Agenda - 06-13-2006-5y; VAD - Pearson

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~a ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM To: Agricultural Preservation Board From: Tina Moon, Land Use/Preservation Planner Date: May 10, 2006 Subject: Pearson Voluntary Agricultural District Application Copies: David Stancil, ERC Director In January Adrian Pearson submitted an application to include his farm in the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) Program as part of the Caldwell District. As you can see from the attached map and soils analysis chart, the tract is located in Cedar Grove Township, near the border with Little River, and contains just less than 50 acres. Section V. of the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Protection Ordinance (VFPO) outlines the required application procedure. Once the application is deemed complete ERCD staff forwards it to the Tax Assessor and Natural Resources Conservation Service to ensure that the property meets specific criteria. ERCD staff received the attached memoranda from NRCS and the Tax Assessor certifying the Pearson property as qualifying farmland, eligible to participate in the VAD program. The next step in the process is for the Agricultural Preservation Board (APB) to determine whether or not it wishes to recommend the application to the Board of County Commissioners. Please review the attached materials and relevant sections of the VFPO, and be prepared to consider this application for VAD status. Should the Agricultural Preservation Board decide to recommend the Pearson Farm for inclusicn in the County's Voluntary Agricultural District program, ERCD staff will forward the recommendation along with the appropriate agenda materials to the Board of County Commissioners for their review and consideration.. The BOCC will make the final decision to designate the property as a participating farm in the VAD program.