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Attachment 1 <br /> <br />Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board <br /> <br />Approved Meeting Summary: March 16, 2016 <br /> <br />Environmental & Agricultural Center—Conference Room <br />306 Revere Rd., Hillsborough, NC <br />7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Members Present: , Kim Woods (Vice Chair), Renee Parker, Ashley Parker, Vaughn Compton, Ken <br />Dawson, Howard McAdams, Noah Ranells, Jane Saiers, Kathy Shambley, Richal Vanhook <br /> <br />Members Absent/Excused: Renee McPherson (Chair); Amanda Scherle, Gordon Neville, Shelia <br />Thomas-Ambat <br /> <br />Guests: Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Manager, DEAPR <br /> <br />Staff: Gail Hughes, Resource Conservation Coordinator-DEAPR-Orange Soil and Water Conservation <br />District; David Stancil, Director, Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, and <br />Mike Ortosky, Agriculture Economic Developer. <br /> <br />1. Call to order: Chair McPherson called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. <br /> <br />2. Chair Comments/Introductions: Chair McPherson declared that a quorum was present. <br /> <br />3. Considerations of Additions to Agenda: None <br /> <br />4. Meeting Summary/Minutes: --Nov. 18th, 2015 (Attachment 1): McAdams moved to accept the <br />minutes/summary; seconded by Ashley Parker; motion carried. <br /> <br />5. Presentation: Orange County Lands Legacy Program (Attachment 2): Rich Shaw gave a <br />presentation about the Lands Legacy Program. He reviewed the history of the program and the <br />county’s land acquisition and park projects, followed by a review of the permanent <br />conservation easements, including the Victor Walters farm, Renee McPherson’s farm, Vickie <br />and David McKee’s farm, the Latta dairy farm, the Sykes dairy farm and the Breeze farm. The <br />Brooks Cattle Farm (Rocking B Saddle Shop) is a good case study with multiple creeks draining <br />into the Hillsborough water source. The Brooks family came to the table to enlist help from <br />local partners like the County and the Eno River Association. They wanted to protect their farm <br />of 108 acres and also improve the water quality situation. Using multiple funding sources, <br />including the County, the State of NC (CREP), the Forest Service, and even the City of Raleigh, <br />they applied multiple strategies to fence out the cattle and re-vegetate the stream corridors. <br />After 15 years the Lands Legacy program has acquired over 1000 acres, plus over 2,000 acres of