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Woods Application for Certification as Qualifying Farmland Page 2 7 <br />Section 105-277.2 (1,2, and 3), during each of the five (5) previous <br />years, measured from the date on which the determination must be <br />made as to whether the land in questions qualifies. <br />[Response to be provided by District Conservationist) <br />3. Be managed, if highly erodible land exists on the farm, in accordance with <br />the NRCS-defined erosion control practices as specified in the 1985 Food <br />Security Act. <br />[Response to be provided by District Conservationist] <br />In accordance with Section V of the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Ordinance, <br />please evaluate the application for compliance with the above requirements and return your <br />finding to the Environment and Resource Conservation Department within 30 days. In your <br />response, please be as specific as you can be regarding how the property complies. (You may <br />wish to use the attached maps showing the boundaries of the property and tabulation of <br />acreage by soil type when completing your review.) Provided the property is certified as <br />qualifying farmland, and the Agricultural Preservation Board recommends designation as a <br />voluntary agricultural district, the Board of Commissioners could consider the request shortly <br />before or after the 2009 holiday season. <br />The Woods have identified four adjacent tracts in Cedar Grove Township for consideration for <br />the VAD program. (You may wish to use the attached maps showing the boundaries of the <br />property and tabulation of acreage by soil type when completing your review.) <br />1) TMBL#2.35..21 69.9 acres <br />2) TMBL# 2.35..7E 13.66 acres <br />3) TMBL# 2.35..20A 10.32 acres <br />4) TMBL# 2.35..7A 4.74 acres <br />Revisions to the Voluntary Farmland Protection Program, adopted in June 2005, reduced the <br />minimum participating farm size requirement to 20 acres. Together the four adjacent tracts <br />contain more than 98 acres, well exceeding the minimum requirement. <br />Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Please feel free to contact <br />Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Please feel free to contact me at 210-2595 or by <br />email at cmoon@co.orange.nc.us, if I can answer any questions or provide additional <br />information. <br />/tm <br />attachments <br />cc: David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director <br />