Al6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 12,1980
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Shaded areas of this map from the Farm Director/ are those areas of Ephrata
Township with prime farm land as defined by the Lancaster County Planning
Commission's Comprehensive Plan. The proposed agricultural zone would cover
County Ag Preserve Board
takes first official action
BY CURT HAULER
LANCASTER Election
of officers and formulation
of plans to help Ephrata
Township with its proposed
ag district particulars
highlighted the first meeting
of the Lancaster County
Agricultural Preservation
Board.
Elected Chairman at the
Wednesday meeting was
Amos H. Funk, R 1 Miller
sville vegetable farmer
Funk is serving a four year
term on the board
Vice Chairman will be
Aaron Z. Stauffer, R 1
Ephrata Also a farmer,
Stauffer is Chairman of the
Lancaster County Con
servation District Board of
Directors He is serving a
three year term on the
Preserve Board
Secretary will be Charles
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Elected Wednesday as officers of the Lancaster County Ag Preservation Board
are from left, Chairman, Amos Funk; Vice Chairman Aaron Stauffer; and
Secretary Charles Conrad, Jr.
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Conrad, 1939 Millersville
Pike, Lancaster. Also ser
ving a three year term,
Conrad is a registered ar
chetict and member of the
State Planning Board. He
chaired the first Lancaster
County Planning Com
mission
Funk told his fellow board
members he hoped to see “a
program, not a plan” to
preserve agricultural land in
the County.
Most immediate item on
the agenda was discussion of
plans being made by the
Ephrata Township super
visors and planning board.
There will be a meeting
April 24 in Ephrata Town
ship.
The Lancaster County Ag
Preservation Board agreed
to participate m an advisory
role with the Township and
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to review any proposal the
Township may come up
with.
The Board agreed to work
with Gerald M. Heistand and
the Ephrata Township
solicitor in coming up with a
proposal which most likely
will be based on the Sample
Ag District Zoning Or
dinance Provisions and the
Township planning com
mission.
Money for the program
will come in part from the
Resource Conservation Act
funds m the amount of
$18,600 appropriated for
Lancaster County.
Heistand, who has been
working on land use maps
for all of the townships in the
County, explained how
planners come up with areas
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similiar area. The Preserve Board has agreed to act in an advisory role to
Ephrata Township supervisors and planning commission.
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