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Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board <br /> Approved Meeting Summary: January 19th, 2022 <br /> ***Virtual Meeting via Zoom <br /> 6:30 p.m. <br /> Members Present: McAdams, McKnight, Parker, Redding, Saiers, Sykes, Woods <br /> Members Absent:Anderson, Finley, McPherson, Myers <br /> Guests: None <br /> Staff: Jessica Perrin, Resource Conservation Coordinator-Orange Soil and Water; Peter Sandbeck, Cultural <br /> Resources Coordinator; Mike Ortosky, Community and Rural Development Agent, NCSU. <br /> 1. Call to order: Vice Chair McKnight called the meeting to order at 6:34 p.m. <br /> 2. Chair Comments/Introductions: None <br /> 3. Considerations of Additions to Agenda: None <br /> 4. Meeting Summary/Minutes (Attachments 1):Saiers moved to approve minutes, seconded by Redding; <br /> motion carried. <br /> 5. Items for Decision: <br /> a) Final approval of proposed technical revisions to ordinance (Attachment 2): Perrin walked <br /> members through the final draft revisions, showing how she incorporated APB comments and new <br /> information on what surrounding counties require. Members agreed on a minimum of 1 acre for <br /> agriculture or horticulture,to be contiguous. For woodland/timber,the Forest Service requires a <br /> minimum of 15 acres so she proposed that number. We are required to specify the minimum <br /> number of tracts. Members agreed on one tract as the minimum number, and for the proximity to <br /> be a maximum of one mile. Discussion followed. McAdams proposed increasing the requirement for <br /> woodland to 20 acres, but they don't need to be contiguous.This will be consistent with the current <br /> PUV requirements. Loggers have a hard time handling smaller tracts than 20 acres. Members agreed <br /> that this makes sense. McAdams moved to increase the minimum timber acreage to 20 acres, which <br /> must be under a forest management plan.Those don't have to be contiguous; seconded by Woods. <br /> Motion passed. Staff recommended a final motion to approve the entire revised document. Woods <br /> moved to approve the final ordinance revisions, seconded by McAdams; motion passed. <br /> b) Proposed New Hope VAD boundary adjustment(Attachment 3): Staff reviewed this boundary <br /> issue as was discussed at the November meeting. In the New Hope district, several farm parcels <br /> were inadvertently drawn outside of the boundary.The green dotted line on the proposed map <br /> shows the parcels that we wish to include, zoned by the county as AR. Making this adjustment now <br /> will allow this to go to the BOCC for their approval along with the ordinance revision. McAdams <br /> moved to accept the boundary adjustment; seconded by Woods; motion passed. <br /> 6. Discussion Items: <br />