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15 <br /> 1 Livestock, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Orange County Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Program <br /> 4 • The Agricultural Preservation Board has approved the farms as presented. <br /> 5 • Requesting approval from Commissioners to accept eight (8) farms into the VAD <br /> 6 program. <br /> 7 960 acres* in the Voluntary Agricultural District program <br /> 8 * = rounded acres <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if agro-forestry could be defined. <br /> 11 Gail Hughes said they are managing their forestry, but are also running their goats in <br /> 12 the forestry area. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Marcoplos <br /> 15 for the Board to certify the eight (8) farm properties noted above totaling 960 acres* (VAD); <br /> 16 designate the properties as Voluntary Agricultural District farms within the Caldwell, Cedar <br /> 17 Grove, Schley/Eno, and Cane Creek/Buckhorn Voluntary Agricultural Districts; and enroll the <br /> 18 lands in the Orange County Farmland Preservation Program Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> 19 (VAD) program. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 With approval of these additional acres, the Orange County Farmland Preservation program will <br /> 22 have enrolled 109 farms totaling 11,737 acres* in the VAD and 2,566* acres in the EVAD, for a <br /> 23 total of 14,303 acres** (rounded) in the program. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Commissioner Dorosin asked if any farms can be found in the Hillsborough or Chapel <br /> 28 Hill Townships. <br /> 29 Gail Hughes said there are some on the edge, but not in the townships. She said she is <br /> 30 talking with someone on the edge of Carrboro, but in the township is unlikely, as the land would <br /> 31 likely not meet the necessary criteria; but she is open to talking with any interested parties. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Item 4-e (moved up item 11-a) <br /> 34 e. Appointments to the Orange County Justice Advisory Council <br /> 35 The Board considered voting on position changes to the Justice Advisory Council (JAC) <br /> 36 structure and making appointments to the Justice Advisory Council. <br /> 37 Caitlin Fenhagen, Criminal Justice Resource Director, reviewed the proposed changes <br /> 38 below: <br /> 39 <br /> 40 • Delete the Emeritus Position. The current appointee, former Commissioner Bernadette <br /> 41 Pelissier, thought that it was an important position for the transition from the Justice <br /> 42 Advisory Work Group to the JAC, but believes the position is no longer necessary, as <br /> 43 does former Commissioner and JAC Chair Barry Jacobs; <br /> 44 . Convert the above position to a Domestic Violence Advocate position. The CJR staff is <br /> 45 recommending Cordelia Heaney, the Director of the Compass Center; and <br /> 46 • Add a Town and Campus Partnership position. The CJR staff is recommending Elinor <br /> 47 Landess, the Director of the Campus & Community Coalition of the Downtown <br /> 48 Partnership, for this position. <br /> 49 <br />