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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 15, 2005 <br />Action Ager~a <br />Item No. __~ <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Task Force Formation <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />TDR Study Time Frame <br />Public Service Announcement <br />TDR Task Farce Composition Memo <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Baker, ext, 2130 <br />Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />Glenn Bowles, ext. 2577 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the formation of the Orange County Transfer of Development Rights <br />(TDR) Task Force and authorize the Clerk's Office to advertise for volunteer Task Force <br />members. <br />BACKGROUND: On March 1, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners approved the <br />contract with the Louis Berger Group, Inc. (including the UNC-Charlotte Urban Institute) to <br />complete Phase I and Phase II of a scope of services to assess the feasibility of a TDR <br />program in Orange County. The Board had selected the Louis Berger Group, Inc. on December <br />14, 2004. <br />The following provides the general project approach for the TDR study, to which the Task Force <br />will provide direction, including its mission, potential issues and questions for discussion, its <br />geographic extent, timeframe, and the suggested Task Force composition. <br />Support for this Task Force will came primarily from the Planning and Inspections Department, <br />with close support from Economic Development and Environmental Resource Conservation, <br />OBJECTIVES <br />1. To sustainably balance n~ral and urban areas; <br />2, To direct growth and development away from important natural and cultural resources <br />and towards areas more able to support municipal services and urban densities; <br />3, To provide working farms with an alternative income potential; and <br />4, To link zoning densities to comprehensive plan goals and policies, <br />