CEA 08-27-15 Meeting Agenda CEA
Frederick County
Conservation Easement Authority
C/O Frederick County Planning Department, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, VA 22601 (540-665-5651)
MEMORANDUM
TO: Conservation Easement Authority
FROM: Eric R. Lawrence, CEA Secretary
SUBJECT: August Meeting
DATE: August 19, 2015
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The Frederick County Conservation Easement Authority will be meeting on Thursday, August
27, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. in the Planning Department Conference Room in the County
Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia.
The Conservation Easement Authority will discuss the following agenda items:
AGENDA
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Adoption of Meeting Minutes: June 25, 2015
3. Update on Effort to Create Informational Conservation Easement Videos
a. Review, discuss, comment on the draft video footage
4. Update on State PDR funding program
5. Open Discussion
6. Other
Please contact the Planning Department (540-665-5651) if you are unable to attend this
meeting.
ERL/pd
Enclosures: draft June 25, 2015 meeting minutes
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MEETING MINUTES
OF THE
FREDERICK COUNTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT AUTHORITY
Held in the Planning Department Conference Room of the Frederick County Administration Building at
107 North Kent Street in Winchester, Virginia on June 25, 2015.
PRESENT: Todd B Lodge, Vice Chairman; Elaine M. Cain, Treasurer; and Charles E. Triplett, Planning
Commission Liaison
ABSENT: Diane Kearns, Chairman; Ron Clevenger, C. Robert Solenberger, John Marker, Bryan Jeffery
Green, and Gene E. Fisher, Board of Supervisors Liaison
STAFF PRESENT: Eric R. Lawrence, CEA Secretary; John Bishop, Deputy Director of Transportation;
Kirstin Twardon, GIS Technician; Pam Deeter, Secretary
OTHER: Ellen Murphy, Commissioner of Revenue and Jed Rau, Potomac Conservancy
Public Meeting
Welcome and Introduction
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Lodge at 8:30 a.m. and he determined there wasn’t a
quorum.
Adoption of Meeting Minutes
No quorum so minutes were not approved.
Update on Effort to Create Informational Conservation Easement Brochures and Videos
The first video that was presented was the video titled Benefits of Conservation Easement Authority.
Mr. Bishop made the changes since the last meeting and need to get the Committee approval before the
release of the video.
Comments
Video was to the point but not too long. The ending credits were slowed down so you could read them.
The Committee agreed that this video is ready to be released.
The second video that was presented was the Professional Video. Some changes were made since the
last viewing we added the text equation and updated narration.
The Committee suggested some changes to the video. The beginning of the video needs to stress that
the landowner needs to talk to the CEA members, PC member or a co-holder of easements. The Conservation Easement Authority Page 213
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landowner needs to know that Professionals are looking out for his best interest and this is his support
team. The Committee wanted to see the questions posed in text form before the professional spoke.
The text form needs to be in a different color so it will stand out to the viewer. Make sure that each
professional is not repeating what the previous professional said. We need to insert contact
information where the video is talking about local tax assessment. We should insert a line that say
contact the Commissioner of Revenue Office in the County where you reside.
Mr. Lawrence stated that on June 17, 2015 the Planning Commission viewed the CEA Introduction
Video. This video was televised on the cable station 16. Mr. Lawrence stated if there is a light agenda
then we will continue to view the videos at the Planning Commission meeting. The Board of Supervisors
will view the videos once they are complete.
Other
No meeting in July.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:25.
Respectfully submitted,
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Todd Lodge, Vice- Chairman
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Eric Lawrence, CEA Secretary
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