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a 6 February 2007 To: Orange County Board of County Commissioners Through Laura Blackmon, County Manager From: Craig Benedict, AICP, Director of Planning and Inspections Department Glenn Bowles, AICP, Planner II The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (consultants to the County) UNC Charlotte Urban Institute (consultants to the County) Re: Transfer of Development Rights information for Feb. 12 Work Session The purpose of this memo is to let you know what we will be discussing with you at the work session on February 12. As you may recall, we have entered the third phase of the worl~ on the. Transfer of Development Rights study. The purpose of this phase is to select the program design and administrative options, write the ordinance and prepare the implementation plan. To this end, we are asking for your input and providing you with information as follows. First, we will ask you to determine the key goals of the TDR program that will guide the selection of administrative and program design options. We'll use the results of the survey sent out to you last week as the starting point for discussion and will seek to reach a consensus among the Commissioners on the topics covered in the survey: • Priorities for land preservation through TDR • Priorities for increased development through TDR • Measures of success for the TDR program Next, we will briefly review with you the administrative and program design options that will be the object of the next several months' work with County staff, County attorney, Planning Board 'and TDR Worl~ing Group as we assess the best fit for Orange County among the various options, consistent with the direction you will have given us in the TDR program goals. The last portion of our discussion will be to let you know what the rest of the planning process for the TDR program will look like. The process will include: ^ Meeting with Orange County staff and County attorney (March, May, June) ^ Meeting with the Planning Board (Preliminary) in March and May ^ Meeting with the TDR Working Group, consisting of representatives from several advisory boards (April, July) ^ Presentation at the May 24th BOCC work session to finalize the program options and evaluation measures ^ Request to set forth legal advertisement for the August QPH (June 26th) ^ A presentation and Public Hearing at the August 21St BOCC meeting to present the final proposed ordinance and program ^ Recommendation by Planning Board and review by BOCC (September, October) We will have a handout for you on Feb. 12 that contains the full schedule of meetings and activity on the project, including public involvement.