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K <br />evaluated against each of the EVAD certification requirement standards and meets or <br />exceeds all of the measures above. <br />3) The owners of Thoms Creek Farm; James C. Thompson, Betty Thompson, Andrew <br />Thompson, and Susan Thompson, have submitted an application to enroll five (5) <br />parcels of land totaling 592.55 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br />Agricultural District (VAD) program in the New Hope (one parcel) and the Cane <br />Creek /Buckhorn District (4 parcels). The farm operation includes a beef cattle <br />operation, pasture, hay crops, and managed forestry/woodland. Thoms Creek Farm <br />has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and <br />meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />4) The owners of the Vanhook farm; Willie and Hattie Vanhook, have submitted an <br />application to enroll one (1) parcel of land totaling of 84.01 acres as qualifying farmland <br />for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) program located in the Cedar <br />Grove Agricultural District. The farm includes pasture, hay crops and managed <br />forestry/woodland. The Vanhook farm has been evaluated against each of the EVAD <br />certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />5) The owners of the Vanhook farm; Richal and Savannah Vanhook, have submitted an <br />application to enroll two (2) parcels of land totaling 76.32 acres as qualifying farmland <br />for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) program located in the <br />Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes pasture, hay crops, and <br />managed forestry/woodland. The Vanhook farm has been evaluated against each of <br />the EVAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the <br />measures above. <br />6) The owners of the Summers farm; Lewis and Charlene Summers, have submitted an <br />application to enroll one (1) parcel of land totaling 121.0 acres as qualifying farmland <br />for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) program in the Cedar Grove <br />Agricultural District. The farm operation includes corn, small grain and hay crops and <br />woodland /forestry. The Summers Farm has been evaluated against each of the EVAD <br />certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />7) The owners of the Teer Farm. Inc., Michael Teer, Thomas Teer, Evelyn Teer, and <br />Sarah T. Holt, have submitted an application to enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling <br />379.15 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br />program in the Cane Creek /Buckhorn and White Cross Agricultural District. The farm <br />operation includes a dairy cattle operation, pasture, hay, small grain, corn, soybeans, <br />and sorghum crops. The farm also includes managed woodland /forestry. The Teer <br />Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards <br />and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />For these farms to be formally designated as part of a Voluntary Agricultural District <br />program, the Board of Commissioners must approve that the farms meet the certification <br />requirements as per the Orange County Agriculture Preservation Board's findings. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. Voluntary <br />Agricultural Districts are non - monetary and non - binding conservation agreements. <br />