Legislation Details

Reference No. CR-060-2015    Draft No. 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 10/20/2015
Introduced Date 10/13/2015 Public Hearing Date
Effective date:    
Title: A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION - APPOINTMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE for the purpose of approving the appointment of Dorothy F. Bailey as a commissioner of the Prince George’s County Planning Board of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and providing a description and appropriate explanation of the resulting geographic balance in accordance with requirements of State law.
Proposers/Sponsors: County Executive, Karen R. Toles, Todd M. Turner, Andrea C. Harrison, Mel Franklin, Derrick Leon Davis, Dannielle M. Glaros, Obie Patterson
Attachments: 1. R2015060, 2. CR-60-2015 AIS
Contact: Andrea D. Anderson, Office of the County Executive

Title

A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION - APPOINTMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE for the purpose of approving the appointment of Dorothy F. Bailey as a commissioner of the Prince George’s County Planning Board of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and providing a description and appropriate explanation of the resulting geographic balance in accordance with requirements of State law.

Background

Section 15-103 of the Land Use Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, sets forth the procedures for appointment of commissioners to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.  Its provisions require, in its approval and appointment of members from Prince George’s County, that the County Council and the County Executive attempt to provide reasonable geographic balance with respect to the commissioners’ places of residence in the County.  Accordingly, this Resolution addresses the geographic distribution and balance of the membership of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and approves the appointment of Manuel R. Geraldo a commissioner of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Prince George’s County Planning Board.  The reappointment of Manuel R. Geraldo maintains reasonable geographic balance of the five (5) members of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission from Prince George’s County, in accordance with State law.