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February 27, 2014
MEETING MINUTES
OF THE
FREDERICK COUNTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT AUTHORITY
Held in the Executive Session Room of the Frederick County Administration Building at 107
North Kent Street in Winchester, Virginia on February 27, 2014.
PRESENT: Diane Kearns, Chairman; Todd Lodge, Vice Chairman; Ron Clevenger, C. Robert
Solenberger, Bryan Green, Charles Triplett, Planning Commission Liaison; and Gene Fisher,
Board of Supervisor Liaison
ABSENT: Elaine Cain, Treasurer; John Marker
STAFF PRESENT: Eric R. Lawrence, CEA Secretary; John Bishop, Deputy Director of
Transportation; Lindsey Felton, GIS Analyst; and Pam Deeter, Secretary II
OTHER: Kelly Watkinson; Shenandoah CEA, Patrick Felling; Shenandoah County, and Ellen
Murphy, Commissioner of Revenue
PUBLIC MEETING
Welcome and Introduction
Adoption of Meeting Minutes
On a motion made by Mr. Solenberger and seconded by Mr. Clevenger the January 23,
2014, meeting minutes were approved as presented.
Update on Recorded Easement Activities
Frederick County has had no new inquires for easements.
Update on Effort to Create Informational Conservation Easement Brochures and Videos
Two documents have been created by staff members of the Potomac Conservancy and
staff members of the Planning Department. These documents outline how we might want to
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run the video and a brief overview. Potomac Conservancy has experience with working with
easements and the County could benefit from their knowledge.
In the outline, the categories of videos are listed and the Board today will make the
decision if this is the right direction to produce the videos. If this meets the Board approval, we
would start working at Staff level and have a video produced in a few months. Once the first
video is produced we will show the video to the Board and see if we want to proceed with next
video.
Chairman Kearns passed out a booklet that was published by the Valley Conservation
Council (VCC). The booklet is called Protecting Shenandoah Valley Lands. Chairman Kearns is
thinking that the VCC might be willing to partner with us for the videos because they also work
with easements.
Mr. Lawrence read the outline out loud. After each topic, Mr. Lawrence gave the
opportunity for comments or discussion.
In the outline, under objectives, it was mentioned to add tourism and education.
Kelly Watkinson suggested, in order, to promote the different partners maybe we
should be promoting what County easements can do for you. If you live in a certain County
contact your local County CEA for more information.
Mr. Lawrence thinks the first video (teaser) will promote and advertise easements. Mr.
Lawrence believes that it can be put on local TV channels, County Webpage, Facebook, and
Utube.
Mr. Solenberger asked what the cost would be for the video. Mr. Lawrence said that
the staff is doing this at no cost.
In the outline, under “What do we want them to think/feel?” Ms. Murphy expressed,
we should add to focus on economy in this area.
At this point, we have seven videos to produce with different topics. After the first
video, the group will view it and see if we want to proceed with the next topic. The Board
agreed to this approach.
The CEA members came up with a list of potential individuals to interview for videos.
Other
Next meeting will be on March 27, 2014 at 8:30 a.m.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:25 a.m.