Planning Officials Claim They Need Not Act When They Learn of False and Misleading Plans

On January 12, 2007, a meeting was held between officials from the local planning agency, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (the "Commission"), County Councilmember Marc Elrich, the County Inspector General, numerous other government officials and private citizens.

During the meeting the Commission's officials were presented with evidence that their agency had processed plans that: a) contained materially false information, and b) required submission by a license engineer or surveyor, yet were prepared by a layperson with allegedly no formal training and who had never held any license.

The Commission's officials responded that they were not required to take any action when they learned of such matters and welcomed the County to pass legislation requiring them to do so.

Councilmember Elrich wrote a letter to the County Executive's executive assistant about the meeting. Click here to view a copy of the letter.