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Chapman explained the annual growth policy’s calculation and timing: the limit is based on a percentage of prior‑year housing counts and is re‑set annually by the Board of County Commissioners. The policy uses APF (adequate public facilities) thresholds in timing approvals — for subdivisions the APF determination occurs at preliminary plan approval, for multifamily site plans at final site plan approval — and minor subdivisions are now counted under the policy after the recent change. Chapman said unused capacity in a fiscal year generally does not carry forward as a numeric rollover; the Board may adjust the annual limit when it adopts the next year’s policy.

Commissioners asked several process questions: how allocations are counted (APF triggers), whether unused capacity can be carried forward (it cannot), and whether the commission should provide input to the Board of County Commissioners on the 1.9% rate or the 70/30 split. Chapman said the commission’s usual role is advisory and that staff would return with more cumulative, multi‑year figures and finer detail. Commissioners requested a two‑year cumulative view to assess how the policy has steered growth since adoption. Staff said they would return with more detailed results for further commission review before the Board revisits the policy.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","4/26/2010 St. Mary's County Planning Commission","oneSentenceSummary","Staff presented the annual growth policy status: the county’s FY allocation equates to 805 new dwellings (1.9% of prior-year housing stock) with a 70/30 growth-area/rural split; commissioners asked for cumulative two‑year figures and signaled interest in advising the Board of County Commissioners if desired.","taxTitle","St. Mary's County, Maryland","taxId",51086,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6358316,"Metropolitan Commission presents FY‑11 water and sewer capital plan; commissioners ask for more detail, schedule recommendation",265,525110,791020,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2212662-08f9382b54d3287bdd5bb0a7dd15d18c&start=525&end=791","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2212662-08f9382b54d3287bdd5bb0a7dd15d18c/thumbnail_525110.jpg","/articles/6358316/St-Marys-County/Maryland/Metropolitan-Commission-presents-FY11-water-and-sewer-capital-plan-commissioners-ask-for-more-detail-schedule-recommendation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6358316-7b49942b7513487de0aca4c42342929b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771156609&Signature=lOTMO8mrbmFML375BbJsV6iqm5Z6bhvijmjPtJvmg1MYEGzDhehl3Acn7X33Ekj7Cq5rz8iCy7C8JM0ka5OJcS7a~XzUJhB6qf~~3Hx0jC51gU0CGOPuYu78vC3eyU59XGteCx5LNU4-n69Rf9xOBMkFL1OQ9Y2VcJLJn1t-95qN-50081idJGBKFsilVhGT2G96ayASS5FIqwtFXQui8zLEqGXlRNpuGtvMupbdqkATV7xVCWIgMt8ZdA8V5OdK-5Cu6ILVJYujunPWarYbqt4VRDGED3gtYtd1OQTF2bi7-PtOe0TI7YTJlIHvdWEoM1tbGtC4lta2H9heJf7SLA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Metropolitan Commission (METCOM) staff presented the proposed FY 2011 water and sewer capital projects to the Saint Mary's County Planning Commission on April 26, and described replacement work, pump station upgrades, system expansions and system-wide initiatives including a Marley Taylor E&R upgrade, radio-read meters and SCADA improvements. Commissioners pressed staff for clearer links between the Metropolitan Commission’s facilities plan, the county comprehensive plan and the capital budget and requested more detail before making a formal consistency recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.

Jackie (METCOM staff) and Chet Frederick, chief engineer, walked commissioners through the sewer and water project lists in the binder provided to the commission. Major items discussed included ongoing manhole rehabilitation and infiltration-and-inflow (I&I) work (project SM1005/SM1006), the Patuxent Park sewer and water phases, multiple pump station upgrades (including Great Mills and Piney Point projects), FDR Boulevard interceptor relining, and Marley Taylor E&R upgrade (project 838S / total estimated cost discussed on the record as about $38,000,000). Staff said the Marley Taylor design was about 65% complete, the construction contract was expected to be awarded in FY11, and the facility was targeted to be online in June 2012. METCOM told commissioners the Navy would fund about 20% of the Marley Taylor upgrade and that state E and R grant support was an estimate still to be determined; the remainder would be financed by METCOM borrowing.

Commissioners asked for several clarifications: a single summary that aggregates funding sources (loans, PAYGO, grants) across the capital program; a table showing when projects first appeared in the capital plan (age-in-program); clearer planning justification text on sheets that merely referenced the facilities plan; and a tally of total projects funded by type. Several commissioners said familiarity with the facilities plan would be necessary to evaluate consistency with the comprehensive plan and suggested a work session or retreat to develop priorities for directing water/sewer spending to village and town centers. Commissioners also discussed METCOM’s office-site expansion (staff said the capital line item is acquisition money; lease negotiations for administrative space are being pursued with a likely 10‑year lease and option to purchase), radio‑read water meter rollout (two‑year project), SCADA and utility billing upgrades.

Planning Commissioner Monnick asked whether the commission needed more time; commissioners and staff agreed staff would supply the additional materials requested and the commission would consider a formal recommendation at its next meeting (May 10). Staff repeatedly emphasized these capital plans are dynamic and will change based on operations needs, funding, and priorities; METCOM staff also noted some projects are driven by operational exigency (electrical or pumping failures) and so may be reprioritized.

The commission did not approve the capital plan at the meeting; commissioners asked staff for the requested supplemental materials and signaled they would vote on a consistency recommendation after they have time to review the additional documentation.","METCOM staff presented proposed water and sewer capital projects for FY 2011, including the Marley Taylor E&R upgrade; commissioners asked for clearer ties to the facilities plan, funding summaries and project histories and agreed to consider a consistency recommendation at the commission’s next meeting.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6358321,"Planning commissioners ask staff to bring St. Mary’s Crossing back after updated traffic study",460,32580,492750,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2212662-08f9382b54d3287bdd5bb0a7dd15d18c&start=32&end=492","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2212662-08f9382b54d3287bdd5bb0a7dd15d18c/thumbnail_32580.jpg","/articles/6358321/St-Marys-County/Maryland/Planning-commissioners-ask-staff-to-bring-St-Marys-Crossing-back-after-updated-traffic-study","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6358321-ac2374921d059f4e3b76a89130bca666/orig.mp4?Expires=1771156609&Signature=KMm62WSN2~~7teocCJUL5PNMyB7rOFrSrHtA~bsZI3QVyzz9FLOalV7DSWFMPEMQU6uFRwtyQ4tgajuyyLma0dfGbIbLkk6qjNw04DCboT6wRSzGxvXe6hgguC~MlfslV9nYBl~SVAHldhjEHJaytrU~rq71~pI~y2DwyHBx6GHcK6pGJclvuLhhk5KAmmdHlPWHRwg-WTDrhIAY9J-LRzLS3fCLWuIDpdFAYrN4aGBi6eFDmM3TaOt9~fOhiUkwpNNfELcmdFcWjBTsosCgAraL~HUOOkyWW~LfZC~zYyEh4qUOe69nRrU6vaXQPirTOL2xSFGVY3VidCi4-Lc5sQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Saint Mary's County Planning Commission on April 26 voted to ask staff to bring CCSP 9132007 (St. Mary’s Crossing) back for additional review when an updated traffic study for the St. Andrews Church Road/Wildwood Parkway portion is available. The motion was made by Commissioner Susan Guazzo and seconded by Commissioner McNeil; the motion passed with Commissioner Seabird recorded in opposition.

Commissioner Guazzo told the commission she noticed an omission in the minutes and the record when she reviewed the prior motion, and said the traffic portion for St. Andrews Church Road was missing. She moved, \"in the matter of CCSP 9132007 concerning the traffic impact of this development, a motion to ask staff at such time as they have received the updated, new and improved traffic study for this St. Andrews Church Road portion...bring this project back to us for another look at it with the aspects of the traffic portion that impact this development,\" so the commission could \"study it and perhaps make another finding at that time.\"

Jared Verlage, director of the Department of Land Use and Growth Management, said staff supported returning the traffic study and clarified the commission’s request related to the director’s administrative finding of adequate public facilities. Commissioners discussed the scope: several said they were not reopening the concept plan approval but sought an advisory briefing that the director could consider when he made final APF (adequate public facilities) findings. Commissioner Minor expressed concern about fairness to the applicant and whether routinely bringing cases back after approval was appropriate; others said advisory briefings were not the same as reopening approvals.

The commission clarified the motion did not impose additional conditions on the developer but asked that staff and the director consider any discussion the commission made when making the director’s APF finding. Chair called for the vote; the motion carried with one dissent.

Planning staff indicated they would schedule the briefing when the updated traffic study was available and that the return would be informational so the director could consider commissioners’ comments before final administrative action.","The Saint Mary's County Planning Commission voted to ask staff to return CCSP 9132007 (St. Mary’s Crossing) for further consideration when a new traffic study for the St. Andrews Church Road/Wildwood Parkway area is available; the motion passed with one commissioner opposed.","actionData","errors"]

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