MDP Yearbook 2012/2011

M A RY L A N D D E PA RT M E N T O F P L A N N I N G
YEARBOOK
2012 / 2011

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Maryland Department of Planning, Yearbook 2012 / 2011

This Annual Report was written and graphically designed by staff of the Maryland Department of
Planning

February 2012 Publication No. 2012-001

Photos on pages 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 21 in Section I, courtesy of the Office of the Governor, State of Maryland

2011 will be known as the year we moved smart growth forward. The
concepts and policies wrapped up in the phrase “Smart Growth” are vitally
important to Maryland as we move forward. We are the stewards for future
generations of the built and economic environments as well as the natural
one. As Marylanders, we enjoy a solid legacy of foresight in land-use planning,
from creating one of the first state planning commissions in the country in
1933 to nationally recognized, cutting-edge Smart Growth policies.

I am pleased to introduce the Maryland Department of Planning’s 2012-
2011 Yearbook. I like that Secretary Hall has changed the name of this annual
report to a yearbook. It made me reflect on my school yearbooks and the
things I and others would write in our classmates’ yearbooks. Things such as
“Good luck next year” or “See you after college.” Words of encouragement and
affirmation.

This had me thinking of what I would write in the “yearbook” that the
second and third generation would read. Would it be “Hope you enjoy all
that wide open farmland we set aside for you” or “All the best in your vibrant
community made possible by the forward-thinking folks in 2012?” Or would
the tone be more somber: “We tried to curb runaway sprawl but couldn’t
stem its tide. Sorry about the congested roads, polluted bays and rivers and
dwindling forests and farmland.”

I firmly believe that all Marylanders want to leave a better state to those
generations. I had the privilege of sharing a whole day in January of 2011
with more than 200 citizens discussing how together we can move Maryland
forward in Smart Growth. That is why we deployed PlanMaryland in 2011 to
make our investment in development and land preservation work better. We
also convened the Task Force on Sustainable Growth and Wastewater Disposal
to study the effects of septic systems on our Bay and formulate alternatives for
future growth.

As you read through MDP’s yearbook and see the accomplishments of the
past year and view the statistics and indicators of how we’re doing as a
state, keep in mind what you would write in the yearbook for tomorrow’s
generations to read.

Martin O’Malley, Governor

“Life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.” - Kahlil Gibran, author

The year 2011 is behind us, 2012 is ahead. It is for this reason that the Maryland
Department of Planning’s yearbook reports on the past year but also looks forward
to what we have to accomplish. Our work during 2011 saw PlanMaryland become a
reality, the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission take full flight, and the Task
Force on Sustainable Growth and Wastewater Disposal study the issue of septic
sprawl and propose the framework for a legislative remedy. The past year also saw
the completion of Congressional and Legislative Redistricting that occurs every 10
years and planning for the coming bicentennial celebration of Maryland’s major role
in the War of 1812.

While these and other projects are in the rear view, MDP is looking ahead to
helping Maryland foster vibrant, livable communities, protect its natural gems and
make the most of its abundant historical and cultural resources. This yearbook takes
a look at the accomplishments of the department and its contributions toward a
“Smart, Green and Growing” Maryland. To assess the road ahead, it’s good to measure
the mileposts of where we’ve recently traveled.

Three sections of this yearbook do just that:

• MDP’s first Statewide Impacts of Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances report
shows the effect that local development restrictions have had on land use inside
and outside of Maryland’s Priority Funding Areas (PFA).

• The Smart Growth Indicators section provides insight into the statistics and
trends that show how well Maryland is meeting the objectives of the Smart Growth
Areas Act of 1997, which created the Priority Funding Areas to better support
Smart Growth as an investment objective.

• Finally, the Maryland Smart Growth Sub-Cabinet’s Annual Report on the
Implementation of the Smart Growth Areas Act shows how State agencies have
invested growth-related funding in accordance with the PFAs and how they are
focusing their programs with an eye on smarter growth.

We can better assess how we’re doing, as an agency and as a state, by seeing the
progress we’ve made as One Maryland as in local policies, State funding priorities
and growth trends. We should all be proud that we’ve made measurable gains, but
we still have work to do.

Richard Eberhart Hall, AICP
Secretary of Planning

1-1 Section I: Maryland Department of Planning
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1-2 PlanMaryland
Highlights

1-3 Septic Task Force
1-4 Congressional and Legislative Redistricting
1-5 War of 1812 Centennial
1-6 Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission
1-7 Sustainable Communities Tax Credit
1-8 National APA Award for Governor O’Malley

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MDP Divisions

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State Clearinghouse for Intergovernmental Assistance

1-10 Local Planning Assistance
Planning Services

1-11 Appalachian Regional Commission
1-12 Infrastructure Planning Public School Construction
1-13 Transportation Planning
1-14 Agricultural Preservation

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1-16 State Data Center/Demographic & Socioeconomic Projections
Planning Data and Analysis

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1-19 Media Coverage
Communications, Education and Intergovernmental Affairs

1-20 Anatomy of Communicating a Plan

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1-22 Preservation Planning and Museum Programs
Maryland Historical Trust

1-23 Office of Research, Survey and Registration
1-24 Office of Preservation Services
1-25 Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
1-26 Maryland Archeological Conservation Laboratory

2-1 Section II: Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances

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3-3 Percent of Improved Single Family Residential Parcles
Section III: Smart Growth Indicators

3-4 Residential Development Capacity
3-5 Percent Residential Parcels and Acre by PFA, 1997 - 2009

4-1 Section IV: Priority Funding Areas
Maryland Smart Growth Sub-Cabinet Annual Report on the

4-2 Introduction
Implementation of The Smart Growth Areas Act

4-3 Priority Funding Areas
4-5 Department of Housing and Community Development
4-6 Department of General Services
4-7 Department of Business and Economic Development
4-8 Maryland Department of the Environment
4-10 Maryland Department of Transportation
4-12 Maryland Historical Trust programs voluntarily restricted to PFAs
4-13 Public School Construction Program
4-15 Maryland Smart Growth Sub-Cabinet
4-16 APPENDIX A
4-18 APPENDIX B

Agency Scrapbook

Maryland is among tops in the nation in using the latest technological tools like
GIS for planning analysis. But perhaps the greatest planning invention known to
modern man is the simple Post-It note. (As we say at MDP, it’s hard to plan for the
next generation if you can’t plan your day – well, we don’t really say that, but it’s
true nonetheless.)

For more than a year, Post-Its helped us plan PlanMaryland, the State’s first
long-range plan for sustainable growth. They lined a wall of our glass conference
room known as “The Fishbowl” on the 11th floor of the State Office Building in
Baltimore. We updated the Post-Its, rearranged them and at times, alas, strayed
from them. The tiny paper slips, though canary in color, had the effect of a mynah
bird. We couldn’t avoid their cold stare and unyielding remainder: Deliver
PlanMaryland as promised to the Governor and legislature.

With Post-Its as our muse, they helped inspire a theme for the agency’s 2012
Annual Report. Our previous Annual Report a year ago was labeled “2010,” but
we’ve decided to begin naming them for the year ahead to better reflect our focus
on the work ahead. There are plenty of Post-Its left to be satisfied.

Andrew Ratner
Executive Director of Communications and Education

Scene from”The Fishbowl”

Maryland Department
of Planning
Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) is a
cabinet-level agency in the executive branch of
Maryland State government. It works with State
and local governments to ensure comprehensive
and integrated planning for the best use of land
and other resources. MDP also compiles data
for use in planning, including Congressional
and Legislative redistricting. The Maryland
Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park
and Museum are part of MDP. The mission of
MDP, now in its 53rd year, is to help preserve,
protect and promote the natural, cultural and
history resources of Maryland.

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Highlights
Highlights of the past year and plans for the year ahead:

Plan Maryland fulfills legislation from the
General Assembly in 1959, 1974, 2007 and
2010 that required or laid out the process for
a State Development Plan for Maryland — a
mandate that until now had gone unmet. Its
primary goal is to better align various state
programs to help more effectively achieve
Smart Growth and resource conservation.

During the coming year, MDP will work closely
with local governments to develop guidelines
for mapping areas for growth and preservation
to align with state investments. MDP will also
work with sister state agencies to identify
changes in strategy to achieve the smart growth
Governor O’Malley on Dec. 19, 2011 goals of PlanMaryland.
accepted “PlanMaryland,” the State’s first
long-range plan for sustainable growth,
from Maryland Planning Secretary Richard
Eberhart Hall. The plan was developed
over four years in a process that included
meetings with more than 3,000 people
across the state and thousands more
reached online — one of the largest
outreach efforts of its kind in Maryland
planning history. In consultation with the
Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission,
MDP revised the plan to address key issues.

Governor O’Malley accepts PlanMaryland at ceremony with (from left) Planning
Secretary Richard E. Hall, former Governors Harry R. Hughes and Parris N. Glendening
and Jon Laria, chairman of the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission

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MDP served as the lead agency for staff
support for the Governor’s Task Force
on Sustainable Growth and Wastewater
Disposal. The task force represented
a broad cross-section from business,
agriculture, science, environmental
advocacy and government.

The group’s work informed legislation
during the 2012 General Assembly session to
address the impact of major developments
on septic systems and their effect on nutrient
pollution, land preservation, agri-business
and smart growth.
The 28-member task force submitted its
final report on Dec. 21, 2011. Del. Maggie
McIntosh, chair of the House Environmental
Matters Committee, chaired the task force.
Its list of 20 recommendations included
a tiered land-use approach within local
comprehensive plans, requirements for
best available technology for all new septic
systems, a call for estate
tax reform to help farms
to remain in agriculture
and a comprehensive
funding approach
to implement
Maryland’s Watershed
Implementation Plan.

Secretary Hall at signing of Executive Order
by Governor O’Malley to create Task Force on
Sustainable Growth and Wastewater Disposal, at
Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center, April

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2011, Millersville

Maryland, like all states, must redraw the
boundaries of its Congressional and state
legislative districts every 10 years based
on data from the most recent decennial
U.S. Census, so that citizens receive equal
representation in both Washington and
Annapolis. Under the “No Representation
Without Population” Act passed in 2010,
Maryland census data was adjusted to
reassign Maryland residents in correctional
institutions to their last known address and to
exclude out-of-state residents in correctional
institutions from redistricting.

To ensure citizen input in the process,
Governor O’Malley appointed the Governor’s In accordance with the Constitution of
Redistricting Advisory Committee (GRAC) Maryland, Governor O’Malley presented
in June 2011. With staff support from MDP, the State legislative redistricting plan on
the committee conducted 12 public hearings the first day of the 2012 session of the
around the state. More than 700 people Maryland General Assembly. The President
attended, with nearly 200 citizens offering of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
testimony. Additional testimony was received introduced the Governor’s plan as a joint
by e-mail. MDP staff customized maps and resolution to the General Assembly. The plan
provided statistical data reports needed to enhanced minority voting rights, respected
develop the redistricting plans. MDP also natural and political boundaries, and resulted
analyzed all the plans submitted to the in districts that are compact, contiguous and
committee, and provided technical assistance that protect communities.
to state and local boards of election. Special
web pages, an interactive map and a Twitter
account were created to help inform the public.
The final 2011 Congressional District plan was
approved by the General Assembly as Senate
Bill 1 in a special session of the legislature in
October 2011. Governor O’Malley signed it into
law on October 20, 2011. In December, the
U.S. District Court upheld the 2010 Maryland
law that counts prison inmates as residents
in their home communities for purposes of
redistricting, rather than at the prisons where
they are incarcerated.
Framed by redistricting maps, Governor O’Malley and Senate President

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Miller field public comments at December 2011 hearing in Annapolis

The Maryland Historical Trust was
engaged in a variety of activities to
commemorate the bicentennial of the War
of 1812 between the United States and
Great Britain and Maryland’s major role in
that war.

The MHT Press will publish a travel guide/
history publication on the Chesapeake
Campaign of the War of 1812 in Maryland,
Virginia and the District of Columbia. The MHT
Museum Assistance Program will work with
history museums to incorporate interpretive
The Maryland Maritime Archeology Program, strategies that relate to the National Historic
working with the U.S. Navy and the State Highway Trail. JPPM will host the annual 1812
Administration (SHA), undertook the second year Reenactment on September 22, 2012. And
of a six-year project investigating what is believed archeological investigations at the Scorpion
to be the site of the Scorpion, the flagship of site will continue throughout the year with
Commodore Joshua Barney, in the upper Patuxent construction of a cofferdam at the site expected
River. Barney’s Chesapeake Flotilla clashed with to begin in fall 2012 or winter 2013.
the British in the Battle of St. Leonard Creek
in 1814 in the largest naval engagement in the
history of Maryland. Electronic remote sensing,
provided through a grant from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), indicated the presence of several targets
and possibly that more of the flotilla survives
archaeologically than was previously believed.
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum (JPPM)
in April opened the exhibit “Farmers, Patriots,
and Traitors: Southern Maryland and the War of
1812.” It also launched the newest addition to its
audio tour, “1812 Remembered.” The Maryland
Heritage Areas Program provided grant funds
totaling nearly $140,000 to War of 1812-related
projects throughout the state.

Commodore Joshua Barney

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The commission was established
by the General Assembly in 2010
as a successor to the two-year Task
Force on the Future for Growth and
Development.

The commission will continue to
provide advice on growth issues and
policy. The Funding, Education and
The commission, chaired by Jon
Indicators work groups all expect to
Laria, began its first full year of
have recommendations for the full
operation, with meetings around the
commission.
state. It organized itself into work
groups to focus on various issues:
Funding, Concentrating Growth,
Education, PlanMaryland, Watershed
Implementation Plan (WIP), Indicators
and Housing. The PlanMaryland
Workgroup met intensely during the
year and was very involved in shaping
the various drafts of PlanMaryland.

Bel Air Mayor David Carey leads Maryland
Sustainable Growth Commission on tour of
refurbished Bel Air Reckord Armory, May 2011

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The Sustainable Communities Tax Credit
program succeeded the former Heritage
Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit. It was
expanded in 2012 to include qualifying
non-historic buildings and to promote
LEED energy-efficiency standards. During
the O’Malley-Brown Administration, $56
million in tax credits has helped create 4,000
construction jobs.

Six projects received a total of nearly $7
million in tax credits to leverage construction
projects with a total cost of $36.5 million. The
Ten projects that scored highest projects selected were: Public School No. 37,
in the application process received Baltimore City (renovation for office space and
a total of $11 million in tax credits housing); Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Baltimore
to leverage about $55 million in City (renovation for a food market, health and
commercial property rehabilitation. dental clinic and pharmacy and health care
The projects selected were: Sheppard uses); Centreville Armory (student programs);
Pratt Gatehouse, Towson (hospital Senator Theatre, Baltimore City (expansion);
use); Oella Community Hall (office Mount Vernon Mill No. 1, Baltimore City
space); Hoen Lithograph, Baltimore (restaurant, offices, housing); 1911 Building,
(office, commercial); Algonquin Cambridge (housing).
Building, Baltimore City (housing);
Clifton Park Mansion, Baltimore City,
(community center); Crown Cork and
Seal, Baltimore City (art/design high
school); Raffel Building, Baltimore
City (housing); W. Antietam Street and
South Potomac Street, Hagerstown
(housing), and Oxford Community
Center (community use).

19th Century stonework on the former Hoen Lithograph plant
in Baltimore city, recipient of a Sustainable Communities Tax
Credit, reads “Saxa Loquuntur,” Latin for “the stones speak.”

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The American Planning Association gave Maryland
Governor Martin O’Malley a National Planning
Leadership Award in January 2012 as “an individual
who has advanced or promoted the cause of planning
in the public arena.” He was the first individual
from Maryland to receive a national award from the
nation’s largest planning organization in more than a
decade. The award will be presented at APA’s national
conference in Los Angeles in April 2012.

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MDP Divisions

The State Clearinghouse for
Intergovernmental Assistance
is the State’s Single Point
of Contact (SPOC) to review
requests for federal and State
financial assistance and direct
development projects.

The Clearinghouse will upload review
documents on the MDP web site to
facilitate on-line project reviews and
reduce processing time. The staff will
The Clearinghouse coordinated
also begin outreach activities involving
the review of 910 projects. It also
training, webinars and e-mail to help
expanded the functionality of the
encourage agencies to submit for
Electronic Maryland Intergovernmental
review all projects as required. The
Review and Coordination (E-MIRC),
staff is working to create an “E-Grants”
a web-based process to receive and
system for on-line grant submissions,
transmit the views of public officials
and a possible interface with Grants.
on grant applications and proposals for
gov, the federal government website for
federal and State financial assistance
information on more than 1,000 grant
and projects.
programs and access to $400 billion in
annual awards.

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Planning Services

MDP provides direct technical
and programmatic assistance
to local governments.

MDP continued to provide training and
networking opportunities to members
of planning commissions and boards of
appeal through the Maryland Planning MDP’s web site now includes a new
Commissioners Association (MPCA). The reporting tool to help local jurisdictions
group’s annual conference in November more easily report the information
drew more than 100 participants to required by the General Assembly about
Easton. During the year, the Western basic requirements (SB 280, HB 297),
Maryland field office provided support for adequate facilities (SB 273, HB 294) and
further development of economic growth smart growth indicators (SB 276, HB 295).
related to the Great Allegheny Passage.
Thanks to funding from the Progress
Fund, MDP staff helped local businesses
market to the 60,000-plus people last year
who used the trail linking Cumberland
with the Pittsburgh region. The Lower
Eastern Shore (LES) Regional Office won a
grant to help seven municipalities update
their “critical area” ordinances - for the
first time, in some cases, since the late
1980s. The revisions will better protect
wildlife, wetlands, farmland, forest,
shorelines and other valuable habitat.

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ARC is a partnership between the 13
Appalachian states and the federal
government. In Maryland, the program is
directed through the Governor’s office and
coordinated and managed by the deputy
secretary of the Department of Planning.
The designated Appalachian counties
in Maryland are Garrett, Allegany and
Washington.

The ARC program in Maryland will continue
MDP helped develop planning, marketing to emphasize “self-sustaining economic
and tracking efforts to boost economic development and job growth” consistent
development and tourism through with the goals and objectives of the annual
improvements to the Greater Allegheny Appalachian Maryland Strategy Statement
Passage and C&O trails. More than $3.5 and the Appalachian Maryland Development
million in ARC funds leveraged almost Plan.
$9.7 million in additional federal, state,
local and private dollars toward
30 projects throughout the
region, not including funds
provided to the state via the
Appalachian Development
Highway System (ADHS)
program. Initiatives ranged
from economic development
and education to infrastructure
and job training.

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Infrastructure Planning

MDP is a member of the Interagency
Committee on School Construction
(IAC), an independent agency created
to administer the State’s Public School
Construction Program (PSCP). MDP’s
responsibilities include reviews of the
Local Education Facilities Master Plans,
project sites, enrollment projections
and conformity of proposed projects
with State and local planning and
growth policies. MDP’s Planning Data
Division also develops the annual public
school enrollment projections used to
help allocate State dollars for school
construction and renovations.

New regulations require that new
schools and replacement schools that
involve an increase in capacity must
be located within Priority Funding
Areas unless a waiver is granted.
Priority Funding Areas were developed
with local and state input as areas to
channel growth. MDP works with the
Public School Construction Program
to encourage neighborhood schools
as focal points that promote shared
community uses, most effectively
use public infrastructure, preserve
community identity and landmarks,
reduce sprawl and promote healthy,
walkable communities.

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This unit works with the Maryland
Department of Transportation
(MDOT) and other state, local,
regional and federal agencies
to provide policy and technical
analysis, reviews and staff
support to various transportation
committees.

The Transportation Planning unit will
focus on coordinating with MDOT and
other State, Metropolitan Planning
MDP coordinated with MDOT in Organizations (MPOs) and local agencies
its development of the annual to help align transportation policies,
Consolidated Transportation plans and programs in concert with
Program update and participated PlanMaryland.
in more than a dozen major state
transportation project studies. The
staff provided analysis and research
that supported PlanMaryland,
the State’s Green House Gas
Reduction Plan and Transit-Oriented
Development planning. It also
contributed to the deliberations of
major transportation commissions
and councils such as the Blue Ribbon
Commission on Transportation
Funding.

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MDP holds a seat on the board of
the Maryland Agricultural Land
Preservation Foundation (MALPF)
and the Rural Legacy Board.
MDP and MALPF certify county
agricultural land preservation
programs.

Most of the remaining certified counties will
need to apply for recertification this year.
MALPF and MDP recertified the farmland The certified counties are Anne Arundel,
preservation programs of Harford, Talbot Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil,
and Washington counties. (Certified counties Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery,
retain 75 percent of locally generated Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s, Talbot,
agricultural land transfer tax, compared to 33 Washington and Worcester.
percent retained by uncertified counties, to
be used for land preservation. The remainder
is remitted to the State to be used for
farmland preservation.)

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The unit’s annual updates to the State’s
tax maps and the linkage of parcel
records to the maps are essential to
MDP’s land analysis.

Number Systems Board (ENSB). MDP
also established “GrowthPrint” as a
companion mapping tool to “AgPrint”
and “GreenPrint.” GrowthPrint
shows existing areas that have been
identified by local governments and
targeted for infill and revitalization
development efforts through existing
State programs. MDP also updated its
MDP began updating its parcel mapping
analysis of the State’s Land Use/Land
activities by moving to a new ESRI
Cover map, the first extensive update
ArcGIS software environment and by
since 2002.
working with selected counties on
integrating parcel mapping activities.
MDP also coordinated the collection and
processing of county-based parcel data
for the State’s iMAP online mapping
and application system. In 2011, the
16th edition of “MdProperty View” was
published. MDP’s most robust desktop
parcel-based GIS, MDProperty View is A significant expansion of MDP’s
intended for use by GIS professionals parcel polygon work will include
working with ESRI’s ArcGIS software. converting six counties and Baltimore
More than 300 subscribers are provided City with polygon and point data
one or more of the MdProperty View linked to SDAT‘s Real Property
products. More than 9,500 hard copy database. iMAP data will for the first
tax maps also were plotted from the time include parcel data for the entire
State’s 2,756 tax maps representing state. MDP is also enhancing software
2,275,897 parcels. During the year, MDP tools for MdProperty View and will
was actively involved in managing a new develop a new web-based parcel
statewide aerial photography flyover. mapping application. The statewide
New aerial photography was flown imagery program management will
during spring 2011 in coordination with also continue throughout 2012 with
the Maryland Department of Information new orthophotography data being
Technology (DOIT) and the Emergency provided to all counties by June 2012.
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SDC is an official partner with the U.S.
Census Bureau. It monitors development
trends, analyzes social, economic and other
characteristics and prepares population,
housing, employment, labor force and income
projections. That analysis provides the baseline
for planning for growth and development in the
State.

Much of the work of the
Demographic & Socioeconomic
Projections section and the
Maryland State Data Center (SDC)
during the year provided access
to the 2010 decennial Census and
the American Community Survey
(ACS). Along with making the data
available on the SDC website, staff
provided technical assistance to
data users. Presentations on the
2010 Census and ACS data were
given to State and local government
agencies and private sector
groups. Projections for labor force,
employment and personal income
for Maryland and its jurisdictions
were updated and extended out to
the year 2040 for the first time to
go along with existing projections
for populations and households.

Data on demographics and population changes came out of the
2010 Census

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The SDC will provide training
in accessing and using the
Census Bureau’s new data
retrieval system, “American
Fact Finder2.” Plans are
underway to present a webinar
to the constituents of the
Governor’s Grants Office on
accessing census data for grant
applications. MDP projections
will also be updated in 2012
with 2010 as the base year,
out to 2040. These will be
the first set of projections
to incorporate the detailed
demographic data from the
2010 Census.

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This unit is responsible for
disseminating information about
the agency’s work to the public, the
media and to federal, State and local
government.

239,000 unique visitors for MDP’s main
website and tripled to 24,000 unique
visitors for the PlanMaryland website.
The agency’s Twitter sites for MDP,
Redistricting, Clearinghouse and State
Data Center topped 2,500 followers.

The Communications and Education
division completed one of the most
robust years for outreach for the
department, ranging from a dozen
hearings across the state to collect public The unit is investigating mobile web
input on Redistricting to a February applications to provide the public
event with Governor O’Malley at a greater access to MDP information.
former lithograph factory in Baltimore
to announce the FY2011 recipients of
the Sustainable Communities Tax Credit
program. The delivery of PlanMaryland
followed an effort that included about
30 large public forums, scores of smaller
stakeholder meetings, online surveys
and creation of a PlanMaryland website,
Facebook page and “sim” computer game
called “GamePlanMaryland.” Frequent
news coverage of PlanMaryland ranged
from print and broadcast media
throughout the state to national and
international outlets such as The Atlantic
Cities and UK Independent online.
Annual web traffic was up 13 percent to “SmartGrowthMaryland” blog

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“A proposal by Maryland’s Governor
O’Malley to cut state subsidies for
schools, roads and wastewater where
counties allow sprawl development
could save billions. … Government ac-
counting for economic progress needs
to start valuing the nature we lose as
well as the development that replaces
it.” - Tom Horton,
November 2, 2011

“Since 1973, the population has grown
39 percent, but development has grown
154 percent. That’s just not a sustainable
formula. … PlanMaryland would move
the state in the proper direction.”
- Editorial,
October 31, 2011

“A Federal District Court late last month
wisely upheld a 2010 Maryland law
“The (1997) smart growth laws have that counts prison inmates as residents
certainly not put an end to sprawl … It in their home communities for
is time in Maryland to take additional purposes of redistricting, rather than at
steps. Governor Martin O’Malley and the prisons where they are incarcerated
planning Secretary Richard E. Hall real- … This sound ruling should encourage
ize that, and as a result have been mov- more states to join Maryland, New York,
ing forward with an ambitious statewide Delaware and California in adopting
planning process.” similar anti-gerrymandering laws.”
- Editorial, “Counting Voters Fairly,”

- “Switchboard” Blog,
September 7, 2011 January 16, 2012

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Develop
the message

Start
with . . .
“Reality Check” LEGO Building Exercise

Add social media
A dash of spice

Refine the plan

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Meet with
3,000 stakeholders

Deliver the plan

“GamePlanMaryland”
at Plan.Maryland.gov Governor O’Malley accepts
PlanMaryland with former
Governors Hughes and Glendening
on December 19, 2011
Add a web app
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Maryland Historical Trust

PPMP provides technical and financial
assistance to local governments and
non-profits to preserve, enhance and
interpret archeological sites, historic
structures and institutions and to
promote heritage tourism.

across the state to foster economic
development through heritage tourism
and leverage more than $6 million in
The division staffed the Working Group on non-state support.
Native American Human Remains. It continued
to explore options for an alternative to the
current plan for the Interim Appropriate
Place of Repose for Native American human
remains, which are currently in the care
of MHT at the Maryland Archeological
Conservation Laboratory at Jefferson Patterson
Park and Museum in Calvert County. PPMP Staff intends to acquire and launch a
also staffed the Maryland Heritage Areas lifecycle grants management software
Authority, which entered its 15th year of system to streamline the grant
operation. The Mountain Maryland Gateway application process before the end of
to the West Heritage Area in Garrett County the fiscal year.
became Maryland’s 12th “heritage area.” The
authority continued to implement its 10-
year strategic plan, “Charting a Sustainable
Course for the Next Decade, 2010-2020,”
with the local heritage area management
entities creating five-year plans to guide local
operations through 2018. MHAA awarded 51
grants totaling nearly $2.3 million to projects

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ORSR directs the statewide survey
of architectural and archeological
resources, evaluates state resources for
significance and integrity, and guides the
nomination of selected sites and districts
for listing in the National Register of
Historic Places.

The Maryland State House continued to be Work will begin on a grant awarded by
a focus for ORSR staff, working with the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Department of General Services and the Administration to study the potential impact
Maryland State Archives. In 2011, attention of sea-level rise on historic and archeological
shifted from on-going work in the Old Senate resources. The coming year is also expected
Chamber to the final stage of work for the to be a productive time for circulating our
restoration of the Old House Chamber. Re- work to the public. Staff member Thomas
painting of the State House dome spawned a Reinhart will star in Maryland Public
lively discussion of early historical paint colors Television’s forthcoming documentary
for the dome; white prevailed over yellow as a “The Historic Barns of Maryland.” Senior
concession to consistency with the evolution Archeologist Dennis Curry will publish an
of the building. Eighteen nominations to the article on the Conoy Indians in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places were Historical Magazine and has submitted the
forwarded to Washington, D.C. for listing, final manuscript for a chapter regarding
representing 772 contributing resources. ossuaries in the Mid-Atlantic region for a
MHT staff also coordinated conservation book on prehistoric burial practices to be
maintenance and treatment for 21 outdoor published by the University of Nebraska
bronze and stone sculptural monuments and Press. Orlando Ridout will complete work on
plaques. Nine historic roadside markers were a study of agricultural buildings and practices
installed, commemorating topics as diverse as in Maryland for a book titled “The Chesapeake
the location of an African-American baseball House”, to be published by the University of
field in Somerset County, the 1655 Battle of the North Carolina Press.
Severn near Annapolis, and Revolutionary War
hero Richard Montgomery, namesake for that
county.

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OPS consists of three major
program areas -- Project Review and
Compliance, Historic Preservation
Assistance Programs and the
Underwater Archeology Research
and Survey Program.

For FY2013 funding for the African
American Heritage Preservation Grant
The Historic Preservation Easement Program, 24 eligible applications from
Program is the highest form of protection 15 Counties and Baltimore City were
available for any historic, archeological received requesting a total of $1.9 million.
or cultural resource. It upholds the A list of projects recommended for
State’s financial investments and offers funding was forwarded to Department of
private owners the ability to protect Budget and Management for inclusion in
their property by ensuring that these the FY 2013 capital budget.
resources continue to be cared for and
made available to the public in perpetuity.
In turn, these resources contribute
greatly to the development of the State’s
heritage tourism initiatives and to
heritage-related educational programs. In
2011, MHT acquired 12 new easements
or modifications. The MHT Easement
Program now holds 661 easements on
more than 800 properties, encompassing
about 9,000 acres statewide. MHT and
the Maryland Commission on African
American History and Culture (MCAAHC)
received 27 applications requesting
more than $2 million in funding from
the FY2012 African American Heritage
Preservation Grant Program. Sixteen
projects were awarded a total of $1
million. Harriet Tubman, African-American abolitionist

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JPPM studies, exhibits and interprets the
diverse cultures and environments of Maryland
and the Chesapeake Bay region through the
lens of archeology and history. Located on 560
acres on the Patuxent River in Calvert County,
the park and museum encompass more than
70 documented archaeological sites spanning
9,500 years.

Construction is expected to start on the
Riverside Interpretive Trail and Exhibit
Structures (RITES) project. In June, the
facility will celebrate the silver anniversary
of the Patuxent River Wade-In -- an event
spearheaded and inspired by state Senator
Bernie Fowler 25 years ago. The park will
More than 50,000 people visited JPPM continue to refine the African American
during a year in which the readers of Life program in preparation for a major
Maryland Life magazine selected it as initiative aimed at bringing every fourth-
Southern Maryland’s “Finest Day Trip.” grader in Calvert County to JPPM beginning
With public programs, workshops, tours in the fall of 2012. (Every county sixth-
of the MAC Lab and Patterson House, grader already visits JPPM annually as part
lectures, camps, volunteer days, group and of the CHESPAX program.) In September,
school visits, JPPM hosted more than 100 the War of 1812 Bicentennial celebration
events during the year. The Calvert County at JPPM begins in earnest with an all-day
Board of Commissioners recognized the reenactment and fair.
collaboration between JPPM and the
Calvert County Public Schools – specifically
the archaeology class at Huntingtown High
School – for its “outstanding contributions
to the understanding and preservation of
Calvert County’s cultural heritage.”

Students involved in Center for Talented Youth
(CTY) program at JPPM, Summer 2011.

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The MAC Lab houses more than eight
million objects collected during the
past century.

The lab will add at least four new
sections to the Diagnostic Artifacts
The lab received 33 new archaeological in Maryland webpage, including a
collections, provided tours to 1,255 projectile point Diagnostic webpage.
individuals, conducted outreach activities MAC Lab staff will work with exhibit
in local schools and attracted nearly designers on creating exhibits for the
300 volunteers who contributed nearly Riverside Interpretive Trail and Exhibit
700 hours excavating and analyzing an Structures, will complete a technical
18th-century site through the Public report for the King’s Reach site and
Archaeology make significant strides
Program. The lab in preparing a report for
also conserved the Smith St. Leonard
artifacts with both site. The lab will also
state and national prepare a grant proposal
significance from to place archaeological
the state collection, exhibits throughout
Fort Frederick, New the state. Popular lab
York, Everglades exhibits that were hosted
National Park, the in 2011 at the Lexington
Walters Museum, Park Public Library in
the H. L. Hunley St. Mary’s County and at
submarine, Poplar the Washington County
Forest, Monticello, Convention and Visitors
Valley Forge, Presidio Bureau. in Hagerstown are
La Bahia, Historic being moved to additional
Charleston and venues within each county.
the National Park
Service.

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MAC Lab conservator Gareth McNair
at work

Adequate
Public
Facilities
Ordinance
Report
Local jurisdictions are required to submit a report to MDP every
other year to detail whether a local Adequate Public Facilities
Ordinance (APFO) halted development or redevelopment in a Priority
Funding Area (PFA). The reporting requirement was approved by the
Maryland General Assembly in 2009 (Senate Bill 273/House Bill 294).

If APFOs restrict development in PFAs due to failing roads
or insufficient capacity of schools, water and sewer systems,
development and redevelopment might go to other areas not intended
for growth under local plans. A better understanding of the impact
of APFOs on PFAs can help shape policy to foster development and
redevelopment in places where they are best accommodated.

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Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Report

In this first year that reports on the impact of APFOs were required, roughly half the respondents
-- five of 10 counties reporting and two of five municipalities reporting – showed that schools over
capacity did impact development in their PFAs during the reporting period of calendar year 2009.
The counties reported that they mitigated impacts through capital project improvements, school
facility payment fees, phased-in development, new schools and redistricting as well as a developer-
designed remediation plan.

With regard to transportation, three of 10 counties reported APFO-related transportation
restrictions in PFAs. The impacts were being addressed through capacity improvements, state
and county capital projects and developer-funded improvements, they reported. None of the
municipalities indicated APFO-related transportation restrictions.

One county (and no municipality) reported APFO restrictions in PFAs due to water. It said the issue
was resolved through capacity improvements in 2010.

The next APFO report from county and municipal governments are due in July 2012 for the
calendar year 2011 reporting period.

Jurisdiction School Road Water Other Actions Notes/Comments
Impacts Impacts and Impacts Taken to
Reported Reported Sewer Reported Remedy
Impacts Impacts
Reported

Counties

SCHOOLS: There was one unit
on the waiting list due to lack of
Anne Arundel Y N N N Y

school capacity in the PFA. No other
impacts were reported.
TRANSPORTATION: There were
seven intersections operating
Baltimore N Y Y N Y

at Level of Service (LOS) F
(failing) within the County’s
Urban-Rural Demarcation Line
(URDL). To address this, the
County is embarking on capacity
improvements. WATER: There were
two areas of deficiency for water
found in 2009. These were to be
resolved in 2010.
* Y - Yes; N - No; NA - Not Applicable

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Impacts Impacts
Reported

There were no reported APFO
issues in the 2009 Annual Report.
Charles N N N N Y

For SCHOOLS, if a development
is restricted by the limitation of
school seats in their receiving
schools, the developer may proffer
mitigation to pay for the State’s
share of school construction on a
per lot basis.
SCHOOLS: At the end of CY 2010
there were 12 elementary, three
Frederick Y Y N N Y

middle, and three high schools
whose enrollments were at or
over 100 percent of the state rated
capacity. Many of these school
districts include areas in both the
county and a municipality and not
all of the municipalities have their
own APFO’s.

TRANSPORTATION: Recent
amendments to the roads portion
of the County’s APFO have
generally tightened the thresholds
for road adequacy. The one part
of the County that is particularly
affected is the MD 85 corridor from
Interstate 270 south to English
Muffin Way. The Maryland State
Highway Administration has an
active project to widen MD 85
between Guilford Drive and English
Muffin Way

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Impacts Impacts
Reported

SCHOOLS: Impacts being
addressed by a study group looking
Harford Y Y N N Y

at capacity and redistricting
solutions.

TRANSPORTATION: Some
road intersections within the
development envelope are
operating at LOS E or worse. Some
state and county capital projects
will help resolve these issues.
SCHOOLS: 17 residential
subdivisions including 200
Howard Y Y N N Y

housing units were delayed due
to allocation limitations in the
Elkridge Planning area in 2009. All
of these projects are expected to
move forward by the end of 2011.
SCHOOLS: If projected school
enrollment exceeds 105 percent
Montgomery Y Y N N Y

of projected school capacity,
residential development within
the affected school cluster will
be required to make a School
Facility Payment (SFP) to move
forward. In 2009/2010, there
were nine restricted school
districts that required a fee. These
districts were primarily within
PFAs; some were outside of PFAs.
TRANSPORTATION: 16 areas in
the County that coincide closely
with local PFAs require additional
transportation mitigation measures
provided by the developer to move
forward.

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Impacts Impacts
Reported

N TRANSPORTATION: In 2009,
29 properties in the PFA were
Prince George’s N Y N Y

affected by APFO transportation
restrictions. These restrictions
were mitigated by developers
providing transportation
improvements required as a
condition of approval.
No restrictions due to APFO in
2009
St. Mary’s N N N N N

SCHOOLS: One level (ES, MS, HS)
of school in every school district
Washington Y N N N Y

in the County, except for Hancock,
is over capacity. The County has
established mitigation through
having developers phase the
timing of the development as well
as make a financial contribution
over and above local excise tax.
This mitigation relief has been
approved by the Board of County
Commissioners in most cases.

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Impacts Impacts and Impacts taken to
Reported Reported Sewer Reported remedy
Impacts impacts
Reported

Municipalities

SCHOOLS: No restrictions on
development in PFAs in Aberdeen
Aberdeen N NA NA NA N

due to school capacity. Their APFO
only applies to schools.
SCHOOLS: One development
project in 2010 that the Planning
Brunswick Y N N N N

Commission determined would fail
the test for school capacity.
SCHOOLS: In their Medium
Range Growth Area, all ES and HS
Hagerstown Y N N N Y

are over capacity. New schools
and redistricting are used to
address capacity issues as well as
remediation plan by developer to
be approved by County. One project
of 105 units was held up in 2009
due to limited school capacity. To
date, there has been no action on
the part of the developer to start
the remediation process for this
project. Their APFO applies only to
schools.
SCHOOLS: La Plata has only a
school APF policy. Their policy is to
La Plata N NA NA NA Y

limit building permits to no more
than 100 school seats. No permits
have been denied or restricted
based on this policy.
Smithsburg No restrictions reported

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Smart
Growth
Indicators

Consistent with the O’Malley-Brown Administration’s “Stat” approach,
Maryland jurisdictions report on a uniform set of indicators to provide
better information to shape planning policy decisions. The 2009 Smart,
Green & Growing Legislation required the Maryland Department of Planning
to report on “Smart Growth Goals, Measures and Indicators” annually in
consultation with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of
Maryland at College Park.

The first metric to track Smart Growth progress is the relationship between
residential parcel development and acres of new residential development.
Since 1997, nearly 70 percent of residential parcel growth has occurred
inside the Priority Funding Areas (PFA), designated by local governments
as prime areas for state resources to encourage growth. However, this
residential parcel growth also accounted for less than 28 percent of the new
developed acres during the time period. By contrast, development outside
the PFA, while constituting only 22 percent of the state’s parcel growth,
accounted for 75 percent of new development by acreage.

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MDP’s Planning Data Services Division created a consistent geospatial
database of improved single-family residential parcels of 20 acres or less
from 1940 thru 2009 to track residential development trends in Maryland.
The database helps analyze residential development trends inside and
outside of PFAs across the 69-year span, including before the PFAs were
established by law in 1997.

2011 also marked the start of reporting of “Smart Growth Indicators” by
local planning commissions and boards under the 2009 law. For this first
year of full reporting, 14 of the 23 Counties provided full reports, while six
provided partial reports. Also, 12 of the 16 most populous Municipalities
(with 10,000-plus residents) produced reports. Overall, 62 of 110
Municipalities produced annual reports, some with assistance from MDP
staff.

County reports on the share of residential growth (new lots created) both
inside and outside of PFAs showed a mixed picture, perhaps due to the real
estate market of recent years. Anne Arundel County reported an 89-percent
share of growth in its PFAs, Harford County reported an 83-percent share
and Carroll County 72 percent. That compared favorably with the state
as a whole, where building inside PFAs has ranged between the mid-60s
and 80 percent of total improved single-family residential parcels since the
early 1980s. At the other end of the spectrum, Frederick County reported
a 54-percent share, Charles County a 50-percent share and Cecil County a
20-percent share of growth in the PFA last year. For all reporting entities,
including Municipalities, 12,042 of 13,140 lots were created in PFAs for a
rate of about 91 percent. Of 9,856 residential permits reported, 7,119 were
inside PFAs for a 71-percent share.

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This graphic illustrates the decline in residential parcels located within PFAs over time. Since the
implementation of Smart Growth laws 15 years ago to encourage growth inside PFAs, Maryland
has experienced a relatively flat trend in the share of improved residential parcels inside of PFAs.
Recent signs do show an uptick, although they are not necessarily indicative of a trend. For 2009, the
most recent data year available, the share of improved residential parcels inside PFAs surpassed 71
percent for the first time since 1997. Also in 2009, the share of improved residential parcels outside
PFAs fell below 28 percent for the first time since 2001. During the prior decade, there had been
no consistent reduction in the percentage of improved residential acres developed outside of PFAs.
It should also be noted that the average lot size outside of PFAs increased to 1.95 acres in 2009, up
from 1.66 acres in 2008. That was a change from a recent trend of decreasing lot sizes outside PFAs,
which is important because larger lots in total create more environmental impact.

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This chart presents the estimated development capacity - that is, Maryland’s land supply - within
three different areas: PFAs, PFA Comment Areas and Outside PFAs. It also shows the 2035 projection
for Maryland of nearly 500,000 households. Sufficient capacity exists within PFAs to accommodate all
of the State’s projected growth to 2035. While it is not realistic to assume that all new growth would
go exclusively inside these areas, PFAs could be used more efficiently to accommodate a larger share
of future growth. * PFA comment areas are locally designated PFAs that do not meet one or more of
the State requirements in State Finance and Procurement Article, §5-7B-02 and §5-7B-03.

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This chart illustrates the comparison of residential parcels and residential acreage in three different
areas: Priority Funding Areas, Outside PFAs and PFA Comment Areas. Parcels outside PFAs, though
fewer in number than inside PFAs, have consumed triple the acreage of parcels located inside PFAs.

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Maryland Smart
Growth Sub-Cabinet
FY 2011 Annual
Report on the
Implementation of
the Smart Growth

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The report summarizes the FY 2011 “growth
related” program commitments of the
departments of Business and Economic
Development (DBED), General Services (DGS),
Housing and Community Development (DHCD),
Environment (MDE), Transportation (MDOT)
and selected programs of the Public School
Construction Program (PSCP) and The Maryland
Historical Trust (MHT)

The Maryland Smart Growth Subcabinet’s FY 2011 Annual Report on the Implementation of
the Smart Growth Areas Act is submitted in accordance with the following requirements: SG §
9-1406(h)(3), SB 204/Ch. 566, 2001, SG § 9-1405(b)(10), SB 204/Ch. 566, 2001, SG § 9-1406(h)(1)
(v), HB 475/Ch. 487, 2010.

The report summarizes the FY 2011 “growth related” program commitments of the departments
of Business and Economic Development (DBED), General Services (DGS), Housing and Community
Development (DHCD), Environment (MDE), and Transportation (MDOT) in partial fulfillment of the
requirements of The Smart Growth Areas Act (Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government
Article §§ 9-1406). The law defines as “growth related” certain capital projects and funding
activities of these five state agencies: DBED, DGS, DHCD, MDE, and MDOT.1

There is no statutory requirement that funding of the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) and the
Public School Construction (PSC) program be located within Priority Funding Areas (PFAs). These
two agencies chose to voluntarily limit programs to the PFAs and expenditures are included
separately for informational purposes only.

Introduction

The State of Maryland, through the Smart Growth Subcabinet, is committed to making more
efficient and effective investments of taxpayer dollars for costly infrastructure while preserving the
State’s rural landscape from being subjected to urban sprawl. Our coordinated actions have reduced
development pressures on critical farmland and natural areas and increased the availability of more
dollars to spend on roads, schools, and infrastructure to sustain Maryland’s towns, cities and rural
areas.

In Fiscal Year 2011, the statutory framework set out by the Maryland General Assembly in the Smart
Growth Areas Act was met by the Smart Growth Subcabinet agencies whose programs are subject
to PFA restrictions. The Smart Growth Areas Act allows agencies to seek exceptions to the law for
individual projects through one of two avenues: the Board of Public Works2 or the Smart Growth
Coordinating Committee3 and requires the Smart Growth Sub-Cabinet to report annually on these
exemptions.4

In FY 2011, seven projects were granted exceptions by the Smart Growth Coordinating Committee
in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the Smart Growth Areas Act and did not violate
the intent of smart growth. These exemptions are included in Appendix A at the end of this report.
There were no exemptions sought by agencies from the Board of Public Works.
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Priority Funding Areas

Recognizing that State investments are the most important tool the State has to influence growth
and development, the 1997 Priority Funding Areas Act (the Smart Growth Act) establishes Priority
Funding Areas (PFAs) as the State mechanism to direct the use of state funding for roads, water
and sewer plants, economic development and other growth-related needs. PFAs are geographic
growth areas that are designated and mapped by local jurisdictions for targeting State investment
in infrastructure. The criteria for PFAs are defined in the Annotated Code of Maryland, State Finance
and Procurement Article (SF&P), §5-7B-02 and §5-7B-03. The law also directs the Maryland
Department of Planning (MDP) to coordinate the process of updating PFAs by providing technical
assistance, review and comment of PFAs and the opportunity for public review (see MDP Publication
No. 2009-004, “Priority Funding Areas, How to Revise and Update”).

Priority Funding Areas were established to meet three key goals: (1) To preserve existing
communities; (2) To make the most efficient and effective use of taxpayer dollars for infrastructure
by targeting State resources to build on past investments; and (3) To reduce development pressure
on critical farmland and natural resource areas by encouraging projects in already developed areas.

The Priority Funding Areas and Schools regulation was approved in late 2011 as an amendment
to COMAR 23.03.02 Regulations for the Administration of the Public School Construction Program.
Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) seeking State funding to construct new schools and replacement
schools that increase capacity outside of the PFA must undergo a PFA review. A waiver option is
available to LEAs as part of the PFA review process. It should be noted that the new regulations are
restricted to school construction projects seeking school site, planning and funding approvals in the
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fiscal Year 2013 and beyond.

FY 2011 Expenditures

FY 2011 “growth related” spending on PFA restricted projects and programs totaled
$1,515,868,140, as reported to the Department of Planning by the Department of Housing and
Community Development, the Department of General Services, the Department of Business
and Economic Development, the Department of the Environment, and the Department of
Transportation.

Of this amount, $390,863,513 (26 percent) of “growth related” spending was devoted to projects
and programs within Priority Funding Areas. $692,259,627 (46 percent) was devoted to projects
outside of PFAs, and $432,745,000 (28 percent) was devoted to MDOT projects that were Not Place
Specific associated with the Maryland Department of Transportation.

It should be noted that $685,589,000 (99 percent) of the $692 million spent outside of PFAs
was associated with state projects that were exempt from the PFA requirements or met the legal
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outside the PFA (93 percent) of the $692 million total of out of PFA spending was to complete
the Inter-County Connector project between Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. The
remaining $6,519,627 (1 percent) spent outside PFAs was devoted to MDE projects that do not
increase capacity and or make any additional development possible. $5,810,500 (89 percent) of the
$6,519,627 MDE encumbered for projects outside the PFA in FY 2011 was for projects that repaired
or improved existing systems without expansion of capacity. These projects generally benefit
existing residences and businesses, a large portion of which are located in PFAs.

FY 2011 Expenditures by Agency for “Growth Related” Programs

Total Not Place-Specific
Program PFA Funding Funding Outside PFA

FY 2011
Funding Funding

DHCD $37,094, 808 $37,094, 808 $0 $0

DGS $30,351,897 $30,351,897 $0 $0

DBED $16,820,921 $16,820,921 $0 $0

MDE $54,202,514 $47,682,887 $6,519,627 $0

MDOT $1,377,398,000 $258,913,000 $685,740,000 $432,745,000

$1,515,868,140 $390,863,513 $692,259,627 $432,745,000
Total
(26%) (46%) (28%)

FY 2011 State Agency “Growth Related” Expenditures within Priority Funding Areas

Figure 1 FY 2011 State PFA Funding
DHCD 10%

DGS 8%

DBED 4%

MDOT 66%
MDE 12%

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Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) programs defined as “growth
related” and thus limited to PFAs are:

• The “construction or purchase of newly constructed single family homes” by the Community
Development Administration’s (CDA) Maryland Mortgage Program (MMP), which provides low
interest mortgages to qualified first time homebuyers.

• The “acquisition or construction of newly constructed multifamily rental housing” (NMRH) by
CDA.

• “State funded neighborhood revitalization projects,” which include funding from Community
Legacy (CL), Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC), Maryland Capital Access Program
(MCAP) and Neighborhood Business Works (NBW).

It should also be noted that, although it is not required by the Smart Growth Areas Act, DHCD also
requires that Community Development Block Grants be limited to PFAs. The program is not covered
by this act because it consists solely of federal funds and the law covers only state-funded projects.

Department of Housing and Community Development
FY 2011 Expenditures by “Growth Related” Program

Projects Funding
Total Total Projects
Program PFA Funding Outside Outside
Projects Funding in PFA

FY 2011
PFA5 PFA

MMP 80 $20,884,632 80 $20,884,632 0 $0

NMRH 4 $7,725,000 4 $7,725,000 0 $0

CL 51 $4,375,000 51 $4,375,000 0 $0

CITC 43 $1,035,000 43 $1,035,000 0 $0

MCAP 1 $3,000 1 $3,000 0 $0

NBW 17 $3,072,176 17 $3,072,176 0 $0

Total 196 $37,094,808 196 $37,094,808 0 $0

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Department of General Services (DGS)

While it has no capital budget itself, the Department of General Services is responsible for acquiring,
leasing and maintaining most of the State’s facilities. Thus it is responsible for ensuring that the
State’s “growth related funding” is limited to PFAs for the leases of property by the State and land
acquisition. However, the law explicitly exempts projects for “maintenance, repair, additions,
or renovations to existing facilities, acquisition of land for telecommunications towers, parks,
conservation and open space, and acquisition of agricultural, conservation, and historic easements.”

It should also be noted that DGS sends every lease and project to the Maryland Department of
Planning’s State Clearinghouse for Intergovernmental Assistance to ensure that it complies with the
Smart Growth Areas Act.

Department of General Services FY 2011 Expenditures
by “Growth Related” Program

Projects
Total Total Projects PFA Funding
Program Outside
Projects Funding In PFA Funding Outside PFA
PFA

FY 2011

Leases of Property 73 $30,351,897 73 $30,351,897 0 $0

Land Acquisition 0 $0 0 $0 0 $0

Total 73 $30,351,897 73 $30,351,897 0 $0

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Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED)

The DBED programs defined by the Smart Growth Areas Act as “growth-related” have all
subsequently been renamed and/or consolidated. Currently the programs subject to the law’s
restrictions are:

• The Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority (MSBDFA), which provides
financing for small businesses that are not able to qualify for financing from private lending
institutions or owned by socially and economically disadvantaged persons.

• The Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund (MEDAAF), which
provides both loans and grants to businesses and local jurisdictions.

• The Economic Development Opportunities Fund (Sunny Day Fund), which promotes
Maryland’s participation in extraordinary economic development opportunities that provide
significant returns to the State through creating and retaining employment as well as the
creation of significant capital investments in Priority Funding Areas.

• The Maryland Economic Adjustment Fund (MEAF), which assists business entities in the state
with modernization of manufacturing operations, the development of commercial applications
for technology, and exploring and entering new markets.

Department of Business and Economic Development
FY 2011 Expenditures by “Growth Related” Program

Projects
Total Total Projects PFA Funding
Program Outside
Projects Funding In PFA Funding outside PFA
PFA

FY 2011

MSBDFA 20 $8,488,820 20 $8,488,820 0 $0

MEDAAF 20 $8,332,101 20 $8,332,101 0 $0

SDF 0 $600,000 0 $600,000 0 $0

MEAF 0 $689,384 0 $689,384 0 $0

Total 40 $16,820,921 40 $16,820,921 0 $0

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