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