NS Contract - Strategic Growth Rural Conservation Consultant Implementation Update Amendment

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ATTACHMENT 2 Excerpt from Minutes MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD OCTOBER 3, 2007 REGULAR MEETING MEMBERS PRESENT: Jay Bryan, Chapel Hill Representative (Chair); Craufurd Goodwin, Hillsborough Representative, Sam Lasris, Cedar Grove Township At Large; Bernadette Pelissier, Bingham Township; Renee Price, Hillsborough Township At Large (Vice-Chair); Jeffrey Schmitt, Cedar Grove Township at Large; Judith Wegner, Bingham Township At-Large MEMBERS ABSENT: Brian Crawford, Eno Township At-Large; Michelle Kempinski, Cedar Grove Township at Large; Joel Knight, Little River Representative; Sandra Johnson Quinn, Eno Township; Brian Dobyns, Cheeks Township Representative (Resigned) STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor; Michael, Harvey, Planner II; Donna Davenport, Administrative Assistant II; Roger Waldon, Clarion Associates GUESTS PRESENT: Roger Waldon, Clarion Associates; Margaret Hauth, Planning Director Town of Hillsborough; Kendal Brown, Town of Chapel Hill Town Planning Agenda Item 10: Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Implementation Update • Presenter: Glenn Bowles, Planner II Craig Benedict: Originally, this item was to be a summary of a follow up meeting with an ad hoc committee with various advisory boards. Based on the content of Monday's meeting, I would think this meeting should be a continuation of the pace we are moving forward. The committee made a recommendation to slow down the process. I would like to talk briefly about where we are and what it will take to proceed. Phases I and II of the TDR Implementation Program was approved in 2004. Phase I was a case study of how it is done in the United States and it also included a legal analysis. Phase II was a feasibility analysis. Those were design options that if chosen maybe workable for the future. There was another task force appointed with community outreach held that .does say that it would be feasible for Orange County to move to the Transfer Development Rights Program which was approved by the BOCC in June 2006 to proceed to Phase III; implementation. A consultant was hired to proceed with how to take those feasibility ideas and wrap into a program design. The TDR program has a two- fold purpose. The first is to create a mechanism to purchase rural conservation easements and the other is to direct growth to areas that can handle it that have urban services such as public water/sewer, transportation, etc. The new name is Strategic Growth and Rural Conservation Program. Our attorney has suggested we not use "TDR° because some communities have tried to use TDR programs and have asked the legislature to use the program which .enables them to say, yes or no. Using this, we have the authority to develop a program within the existing zoning authority we have now. We had questions asked at Monday's meeting such as, "Is this the appropriate time or should it be delayed to be more concurrent with the Comprehensive Plan efforts?° My role in this program is to look at the timeframe approved by the Board of County Commissioners and proceed with it in the amount of meetings, with the amount of public hearings, with the amount of outreach and with the amount of hours with the consultants that were dictated by the contract including the timeline. The timeline that was approved by the commissioners last year was programmed to expire after the November Quarterly Public Hearing where we hoped to bring some regulations to this board. It is the recommendations from the sub-group that there is not enough time for additional committee or community involvement. What will have to occur is on October 23~d I will be bringing a amendment to the consultants contract to our commissioners that will say; since we do not think we can meet the existing contract please let us know what timeframe you