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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION BOARD <br /> AGENDA <br /> March 191", 2025 <br /> Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agricultural Center <br /> 6:30 p.m. <br /> Time Agenda Item <br /> 6:30 1. Call to Order <br /> 6:31 2. Chair Comments/Introduction of Guests <br /> 6:32 3. Consideration of Additions to Agenda <br /> 6:33 4. Meeting Summary/Minutes: for Jan. 15th, 2025, meeting (Attachment 1) <br /> 6:35 5. Items for Decision: <br /> a. VAD update and farms for review and approval (by separate email) <br /> 6:45 6. Items for Discussion: <br /> a. Land Use Plan 2050: overview of new draft for BOCC and issues <br /> relating to agricultural and forest land uses (Attachment 2) <br /> b. Insights from a research project with first generation farmers in <br /> Orange County (Lee Miller and Kerilyn Schewel) (Attachment 3) <br /> c. Revised draft/updated Ag Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan <br /> (Attachment 4) <br /> 8.15 7. Informational Items / Updates: <br /> a. APB presentation at BOCC Work Session on April 8 <br /> b. Ag Summit follow up <br /> c. Extension and Ag Economic Development activities (Mike Ortosky) <br /> d. Membership <br /> 8.25 8. Time for information sharing <br /> 8.30 9. Adjournment <br /> ***Next Meeting: May 21st, 2025*** <br />