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<br />Assess and where possible mitigate adverse impacts created to the natural resources of <br />the site and adjoining area. Minimize production of greenhouse gases. <br /> <br />Enrollment of the proposed farms into the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program will <br />promote farmland protection, protect natural resources and air quality throughout the county, <br />and minimize greenhouse gases. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board certify the two (2) farm <br />properties noted above totaling 96.9 acres*; designate them as Voluntary Agricultural District <br />farms within the White Cross Voluntary Agricultural District; and enroll the lands in the Orange <br />County Farmland Preservation Program’s Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program. <br /> <br />With approval of these acres, the Orange County Farmland Preservation program, will have <br />enrolled 123 farms; totaling 12,965 acres* in the VAD and 2,566* acres in the EVAD for a total <br />of 15,531 acres* in the program. <br /> <br />*acres are rounded numbers <br />3