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11-0d-200S 10,S0AM FROM COOP. EXTENSION SER. 70d+7920d39 P.2 e. Perform other re.1ated tasks or duties assigned by the COUllty commissioners. Public Hearings on condemnation of fannland- An ordinance adopted under the Voluntary Agricultural Dist.lict statute mtlY provide: that no State or local public agency or governmental unit may formally inil iate any action to condemn any intcrest in qualifying fannlandwithin a voluntary agricultural district until such agency has reques~d the local agricultural. (Idvisory board holds a public hearing on the proposed condemnation. a. Following a public hearing, the board shall prepare and submit written findings and a recommendation to the decision-making body of the agency proposing acquisition . b. The board designated to hold the hearing shall have 30 days after receiving a request under this section to hold the public hearing and submit its findings and recommendations 1., the agency . c. The agency may not formally initiate a condemnation III'lion while the proposed condemnation is properly, before thl' advisory borcdwithin these time limitations Enhanced V oJuntary Agricultural Districts The pw-pose of establishing an enhanced voluntary agricultural district is to allow, I county to provide additional benefits to farmland beyond that available in a voluntary agr".:l.iltural distri ct . Major difference between the enhanced voluntary agricultural district and voluntal Y agriculmral districts lies in the conservation agreement, and the benefits ofthe enl"lIlced voluntary agricultural districts. 1. Conservation agreement Limitation within the enhanced voluntary agricullllral district: a. A conservation agreement entcrcd into between the county and a lHlld9wner shall be irrcvocablc for a pcriod of alleast 10 years from the date tile agreement is executed. At the end of the term, a conservation agrL'I.'ment shall automatically renew for a term of three years, unless notice 01 termination is given in a timely manner by either party. 2. Benefits of enhanced voluntary agricultural district~ a. The provisions that apply to an enhanced voluntary agricultural di~1 rict i~ the same as the provisions set forth in the voluntary agricultural di:-trict policies. 3. Additional benefits of the enhanced voluntary agricultural districts a. Properly lhal is subject to a conservation agreement that is under the enhanced voluntary district designation may receive up to twenty-1 i ve percent of ies gross sales from the sale of non-farm products and 51 i II qualify G~r