Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee

Committee Room 2027

Agenda — 9 items

1. 1 VIEW USING THE LINK PROVIDED AT: https://pgccouncil.us/LIVE ▶ jump to 0:02
2. 2 ORDER OF PROCEEDING
3. 3 CALL TO ORDER
4. 4 LEGISLATION ▶ jump to 0:30
5. 5 AN ACT CONCERNING WOODLAND AND WILDLIFE HABITAT CONSERVATION ORDINANCE for the purpose of revising the existing subtitle in order to comply with state mandated revisions as per the Maryland Forest Conservation Act; revising and adding definitions; revising applicability and exemption requirements; revising plan review, validity and grandfathering requirements; revising a certain definition; providing for a certain fee-in-lieu; establishing a certain Fund; revising the variance and appeal process; revising enforcement process; revising the conservation requirements including priority areas, thresholds and replacement ratios; revising conservation requirements design criteria, priorities, options and bonding; revising forest stand delineation area; and revising forest harvesting. CB-020-2024 Favorably recommended with amendments Pass ▶ jump to 85:19
6. 6 AN ACT CONCERNING TREE CANOPY COVERAGE ORDINANCE for the purpose of revising the existing applicability language, requiring a certain grandfather provision, revising the tree canopy coverage requirements, revising the credit and security requirements, and adding the Planning Director to those that can issue waivers. CB-021-2024 Favorably recommended with amendments Pass ▶ jump to 85:53
7. 7 AN ACT CONCERNING SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS’ ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY AREA for the purpose of removing environmental strategy area from definitions, and removing environmental strategy area from environmental standard and replacing with development location, and amending the required minimum stream buffer widths. CB-022-2024 Favorably recommended with amendments Pass ▶ jump to 86:28
8. 8 ADJOURN adjourned Pass ▶ jump to 87:43
9. 9 Others Present: Kenneth Battle, TIEE Committee Director Kathy Canning, Legislative Attorney Terry Bell, Office of Law Sakinda Skinner, Council Liaison Office of Communication Megan Reiser, Planner IV Thomas Burke, Supervisor, Environmental Planning Katina Shoulars, Chief, Countywide Planning Kim Finch, Planner IV Marc Juba, Planner IV Marian Honeczy Delisa Coleman Janet Gingold, Prince George’s Sierra Club Dan Smith Greg Smith Steve Allison, MBIA Michael Royer, Multimedia Specialist Langley Wiggins, Multimedia Specialist Aminah Bushrod, Communication Specialist Lawanda M. Harris, Communication Specialist Leonard Moses, Legislative Assistant James Walker Bey, Zoning Assistant