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9 • • • 024 Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 106-740, which provides that no state or local public agency or governmental unit may formally initiate any action to condemn any interest in qualifying farmland -w-ithin.a- voluntary agricultural district until such agency or unit has requested the local agricultural Districts advisory board to hold a public hearing on the proposed condemnation. The board shall hold said hearing within 30 days of notication. B. PROCEDURE 1. Upon receiving a request, the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board shall publish notice describing the proposed action in the appropriate newspapers of the area within 7 days of the request, and will in the same notice notify the public of a public hearing on the proposed condemnation, to be held within 10 days of receipt of the request. 2. The board will meet to review: a. if the need for the project has been satisfactorily established by the agency or unit of government involved, including a review of any fiscal impact analysis conducted by the agency involved; b. alternatives to the proposed action that are less impactive and disruptive to the agricultural activities and farm land base of the voluntary agricultural district within which the proposed action is to take place. • 3. The board will consult with the county agricultural extension agent, • , . - Soil Conservation Service personnel and planner, and may - consult with any other individuals, agencies or organizations, public or private, necessary to the board's review of the proposed action. . . • Iand value will not be a factor in the selection between properties • under consideration for the proposed action. • 4. Within 10 days after the public hearing, the board will make a report Containing its findings and recommendations regarding the proposed action. The report will be made available to the public for comment mmmr-----