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3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> A Resolution Certifying Deinat Designating a Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> Farmland and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County adopted a Voluntary Famdantl Preservation Program Ordinance in <br /> 1992 with provisions for the creation of Voluntary Agricultural Districts; end <br /> WHEREAS, since 1992 seven arms rotating 1,517 acres have enrolled in the Voluntary <br /> AgriculMml District prog a <br /> in promoting <br /> WHEREAS, the Voluntary Agmecranal Districts program nee been a valuable tool <br /> farmland preservation among willing participants; and <br /> WHEREAS, Don Johnson,on behalf of himself and other entlbmily members, has applied to enro ll <br /> lands owned by himself and his family in the prop <br /> WHEREAS, the review by staffs from ERGO, Soil and Water and the Tax Assessor validate the <br /> eligibility of 160 acres of the Bacon family lands in the application; and <br /> WHEREAS. on April 17, the A9dcuMurel Preservation Boartl approved cenficalnlantl o <br /> aforementioned 160 acres (as shown on the accompanying map) as qu )al�these lands: <br /> unanimously recommended the designation of Voluntary Ago <br /> NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED: <br /> That the Orange County Board of Commissioners, In keeping with its Interest in th <br /> preservation of natural and cultural resources hereby tlesigAnriicultural Dlsstdcl�s of the Race <br /> family fan (as shown on the attached map)as a Voluntary g <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board thanks Mr. Jendsfor be long tifns commitment <br /> interest In Me preservation of farmland in Orange County <br /> being good stewards of the land. <br /> This,the 210 day of May,2002. <br /> Barty Jacobs, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> ATTEST <br /> eevedy Blythe, Clerk m the Board <br />