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r � b ARTICLE IX REVOCATION OF CONSERVATION AGREEMENT By written notice to the Agricultural District Advisory Board, a landowner of qualifying farmland may revoke the Conservation Agreement or the Agricultural District Advisory Board may revoke the same Conservation Agreement based on noncompliance by the landowner, subject to the same provisions as contained in Article VIII for appeal of denials. Such revocation shall result in loss of qualifying farm status and loss of eligibility to participate in a district. Absent noncompliance by the landowner, neither the Agricultural District Advisory Board nor the Board of Commissioners shall revoke. any conservation agreements prior to its expiration. ARTICLE X PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Purpose Pursuant to N.C.G.S. §106 -740, which provides that no state or local public agency or governmental unit may formally initiate any action to condemn any interest in qualifying farmland within a District until such agency or unit has requested the Agricultural District Advisory Board to hold a public hearing on the proposed condemnation, this ordinance provides for such hearings. B. Procedure Upon receiving a request, the Agricultural District Advisory Board shall publish notice describing the proposed action in the appropriate newspapers of Lincoln County within five (5) business days of the request, and will in the same notice notify the public of a public hearing on the proposed condemnation, to be held within thirty (30) days of receipt of the request. 2. The Agricultural District Advisory Board shall meet to review: a. Whether the need for the project has been satisfactorily established by the agency or unit of government involved, including a review of any fiscal impact analysis conducted by the agency involved; and b. Whether there are alternatives to the proposed action that have less impact and are less disruptive to the agricultural activities of the District within which the proposed action is to take place. Land value will not be a factor in the selection between properties under consideration for the proposed action.