On September 12, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., the Prince George’s County Council (sitting as the District Council) and the Planning Board will hold a Joint Public Hearing on the Minor Plan Amendment. Staff will present the Minor Plan Amendment, and interested persons will have the opportunity to attend and provide public comment, either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Minor Plan Amendment. 

How to participate

The Prince George's County Council will meet in person in the Council Hearing Room. To register to speak and submit comments or written testimony, please use the Council’s eComment portal at: https://pgccouncil.us/Speak

For those unable to use the portal, comments/written correspondence may be emailed to: clerkofthecouncil@co.pg.md.us or faxed to 301-952-5178. Registration to speak should be completed by 3:00 p.m. on the day BEFORE the hearing.

On-site registration is now available; however, advance registration to testify is strongly encouraged. Speakers will be given 3 minutes to speak. Written comments may be submitted through the close of business on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, when the record of public hearing testimony will close. Testimony and comments will not be accepted via social media or telephone/voice mail. These policies are in effect until further notice. Any future changes to them will be communicated on the County Council website, County Council social media channels, via Alert Prince George’s, and shared with the press via a press release.

The proposed Minor Amendment to the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation can be viewed online at https://www.mncppc.org/166/Planning-Department,or a physical copy is available for review on site at no cost at the following locations:

1. Prince George’s County Memorial Library System South Bowie Branch, 15301 Hall Road, Bowie, MD 20721
2. Prince George’s County Memorial Library System Upper Marlboro Branch, 14730 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
3. M-NCPPC Planning Information Services, County Administration Building, Lower Level, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (please call 240-545-8976 or email PPD-InfoCounter@ppd.mncppc.org in advance)

Initiation of Minor Plan Amendment