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Oct. 6, 2011
The Board of Garrett County Commissioners during its public meeting on Tuesday unanimously executed a resolution requesting deferment of the adoption of PlanMaryland. The document will be forwarded to the governor and Maryland Department of Planning personnel.
State officials project Maryland’s population will increase by 1 million during the next 20 years. Proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley, the initiative examines that issue and, according to plan opponents, gives the state more control over local land-use issues.
“The growth issues that Garrett County will face over the next few years are different than those that are faced in the urban and suburban areas of the state of Maryland and nation,” the commissioners stated in a press release. “The board believes that land management should be left to local jurisdictions, as it is local jurisdictions that best understand their local growth challenges and needs. The proposed plan, as it applies to Garrett County, has the potential to stifle and suppress growth opportunities instead of incentivizing them.”
The commissioners added they did not want the county to become an impoverished ward of the state.
“Garrett County has resources that will allow the county to contribute in our own unique way,” the officials stated. “Embracing and acknowledging diversity gives our state and ultimately county and municipal governments strength and resiliency.”
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