Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) is a regional organization of Washington area local governments. MWCOG comprises 21 local governments in the Washington Metropolitan Area, as well as area members of the Maryland and Virginia state legislatures, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. It was founded in 1957.

Contents

Mission and functions

MWCOG provides a forum for discussion and the development of regional responses to issues regarding the environment, transportation, public safety and homeland security, affordable housing, community planning, and economic development.[1] Policies are set through the Board of Directors, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), and the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC). These three boards meeting on a monthly basis and are responsible for a broad range of issues under the MWCOG umbrella.

Transportation planning

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the federally-designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the metropolitan Washington area. The TPB prepares plans and programs that the federal government must approve in order for federal-aid transportation funds to flow to the Washington region. The TPB became associated with MWCOG in 1966.[2]

Environmental planning

The Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee is the entity certified by the mayor of Washington, D.C. and the governors of Maryland and Virginia to prepare an air quality plan for the DC-MD-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area under Section 174 of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.[3]

MWCOG provides water quality planning and coordination on a variety of water quality issues in the Washington region, including restoration of the Anacostia River, water supply coordination and support for the Chesapeake Bay Program.[4]

Housing and urban planning

MWCOG provides analytical support to member local governments involving population, household and employment forecasts.[5]

Member Jurisdictions

Jurisdiction State Population
District of Columbia Washington, D.C. 591,833[6]
Town of Bladensburg Maryland 7,676[7]
City of Bowie Maryland 53,193[8]
City of Gaithersburg Maryland 57,670[9]
Prince George's County Maryland 828,770[10]
City of College Park Maryland 26,607[11]
City of Greenbelt Maryland 21,559[12]
City of Rockville Maryland 58,706[13]
Montgomery County Maryland 930,813[14]
City of Takoma Park Maryland 17,477[15]
Frederick County Maryland 224,705[16]
City of Frederick Maryland 59,220[17]
City of Alexandria Virginia 140,024[18]
Fairfax County Virginia 1,010,241[19]
Loudoun County Virginia 278,797[20]
Arlington County Virginia 204,568[21]
City of Falls Church Virginia 10,948[22]
Prince William County Virginia 360,411[23]
City of Fairfax Virginia 23,349[24]
City of Manassas Virginia 35,412[25]
City of Manassas Park Virginia 11,426[26]

Estimated Total Population of MWCOG Jurisdictions: 5 Million

National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board plays an important role as the regional forum for transportation planning. The TPB works in coordination with Department of Transportation Planning at MWCOG to prepare plans and programs that the federal government must approve in order for federal-aid transportation funds to flow to the metropolitan Washington region.[2]

Members of the TPB include representatives of local governments; state transportation agencies; the Maryland and Virginia General Assemblies; the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; and non-voting members from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and federal agencies. The TPB employs an extensive public involvement process and provides a 30-day public comment period before taking action on plans and programs.

2009 Board of Directors

Member Jurisdiction
MWCOG Chairman Penny Gross Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
MWCOG Vice Chair Andrea Harrison Prince George's County County Council Member
MWCOG Vice Chair Kwame Brown District of Columbia City Councilmember
Adrian Fenty District of Columbia Mayor
Dan Tangherlini District of Columbia City Administrator
Vincent C. Gray District of Columbia City Council Chair
G. Frederick Robinson Bowie Mayor
Robert T. Catlin College Park City Council Member
William J. Holtzinger Frederick Mayor
David P. Gray Frederick Board of Aldermen Vice President
Sidney A. Katz Gaithersburg Mayor
Judith F. Davis Greenbelt Mayor
Isiah Leggeth Montgomery County Executive
Roger Berliner Montgomery County Councilmember
Michael Knapp Montgomery County Councilmember
Jack B. Johnson Prince George's County Executive
Marilynn M. Bland Prince George's County Council Chair
Susan R. Hoffman Rockville Mayor
Bruce R. Williams Takoma Park Mayor
Benjamin Barnes Maryland General Assembly Delegate
William D. Euille Alexandria Mayor
Jay Fisette Arlington County Board Vice Chairman
Dan Drummond Fairfax City Council Member
Sharon Bulova Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman
John W. Foust Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Hal Lippman Falls Church Vice Mayor
Andrea McGimsey Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
Harry J. Parrish II Manassas Mayor
Frank Jones Manassas Park Mayor
W. S. Wally Covington, III Prince William County Board of Supervisors
Frank Principi Prince William County Board of Supervisors
James M. Scott Virginia General Assembly Delegate
Dr. Jacqueline Brown (Alternate) Prince George's County Chief Administrative Officer
Timothy Firestine (Alternate) Montgomery County Chief Administrative Officer

Chairmen

MWCOG Board Chairs[27]
Year(s) Chairman Jurisdiction
1957–61 Robert F. McLaughlin District of Columbia
1962 Charles R. Fenwick Virginia General Assembly
1962 Brig. Gen. F. J. Clarke District of Columbia
1963 Anne A. Wilkins Fairfax County
1964 Roye L. Lowry Arlington County
1965 Brig. Gen. C. M. Duke District of Columbia
1966–67 Achilles M. Tuchtan Rockville
1968 Frederick A. Babson Fairfax County
1969 Francis B. Francois, Jr. Prince George's County
1970 Joseph L. Fisher Arlington County
1971 Gilbert Hahn, Jr. District of Columbia
1972–73 Martha V. Pennino Fairfax County
1974–75 Sterling Tucker District of Columbia
1976 Francis B. Francois, Jr. Prince George's County
1977 Harold L. Miller Falls Church
1978–79 Arrington L. Dixon District of Columbia
1980–81 Elizabeth L. Scull Montgomery County
1981–83 Carl F. Hendrickson Loudoun County
1984–85 H.R. Crawford District of Columbia
1986–87 Gil Weidenfeld Greenbelt
1988–89 Ellen M. Bozman Arlington County
1990 Betty Ann Kane District of Columbia
1991 James E. Nathanson District of Columbia
1992–93 Hilda Pemberton Prince George's County
1994 Patricia S. Ticer Alexandria
1995 Jack Evans District of Columbia
1996 William E. Hanna, Jr. Montgomery County
1997 Robert B. Dix, Jr. Fairfax County
1998 Charlene Drew Jarvis District of Columbia
1999 M.H. Jim Estepp Prince George's County
2000 Gerald E. Connolly Fairfax County
2001 Carol Schwartz District of Columbia
2002 Bruce R. Williams Takoma Park
2003 Mary K. Hill Prince William County
2005 Judith F. Davis Greenbelt
2006 Jay Fisette Arlington County
2007 Vincent C. Gray District of Columbia
2008 Michael Knapp Montgomery County
2009 Penny Gross Fairfax County

References

  1. ^ Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG), Washington, DC. "About COG." Accessed 2011-07-31.
  2. ^ a b MWCOG. "The Transportation Planning Board." Accessed 2011-07-31.
  3. ^ MWCOG. "Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee - Description." Accessed 2011-07-31.
  4. ^ MWCOG. "Environment: Water Resources." Accessed 2011-07-31.
  5. ^ MWCOG. "Housing & Planning: Planning, Economic and Demographic Analysis Programs." Accessed 2011-07-31.
  6. ^ U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC. "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007."
  7. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Bladensburg
  8. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Bowie
  9. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Gaithersburg
  10. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Prince George's County
  11. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; College Park
  12. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Greenbelt
  13. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Rockville
  14. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Montgomery County
  15. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Takoma Park
  16. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Frederick County
  17. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Frederick
  18. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Alexandria
  19. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Fairfax County
  20. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Loudoun County
  21. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Arlington County
  22. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Falls Church
  23. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Prince William County
  24. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Fairfax
  25. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Manassas
  26. ^ Census.Gov SAFF Population; Manassas Park
  27. ^ MWCOG. "COG Board Chairs 1957–present."

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Washington Metropolitan Area — Washington – Arlington – Alexandria   MSA   Washington D.C …   Wikipedia

  • Denver Regional Council of Governments — An enlargeable map of the Denver Regional Council of Governments The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG, pronounced Doctor Cog) is a nonprofit, membership organization of local governments in the Denver region of the State of Colorado …   Wikipedia

  • Washington Metro — Not to be confused with Washington Metropolitan Area. Washington Metro Overview Type …   Wikipedia

  • Metropolitan economy — A metropolitan economy refers to the cohesive, naturally evolving concentration of industries, commerce, markets, firms, housing, human capital, infrastructure and other economic elements that are comprised in a particular metropolitan area.… …   Wikipedia

  • Washington — /wosh ing teuhn, waw shing /, n. 1. Booker T(aliaferro) /book euhr tol euh veuhr/, 1856 1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer. 2. George, 1732 99, U.S. general and political leader: 1st president of the U.S. 1789 97. 3. Martha… …   Universalium

  • WASHINGTON, D.C. — WASHINGTON, D.C., capital of the United States. Jewish population (est. 2005), 27,735; general population, 572,059; Jewish population of the Washington metropolitan area, 215,000; general population: 5,162,029; sixth largest Jewish community in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Toledo, Ohio metropolitan area — Toledo Fremont Common name: Metro Toledo Largest city Toledo Other cities   Perrysburg …   Wikipedia

  • Metropolitan Council — For other uses, see Metropolitan council (disambiguation). Metropolitan Council logo The Metropolitan Council or Met Council is the regional governmental agency and metropolitan planning organization in Minnesota serving the Twin Cities seven… …   Wikipedia

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority — MARTA redirects here. For the county bus system in California, see Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority …   Wikipedia

  • Council of the European Union — Not to be confused with European Council or Council of Europe. Council of the European Union name in other official languages …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”