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TDRs receive in-depth discussion by local leaders

written by Newspack Team | January 18, 2007

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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