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3 <br />3) The owner of the Robert H. Pope, Jr. farm has submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br />parcel of the farm totaling 75.39 acres located in the Cedar Grove Community on Efland — <br />Cedar Grove Road, as qualifying farmland for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District <br />(EVAD) program (Cedar Grove District). The farm is comprised of pasture and <br />forestry/woodland and raising Iambs for sell to restaurants and farmers markets. The Robert H. <br />Pope, Jr. Farm has been evaluated against each of the EVAD certification requirement <br />standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />4) Owners of the Elizabeth and Roland Walters (mother and son) farm have submitted an <br />application to revise three (3) parcels of their farm totaling 398.41 acres located in the High <br />Rock Community on High Rock Road as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary and Enhanced <br />Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD /EVAD) program (High Rock /Efland District). The Walters <br />Farm was the first farm enrolled in the VAD program in 1992, and has requested to revise their <br />acreage in the program. Two (2) tracts of 225.28 acres will be enrolled in the Enhanced <br />Voluntary Agriculture Program (EVAD). One (1) tract of 173.13 acres will remain enrolled in the <br />Voluntary Agriculture Program (VAD). The farm is very diverse; including beef cattle, hogs, <br />chickens, and produce /vegetable crops for farm and smaller market sales. The farm also <br />includes pastures and managed forestry/woodland acres. The Elizabeth and Roland Walters <br />Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and <br />meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />To be formally designated as part of a voluntary agricultural district, the Board of <br />Commissioners must approve that the farms meet the certification requirements as per the <br />APB's findings. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. Voluntary Agricultural <br />Districts are non - monetary and non - binding conservation agreements. Enhanced Voluntary <br />Agriculture Districts are non - monetary and are binding 10 -year conservation agreements. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board certify the four (4) farm <br />properties noted above totaling 342.21 acres (VAD) and 300.67 acres (EVAD) as denoted in the <br />attached documentation as qualifying farmland, and designate them as Enhanced Voluntary or <br />Voluntary Agricultural District farms within the Cane Creek - Buckhorn, Caldwell, Cedar Grove, <br />and High Rock /Efland Agricultural Districts. <br />