On January 18, 2007,
Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population
(ASAP), held their monthly meeting at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. The topic was Albemarle County’s consideration of a
Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program
as a growth management tool.

Charlottesville Tomorrow
has prepared a
written transcript
of this very informative panel discussion on TDRs.
The panel members included Supervisor
David Slutzky
of the Rio District, Supervisor
Dennis Rooker
of the Jack Jouett District,
Rich Collins
, Professor Emeritus in Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia, and
Jeff Werner
, Field Officer with the
Piedmont Environmental Council
. About 35 members of the public were in attendance for the forum moderated by ASAP President,
Jack Marshall
.
Download
Dennis Rooker’s audience handout
.
This program by
Charlottesville Tomorrow
is broken into
two 1-hour recordings
. In this first part, we begin with the welcome and introductions by Jack Marshall. The panelist presentations in this portion include Rich Collins, David Slutzky, and Jeff Werner.
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In this second part, we begin with the presentation by the fourth panelist Supervisor Dennis Rooker. This is followed by the panel’s discussion, and audience questions.
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Listen using player above or download podcast #2:
Download 20070118-ASAP-TDR2.mp3
Brian Wheeler