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AGENDA <br />August 19th, 2015 <br />Environment & Agricultural Center — Conference Room <br />306 Revere Road, Hillsborough, NC <br />7:30 p.m. <br />Time Agenda Item <br />7:30 1. Call to Order <br />7:31 2. Chair Comments <br />7:32 Introduction of New Members and Guests <br />7:35 3. Consideration of Additions to Agenda <br />7:36 4. Meeting Summary / Minutes (Attachment 1) <br />a. May 20th 2015 <br />7:40 5. Items for Decision <br />a. New VAD /EVAD Application (Attachment 2) <br />7:50 6. Items for Discussion <br />a. Membership: need two district board members (See Attachment 3 <br />for new roster updated to August, 2015) <br />b. Ideas for holding a breakfast meeting /informational event for <br />existing and prospective VAD /EVAD property owners this winter <br />c. Review of APB duties (Attachment 4: portion of ordinance that <br />lists purpose and board duties) <br />d. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Plan: how <br />much progress has been made since the adoption of the plan in <br />2009? Is it time to update the Plan? (Attachment 5: excerpts from <br />2009 Plan) <br />8:40 8. Informational Items / Future Agenda Items: <br />a. Board of County Commissioners approved ordinance change to <br />eliminate the requirement that farms must be in "present use" <br />program to be eligible to participate in the VAD /EVAD program <br />8:45 8. Time for information sharing <br />8:50 9. Adjournment <br />** *Next Meeting: September 16th, 2015 * ** <br />