(a) Membership. The County Executive must appoint, subject to confirmation by the County Council, a Rustic Roads Advisory Committee. The Committee has 7 voting members. Each member must be a resident of the County. The Executive should appoint:
(1) 3 members who are owner-operators of commercial farmland earning 50 percent or more of their income from farming, one of whom is a representative of the Agricultural Advisory Committee;
(2) one member who knows rural preservation techniques through practical experience and training;
(3) one member who knows roadway engineering through practical experience and training;
(4) one member who represents civic associations located in the Agricultural Reserve; and
(5) one member who represents civic associations in areas located outside the Agricultural Reserve where there are rustic roads.
The Chairman of the Planning Board must designate a member of the planning staff as a non-voting Committee member.
(b) Officers. The Committee must elect a chair annually. The Committee may select other officers annually as it finds appropriate. A member must not serve as chair for more than 2 consecutive years.
(c) Meetings. The Committee must meet at the call of the chair as often as required to perform its duties, but at least 6 times each year. The Committee must also meet if two- thirds of the voting members request in writing that a meeting be held. The Chair must give reasonable advance notice of all meetings to members of the Committee and the public. A majority of the members are a quorum to transact business.
(d) By-laws. The Committee may adopt by-laws to govern its activities.
(e) Duties. The Committee must:
(1) promote public awareness and knowledge of the County rustic roads program;
(2) review and comment on classification of rustic roads and exceptional rustic roads;
(3) review and comment on Executive Regulations and other County policies and programs that may affect the rustic roads program; and
(4) report on June 1 of each even numbered year to the Executive, the Council, and the Planning Board on the status of the rustic roads program.
(f) Advocacy. The Commission must not engage in any advocacy activity at the State or federal levels unless that activity is approved by the Office of Intergovernmental Relations.
(g) Staff. The Chief Administrative Officer must provide the Committee with staff, offices, and supplies as are appropriated for it. (1993 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 1, §1; , § 1; , § 1.)
Editor’s note—1998 L.M.C., ch. 1, § 1, reads as follows:
“Notwithstanding Section
49-80(a) of the County Code, the County Executive may reappoint to the Rustic Roads Advisory Committee, subject to confirmation by the County Council, any at-large member of the Committee appointed before January 1, 1997, who otherwise may be precluded from reappointment because of the specific requirements of that subsection.”
