Municipal Growth Element Fact Sheet

County’s Role in the Development of “Municipal Growth Elements”

Citizens Write Mayor about Failure to Comply with Growth Policy

Mayor Randy McClement
City of Frederick
101 North Court Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701
Re:         The City’s Municipal Growth Element

Balancing city growth with county-funded roads, schools, water, sewer and emergency services

The Municipal Growth Element is one mechanism to help both counties and their municipalities plan for future growth – together.

Group questions legality of comp plan

By Adam Behsudi
News-Post Staff

City needs to work with county to address annexation issues

Frederick News Post
Letter to the Editor
September 03, 2009
It is unfortunate that city and county elected officials are debating the Crum and Thatcher annexations in the letters to the editor. It would be much more productive if the majority of the city elected officials would have met with the Frederick County Board of County Commissioners as [...]

Frederick City promotes sprawl whereas Frederick County works hard to contain growth and promote redevelopment

Frederick County has been working on its 20 year Comprehensive Plan.  The Frederick County Planning Commissioners have taken great care to curb costly growth patterns, protect natural resources, add emphasis to providing infrastructure for multi-modal forms of transportation, protect our agricultural land for production of food and fiber,  and preserve ourquality of life.  In that vein [...]

Citizen response to Alderman Smith’s views on annexation proposals

Thanks for getting back to me, Alderman Smith. I don’t mind
disagreement; discussion works fine for me!

Citizen letter in opposition to Thatcher, Crum and Summers annexation proposals

To Mayor Holtzinger and Aldermen Imhoff, Kuzemchak, Koontz, Hall and Smith:
I am a city resident strongly opposed to the Thatcher, Crum and Summers annexation proposals. A better model for development is to sustain and infill existing neighborhoods, striving to keep homes a walkable distance from work, shopping and recreation. This saves the taxpayer economically, environmentally, and in terms [...]

Citizen Input on Frederick City Annexations

From what I gather, annexation isn’t the problem. The problem is that
under our current zoning policies, we will use the annexed land in
inefficient and risky ways.

The Crumland Farm and Thatcher/COPT Proposed Annexations Analysis and Opinion of Alderman C. Paul Smith

 
 
   August 29, 2009
 
 

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