1078                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 471

acquired, a site plan is prepared for the public facility and the
adjacent land together, and the adjacent land made available at the
proper time for private development according to that plan; and
that the acquisition of private property for such public facility area
development projects is necessary and is hereby declared to be for a
public purpose.

26A-3. Definitions.

(d)    "Public Facility Area Plan" shall mean a site development
plan, as it exists from time to time, specifying generally or in exact
detail, as may be judged appropriate in specific instances by the
County Council and County Executive, the location and types of
land uses, activities, and improvements directed or permitted to take
place both on the site occupied by the public facility and on the
adjacent land acquired within the Public Facility Area.

(e)    "Public Facility Area Development Project" shall mean and
include all of the following activities, conducted in the sequence
given:

(1) Holding of a public hearing by the Montgomery County
Council on the designation of a proposed Public Facility Area, which
designation may be proposed by either the County Council or
County Executive, prior to the signing of a binding contract to
purchase, provided, however, that any proposal to designate an area
as a Public Facility Area shall require the affirmative vote of four
members of the County Council for approval and any such proposal
approved by the Council shall be subject to veto by the County
Executive and reapproval over any such veto by the affirmative vote
of five members of the Council as provided in Section 208 of Article
2 of the Montgomery County Charter.

(3) Preparation of a Public Facility Area Plan, which plan may
be proposed by either the County Executive or the County Council;

(5) Conducting a public hearing on the Public Facility Area
Plan prior to disposition of any land for private development,
provided, however, that any such plan shall be approved and be
subject to veto and reapproval in the same manner as provided in
subsection (e)(l) of this section, provided, however, that once a
Public Facility Area Plan has been approved, the County Executive
shall execute that plan in accordance with its terms and conditions;
and

26A-4. Powers and Authority of the Council Executive and Council
generally.

(a) The County [Council] Executive for Montgomery County
is hereby authorized and empowered to carry out and effectuate the
purposes and provisions of this chapter:

(e) Sale, lease, etc., of property acquired. To sell, lease, convey,
transfer or otherwise dispose of or retain any land or property ac-
quired in a Public Facility Area, regardless of whether or not it has
been developed, redeveloped, altered or improved and irrespective of
the manner or means in or by which it may have been acquired, to
any private, public or quasi public corporation, partnership, asso-
ciation, person or other legal entity. Prior to such disposition of