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7 1 2 Geoffrey and Jane Gledhill 3 •EVAD –29.61 acres –Cedar Grove Agricultural District; 1 parcel of land 4 •Managed woodland/forestry acres 5 •Permanent Conservation Easement with Orange County 6 7 Andy and Debra Gates 8 •VAD-111.01 acres –Caldwell Agricultural District –2 parcels of land 9 •Soybeans, grain crops, hay land, pastureland and beef cattle 10 •Managed woodland 11 12 Robert Kirk Jr. and Michael Kirk –Cane Creek Farms 13 •VAD-84.09 acres –Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural District; 2 parcels of land 14 •Vegetables, livestock and pasture land 15 •Managed woodland 16 17 Nels and Nancy Anderson –Holden Roberts Farm 18 •Update acres: increase of 1.4 acres (along road frontage) 19 •VAD -Schley/Eno Agriculture District –1 parcels 20 •In increase of 1.44 acres to bring total parcel to 59.86 acres. 21 •Hay crops; managed woodland 22 •Change:All acres to remain in VAD program at this time 23 24 CORRECTED RECOMMENDATION(S): 25 The Manager recommends that the Board certify the seven (7) farm properties noted above 26 totaling 588*589 acres* (VAD) and 3130 acres* (EVAD),in addition to the 58.42 acres of VAD 27 to EVAD designation change as denoted in the attached documentation, as qualifying farmland; 28 designate the properties as a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District farm within 29 the Caldwell, Cane Creek/Buckhorn, Schley/Eno, and Cedar Grove Voluntary Agricultural 30 Districts; and enroll the lands in the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) and the 31 Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) programs. 32 33 With approval of these additional acres, the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District 34 Program will have enrolled 93 farms totaling10,231 10,232 acres* in the VAD and 2,3232,322 35 acres* in the EVAD, for a total of 12,554 acres (rounded) in the program. 36 37 Orange County Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Program 38 Requesting approval from Commissionersto accept seven (7) farms into the program. 39 589acres* in the Voluntary Agricultural District 40 30acres* in the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District 41 42 Total of acres in both programs= 619 acres* 43 * = rounded acres 44 45 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee,seconded by Commissioner Price for the 46 Board to: 47 -certify the seven (7) farm properties noted above totaling 589 acres* (VAD) and 30 48 acres* (EVAD), as qualifying farmland;