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COUNTY AG FORESTVILLE DISTRICT COMMITTEE,[Agricultural and Forestall District Committee Meeting on March 19, 2026.]
FLORIDA.UM, FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE WE START, I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE LAST MONTH.
UH, I JUST DIDN'T WRITE IT ON MY PLANNER AND WE ENDED UP GOING TO CHARLESTON TO VISIT MY SON, AND I DIDN'T GET THE PACKET TILL THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
SO ANYHOW, I APOLOGIZE TO Y'ALL, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM, OBVIOUSLY.
IS, UH, RANDY MERRIT? HAS HE RESIGNED? HE HAS RESIGNED.
SO WE GOT A FULL FULL, YEAH, WE'VE GOT EVERY, EVERYBODY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE'S HERE.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING? MOTION TO MOVE.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IN, UH, SECONDED.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SKIP NUMBER THREE FOR NOW.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, UH, THE PRESENTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF A FD.
UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT AT A LATER DATE.
UM, SO WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS, UH, C ARTHUR, UH, RUDDER, KINDLY KNOWN TO HIS BROTHER, RUDDER.
UH, THIS IS REMOVAL FROM A DISTRICT.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
MR. RUDDER IS THE, IS THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER, UM, FOR TODAY.
UM, HE HAS BROUGHT SOME PEOPLE HERE ON HIS BEHALF TO TALK ABOUT THE CASE.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THIS IS A TAX MAP, UH, 1 0 8 DASH A DASH 12 ELECTION DISTRICT NINE ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 127 ACRES, UH, ZONED AGRICULTURE.
AND THE A FD DISTRICT IS CVILLE.
UM, SO THIS IS THE PROPERTY AND IT'S THE GREEN IS, UH, IT'S DESIGNATION IN IN AN AGATE FORESTAL DISTRICT.
UM, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, IS THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE SOME PROPERTY LINES AROUND, UM, IN ORDER TO PUT A, UH, A DWELLING ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE WAY IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, UM, THE LINES ARE A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS HOUSE HERE.
SO WE HAVE TO, UM, BASICALLY DO WHAT IS CALLED A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY'RE, UH, REQUESTING WITHDRAWAL.
SO THIS IS A SECTION 15 WITHDRAWAL OF PARCEL FROM A DISTRICT.
UM, I WILL BRIEFLY JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT'S UP HERE.
IT'S JUST, THERE'S A PROCESS FOR BEING WITHDRAWN.
THE FIRST STEP IS THIS, AND THEN THEY GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN THEY GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND THEN A SUBDIVISION OF PARCEL.
UM, SECTION 11, SUBDIVISION OF PARCEL LANDLINE WITHIN A DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE SUBDIVIDED DURING THE PERIOD THAT SUCH DISTRICT EXISTS, EXCEPT THAT WITH THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE BOARD LOTS MEETING THE CRITERIA OF VIRGINIA CODE 15.2 DASH 2244 AND AKIMA COUNTY CODE SECTION 78 DASH 12 MAY BE SUBDIVIDED FOR USE BY AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF THE OWNER OF SUCH LAND.
FURTHER LANDS MAY BE DIVIDED OR SUBDIVIDED AND SOLD FOR CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL ENFORCEABLE USE SO LONG AS IT CONTINUES TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THIS DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT.
UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WISHES TO WITHDRAW THE PARCEL FROM THE A FD IN ORDER TO SUBDIVIDE THE PARCEL AND PLACE A DWELLING ON AN ADJACENT PROPERTY.
UM, THE PARCEL THAT THE APPLICANT WISHES TO PLACE, UH, THE DWELLING ON NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED IN ORDER TO MEET SETBACK REGULATIONS FOUND IN THE AKIMA COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, NUMBER THREE, THE PARCELS IN AN AG ENFORCEABLE DISTRICT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN OUTTA THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO SUBDIVIDE AND REMOVAL FROM THE A FD WOULD NOT CHANGE THE ABIL THE APPLICANT'S ABILITY TO RECEIVE LAND USE TAXATION, THE PARCEL IS LARGE ENOUGH TO WHERE EVEN IF THEY GET TAKEN OUT, THEY STILL RECEIVE LAND USE TAXATION.
UM, STAFF IS NEUTRAL ON THE REMOVAL OF THE PARCEL FROM THE A FD.
IT IS THE APPLICANT'S DECISION TO REMOVE THE PARCEL.
ALSO, THE APPLICANT'S HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, I WANT TO JUST GET THIS CLEAR IN MY MIND.
YES, I WANT TO TAKE THE PARCELS OUT.
SO THEY TO 'CAUSE THERE SETBACKS REQUIRED FOR THEY JOIN THE PROPERTY.
AND THERE'S ALSO A, A MORE INTENSIVE USE ASPECT OF THIS.
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IF THEY WANTED TO, UM, IF THEY WANTED TO PUT THE, PUT THE DWELLING ON THE PARCEL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET BOARD APPROVAL FOR THAT MORE INTENSIVE USE.WE'VE HAD A COUPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT THAT IS THE PROCESS.
SO BY TAKING IT OUT, IT'S ONE PROCESS INSTEAD OF TWO PROCESSES.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ONE DWELLING? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE DWELLING.
SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, SO THAT'S THE PROPOSED HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
SO THERE'S ALREADY A STRUCTURE ON A SEPARATE PARCEL HERE.
UM, THE WAY THAT IT IS SPLIT OUT IS THE LINE BETWEEN THE PARCELS IS HERE.
SO ONE DWELLING ON 1 0 8, A 12, IS THAT FARMLAND? IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN USED AS FARMLAND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
IT WAS ALWAYS VERY LIMITED, MARGINAL.
SO THAT I DON'T, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING BEEN HARVESTED OFF THERE QUITE A TIME PLACEMENT OTHER THAN FOOD PLOTS OR EPAYMENTS TYPE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT ON ANY OF THAT.
I, I HAVE GOT, UM, ONE CONCERN, UH, WITH IT.
FIRST, I, I FEEL VERY POSITIVE WITH THE PRICE OF TIMBER, WITH THE PRICE OF FARM PRODUCTS.
I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE A ANOTHER USE FOR THE, FOR THE PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO AGRICULTURE AND FOREIGN PRACTICES.
MY, MY CONCERN HERE, AND IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL WHERE I WOULD OBJECT TO REMOVING THIS AT ALL.
THE, ONCE YOU GET, YOU CAN GET FROM US 13 TO VILLE ON PRETTY DECENT ROADS.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE VILLE CHURCH AND YOU, I'M GONNA GUESS IT'S APPROXIMATELY FOUR OR FIVE MILES FROM GRANITEVILLE CHURCH TO THIS PROPERTY.
PART OF THOSE ROADS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.
THEY'RE HEAVILY HUMPED BACK NO SHOULDERS.
UM, I, I'VE GOT NO OBJECTION TO ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES, BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO PUT UH, A 20 UH, SUBDIVISION HOUSES, I WOULD OBJECT BECAUSE THE ROADS JUST, JUST ARE NOT OF THE QUALITY TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.
THERE'S CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES OF FARMLAND STILL ACTIVELY USED.
UM, WHEN WE MOVE THAT FARM EQUIPMENT OVER THIS, OVER THESE PUBLIC ROADS, THE ROADS ARE SO INADEQUATE.
WE ESSENTIALLY DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE PASSAGE OF, UM, OF, OF, OF CARS OR ANYTHING EITHER WAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT SURE I DON'T THINK WOULD BE THE PREVIEW OF THIS BOARD, BUT IT IS A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IT.
I WILL SAY IN THE FUTURE, IF THEY EVER HAD PLANS TO SUBDIVIDE OR ANYTHING THAT'S OVER, UH, 10 LOTS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO IT'S A IF'S A LARGER LOTS OR A, OR A LARGE SUBDIVISION.
UM, THERE'S AN EXTRA LEVEL OF SCRUTINY WHERE WE DO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE ROADS.
UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, I AGREE WITH, WITH MR. MILLS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONCERN WITH, WITH THIS, BUT, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE ANY SAY OVER, BUT, UH, LIVING ON THE BAY SIDE, IT'S GONNA BE A REAL PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE WITH ACCESS.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE FROM THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THAT BUILDING THESE LOW LINE AREAS AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE TIMES WHEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 'EM FIRE EMS, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, ROADS, A LOT OF THESE ROADS ARE GONNA BE FLOODED.
IT'S THE SAME THING OF WHERE I LIVE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THOSE.
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? UM, THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK TO THEM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
SO, UH, THERE, THERE IS YOUR MOTION.
THE, UH, I MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MOTION.
SECOND, SECOND MOTION BEEN MADE.
AND SECOND, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT MOTION, I WOULD JUST SAY MOTION TO APPROVE.
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THAT'S, SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT PARTY WILL BE, I'LL SEND YOU A LETTER.I'LL LET THE COMMISSION PEOPLE DOWN AND, OKAY.
SO THE, UH, SECOND CASE WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO CASES TODAY, UH, IS, UH, BARBARA HATFIELD.
AND THIS IS ALSO REMOVAL FROM A DISTRICT.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT IS, UH, SEAN TAYLOR.
HE IS ON BEHALF OF, UH, GEORGE YOUNG SURVEYORS.
UM, AND THIS IS, UH, BARBARA J. HATFIELD AS THE OWNER.
AND THESE ARE, UH, TWO PARCELS.
IT'S, UH, TAX MAP NUMBERS 11 DASH A DASH 29 A AND 11 DASH A DASH 30 B ELECTION DISTRICT THREE.
UM, APPROXIMATELY 26 ACRES IN TOTAL ZONED AGRICULTURAL.
AND THIS IS IN THE NEW CHURCH AG AND FORESTAL DISTRICT.
UM, THIS IS, UM, PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE AND ITS DESIGNATION AS AN A FD PARCEL.
UM, THERE ARE TWO PARCELS, UPPER PARCEL, LOWER PARCEL.
UM, AND THIS IS, THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUBDIVIDE THE PARCEL, UH, FOR A FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
SO AGAIN, DEALING WITH SECTION 15, WITHDRAWAL PARCEL FROM A DISTRICT, SAME THING AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FIRST TIME.
UM, THIS TALKS ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT WITHDRAWING THE PARCEL.
STARTS WITH US, GOES TO PLANNING COMMISSION ENDS WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND THEN, UH, SECTION 11, I'LL READ IT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
UH, LANDLINE WITHIN A DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE SUBDIVIDED DURING THE PERIOD THAT SUCH DISTRICT EXISTS, EXCEPT THAT WITH THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE BOARD LOTS MEETING THE CRITERIA OF VIRGINIA CODE, UH, 15.2 DASH 2244 IN AKIMA COUNTY CODE SECTION 78 DASH EIGHT 12 OR 78 DASH 12, EXCUSE ME, UH, MAY BE SUBDIVIDED FOR USE BY AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF THE OWNER OF SUCH LAND.
FURTHER LAND MAY BE DIVIDED OR SUBDIVIDED AND SOLD FOR CONTINUED AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL USE.
SO, SO LONG AS IT CONTINUES TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE DISTRICT, UH, STAFF FINDINGS, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WISH TO WITHDRAW THE PARCEL FROM THE A FD IN ORDER TO SODIFY THE PARCEL.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, SITE PLAN, THE UM, PROPOSAL IS EVENTUALLY TO PUT A HOUSE HERE.
THEY HAVE, UM, SHOWN, UM, WELL IN SEPTIC AREA ON THIS WELL NOW VACANT PARCEL.
UM, THE NUMBER TWO, THE PARCELS ARE IN AN AG FORESTAL DISTRICT AND WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO SUBDIVIDE.
UM, AND NUMBER THREE, REMOVAL FROM THE A FD WOULD NOT CHANGE THE APPLICANT'S ABILITY TO RECEIVE LAND USE TAXATION.
AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE OTHER CASE, THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE LAND USE TAXATION BECAUSE THEY MEET THE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S WOODED, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MEET THE 20 ACRES REQUIRED.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION STAFF IS NEUTRAL ON THE REMOVAL, UH, OF THE PARCEL FROM THE A FD IS THE APPLICANT'S DECISION TO REMOVE THE PARCEL.
AND THERE'S THE MOTION I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
UH, MR. MR. UH, TAYLOR'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
YEAH, THERE'S ALREADY A RESIDENCE ON THAT PROPERTY THERE.
UH, AS IT SITS RIGHT HERE, IT'S VACANT.
THERE ARE NO, THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
THE PARCEL, THERE'S NOTHING BACK IN THERE.
WELL, THE ACTUAL HOUSE, THE HOUSE PARCEL 30.
SO IT WOULD BE THIS PARCEL HERE.
PARCEL 30? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
IS IT, IS IT RIGHT IN THAT AREA? I THINK IT IS.
I THINK IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW HOUSE.
UM, AND WHERE WOULD THE OTHER ONE BE? THE OTHER ONE? THE PROPOSED, UH, SUBDIVISION'S RIGHT HERE.
SO THAT WOULD FRONT ON HOWARD ROAD THEN? CORRECT.
I REALLY DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH ALL.
THAT'S MY DISTRICT, I GUESS SO.
ANYBODY WISH TO, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT.
ANYBODY CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT? YEAH.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M, I MOVE THAT AACK COUNTY AGRICULTURE AND FORESTAL DISTRICT, UM, RECOMMEND, UH, UH, REMOVING THIS FROM THE PAR UH, PARCELS 11 A 29 A, 11 A, UH, 30 B FROM THE NEW CHURCH AGRICULTURE AND FOREST DISTRICT.
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Y'ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE AT THIS TIME ANY CASES FOR APRIL.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO MEET IN APRIL.
THE NEXT TIME I HAVE A CASE, I'LL CALL ALL OF YOU TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE.
UM, SO BECAUSE OF THE APRIL MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE POTENTIALLY IN MAY, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS AT LEAST A MONTH'S NOTICE AHEAD OF TIME.
UH, AND I'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW TOO, LAST NIGHT AT OUR BOARD MEETING, WE ADDED A NEW MEMBER, MR. BEST STERLING WILL BE JOINING US.
UM, I'M ASSUMING AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO WE STILL, WE STILL HAVE TWO THAT'S, UH, SOME BLOOD LOG HERE.
SO
SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS, UH, ANYBODY, ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY THAT WISHES SERVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY GET THEM ON BOARD.
TALKING ABOUT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? NO.
THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HAVING SUCH A PROBLEM MAKING COURT.
I THOUGHT WE STARTED WITH NINE OR SOMETHING.
DID WE SEND A PETE'S WIDOW THANK YOU LETTER FOR SERVING ON THIS BOARD.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE BOARD COMMITTEE? NOT FOR ME.
WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MR. CHAIRMAN, SECOND.