Agenda - 01-24-2013 - 4f; VAD - Rogers, Shambley, Lackey

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I against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 3) Owners of the William (Billy) Forrest Rogers farm have submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of their farm totaling 18.67 acres located in the Carr Community on Corbett Ridge Road as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (Cedar Grove District). The farm is very diverse, and the cropland is used to grow soybeans and grain crops. The Farm joins the larger tracts, owned by his father, William L. Rogers, and is part of the larger family farm. The William (Billy) Forrest and Sonya B. Rogers Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 4) Owners of the Morris Shambley and Inez Shambley (son /mother) farm have submitted an application to enroll three (3) parcels of their farm totaling 260.58 acres located in the Buckhorn Community on Mt. Willing, Buckhorn, and Bushy Cook Roads as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (Buckhorn District). The farm is very diverse, including a beef cattle operation, and the cropland is used to grow soybeans, corn, grain crops, and hay /grass. The farm also includes pastures and managed forestry/woodland acres. The Morris and Inez Shambley Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 5) Owners of the Beaver Creek Farm - Mike and Robin Lackey - have submitted an application to enroll two (2) parcels of their farm totaling 61.3 acres located in the Caldwell Community on Breeze Road as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (Caldwell District). The farm is very diverse, including swine and beef cattle operations, and the cropland is used to hay /grass. The farm also includes pastures and managed forestry/woodland acres. The Beaver Creek Farm owned by Mike and Robin Lackey has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. To be formally designated as part of a voluntary agricultural district, the Board of Commissioners must approve that the farm(s) meets the certification requirements as per the APB's findings. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. Voluntary agricultural districts are non - monetary and non - binding conservation agreements. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board certify the five farm properties noted above totaling 1,103.57 acres as denoted in the attached documentation as qualifying farmland, designate them as a Voluntary Agricultural District farms within the Cedar Grove, Buckhorn, and Caldwell Agricultural Districts, and authorize the Chair to sign the associated documents.