This attachment checklist completes the Clean Ohio AEPP online application. Attach the following items labeled clearly to the printed online application for submission. The application may be deemed incomplete if applicable attachments are not submitted by the application due date. Any inaccuracies or incompleteness regarding the application is grounds for the ODA to invalidate the application.

Applications must be printed out and submitted by hard copy with signatures and attachments sent by registered mail, certified mail, or hand delivered to the Office of Farmland Preservation, 8995 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068, on or before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 11, .

Attach either

1.) a resolution or ordinance from the political subdivision

or

2.) a recorded action from a soil and water conservation district or charitable organization supporting the landowner's application. The resolution or recorded action must certify the availability and commitment to pay the required local match (if applicable), and agree to monitor, supervise and enforce the deed of agricultural easement on behalf of the director.

In addition, a copy of this resolution or recorded action must be provided to:

1.) Board(s) of County Commissioners,
2.) Board(s) of Township Trustees, and
3.) Local soil and water conservation district(s), in which the applicant farm is located.
Each of these entities has the opportunity to provide comment upon the resolution or recorded action.

An 8 1/2 x 11 inch plat map or other map showing the following:

1.) Name of the landowner(s),
2.) Parcel number(s) for the entire farm,
3.) Delineated homestead area, and
4.) Homestead perimeter clearly indicated in feet.

County Auditor tax records of the applicant farm's land values used in responding to Step 7 of this application e.g., the real estate taxes and assessments (tax bill), or other real property records.

An 8 1/2 by 11 inch map, sketch or aerial photo which shows all information claimed in Steps 12 and 13. This includes, but is not limited to the proximity of the application farm from any protected properties(easement and non-easement), to neighboring applicant farms, sewer and water lines, accessible public roadway intersection(s), and the total road frontage of the farm.

An 8 1/2 by 11 inch soils map and soils legend with the farm's outer boundary outlined.

For land or structures that have been historically designated, attach written verification from the respective designating authority confirming that the land or building is significant and when it was designated as such.

• A copy of incorporation papers, and

• Certificate of authorization that the individual is authorized to act on behalf of the Corporation, Partnership, or Trust.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture may ask a non-profit organization for the following additional information:

• IRS tax exemption,

• A copy of by-laws showing that the non-profit organization's mission includes farmland preservation,

• A list of officers, board of directors, and members,

• Financial statements,

• Stewardship endowment policy, and

• Documentation showing the non-profit organization's ability to hold, monitor and enforce an agricultural easement in perpetuity.