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2 assistant, Dana Hall, handling the farming applications.There is no annual income requirement for forestry land as long as the plan has an approved timeline for harvesting.A new application is required for each new parcel.The owner has sixty days from the time of the transfer to make application. Chair Redding thanked Mr. Gunn for his presentation. b) Interest in updating the VAD sign design: Staff reviewed past discussions about our present sign design, as we prepare to order new signs. Members agreed to maintain our existing sign design. 6. Items for Decision: a) New VAD/EVAD Applications(Attachment 2): Sandbeck presented the current applications listed below.All of these farms meet the requirements/criteria for VAD/EVAD enrollment. • Annie Baggett—Sunshine Lavender Farm: 21.95 ac, Caldwell Ag District: Lavender and other crops; managed forestry and woodland • Greg Bohlen—Union Grove Farm:442.2 ac, New Hope and White Cross Ag Districts:Table Grapes, orchard, composting, event venue, managed forestry and woodland; grouped under ownership entities as follows: • 2b-1: Greg Bohlen: 101.30 acres, New Hope and White Cross Ag Districts • 2b-2: Bandit Farms LLC: 61.58 acres, New Hope and White Cross Ag Districts • 2b-3: Bandit Farms II LLC: 109.61 acres,White Cross Ag District • 2b-4: Bohlen Farms I LLC: 169.7 acres, New Hope Ag District • Martin and Rebekah Bohlen: 24.89 ac, White Cross Ag District, managed forestry • Matt and Suzanne Case—Clearwind Farm: 204.2 ac, Cane Creek/Buckhorn and White Cross Ag Districts: Pasture and hay land for riding, equine learning center, managed forestry • Zachary Dodson: 22.5 ac, New Hope Ag District: Pasture land, managed forestry • Josh Williams—Union Grove Farm: 39.05 ac, New Hope and White Cross Ag Districts, managed forestry and woodland • Holcomb-Coon Rock Farm: 45.78 acres; not presently located within an AG District boundary so not eligible to enroll as explained in more detail below. • Fran and Aaron Kelly: 63.47 acres, Cedar Grove Ag District:tobacco, soybeans and managed forestry and woodland The above applications total 864.04 acres being proposed for enrollment, all in the VAD program. All farms/parcels must place is a requirement per our ordinance, before a farm can be approved by the BOCC. Staff presented the special situation with Holcomb/Coon Rock Farm application, on Dimmocks Mill Rd.,where the farm is located just outside of the Hillsborough ETJ, but lies within county zoning jurisdiction. However, our VAD district boundary lines were drawn to exclude this little piece of the county from being in the VAD program. As things now stand,this property is not eligible to be enrolled in the VAD program. Staff will review this with the county attorney's office to develop a process for re-drawing the boundaries to include this piece of county zoned land within the most logical VAD boundary line.Anderson moved to approve all the farms for enrollment in VAD, seconded by McPherson; motion passed. 7. Informational Items/Future Agenda Items: a. Fine-tuning VAD application and approval process/clarification of program requirements: We are working on a few adjustments to our process,to clarify the requirement for a conservation plan and forestry plan, and tracking our applications to ensure all plans are submitted prior to bringing the