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13 <br /> 1 Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the High Rock/Efland Agricultural <br /> 2 District. The farm operation includes livestock, pasture, and managed woodland. This <br /> 3 acreage will be an addition to the existing farmland in the VAD program. The farm has <br /> 4 been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets <br /> 5 or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 6 3) Owners, Claude Hughes and Linda Sakiewicz, have submitted an application to enroll <br /> 7 one (1) parcel of land totaling of 2.56 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> 8 Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural <br /> 9 District. The farm includes livestock and pasture, and will be an additional acreage to <br /> 10 their existing farmland in the VAD program. The farm has been evaluated against each <br /> 11 of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the <br /> 12 measures above. <br /> 13 4) Owners, Susan Snipes Nichols and Karen Snipes Sexton, have submitted an application <br /> 14 to enroll two (2) parcels of land totaling 268.33 acres as qualifying farmland for the <br /> 15 Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural <br /> 16 District. The farm operation includes corn, soybeans, small grains, hay crops, and <br /> 17 managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification <br /> 18 requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 19 5) Owners, Virginia McKee and Heirs, have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br /> 20 parcel of land totaling of 162.28 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> 21 Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm <br /> 22 includes livestock, pasture, hay crops, soybeans, small grains, and managed woodland. <br /> 23 The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br /> 24 standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 25 6) Owner, Mark Miller, has submitted an application to enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling <br /> 26 177.74 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program <br /> 27 in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes livestock, pasture, hay <br /> 28 crops, and managed woodland. The farm property has been evaluated against each of <br /> 29 the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures <br /> 30 above. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Gail Hughes made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Orange County Voluntary <br /> 35 Farmland Preservation Program <br /> 36 Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary <br /> 37 Agricultural District Program <br /> 38 Orange County Board of Commissions Meeting <br /> 39 June 4, 2019 <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Orange County VAD/EVAD Program <br /> 42 Benefits of Agricultural Districts <br /> 43 ➢ Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) is a 10 year commitment for farm to be in active <br /> 44 farm production, but the landowner can withdraw from the VAD at any time, for any <br /> 45 reason, with a 30 day notification to the Agri. Preservation Board. <br /> 46 ➢ Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) is an irrevocable 10 year <br /> 47 commitment to be in active farm production, therefore the "enhanced" qualifies farm for <br /> 48 up to 90% cost share rates and a priority for state and federal grants funds. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Benefits include: (listing a few) <br />