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Ag and planning commissioners urge caution: don’t finalize de‑designations until TDR or other protections are in place
Summary
Members of the Ag Commission urged the council not to proceed with agricultural land de‑designation without a workable TDR or mitigation program in place; individual planning commissioners described mixed views but said previous motions intended to tie any designation to functional TDR protections.
Representatives from the county’s Planning Commission and Agricultural Advisory Commission used the March 18 session to explain their respective positions and to flag specific concerns for council consideration.
Jack Haroun, a planning commissioner, described a view that favors using TDRs as a conservation tool and opposed the use of density bonuses as the only lever. He said a “clean TDR program” that preserves farmland and creates credits for developers to purchase would be a productive path forward.
Mo McKenna, co‑chair of the Ag Commission, told the council the commission strongly…
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