Prince George's County planning staff presented a new, consultant-led master plan evaluation project and the draft progress-report template to the Planning, Housing and Development Committee on Oct. 16.

The presentation said consultants prepared draft progress reports for 36 of the county's active comprehensive plans and provided draft versions for staff review on Sept. 22. "Using that template, the consultant has prepared, 36 plan progress reports with draft versions for staff review provided on September 22," Thomas Lester, Project (Master Plans and Study Section), Community Planning Division, told the committee.

The template is designed as a multi-page, visually oriented summary of each plan's implementation status. Pages include a high-level overview with plan name and adoption date, a pie chart of recommendations marked complete/ongoing/not started, a map tying projects to items in a development pipeline table, the plan vision and goals, tracking metrics when available, land-use/zoning change summaries and a table of major completed and pipeline projects. The presentation described a final recommendation checkbox on whether a plan should be updated, replaced or reviewed again in coming years.

"This recommendation matches the checkbox from that first page of the report," Lester said during the briefing. Lakeisha Hall, Planning Director, said the office had heard repeated requests from council members for more frequent updates on "Plan 2035 and the status of our plans." Hall said the department will present the consolidated summary report and recommendations to county decision makers in January or later next year.

Staff said the evaluation excluded two plans that are in active replacement: the 2006 West Hyattsville TDDP because it is being replaced by the West Hyattsville/Queens Chapel sector plan, and the 2004 Largo Town Center/Metro sector plan because most of its recommendations already have been superseded.

Committee members asked about public access and tracking. Lester and Hall said the department maintains an internal tracking dashboard that generates the implementation pie charts and that printed working drafts will be distributed to councilmembers; staff said they can follow that with a public-facing tracking sheet and map after the initial reports are finalized. "After we get all the 36 reports printed and presented to council, then we can follow-up with an updated tracking sheet with the map," Hall said.

Council members pressed for prioritization and real-time status. Staff said the first pass is intended to meet state-law requirements and establish a baseline; thereafter plans will be reviewed on a schedule tied to anniversaries and priorities could be set by council direction. Staff said some updates already are in the work program, including subregion 1, subregions 5 and 6, and Westphalia.

Why it matters: The county's comprehensive and sector plans guide infrastructure, zoning and capital investments. A consistent, visual progress report is intended to help councilmembers identify implementation gaps and which agencies or projects need attention.

What remains: Drafts are under staff review; a summary report of recommended amendments or replacements is expected in November and will be presented to decision-makers in early 2026, according to the presentation. Staff also said they are hiring additional community planners to support plan updates and monitoring.

Documented details from the meeting

- Drafts: 36 draft plan progress reports were provided to staff on Sept. 22 and are being finalized.
- Deliverables: Template finalized in June; summary report expected in November; presentation to decision-makers in January or later.
- Exclusions: 2006 West Hyattsville TDDP and 2004 Largo Town Center/Metro sector plan excluded from the 36-report set (both largely superseded or replaced).
- Current work program: staff noted active efforts on subregion 1, subregions 5 and 6, and Westphalia.

Sources: Presentation and Q&A at the Oct. 16 Planning, Housing and Development Committee meeting; direct remarks by Lakeisha Hall and Thomas Lester.