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016 <br />and the.U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service <br />are also encouraged.] <br />B. A Copy of this ordinance shall be recorded with the North Carolina <br />Commissioner of Agriculture's Office after adoption. At least once <br />a year, the County shall submit a written report to the <br />Commissioner of Agriculture including the status, progress, and <br />activities of the County's farmland preservation program, which <br />report may include voluntary agricultural districtinq information <br />regarding: <br />1. Number <br />Z. Number <br />has be, <br />3. Number <br />4. Number <br />and <br />of <br />of <br />an <br />of <br />of <br />landowners involved in the <br />acres for which qualifying <br />ipplied for; <br />acres certified as qualify <br />acres denied certification <br />program; <br />farmland certification <br />ing farmland; <br />as qualifying farmland; <br />S. Number of districts in orange County. <br />[Following adoption of the ordinance, G.S. 106-743 requires that <br />Orange County record a copy with the N.C. Commissioner of <br />Agriculture's Office. Thereafter, the County must submit an annual <br />report outlining the status, progress, and activities of the <br />farmland preservation program to the Commissioner of Agriculture's <br />Office.) <br />C. Copies of the reports cited in Section XI.B. above may be sent to <br />the Orange County Board of Commissioners and any other entities the <br />Board deems appropriate. <br />[To keep the Board of Commissioners informed of the progress of the <br />farmland preservation program, copies of the annual report will be <br />submitted to it as well as to the Soil and water Conservation <br />District Board and the Planning Board.] <br />Section XII - PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS <br />As provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 106 -744, Orange county may, <br />with the voluntary consent of landowners, acquire by purchase <br />agricultural conservation easements over qualifying farmland as defined <br />in Section Y.D. of this ordinance and located within a voluntary <br />agricultural district as defined in section V.C. of this ordinance. <br />[In 1991, the General Assembly added G.S. 106 -744 to qualify North <br />Carolina for possible grants and loans from the U.S. Department of <br />Agriculture's Farms for the Future Program. If a grant and /or loan <br />program using Federal funds were established in Orange County, the <br />purchase of agricultural conservation easements (development rights) <br />must be on a voluntary, basis, and only farms in an agricultural district <br />would qualify. If local funds were used, the provisions of G.S. 106 -744 <br />would not apply.] <br />