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(g) "Municipality'' means a municipal corporation in Maryland
subject to the provisions of Article HE of the Constitution; and
it also means the mayor and city council of Baltimore. "County"
means one of the twenty-three counties of Maryland.

266 DD-4. Functions and Responsibilities of the Administration.

The Administration shall have the following functions and respon-
sibilities:

(1)    Assist the governor in coordinating the activities of state
agencies which have an impact on the solution of community develop-
ment problems and the implementation of community plans.

(2)    Encourage and assist the efforts of local governments to de-
velop mutual and cooperative solutions to their common problems.

(3) Serve as a clearing house for information, data, and other
materials which may be pertinent to sound community development,
including information on available federal, state and private financial
and technical assistance.

(4) In cooperation with the Department of State Planning, carry
out continuing studies and analyses of sound community develop-
ment and make such recommendations for administrative or legisla-
tive action as appear necessary paying particular attention to the
problems of metropolitan, suburban, and other areas in which eco-
nomic and population factors are rapidly changing.

(5)    Implement model or demonstration programs and projects,
contracting to administer certain functions or services within a
municipality or county of the state for such purposes, or to other-
wise provide a program of practical research in community develop-
ment.

(6)    In accordance with the provisions of Section 266 DD-6, im-
plement community development projects by (a) acquiring by
grant, gift, purchase, or otherwise, subject to the provisions of sub-
section 7 hereof, real property which is open, predominantly open
or undeveloped land or any interest therein and owning and holding
the same; (b) installing access and interior streets and roadways,
sewer and waterlines in or to and otherwise improving, selling, as-
signing, exchanging, transferring, conveying, leasing, mortgaging,
or otherwise disposing of or encumbering real property which is
open, predominantly open or undevolped UNDEVELOPED land or
any interest therein or any combination of the foregoing; (c) subject
to approval of local governing bodies as provided in Section 266
D-5(f) DD-5(B), acquired by grant, gift, purchase or otherwise,
subject to the provisions of subsection 7 hereof, real property
which is not open, predominantly open or undeveloped land,
personal property or mixed property and owning, managing,
operating, holding, clearing, improving, constructing and rehabili-
tating, and selling, assigning, exchanging, transferring, convey-
ing, leasing, mortgaging, or otherwise disposing of or encum-
bering the same and taking assignments of rentals and leases
for same or any combination of the foregoing; (d) arranging
or contracting with any municipality or county for the planning, re-
planning, zoning or rezoning, opening, grading or closing of streets,
roads, roadways, alleys or other places, or for the furnishing of