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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 7, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Voluntary Agricultural District Designation - Property of Hurley T. Tate <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource Conservation PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Application <br />2) Vicinity Map and Soils Information <br />3) Certification from MRCS <br />4) Certification from Tax Supervisor <br />5) Draft Conservation Agreement <br />6) ARAB Minutes, Meeting of 6-16-99 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dave Stancil, ERC Director <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 2590 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the application of Hurley T. Tate for certification as qualifying farmland and <br />designation as a Voluntary Agricultural District. <br />BACKGROUND: Section IV.D.2. of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance permits <br />the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board to review and approve applications for <br />qualifying farmland and make recommendations concerning the establishment and <br />modification of agricultural districts. <br />Section V of the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance contains the <br />requirements for inclusion in a voluntary agricultural district. To be certified as <br />qualifying farmland, a farm must: <br />1. Be participating in the farm present use-value taxation program established by the <br />N.C. General Statutes, Sections 105-277.2 through 105-277.7, or is otherwise <br />determined by the County to meet all the qualifications of this program set forth <br />in the N.C. General Statutes, Sections 105-277.3. <br />2. Be certified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States <br />Department of Agriculture as being a farm on which at least two-thirds of the land <br />is composed of soils that: <br />a. Are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, forage, timber, and oil <br />oil seed crops; <br />b. Have good soil qualities; <br />c. Are favorable for all major crops common to Orange County; <br />d. Have a favorable growing season; <br />e. Receive the available moisture needed to produce high yields for an average <br />