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27 <br />CONSERVATION AGREEMENT DETAIL of VAD and EVAD: <br />Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) conservation agreements are for a period of ten <br />years. The landowner may revoke the agreement through a written request to the Orange <br />County Agricultural Preservation Board. A Conservation Agreement for land within a <br />Voluntary Agricultural District shall be automatically renewed for an additional term of ten <br />years unless either the Agricultural Preservation Board or the landowner(s) give's written <br />notice to the contrary prior to the termination date of the Conservation Agreement. At the <br />end of each ten -year term, the Conservation Agreement shall automatically renew for an <br />additional ten -year term unless notice of termination is given. <br />Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) conservation agreements are for a <br />period of ten years, but cannot be revoked during the term of the agreement. EVAD <br />enrollment, however, offers landowners additional benefits such as a higher percentage of <br />cost -share funds under the Agricultural Cost Share Program, A Conservation Agreement for <br />an Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District shall be deemed automatically renewed for an <br />additional term of three years unless either the Agricultural Preservation Board or the <br />landowner(s) gives written notice to the contrary prior to the termination date of the <br />Conservation Agreement. At the end of each three -year term the Conservation Agreement <br />shall automatically renew for an additional three -year term unless notice of termination is <br />given. <br />I [We] have read the Conservation Agreement details above and I [we] understand the <br />benefits of the VAD and /or EV D program. <br />SIGNATURE DATE _-D U lS <br />I [WE] ARE SEEKING DESIGNATION AS A VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT <br />VI [WE] ARE SEEKING DESIGNATION AS AN ENHANCED VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT <br />OWNER[S] CERTIFICATION: <br />I [We], the applicant[s] and landowner(s), hereby certify that, to the best of my [our] <br />knowledge, the foregoing application is complete and accurate. <br />Signature Date: 3 -a ® 1 S <br />Signature: <br />Signature: Date: <br />Signature: Date: <br />Signature: Date: <br />Signature: Date: <br />Signature: Date: <br />