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0 9` <br />Page 4 <br />as a part of the open space system of the county is valuable to people, we <br />should be able to have an Ag Center, have legislation, and funds to buy <br />development rights. Timing should be good in the next couple years for the state <br />and county to do their part, we're urbanizing, the growth rate in the Triangle area <br />is phenomenal. We need to do maps, and to inventory prime farmlands, <br />OWASA lands, let it become know as an issue that in Orange County we need a <br />facility to coalesce these ideas around. The APB agreed to hold off until the fall <br />of the year to move forward with the project. <br />C. Voluntary Agricultural Districts <br />Review of VAD scheduled for May meeting. <br />d. Smart Growth Commission <br />Discussed in conjunction with the Farm & Open Space <br />Preservation Work Group Final Report. <br />e. May 2nd Joint Meeting w /Planning Board & HPC <br />Stancil noted topics of interaction between the boards: <br />value -added programs for bonafide farms, the heritage /scenic corridor proposal <br />being developed by the HPC. <br />The APB discussed meeting schedules for May 2, May 16th and early June with <br />the idea of the joint June meeting with Commission for the Environment and the <br />Soil & Water District Board early in June, then concluding with a brief meeting <br />afterwards in lieu of the June 20th meeting. <br />ITEM #5: INFORMATIONAL ITEMS <br />a. County Space Needs Study (Ag Center) <br />b. NC Farmland Preservation Demonstration Program <br />C. Report to the NC General Assembly <br />d. "Vineyards Contribute to Open Space Protection" <br />e. "Plan could lead to zoning," Caswell County protects <br />farmland <br />ITEM #6: ADJOURNMENT <br />Draft 3/21/2001 <br />