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Map of M-NCPPC Region. The commission is divided into seven departments, two for Montgomery county: the Department of Parks and the Department of Planning; two for Prince George's County: the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Planning; and three that are cross-county: the Department of Human Resource Management, the Department of Finance, and the Office of the General ...
Planning, Housing & Parks (PHP) ... Recommendations by the legislature-appointed commission, approval by legislature. ... Gelman was a member of the Montgomery County ...
The delegation considers local and bi-county legislation, that is, Maryland state bills that have effect only in Montgomery County or, in the case of legislation that relates to land use and the functions of the bi-county Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, in both Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.
Montgomery and Prince George's counties share a bi-county planning and parks agency in the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and a public bi-county water and sewer utility in the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC).
About one half of the county's farm land was converted to non-farm ownership by the 1960s. [2]: 12 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission noted a loss of 18,768 acres (75.95 km 2) acres of farm land over an 8-year period in the 1970s, an average of 2,346 acres/year. [2]: 14
These Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) may exist as a separate, independent organization or they may be administered by a city, county, regional planning organization, highway commission or other government organization. [1]
A plan for the greenway was approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board on June 15, 2005. [2] The Rachel Carson Greenway would include a set of three existing trails, including the Northwest Branch trail in Silver Spring, Woodlawn Manor trails in Sandy Spring and Rachel Carson Conservation Park trails near Laytonsville. [3]
Planning for the Matthew Henson Trail began in 2001. After many public meetings and environmental studies, the trail's preliminary plan was approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board in 2003. [7] Funding was put forth in 2006. [9] The Montgomery County Department of Transportation paid for the design and construction, but the M-NCPPC ...