WHAT:  PG County Public Hearing on The Preliminary General Plan

WHEN:  Tuesday,  March 26,  2002 at  7:00 p.m.

WHERE: 

County Administration Building
Council Hearing Room
1471 Gov. Oden Bowie Dr.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

WHY:  We need to tell the Prince George’s County Council that we want a land use zoning plan that protects our natural areas and county resources, puts public money into older  developed areas inside the beltway, protects our schools from overcrowding, provides public transportation, protects our health, air and water, and quality of life....  This is our chance!

according to the MNPPC website:

THE GENERAL PLAN sets forth broad, comprehensive policy recommendations to guide future development countrywide.  It represents the results of an evolving definition of county growth policies.  The draft Preliminary General Plan represents a departure from earlier county plans.  The implemenation strategies are guided by countywide goals, guiding principles, and priorities.

The core provisions of the plan, growth policy tiers and Centers, play a

critical role in achieving the county’s highest development  priorities.

PREPARATION:

Read the plan if you can at www.mncppc.org or get a copy from libraries listed below.

Look at how it will affect your community.  The plan is the next stage in enactment of the Commission 2000 report’s recommendations.  Compare the two.

Register  to Speak: contact the M-NCPPC, the Public Affairs Office at 301-952-4584

Come to the hearing to show you care!

COPIES of this document are available at no cost at the following locations (call libraries to check they’re not out)

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
County Administration Building
14741 Governor Oden BowieDrive
Information Counter, 4^th Floor
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Phone: 301-952-3208

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Parks and Recreation Building
6600 Kenilworth Avenue
Public Affairs Office
Riverdale, MD 20737 Phone: 301-699-2407

Office of the Clerk of the County Council County
Administration Building
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Phone: 301-952-3600

Greenbelt Library
11 Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770  Phone: 301-345-5800

Bowie Library
15210 Annapolis Road
Bowie, MD 20716  Phone: 301-262-7000

Surratts-Clinton Library
400 Piscataway Road
Clinton, MD 20735 Phone: 301-868-9200

Hyattsville Library
6530 Adelphi Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782  Phone: 301-985-4690

Oxon Hill Library
6200 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745 Phone: 301-839-2400

Individual speakers and representatives from a group or groups  will be limited to three (3) minutes.

Persons desiring to speak may register in advance or fill out a registration card available that night at the hearing site. Written testimony and/or exhibits will be accepted in lieu of, or in addition to, oral testimony. The record will be kept open for 10 days after the public hearing for written comments

Written comments may be submitted until April 5, 2002 and submitted to:

Elizabeth M. Hewlett, Chairman,
Prince George’s County Planning Board
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
(M-NCPPC)
14741 Gov. Oden Bowie Dr
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

For further information, contact the Countywide Planning Division at 301-952-3580

Visit the website at www.mncppc.org