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3 <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal <br /> impact associated with this item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br /> 1) certify the two (2) farm properties noted above totaling 67.46 acres; <br /> 2) designate the Gates and Miller/Sloss farms as Voluntary Agricultural District farms within <br /> the Caldwell and High Rock/Efland Agricultural District Regions; and <br /> 3) enroll the lands in the Orange County Farmland Preservation Program's Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District (VAD) program as designated. <br /> With approval of these farms, the Orange County Farmland Preservation program will have <br /> enrolled 153 farms, totaling 14,786 acres in the VAD and 2,714 acres in the EVAD for a total of <br /> 17,500 acres in the program. <br />