Appropriations 19591 1960

General Funds $144,763 $164,363
Staff: 27.

BALTIMORE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL

Chairman: James J. O'Donnell, State Planning Department
Frank W. Wilde, Frederick E. von Schwerdtner, Anne Arundel
County; William G. Ewald, Philip Darling, Baltimore City;
J. Cavendish Darrell, Malcolm H. Dill, Baltimore County;
Edmund L. Carr, George A. Grier, Carroll County; Abe Davis,
J. Lee Hanlon, Harford County; Norman E. Moxiey, Eugene
D. Wheeler, Howard County.
Franz J. Vidor, Director; W. Wilson Horst, Assistant Director

301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore I Telephone: Vernon 7-9000

The Baltimore Regional Planning Council was established by the
Maryland State Planning Commission in December, 1956 to take advan-
tage of federal assistance for regional planning under Section 701 of
the Federal Housing Act of 1954. The Council consists of two persons
from each of six constituent jurisdictions; Anne Arundel County, Bal-
timore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County, and
Howard County. One member from each jurisdiction is the elected
head of government or someone he designates; and the other is the
director of the local planning agency. In addition, the State Planning
Department is represented by its Director. The Council is financed
by a grant from the Urban Renewal Agency of the U. S. Housing and
Home Finance Agency and a matching amount represented by con-
tributions of staff services from member jurisdictions.

Between April 1957 and July 1959, the Council undertook studies
covering population, land use, industrial development, open space, free-
ways, water supply and sewerage facilities and published its findings
in two technical bulletins, four technical reports, and one summary
report, A $100,000 Federal planning grant financed this first project.

A second project, to last fifteen months and financed by a $60,000
Federal planning grant, began in July 1959. To carry out the project,
the Council is making a comprehensive study of regional open-space
needs and is drawing up a master plan to a regional system of parks,
recreation areas, and open spaces. It is also studying and establishing
standards for residential land use to provide a balance between antici-
pated needs of residents and the financial resources available to each
Jurisdiction for the necessary public services connected with the
various types of housing. Finally, the Council is making a long-range
study of the relationships between the highways systems planned for
the Baltimore and Washington regions and the ultimate land-use
pattern proposed for these two areas. It will make this last study in
close cooperation with the National Capital Regional Planning Council.

The Baltimore Regional Planning Council performs its tasks with a
staff of four persons, aided by expert technical committees and con-
sultants. The Council has established close working relationships with
the many departments of its constituent jurisdictions as well as with
State agencies such as the State Roads Commission, State Health
Department, and Maryland Port Authority.

Appropriations 1959 1960

Federal Funds $100,000 (granted $60,000 (granted

for 27 months) for 16 months)
Staff: 4.

'State Planning Commission.