470/Maryland Manual

Harford County: Habern Freeman, Jr., County
Executive (William G. Carroll, alternate); John W.
Hardwicke, President, County Council (Barbara A.
Risacher, alternate); Lawrason R. Sayre,
Chairperson, Planning Advisory Board.

Howard County: Elizabeth Bobo, County Executive
(Uri P. Avin, alternate); Ruth U. Keeton,
Chairperson, County Council (Shane Pendergrass,
alternate); Sue-Ellen Hantman, member, Planning
Board.

Municipalities representative appointed by
Governor: George J. Englesson, Mayor, Town of
Aberdeen.

Citizen members appointed by Governor: Anthony
J. Ambridge, Jr.; George F. Harrison, Jr.

Legislative members appointed by Governor:
Nancy L. Murphy, House of Delegates, (Donald E.
Lamb, alternate); Nathan C. Irby, Jr., State Senate,
(Michael J. Wagner, alternate).

Ex officio (nonvoting Maryland agency members):
Dennis M. Callahan, Mayor of Annapolis; J. Randall
Evans, Secretary of Economic & Employment
Development; Martin W. Walsh, Jr., Secretary of the
Environment; Adele Wilzack, Secretary of Health &
Mental Hygiene; Jacqueline H. Rogers, Secretary of
Housing & Community Development; Torrey C.
Brown, Secretary of Natural Resources; Vacancy,
Director of Planning; Richard H. Trainor, Secretary
of Transportation.

Ex officio (nonvoting U.S. agency members):
George K. Frick, Jr., Acting Division Administrator,
U.S.Dept. ofTransportation; St. George I. B. Grosse,
Area Manager, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban
Development.

Guy W. Hager, Executive Director

2225 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218-5767 554-5600

Budget (Code 27.02.00)
FY1989 Total Appropriation..............$8,798,441
General Funds.....................................$ 363,540
Special Funds.......................................$ 817,080
Federal Funds......................................$ 463,752
Reimbursable Funds............................$7,165,000
FY1989 Total Authorized Positions..................56

Annual Report to Governor & General Assembly.
General Development Plan revision due 1992.

REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL

Chairperson (appointed by Governor):
Dennis F. Rasmussen...................877-2450

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Guy W. Hager ..................554-5601

REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTER
Mary Logan, Coordinator.........554-5614

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DIVISION
Philip S. Clayton, Director..............554-5617

ECONOMIC RESEARCH &
INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISION
Josef Nathanson, Director...............554-5645

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION
Charles R. Goodman, Director........554-5635

HOUSING & COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Patricia E. McMillan, Director 554-5656

FISCAL SERVICES DIVISION
Ernest D. Lorenzen, Director..........554-5646

The Regional Planning Council was created in
1963 as the successor to the Baltimore Regional
Planning Council (Chapter 753, Acts of 1963). The
prior agency had functioned as part of the State
Planning Department since 1956. In 1983, the
Regional Planning Council was removed from the
Department of State Planning by Executive Order.
It was made an independent agency in 1984 (Chap-
ter 373, Acts of 1984).

The Regional Planning Council provides an op-
portunity for local governments to work together
and with the State on regional problems and plan-
ning. The Council uses an extensive committee
structure to study issues and prepare recommenda-
tions.

The Council jurisdiction encompasses an area of
2,259 square miles. It covers all of Baltimore City
and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford,
and Howard counties. The 1980 Census showed
that this metropolitan area had a population of
2,174,000.

Every five years, the Council is required by law
to reexamine, revise if necessary, readopt, and re-
publish the General Development Plan for the re-
gion. The next revision is scheduled for 1992.
Transportation, housing, recreation, water/sewer,
solid waste, energy and environmental planning are
all facets of the Council's program. The work of the
Council also encompasses socio-economic analysis
and evaluation of regional problems and opportu-
nities, including housing, regional economy, and
coordination of statistical data resources. The
Council also provides planning and technical ser-
vices for State and local governments and serves as
a regional information center for the community at
large (Code 1957, Art. 78D).

The Council publishes reports on transporta-
tion, demographics, housing characteristics, eco-
nomic forecasts, and similar matters. Copies of
these and the 1986 General Development Plan are
available at nominal cost from the Council's library.

The Council has twenty-three voting members.
They include three representatives from each of six
jurisdictions, as well as five members appointed by