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Prince George’s County delegation backs several bills, opposes zoning override bill
Summary
At its Feb. 11 meeting, Prince George’s County delegation members voted to support multiple WSSC and state bills addressing project delivery, water service charges, libraries, scholarships and police oversight, and voted to oppose a bill that would let municipal corporations override county zoning laws.
Prince George’s County’s General Assembly Committee on Feb. 11 voted on a package of state bills and issued formal opinions to the county’s House and Senate delegations.
The committee moved to oppose Senate Bill 832, which would allow municipal corporations within Prince George’s County to override district council zoning laws affecting land inside municipal boundaries. Committee members expressed concern the bill would undercut the district council’s master- and sector-planning authority. The meeting record shows a motion to oppose was made by Council Member Sydney Harrison and seconded by Vice Chair Fisher; Chair Calvin Hawkins, Vice Chair Fisher and Council Member Harrison recorded “aye.” The clerk’s statements about the final tally were unclear on the record.
The committee voted to support two Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC Water) measures: MCPG 102-25, which would repeal a limit on design–build contracts and authorize WSSC to adopt alternative project-delivery and solicitation methods, and MCPG…
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