Frostburg City Planning Commission approves 2025 annual report, reviews Maryland sustainable growth guide and hears comprehensive plan update
May 13, 2026 | Frostburg City, Allegany County, Maryland
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The Frostburg City Planning Commission voted May 13 to approve its calendar-year 2025 annual report for submission to the city and reviewed the state’s updated Maryland Sustainable Growth Implementation Guide as staff reported the comprehensive plan update is nearing completion.
Commissioners first approved the meeting minutes from Jan. 26, 2026. Later in the evening a commissioner moved and the commission seconded a motion to approve the 2025 annual report to be forwarded to the city for its approval; the motion carried. The transcript records that members said “I” and that the motion carried, but it does not record a roll-call tally or the names of individual voters.
A staff member summarized the 2025 Maryland Sustainable Growth Implementation Guide, telling commissioners the state condensed its previous 12 "visions" into eight sustainable growth planning principles covering land, transportation, housing, economy, equity, resilience, place and ecology. "It's just kind of rearranged into some categories that are kind of the same," the staff member said, describing the guide as largely a reorganization of existing concepts rather than a wholesale change.
On the annual-report numbers, staff said the town recorded nine new housing units in 2025. When asked how that compared with recent years, staff recalled about six units in the prior year and eight the year before, saying totals have "hovered right around like close to 10." The report also notes a water service extension referenced in the transcript as a "water service extension to one accounting"; the transcript does not clarify that phrase and staff did not supply additional detail during the meeting.
Staff also told the commission it has not yet received guidance from the Maryland Department of Planning on implementation details for House Bill 805, which relates to cannabis dispensaries. The commission confirmed all members have completed the required training course identified in the annual report.
In a staff report on the comprehensive plan update, staff said the steering committee has met monthly and completed draft chapters except for some outstanding feedback and a few data gaps. The last chapters reviewed were sustainability and the municipal growth chapter; staff said that once the full draft is assembled it will be opened for public comment prior to any approval or adoption.
The commission set no new formal direction in the meeting beyond approving the annual report and accepting the minutes. Staff will forward the approved annual report to the city for its consideration and will publish the comprehensive plan draft for public review when it is complete.
Commissioners first approved the meeting minutes from Jan. 26, 2026. Later in the evening a commissioner moved and the commission seconded a motion to approve the 2025 annual report to be forwarded to the city for its approval; the motion carried. The transcript records that members said “I” and that the motion carried, but it does not record a roll-call tally or the names of individual voters.
A staff member summarized the 2025 Maryland Sustainable Growth Implementation Guide, telling commissioners the state condensed its previous 12 "visions" into eight sustainable growth planning principles covering land, transportation, housing, economy, equity, resilience, place and ecology. "It's just kind of rearranged into some categories that are kind of the same," the staff member said, describing the guide as largely a reorganization of existing concepts rather than a wholesale change.
On the annual-report numbers, staff said the town recorded nine new housing units in 2025. When asked how that compared with recent years, staff recalled about six units in the prior year and eight the year before, saying totals have "hovered right around like close to 10." The report also notes a water service extension referenced in the transcript as a "water service extension to one accounting"; the transcript does not clarify that phrase and staff did not supply additional detail during the meeting.
Staff also told the commission it has not yet received guidance from the Maryland Department of Planning on implementation details for House Bill 805, which relates to cannabis dispensaries. The commission confirmed all members have completed the required training course identified in the annual report.
In a staff report on the comprehensive plan update, staff said the steering committee has met monthly and completed draft chapters except for some outstanding feedback and a few data gaps. The last chapters reviewed were sustainability and the municipal growth chapter; staff said that once the full draft is assembled it will be opened for public comment prior to any approval or adoption.
The commission set no new formal direction in the meeting beyond approving the annual report and accepting the minutes. Staff will forward the approved annual report to the city for its consideration and will publish the comprehensive plan draft for public review when it is complete.
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