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Page 1 of 1 MINUTES TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday, October 16, 2008 Oconee County Civic Center 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Clay Bryant, Melba Cooper, Delmar Finco, Albert Hale, Chuck Lee, Sam Mitchell, Russ Page, Linda Carol Porterfield, Thomas Verner Others Present: Stacy Jones (Facilitator – Carl Vinson Institute of Government), Wayne Provost (Director – Strategic & Long-Range Planning Dept.), Christine McCauley (Madison/Morgan Conservancy), Jason Gantt (Oconee County Planning Dept.), Sara Bell Stacy Jones called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Stacy introduced Christine McCauley who worked on the TDR program in South Fulton County/Chattahoochee Hill Country. Christine gave a PowerPoint presentation on that TDR program and TDRs in general (attached). She answered many questions from Committee members. The Committee then worked in two groups to identify locations in the County for receiving & sending areas and describe attributes which should be found on property in each area. A list and graphic for these are attached. For our next program, Wayne will try to schedule representatives from the development community, design consultants, and from the legal profession to discuss possible incentives including density and other possible benefits which might make a TDR program desirable to developers. The next meeting will be on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Oconee County Library. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Atch: Agenda, PowerPoint Presentation from Christine McCauley, list & graphic of sending & receiving areas