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Orange County Transfer of Development Rights Feasibility Study ~ <br />Phase III Scope of Services (8.31.2006) <br />D. Drafting TDR Program Ordinance Revisions <br />In order to implement the TDR Program, the Unified Development Ordinance will <br />need to be modified to accommodate the recommendations from the previous <br />Tasks. <br />1. TDR Ordinance Template. The Consultant will draft a template for a <br />proposed TDR ordinance that will identify key items to be covered in the <br />TDR ordinance, and will reference sample ordinance language from other <br />jurisdictions where relevant and will be designed to fit the Program and <br />Administrative Design options and Evaluation measures selected in <br />process steps A-C. Research on TDR ordinances used in other localities will <br />be carried out to inform the creation of the Orange County TDR <br />ordinance template. The Client will draft actual TDR ordinance <br />language from the template prepared by the Consultant. The Client will <br />also estimate associated staffing and other resource costs. <br />2. Two Work Sessions: Ordinance Template Review. The Client will conduct <br />one (1) work session with the Planning Board and the Consultant will <br />conduct one (1) 1.5-hour work session via telephone with key Orange <br />County department staff to review the proposed TDR ordinance <br />language. The Consultant will be responsible for preparing an agenda <br />one week in advance of the departmental work session. <br />3. Work Session: County Commissioners. The Consultant will attend one (1) <br />one-hour County Commission work session conducted by Client to review <br />the proposed TDR ordinance language, staffing and other resource cost <br />estimates. The Client will make refinements to these recommendations <br />based on comments received. <br />4. Technical Report No. 4: TDR Ordinance Language. The Client will prepare <br />a Technical Report describing the final proposed TDR ordinance <br />language, staffing and other implementation cost estimates based on an <br />initial, detailed template provided by the Consultant. Five hard copies will <br />be transmitted to Orange County staff for review along with a digital <br />format copy; five final hard copies and digital format will be prepared <br />based upon comments/corrections received by the Consultant within one <br />(1) week after receipt. The Consultant will prepare an update to the TDR <br />Program web pages that includes the final Technical Report and transmit <br />the relevant HTML files to the Client for mounting to the Orange County <br />website. <br />