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Council and advisory planning board debate development negotiations after Royal Farms approval
Summary
Advisory Planning Board members and council members debated when and how developer concessions are secured and why the city lost leverage in the Royal Farms case; speakers raised concerns about Prince George's County's land-use authority and urged clearer, documented processes for APB–council coordination.
At a Greenbelt City Council work session, members of the Advisory Planning Board and council discussed recent development negotiations and the outcome of the Royal Farms review.
Ben Friedman, chair of the Advisory Planning Board, said APB negotiated concessions repeatedly with the developer but when council opposed the project those negotiated commitments were not enforceable at the county level. "We forfeited the ability…
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