The Lagasse Report

Agritourism bill being reconsidered for county’s 2021 legislative package

On September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 By TLREditor

Over six months after Charles County’s agritourism bill was mysteriously withdrawn at the last minute by members of the county’s own delegation to the State House, the reasoning behind the surprise legislative prolicide may have finally come to light. As previously reported by TLR, the day before its first committee

Categories : Board of Charles County Commissioners Charles County Planning Commission Planning and Growth Management School Seat Allocations Waldorf

Concerns over school seat allocations aired

On September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 By TLREditor

Charles County Board of Education chair Virginia “Ginny” McGraw told the Board of Charles County Commissioners on Wednesday that the board was “very disappointed” by the commissioners’ decision to move ahead with proposed changes to school-related county ordinances without first seeking input from the school board. The school board raised

Categories : 2016 Comprehensive Plan Board of Charles County Commissioners Business Retention and Expansion Maryland Airport Watershed Conservation District

Commissioners kick off airport rezoning process

On September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 By TLREditor

Charles County planning staff have been given a green light to restart the legislative process for rezoning land around the Maryland Airport for commercial development after more than a year of little public-facing activity. The Board of Charles County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to allow the planning and growth management

Charles County Assistant Chief of Planning Charles Rice listens to a question by a local resident during Wednesday's public information session on the the Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area. Photo by Paul Lagasse

Categories : 2016 Comprehensive Plan 2017 Land Preservation, Parks, and Recreation Plan Board of Charles County Commissioners Charles County Planning Commission Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area Planning and Growth Management

Public gets first chance to ask about new rural legacy area

On August 29, 2020August 31, 2020 By TLREditor

Charles County residents had their first opportunity earlier this week to offer feedback on a proposed land conservation region that, if approved, would fulfill one of the key preservation recommendations in the 2016 Comprehensive Plan. As previously reported in TLR, the Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area would encompass just over 40,000

Categories : 2016 Comprehensive Plan Basic Services Board of Charles County Commissioners Planning and Growth Management Waldorf

County’s aging stormwater system faces climate change stresses

On August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 By TLREditor

Although the Charles County government has been working aggressively in recent years to upgrade the county’s stormwater drainage network, its aging infrastructure is straining under the combined loads of increasingly severe weather and the construction of ever more acres of impervious surface. As the county commissioners consider legislation that would