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13 <br /> <br />other, as well as businesses that serve the agricultural community. He said when one adds the 1 <br />VAD to the conservation easements; it is impressive work by staff and the agricultural 2 <br />community. 3 <br />Commissioner Price agreed, and thanked Gail Hughes. 4 <br />Commissioner McKee said kudos to his sister, Gail Hughes, for jump-starting this 5 <br />program. 6 <br />Commissioner Rich said it would be nice to get an information item in the agenda about 7 <br />the century farms. 8 <br />Gail Hughes said staff will work on this. 9 <br /> 10 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee for the 11 <br />Board to certify the eight (8) farm properties noted above totaling 591 acres* (VAD) and 302 12 <br />acres* (EVAD); designate the properties as a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural 13 <br />District farm within the Caldwell, Cedar Grove, and White Cross Voluntary Agricultural Districts; 14 <br />and enroll the lands in the Orange County Farmland Preservation Program; Voluntary and 15 <br />Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD and EVAD) programs. With approval of these 16 <br />additional acres, the Orange County Farmland Preservation program will have enrolled 101 17 <br />farms, totaling 10,777 acres** in the VAD and 2,566** acres in the EVAD for a total of 13,343 18 <br />acres** (rounded) in the program. 19 <br />*acres are rounded numbers 20 <br />**acres have been corrected to reflect accurate acres, adjustments for enrollment changes and ownership 21 <br />changes 22 <br /> 23 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 24 <br /> 25 <br />b. Bicycle Safety Campaign Presentation 26 <br />The Board received a presentation from Planning staff regarding initial activities of the 27 <br />Bicycle Safety Campaign, review several video public service announcements (PSAs) 28 <br />completed by the Cedar Ridge High School Videography Club; and recognize the Videography 29 <br />students and their instructor. 30 <br /> Abigaile Pittman, Planner, Land Use and Transportation, reviewed the following 31 <br />information: 32 <br /> 33 <br />BACKGROUND: 34 <br />The Board of County Commissioners received a Bicycle Safety Campaign Information Item at 35 <br />its May 1, 2018 meeting. Tonight’s presentation is an update of the Campaign work. 36 <br /> 37 <br />The Bicycle Safety Implementation Subcommittee (BSIS) of the OUTBoard was formed by the 38 <br />OUTBoard in June 2017 to begin implementation of the “Drive Safely, Ride Safely” Campaign 39 <br />developed by the Bicycle Safety Task Force (BSTF) through its work in 2016-2017. The 40 <br />Campaign is designed to foster mutual respect and shared interest in road safety between 41 <br />motorists and cyclists. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Initial Campaign Launch Activities 44 <br />• The following activities have been, or are in the process of being completed in 45 <br />collaboration with the Community Relations Department: 46 <br />o The creation of the slogan ‘Ride Safely Drive Safely’ and logo; 47 <br />o Design and distribution of brochures and posters; 48 <br />o Social media ads and posts, and radio ads; and 49 <br />o The design and launch of the orangecountyncbicyclesafety.com website; in 50 <br />collaboration with the Community Relations Department. 51