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36 • Partner with Economic Development in the process to establish guidelines and processes that includes a role for the APB in the implementation of the approved "Agriculture Investment Grant" program to be funded by 5% of the revenue generated by the one quarter (1/4) cent "Article 46" sales tax • Assist with the 2014 Agricultural Summit • Support continuation of the successful Farm -to -Table Event for 4t grade students held at Blackwood Farm in fall 2013 and 2014 • Continue to promote and recommend Voluntary Agricultural Districts and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Districts • Purchase and install additional road signs to better identify farms in the Voluntary Agricultural District Program (existing and new farms) • Completion of the long -term effort to implement UDO language to encourage and promote Agricultural Support Enterprises within the Rural Buffer, working cooperatively with the Planning Department • Completion of a joint effort with Animal Services Advisory Board to implement revisions to the proposed new unified Animal Control Ordinance to better respond to the realities of raising livestock • Explore potential for special County -wide farm tours • Explore possible Orange County Agricultural Heritage Project to document and make a record of the County's farms and farmers, including oral histories and video /photo documentation What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners' attention? • The proposed "Agricultural Investment Grant" program through Economic Development should include a real role for the APB, to help ensure that this program meets the needs of all of Orange County's diverse farm community • Ensuring that APB concerns about at -large livestock are fully addressed by the final language contained in the Animal Services Board's proposed new unified ordinance