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0 <br />Questions for Orange County Board of County Commissioners on Transfer of Development <br />Rights (TDR) (in preparation for February 12, 2007 BOCC work session) <br />Each Commissioner is asked to fill out and return this survey to Laura Blackmon by February 1, 2007. <br />Staff will tabulate the results, which will be used as the basis for discussion at the February 12 BOCC <br />work session. These questions are preliminary -following the discussion at the February 12 session, <br />BOCC members will be asked to revisit their answers to this survey in order to give final direction to <br />Staff and consultants as they develop a TDR implementation plan for eventual BOCC adoption. <br />1. What should TDR Sending Area priorities be for land preservation? <br />(rank from 1-6 with 1 =highest priority; leave blank any you deem non priorities) <br />GOAL RANK (1-6) <br />a. Farmland <br />b. Water Supply Watersheds <br />c. Historic Properties <br />d. Wildlife Habitat <br />e. Parks and Recreation <br />" f. Other <br />2. What should TDR Receiving Area priorities be for types of increased development? (rahk- <br />from 1-4, with 1 =highest priority; leave blank any you deem non-priorities) <br />Note: all Receiving Areas are assumed to have public sewer and water service. <br />GOAL RANK (1-4) - <br />a. More "Urban" Residential (denser, more compact) <br />b. More "Urban" Commercial (denser, more compact) <br />c. Mixed-Use (denser residential together with commercial) <br />d. Other <br />3. What should TDR Receiving Area priorities be for locations of increased development? <br />(rank froml-6, with 1 =highest priority; leave blank any you deem non-priorities) <br />GOAL RANK (1-6) <br />a. Efland-Mebane Transition Areas <br />b. Hillsborough Transition Areas <br />c. Economic Development Zones <br />d. Rural Activity Nodes <br />e. Blighted Areas appropriate for redevelopment <br />f. Other <br />4. What constitutes "success" by end of year 3 of the TDR Program? (Fill in the blank for each) <br /> SUCCESS MEASURE TARGET AMOUNT <br />a. Min. # of TDR transactions: (5? 20? 100?) <br />b. Min. # of Sending Area acres protected <br /> in TDR Easements: (100? 1000? 2000?) <br />c. Min. # of Sending Area "housing units" <br /> transferred to Receiving Areas: (200? 2500? 5000?) <br />d. Min. # of commercial square feet <br /> converted in Receiving Areas: (50000? 100000?) <br />e. Min. # of retail square feet <br /> developed in Rural Activity Nodes: (20000? 80000?) <br />f. Other <br />THANK YOU! Please fax to Laura Blackmon at 644-3004 by February 9,'2007. <br />