CEA_04-22-10_Meeting_MinutesMEETING MINUTES
OF THE
FREDERICK COUNTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT AUTHORITY
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Field in the Executive Session Room of the Frederick County Administration Building at 107 North
Kent Street in Winchester, Virginia on April 22, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
PRESENT: Diane Kearns, Chairman; Ritchie Wilkins, Vice - Chairman; Robert Solenberger; Todd
Lodge; John Marker; Charles Triplett, Planning Commission Liaison; and Gene Fisher, Board of
Supervisors Liaison.
ABSENT: Jim Lawrence, Treasurer.
STAFF PRESENT: Eric R. Lawrence, Secretary; and Bev Dellinger, Secretary III.
PUBLIC MEETING:
1. February 4, 2010 and 2. March 25, 2010 Meeting Minutes
On a motion made by Mr. Solenberger and seconded by Mr. Marker, both sets of meeting
minutes were approved as presented.
3. Fundraising Efforts
a. GIFT — G ive $ for F rederick's T omorrow
Chairman Kearns stated she tried to contact Mr. Woody Bousquet in the Environmental
Studies Program to see if someone there would like to do an internship in creating a
website for the CEA. Mr. Bousquet has not yet returned the call. After the site is set up,
the next steps would be setting up a link, like G1FT.com, and then accepting donations.
Secretary Lawrence told members that the Treasurer's Office is going to begin accepting
Pay Pal on July 1" for limited items and if it goes well, they'll open it up to other people.
Chairman Kearns stated that Mr. John Light told her he had taken some rural pictures in
Frederick County that were on a CD and the CD was somewhere in the Planning
Department. If we can find the CD, we may be able to use the pictures for the rack card.
4. Agricultural and Forestal District Renewal Update
Secretary Lawrence stated that the Ag and Forestal Districts update and renewal will be
presented to the Board of Supervisors on April 28 the Planning Commission recommended
approval at their meeting on April 7 The South Timber Ridge District was increased in size
after the Planing Commission meeting because it was realized that some of the parcels Mr. Watts
wanted in the Ag District hadn't been included originally.
5. Transfer of Development Rights Update
Secretary Lawrence stated that the TDR Program will also be presented to the Board of
Supervisors on April 28th. The way the TDR Program is set up, you get bonus rights if you're in
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an Ag District. At the Planning Commission's suggestion, we have changed the ordinance to say
if you're in the Ag District and you sell your rights, that will be reflected in any future rights you
have on your property. Their concern was if someone goes into the Ag District and sells half
their development rights, then pulls their land out of the Ag District and tries to do a subdivision
for the balance, that it will reflect that they have already sold their development rights. The idea
is to make sure people don't join the Ag District just to sell development rights, then pull out and
try to subdivide the property.
6. Next Meeting Date May 27, 2010
7. Other
Chairman Kearns stated that the Planning Department is helping with revising the
Comprehensive Plan and she and Mr. Marker are working with committees who are trying to
draft a new version of the Comp Plan to cover up to the next 20 years. Transfer of development
rights is a part of that concept. Chairman Kearns asked members for input into their future
vision of agri- business and the RA area.
Chairman Kearns stated that Mr. John Gavitt has resigned from the Conservation Easement
Authority. The Board of Supervisors appoints people to this committee, and Chairman Kearns
feels it would be good to get a member from an arena that is not currently represented, like a
banker, accountant or attorney.
Secretary Lawrence stated that a citizen came into the Planning Department and expressed an
interest in donating an easement. He said it's a 20 acre parcel on Cedar Grove Road and they
don't want to subdivide it; they want to donate the easement rights. When they return the
application, Secretary Lawrence will bring it to the CEA for consideration.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:35 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Diane Kearns, Chairman
Eric R. Lawrence, Secretary
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