 44 - VAD = 268.63 acres <br /> 45 <br /> 46 John Pope Farms, LLC <br /> 47 John H. and Kimberly Pope <br /> 48 - Cedar Grove District <br /> 49 - Raises poultry , corn, grains, hay crops, and managed forestry/woodland <br /> 50 VAD = 75.27 acres (addition to existing 65 acres in VAD) <br /> 51 <br /> 52 Betty Walters Hill <br /> 53 - High Rock/Efland District <br /> 54 - Farm raises beef cattle, pasture, and forestry/woodland <br />