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County Council Of Howard County, Maryland 2020 Legislative Session LegEsiative Day No. 1 Resolution No. 13-2020 Introduced by: The Chairperson at the request of the County Executive A RESOLUTION designating the area of Howard County surrounding and including the Dorsey MARC Station as a Transit-oriented Development in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order 01.01.2009.12 and State law. ^, 2020. By order fX^^S^ ^ 'tS£^_ Diane Schwartz Jones, AdmtBiStraior Read for a second time at a public hearing on *J 6V\<<k<<OA^L _, 2020. By order P^^/TdL ^ Diane Schwartz Jones, Adiy^risfrator This Resolution was read the third time and was Adopted_, Adopted with amendments',^ Failed_, Withdrawn_, by the County Council onRw^CATU^ '3 • 202°- C.rtif1ed Byyt^l^tj ^:^>^^- Diane Schwartz Jones,' Adi'nM&ftrator Approved by She County Executive ^ ^ •€ {.)^ ^rt-\ ^^J. \ . 2020 Calvifh'ffatf, County Executive NOTE: [[text in brackets]] indicates deletions from existing law, TEXT IN SMALL CAPITALS indicates additions to existing law, Strike-out indicates materiat deleted by amendment; Underlining indicates material added by Emiendment 1 WHEREAS, Title 7, Subtitle 1 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of 2 Maryland requires that the Maryland Secretary of Transportation and the local government with 3 land use and planning responsibility for the relevant land area designate a Transit-Oriented 4 Development ("TOD"); and 5 6 WHEREAS, the area of Howard County surrounding and including the Maryland Area 7 Regional Commuter Dorsey Station (the "Dorsey MARC Station"), as shown in the attached 8 Exhibit A (the "Project"), is a proposed mixed uso TOD with a development plan that has-beea 9 approved by Howard County and is located in a TOD zoning district in Elkridge, Howard 10 County, Maryland; and "Property"), is proposed for this joint designation by the Maryland 11 Secretary of Transportation and Howard County, Maryland: and 12 13 WHEREAS, the Project is part of a deliberate dcvolopmont plan and strategy for meeting 14 and expanding passenger train service from the existing Dorsey MARC Station and its 15 development is being coordinated with the Maryland Department of Transportation; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the -to^eet Property includes (1) a transit station as defined in Section 7' 18 101 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland? andL(2) public and private 19 components of a mixed use real estate development; and (3) public and private infrastructure 20 that is or will be located adjacent to or within one-half mile of the Dorsey MARC Station 21 and that directly or indirectly supports the real estate development; and 22 23 WHEREAS, on June 18, 2010 October 31.2019 the Maryland Secretary of 24 Transportation designated approved the Project as one of the fourteen TODs in Maryland, with 25 the approval of Governor's Smart Growth Sub' Cabinct-in consultation with the Maryland 26 Secretarios of Business and Economic Development, Housing and Community Development, 27 the Environment, Planningr^fl^-^onoml ServicoQ; and Property to become one of eleven jointly 28 designated TODs in Maryland, based on the recommendation of Governor's Smart Growth Sub- 29 Cabinet; and 30 1 WHEREAS, this designation by Howard County represents a TOD designation pursuant 2 to Maryland Governor's Executive Order 01.01.2009.12 entitled "Locating State Facilities to 3 Stimulate Transit Oriented Dovclopmont" as well as provisions of the Annotated Code-ef 4 Maryland including but not limited to the Economic Development and the Housing and 5 Community Development Articles in accordance with the Transportation Article of the 6 Annotated Code of Maryland; and 7 8 WHEREAS, Howard County's designation could potentially bring the project 9 prioritizadon for funds and resources, financing assistance, prioritization for tax credits, 10 prioritization for the location of State offices, support from State agencies regarding station 11 access and related infrastructure needs. 12 13 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Council of Howard County, 14 Maryland this -^rd day of ^bv~^0^rv^_. , 2020 that the Project is designated as a Transit- 15 Oriented Development in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order 01.01.2009.12 and 16 the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Exhibit A TOD Property Boundary PUSUC PARCEL OWNESSHIP ACtEAGE Fc8 PAfiCEL tMSHAVEb OM MAP MOOT SH^ ; HOOT HM HOOT HAA CtwnyPfOjWiy Oiuti'njVtt H3ut!r,g EiCT'pl fe^teul EltBbtlhncnll Open IptK EN»furlhn lrf»> :;;: PRIVATE OWNERSHIP Exhibit A TOD Property Boundary Amendment I to Council Resolution No.13-2020 BY: The Chairperson at the request Legislative Day of the County Executive Date: February 3,2020 Amendment No. (This amendment corrects the resolution to clarify that the designation applies fo the property, versus a specific project. The amendment also substitutes a revised Exhibit.) 1 In the title, after "area" insert "of Howard County" and strike "the Governor's Executive Order 2 01.01.2009.12 and" 3 4 On page 1, in line 6, after "area" insert "of Howard County". 5 6 On page 1, strike lines 8 through 10, inclusive and in their entirety and substitute: 7 " "Property")* is proposed for this joint designation by the Maryland Secretary of Transportation 8 and Howard County, Maryland: and". 9 10 On page 1, strike lines 12 through 14, inclusive and in their entirety. 11 12 On page 1, in line 16, strike "Project" and substitute "Property". 13 14 On page 1, in line 17, strike the comma and substitute "and" and, in the same line, strike "public 15 and private components of. 16 17 On page 1, in line 18, strike "a mixed-use real estate development; and (3)". 18 19 On page 1, in line 19, strike "and that directly or". 20 21 On page 1, in line 20, strike "indirectly supports the real estate development". 22 EB .JX^Cu^CU., mmiy^L^^ ^^^^JL 1 On page 1, in line 22, strike "June 18, 2010" and substitute "October 31, 2019" and, in the same 2 line, strike "designated" and substitute "approved". 3 4 On page 1, strike lines 23 through 26, inclusive and in their entirety and substitute: 5 "Property to become one of eleven jointly designated TODs in Maryland, based on the 6 recommendation of Governor's Smart Growth Sub-Cabinet; and". 7 8 Strike beginning with "pursuant" on page 1, line 28 down through and including "Articles" on 9 page 2, line 2 and substitute "in accordance with the Transportation Article of the Annotated 10 Code of Maryland". 11 12 On page 2, in line 11, strike "the Governor's Executive Order 01.01.2009.12 and". 13 14 Remove the TOD Property Boundary Exhibit attached to the Resolution as Exhibit A and 15 substitute a revised Exhibit A, as attached to this Amendment. Exhibit A TOP Property Boundary County Council Of Howard County, Maryland 2020 Legisiative Session Legislative Day No. Resolution No.,L^-2020 Introduced by; The Chairperson at the request of the Coui^Bxecutive A RESOLUTION designating the area surrounding and including jMF^Ol'sey MARC Station as a Transit-oriented Development in accordance with th^yr}overnor's Executive Order 01.01.2009.12 and State law. Introduced and read first time ^o^\'J^lS~\^ ^0 ,2020. By order F^^MS. ^-^.,,, Diane Sciiwartz JoneS. Admii>f§trator Read for a second time at a public hearing on "^O^AUL^ z\_, 2020. By order <s, A'dmiflftfrator This Resolution was read the third time and v/i Adopted with amendmentsj^.--. Failed_, Withdrawn_, by tiie County Council on R.LfW\FU ~=S , 2020. Certified By 7T/^^t^ Diaiie Schwartz Jones, /fdminis: Approved by the County Ex 2020 Calvin Ball, County Executive NOTE: [[text inlU^cls3] indictites deletions from existing law; TEXT IN SMAE.L CAPITALS indicates additions to existing law; Strike-ouf indicates materia! deleted by amendment; Underlining indicates material added by amendment WHEREAS, Title 7, Subtitle 1 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland requires that the Maryland Secretary of Transportation and the local government with land use and planning responsibility for the relevant land area designate a Transit-Oriented Development ("TOD"), and WHEREAS, the area surrounding and including the MaryJ^B^ Area Regional Commuter Dorsey Station (the "Dorsey MARC Station"), as shown j^fhe attached Exhibit A (the 8 "Project"), is a proposed mixed-use TOD with a developm§|^)lan that has been approved by 9 Howard County and is located in a TOD zoning district Ir^pd'idge, Howard County, Maryland; 10 and 11 12 WHEREAS, the Project is part of a deliber^jg&evelopment plan and strategy for meeting 13 and expanding passenger train service from ^jjy existing Dorsey MARC Station and its 14 development is being coordinated with the Mar^pfid Department of Transportation; and 15 16 WHEREAS, the Project includes (|g& transit station as defined in Section 7-101 of the 17 Transportation Article of the Annotated yfe of Maryland, (2) public and private components of 18 a mixed-use real estate development; ^F(3) public and private infrastructure that is or will be 19 located adjacent to or within one-ha^mile of the Dorsey MARC Station and that directly or 20 indirectly supports the real estate d^g?lopment; and 21 22 WHEREAS» on June I^POIO the Maryland Secretary of Transportation designated the 23 Project as one of the fourteen^gDDs in Maryland, with the approval of Governor's Smart Growth 24 Sub-Cabinet in consultat^? with the Maryland Secretaries of Business and Economic 25 Development, Housing a^Community Development, the Environment, Planning, and General 26 Services; and 27 28 WHEREAS^pls designation by Howard County represents a TOD designation pursuant 29 to Maryland Gov^or's Executive Order 01.01.2009.12 entitled "Locating State Facilities to 30 Stimulate TransjBDriented Development" as well as provisions of the Annotated Code of 1 Maryland includigg but not limited to the Economic Devel< ^nt and the Housing and 2 Community Development Articles; and WHEREAS, Howard County's designation jP^ld potentially bring the project prioritization for funds and resources, financing ^Rstance, prioritization for tax credits, 6 prioritization for the location of State offices, sunpTrt from State agencies regarding station 7 access and related infrastructure needs.