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tALOrange County Agricultural Preservation ward <br />April 9, 2415 <br />Earl McKee, Chair <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />PO Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NG 27278 <br />tie: Agricultural Preservation Beard Appointments <br />Hear Chair McKee; <br />The Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board (APB) discussed recommendations <br />to fill vacant board positions at its regular meeting on larch 181h 2015. The APB <br />wishes to make the following recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners; <br />1) that applicant Richal Vanhook be appointed to the APB to fill a vacant at -large <br />position. Mr. Vanhook farms in the Cedar Grove and Caldwell communities. <br />2) that applicant Amanda Scherle be appointed to the APB to fill a vacant at -large <br />position. Ms. Scherle has served as the manager of the Eno River Farmers <br />Market in downtown Hillsborough for the past three years. . <br />3) the APB also recommends that Howard McAdams be appointed to serve in <br />the .High Rock&fland Voluntary Agricultural District position which has remained <br />vacant since the retirement of Elizabeth Walters in 2814. Mr. McAdams, the <br />former Beard chair whose at -large terra is expiring in June, is the only applicant <br />who meets the residency requirements for this district position as specified by the <br />County's Voluntary Agricultural Preservation Program Ordinance. He awns and <br />operates an active vegetable farm located in the High Rock /Efiand district. <br />Thank you on behalf of the APB. <br />Sincerely, <br />-Y <br />Renee McPherson, Chair <br />Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board <br />ac: Kim Woods, Vice Chair <br />Orange County Department of9tivirooment Agriculture, Barks 6 pecfegfi n <br />Pty Boa 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone: (919) 245 -2510 Fax. (919) 544 -3351 <br />