An ad hoc technical advisory group of open space professionals from the Triangle gathered in September, 2000, to discuss preservation issues and provide feedback on Town staff's approach to preserving open space in the Cary area. The advisory group included land conservation experts, officials from federal, state and county environmental and state resource agencies, planning academicians, and historic preservationists.
The group focused on "tools and techniques" - what would work best for Cary. Examples included purchase or transfer of development rights, zoning and regulatory controls, incentives, and cluster designs to conserve open space. The ad hoc group also discussed funding requirements and the complexity of implementing a preservation program.
Members of the Ad Hoc Technical Advisory Group included:
- Rick Bailey, District Administrator, Wake County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Phil Berke, Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Steve Brown, Operations Manager, US Army Corps of Engineers (Jordan Lake)
- Melinda Coleman, Preservation Planner, State Historic Preservation Office, Division of Archives and History
- Kate Dixon, Executive Director, Triangle Land Conservancy
- Brian Dobyns, Piedmont Planning Associates
- Kim Douglass, Open Space Planner, Wake County Division of Parks, Recreation and Open Space
- Chuck Flink, President & CEO, Greenways Incorporated
- Bill Flournoy, Chief, Environmental Assessment Section, Division of Planning & Assessment, Conservation Tax Credit Program, NC DENR
- Dolores Hall, Archeologist, State Historic Preservation Office, Division of Archives and History
- George Hess, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, NC State University
- Michael Hosey, Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers
- Jane Korest, Open Space & Trails Planner, Durham County
- Greg Lytle, Chair, Cary Greenways Committee; Cary Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Advisory Board; Vice-Chair, Umstead Coalition
- David Proper, Director, NC Office, Trust for Public Land
- Chuck Roe, Executive Director, Conservation Trust for NC
- Phyllis Tuttle, Wake County Historic Preservation Commission
- Nancy White, Extension Associate Professor and Landscape Ecology Specialist, School Of Design, North Carolina State University