Reducing our footprint

2009-2011 Montgomery County Growth Policy

The 2009-2011 Growth Policy rethinks how we manage growth, looking beyond basing it just on congestion relief and school capacity. Instead, it focuses on ways to enhance quality of place in our communities.

Council Action, 2009-2011 Growth Policy

• Summaryof Council action on Planning Board recommendations
• View Council Resolution 16-1187
• 2009-2011 Adequate Public Facilities Guidelines - School Test and PAMR results
• Amendment to the County Growth Policy Regarding the White Flint Metro Station Policy Area
• FY2010 School Test Results (linked below)
• FY2011 School Test Results
• FY2012 School Test Results

2009-2011 Growth Policy Planning Board Draft

View the 2009-2011 Montgomery County Growth Policy Planning Board draft (pdf, 3.4MB).

For more background, view the draft technical appendices:

• Appendix table of contents
• Appendices A-C (Impact taxes; pace of growth; demand for public facilities)
• Appendices D-F (Sustainability indicators; master plan status; Highway Mobility Report)
• Appendices G-I (Public facility priorities; policy areas; Policy Area Mobility Review/PAMR)
• Appendices J-L (School capacity; development capacity; jobs/housing)
• Appendices M-O (Adequate public facilities tests for transportation/schools; smart growth criteria; carbon offsets)
• Appendices P-Q (Costs of growth Literature, Public Outreach and Testimony)
• Resolution and Maps (Draft Growth Policy Resolution and maps)

FY2010 School Test Results

For the FY2010 school test results click here, or for more information on the school facility payment or the memo to the board.

Learn More

Growing Smarter listening sessions, held May 11 and May 18, sought feedback from the public to inform our recommendations to the Planning Board, which will in turn recommend a 2009-2011 Growth Policy to the County Council later this summer. View our listening session discussion boards.

• Watch the March episode of our cable show, Montgomery Plans, featuring Planning Director Rollin Stanley on the 2009-2011 Growth Policy.
• Read former Planning Board Chairman Royce Hanson's columnon forming recommendations for the 2009-2011 Growth Policy.
• Request a growth policy presentation for your community organization.

Staff Reports

• May 28 , 2009
  • Staff report
  • PowerPoint presentation
• April 30 , 2009
  • Staff report
  • Background (Impact tax issues; analysis of pace & pattern of growth; demand for public facilities)
• March 26 , 2009
  • Staff report
  • County Council Resolution Authorizing 2009-11 Growth Policy
  • Scope of Work for Growth Policy Studies and Analyses
  • Public outreach and schedule
• February 5, 2009 Staff report

Date of last update: June 7, 2010