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the program.
The state has proposed to match purchase of development rights, or PDRs, dollar for dollar, but at this time the state budget has not been capable of making matched payments.
While addressing this, Lee impressed upon the Planning Commission that if there is no program, then there will be no money received when it is available by the state.
VOF issues
Questions from the audience of some 15 people began to shift toward Virginia Outdoors Foundation issues in anticipation of Lee’s new post as of Jan. 1.
Bob Landers of Castleton was curious why the VOF does not encourage small parcels of land to go into easements.
In response, Lee advised that the VOF does not have minimum limits, but instead does require that for parcels of less than 50 acres a donor must give up all future development rights if the land is adjacent to other eased property.
This requirement is solely for monitoring purposes.
Washington resident Phil Irwin questioned if Lee would be making any changes once he takes his new post. Lee said that the one change made would be that no easement by the VOF would be made until the county in which the easement was requested was notified. His desire is to work hand-in-hand with the counties throughout the state.
In praise of Rappahannock County, Lee stated he would like to use the county as the ‘poster child’ of land easements and cooperation with the VOF since that line of communication is already open between the two.
The speaker for the Jan. 19 meeting is Bev Hunter of RappFLOW.
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