(A) Designation. The PDR Program Administrator shall be appointed by the County Board of Supervisors.
(B) Powers and duties. The Administrator shall work with the PDR Committee to ensure the following tasks are completed by the appropriate parties:
(1) Maintain reasonable and standard procedures, guidance, and forms for the administration and implementation of the program.
(2) Provide staff support to the PDR Committee and the County Board of Supervisors.
(3) Coordinate the evaluation of all applications to determine their eligibility and ranking score and insure that all ranking determinations are made by qualified individuals with appropriate technical certifications or credentials.
(4) Provide ranked applications and supporting information to the PDR Committee.
(5) Negotiate conservation easement terms with landowners offering to sell development rights.
(6) Coordinate with landowner on appraisal to determine value of easement.
(7) Present the Committee's recommended pool of properties for purchase of development rights to the Board of Supervisors.
(8) Prior to each offer to purchase, verify the price of each easement and the percentage of total value donated.
(9) Identify possible county, state, federal and private resources available to fund the program. Maximize the number of parcels and acres in the program by fully utilizing and leveraging those sources.
(10) In cooperation with the PDR Committee, publicize the benefits of the program and provide information to landowners to help them evaluate opportunities from sale and/or donation of development rights.
(11) For each conservation easement accepted into the program, establish baseline data, terms and conditions of the easement, and a monitoring plan. Verify that the easement is accurately recorded on the deed and on zoning plats.
(12) Ensure that the monitoring program is implemented through regularly scheduled inspections.
(13) Establish a procedure for correcting easement violations and initiate enforcement actions as required.
(14) Develop annual program budgets for pre- and post-acquisition costs associated with screening, evaluating, appraising, acquiring and monitoring easements. Maintain records on the expenditures associated with the program and develop a range of cost estimates for possible enforcement actions.
(15) Coordinate with county planning staff to prepare an annual report which shows the parcels of land protected through PDR and other easements in order to determine the effectiveness of the program and suggest changes in procedures.
(Ord. passed 7-11-2005; Am. Ord. passed 6-11- 2007; Am. Ord. passed 11-14-2007; Am. Ord. passed 5-14-2013)