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Agriculture Advisory Board Meeting

Chatham County · Agriculture Advisory Board
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 7:00 pm · Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center, 1192 US 64 W Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312

Advisory board meeting Farmland and open spaceAppointments and personnelElections and districtsEnvironment and sustainability

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What's on this agenda

Chatham County's Agriculture Advisory Board reviewed its draft report on the Enbridge pipeline at its 8 September quarterly meeting, three weeks after holding a public hearing on what the pipeline would do to farmland. The board discussed what to do next with it. That report reached the county commissioners on 21 September, the same night they voted on a resolution opposing the pipeline.

The board also took an update on the farmland preservation program ordinance, reviewed voluntary agricultural district applications, elected officers, and opened a new business item on an agricultural impacts committee.

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Agenda items (10)

Procedural · 4Discussion item · 3Minutes approval · 1Appointment · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. I Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. II Roll Call
    Procedural
  3. III Approval of 7.30.26 Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
  4. IV Officer Elections
    Appointment Appointments and personnelElections and districts
  5. V Public Comment
    Procedural
  6. VI Public Hearing Review: Enbridge Pipeline Agricultural Impact Report
    Discussion item Environment and sustainabilityFarmland and open space
    The board reviews its draft report on what the Enbridge pipeline would do to agriculture, drawn from the public hearing it held on 18 August, and discusses next steps.
  7. VII Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance Update
    Staff or committee report Farmland and open space
    An update on the farmland preservation program ordinance.
  8. VIII VAD Application Review and Approval
    Discussion item Farmland and open space
    Applications to the voluntary agricultural districts, which give enrolled farms notice and some protection from nuisance claims.
  9. IX New Business: Agricultural Impacts Committee
    Discussion item Farmland and open space
    A new agricultural impacts committee.
  10. X Adjournment
    Procedural

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