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V.C.(1)(d), executed by the landowner and the County, and recorded in the Orange County Register of Deeds as provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 121-41. 6. Upon recordation of a conservation easement, the Rkwmiag Environment and Resource Cnserv Department will notify the Orange County Tax Supervisor o he voluntary agricultural district established. ation The location of said district will be marked on the Orange County ax maps. E. The County may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Agricultural Preservation Board or other body or individual to encourage the formation of voluntary agricultural districts and to further their purposes and objectives, including, at a minimum, a public information program to reasonably inform landowners of the farmland preservation program. Section VI- REVOCATION OF CONSERVATION AGREEMENT By written notice to the Board of County Commissioners, a landowner of qualifying conservation agreement formulated pursuant to Section V of this ordinance. Such evocation shall esultm loss of qualifying status, and consequently, loss of eligibility to participate in a voluntary agricultural district and benefits thereof. Upon revocation of a conservation agreement, written notice of the revocation shall be recorded in he Orange County Register of Deeds as provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 121-41: Section VII - PUBLIC HEARINGS A. PURPOSE No sate or local public agency or governmental unit may formally initiate any action to condemn any interest in qualifying farmland within a voluntary agricultural district until such agency or unit has requested he Orange County Agf'eahwal Agricultural Preservation Board to hold a public hearing on the proposed condemnation. B. PROCEDURE 1 Upon receiving a request, the Agricultural Preservation Board shall publish notice describing the proposed action in a newspaper having general circulation in the area within seven (7) days of the request, and will in he same notice notify the public of a public hearing on he proposed condemnation, to be held within 30 days of receipt of he request. 2. The Board will, in making its findings and recommendations following the public hearing, consider such factors as: a. Whether the need for he project has been satisfactorily established by he agency or unit of government involved, including a review of any fiscal impact analysis conducted by the agency involved; and b. Alternatives to he proposed action that have less impact and are less disruptive to the agricultural activities and farm land base of he voluntary agricultural district within which he proposed action is to take place. 3. The Board will consult with the Orange County Cooperative Extension Service, the local U.S.D.A. Seil Natural Resources Conservation Service office, and the Orange County Environment and Resource Conservation Department, and may consult with any other indiivid?uals, agencies or organizations, public or private, necessary to the Board's review of the proposed action. 4. Within 30 days after he request for public hearing, the Board will make a report to he decision-making body of he proposed condemnor, which report shall contain the Board's findings and recommendations regarding he proposed action. 5. Pursuant to N.C. General Statutes, Section 106-740, the proposed condemnor shall not formally condemnation action while the proposed condemnation is properly before he advisory board within these time limitation. Section VIII - RECORD NOTICE OF PROXIMITY TO FARMLANDS