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6 1 2 Aerial Map 3 4 Mike Teer, Sarah Teer 5 Thomas & Evelyn Teer 6 Teer Farms 7 Cane Creek/Buckhorn & White Cross Agricultural District 8 Farm includes dairy cattle operation, pasture, corn, soybeans, small grain, hay crops and 9 managed woodland/forestry. 10 VAD= 379.15 acres 11 12 Aerial Maps 13 14 Orange County 15 Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary 16 Agricultural District Program 17 • All Farms have been reviewed by staff, meets or exceeds the minimum criteria, and 18 have been approved by the Agricultural Preservation Board for enrollment into the VAD 19 program 20 • Requesting final approval from Commissioners to accept seven (7) farms into the 21 Voluntary Agricultural Program. Increase of: (rounded acreage) 22 o 971 acres in the VAD 23 o 376 acres in the EVAD. 24 • If approved, total of acres in both programs: 25 VAD = 7162 acres 26 EVAD = 1329 acres 27 • Total Acres in Orange County Voluntary Agricultural Program = 8491 acres 28 29 Overview Map 30 June 2015 31 • VAD = 7162 acres 32 • EVAD = 1329 acres 33 34 Total Acres = 8491 35 36 ■ Red indicates farm location of new VAD/EVAD applicants 37 * rounded acres 38 39 Commissioner Rich thanked all of these residents and said she is encouraged by the 40 amount of acreage in the program. 41 Commissioner Jacobs said it is always good to see farms participate in this program, 42 maintaining their commitment to agriculture in Orange County. 43 44 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier seconded by Commissioner Price for the 45 Board to certify the seven (7) farm properties noted above totaling 971 acres (VAD) and 376 46 acres (EVAD) (rounded acreage) as denoted in the attached documentation as qualifying 47 farmland, and designate them as Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District farms 48 within the Cedar Grove, Caldwell, Cane Creek/Buckhorn, and White Cross Voluntary 49 Agricultural Districts; and enroll the lands in the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District