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7 <br /> <br /> <br />Geoffrey and Jane Gledhill <br />• EVAD – 29.61 acres – Cedar Grove Agricultural District; 1 parcel of land <br />• Managed woodland/forestry acres <br />• Permanent Conservation Easement with Orange County <br /> <br />Andy and Debra Gates <br />• VAD- 111.01 acres – Caldwell Agricultural District – 2 parcels of land <br />• Soybeans, grain crops, hay land, pastureland and beef cattle <br />• Managed woodland <br /> <br /> Robert Kirk Jr. and Michael Kirk – Cane Creek Farms <br />• VAD- 84.09 acres – Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural District; 2 parcels of land <br />• Vegetables, livestock and pasture land <br />• Managed woodland <br /> <br />Nels and Nancy Anderson – Holden Roberts Farm <br />• Update acres: increase of 1.4 acres (along road frontage) <br />• VAD - Schley/Eno Agriculture District –1 parcels <br />• In increase of 1.44 acres to bring total parcel to 59.86 acres. <br />• Hay crops; managed woodland <br />• Change: All acres to remain in VAD program at this time <br /> <br />CORRECTED RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />The Manager recommends that the Board certify the seven (7) farm properties noted above <br />totaling 588* 589 acres* (VAD) and 31 30 acres* (EVAD), in addition to the 58.42 acres of VAD <br />to EVAD designation change as denoted in the attached documentation, as qualifying farmland; <br />designate the properties as a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District farm within <br />the Caldwell, Cane Creek/Buckhorn, Schley/Eno, and Cedar Grove Voluntary Agricultural <br />Districts; and enroll the lands in the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) and the <br />Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) programs. <br /> <br />With approval of these additional acres, the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District <br />Program will have enrolled 93 farms totaling 10,231 10,232 acres* in the VAD and 2,323 2,322 <br />acres* in the EVAD, for a total of 12,554 acres (rounded) in the program. <br /> <br />Orange County Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Program <br />Requesting approval from Commissioners to accept seven (7) farms into the program. <br />589 acres* in the Voluntary Agricultural District <br />30 acres* in the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> <br /> Total of acres in both programs= 619 acres* <br /> * = rounded acres <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price for the <br />Board to: <br />- certify the seven (7) farm properties noted above totaling 589 acres* (VAD) and 30 <br />acres* (EVAD), as qualifying farmland;