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new legislation with the state that allows the County to creatively interact with the <br />developer to set the conditions of development. <br />Brian Ferrell said that this is a new tool that the legislature has given to counties <br />for developments that are aver 25 acres in size. It gives flexibility for the municipality <br />and the developer to get together and come up with a plan for development. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked if the plan was still to convert residential densities <br />to non-residential square footage/units, etc. Craig Benedict said that the focus was to <br />start with a residential to residential. The goal is to have the simplest of programs to <br />start with, and a conversion program could happen later. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that, as a participant on the TDR Task Force, <br />conversion to non-residential was a big component of what they were trying to do. <br />Before he would be willing to transfer units into an economic development district, he <br />would want to see the reasoning by the attorneys about why the non-residential <br />conversion could not be done first. Otherwise, he does not see the point. <br />Craig Benedict introduced Lisa Murphy with the Berger Group. <br />Lisa Murphy said that the main reasoning for not tackling residential to <br />commercial conversion right now is that, in order to get the incentives in place, they have <br />to fully understand what they are doing. <br />Craig Benedict said that they are not foregoing the opportunities to have the non- <br />residential conversion, but just trying to make sure there is a very tight line during the <br />conversion process. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that, even in a mixed use, unless the amount of <br />residential is limited, it would be wasting the limited amount of water and sewer capacity. <br />Craig Benedict said that, part of the incentive system is if the economic <br />development areas have all of the intensity given to them by right in the existing zoning <br />code, then there is no incentive for them to ask for more. This is the one issue that is <br />being discussed with the consultant and Attorney's Office. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Receiving Area Credit Calculation, <br />Additional Credits, and said that there should be additional credit for minimal land <br />disturbance. <br />With no further items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:04 PM. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Donna S. Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />