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• Overview Map <br /> December 2014 <br /> • VAD = 6191 acres <br /> • EVAD = 953 acres <br /> Total Acres = 7144* <br /> • R�d indicates farm location of new VAD/EVAD applicants <br /> * rounded acres <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Rich for <br /> the Board certify the five (5) farm properties noted above totaling 146.66 acres (VAD) and <br /> 75.95 acres (EVAD) as denoted in the attached documentation as qualifying farmland, and <br /> designate them as Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District farms within the Cedar <br /> Grove, Efland/High Rock, Schley/Eno, and White Cross Voluntary Agricultural Districts; and <br /> enroll <br /> the lands in the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) and the Enhanced <br /> Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) programs. <br /> With approval of these additional acres, the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural <br /> District Program will have enrolled 56 farms; totaling 6,191 acres in the VAD and 953 acres in <br /> the EVAD for a total of 7,144 acres (rounded). <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Commissioner Pelissier asked that the Chair send a letter of appreciation to all of the <br /> people who enroll in the Voluntary Agricultural District. She said this is an important thing for <br /> the County, and it warrants personal recognition. <br /> Chair McKee said the staff also deserves recognition for their work in increasing the <br /> acreage in this program. <br /> b. Proclamation - Human Riqhts Day, Bill of Riqhts Day, and Human Riqhts Week <br /> The Board considered officially recognizing Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day and <br /> Human Rights Week in Orange County during the month of December 2014 and authorizing <br /> the Chair to sign. <br /> HRC member Rollin Russell said this is a timely recognition. He read the following <br /> resolution: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> WHEREAS, on December 10, 1948, the member states of the United Nations signed the <br /> Universal Declaration of Human Rights and countries of different political, <br /> economic and social systems agreed on the fundamental rights that all people <br /> share solely on the basis of their common humanity; and <br /> WHEREAS, Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week were adopted by the United Nations <br /> in connection with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and <br /> WHEREAS, Bill of Rights Day was first declared in 1941 by President Franklin Delano <br /> Roosevelt to commemorate the 1791 Ratification of the Bill of Rights; and <br />