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11 ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM To: Agricultural Preservation Board From: David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director Date: September 21, 2000 Re: Lands Legacy — Annual Action Plan 2001 -2002 At your October and November meetings, the APB will be asked to discuss any projects you would like to recommend to the County Commissioners for inclusion in the Annual Action Plan for Lands Legacy for the upcoming 2001 -2002 fiscal year (July 1, 2001 -June 30, 2002). A draft Annual Action Plan will be presented to the Board at their annual retreat in mid - December. Attached is the adopted process for developing the Annual Action Plan, as well as the current 2000 -2001 Interim Action Plan. As you can see, each relevant advisory board will be making recommendations on projects for land acquisition, if any. These may include fee - simple acquisitions, conservation easement or other alternative acquisition methods). These recommended projects from each board will be compiled into a draft Annual Action Plan for the Commissioners. At your October meeting, please think about any land acquisitions for famrland preservation you would like to recommend. You may wish to look at your adopted criteria for evaluating prime famrland (also attached). Feel free to identify projects that may offer multiple preservation goals (a farm as part of a larger park setting, for example). We will attempt to keep you abreast of what other advisory boards are considering in November. The following ideas have been previously suggested (please do not limit your discussion to these topics — these are provided only as a starting point): • Complete initial pilot project easement • Acquire a second conservation easement • Look at a combined farmland /cultural area acquisition Please feel free to call (245 -2590) if you have any questions. cc: Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Manager