<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section number="5A-153" name="Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinating Committee" law="code" slug="sec-5a-153" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_5ACATETE_DIV2TE_S5A-153TETRFACOCO">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinating Committee shall consist of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Two staff members from the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement, to be designated by the Director, one of whom is employed within the agency's permitting function and one of whom is employed within the agency's site/road plan review function.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Director of the Department of Public Works and Transportation or the Director's designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Planning Director or the Director's designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Superintendent of Schools or the Superintendent's designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Director of the Office of Information Technology or the Director's designee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The County Council Administrator or the Administrator's designee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The General Manager of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission or the General Manager's designee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The County Executive and County Council shall designate a Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinator as an ex-officio, non voting member of the TTFCC.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The TTFCC Chair and Vice-Chair shall be elected from among and by the TTFCC membership.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Director and the Director of the Office of Information Technology shall make available to the Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinating Committee such services and facilities as are necessary for the proper performance of its duties.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinating Committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Serve as a central source of information and provide technical advice on the siting of telecommunications transmission facilities for the County, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Board of Education and other public landowners, private landowners, licensed telecommunication carriers, and the general public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Promote the appropriate and efficient location and co-location of telecommunications transmission facilities to minimize adverse impacts on other land uses in the County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Evaluate the esthetic effects of locating multiple telecommunications transmission facilities in a single location or on a single structure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Recommend alternative sites and techniques where appropriate to mitigate the visual impact of the proposed and alternative site and provide a copy of the recommendation to the Council member in whose district the telecommunications transmission facility is to be located and any at-large Council members;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Recommend provisions governing removal of the proposed telecommunications transmission facility at the end of its useful life, including the posting of a bond or other financial guarantee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Facilitate public participation in the telecommunications transmission facility siting process; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Report annually to the County Executive as requested on siting policy issues.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinator shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Prepare a master plan of existing and planned Telecommunications Transmission Facilities in the County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Maintain a database of all applications reviewed by the TTFCC and those facilities proposed to be located in the County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Advise the County on telecommunications matters as requested;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Review the siting of each proposed Telecommunications Transmission Facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Evaluate the technical rationale of the proposed locations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Evaluate alternative sites and techniques where appropriate to mitigate the visual impact of the proposed and alternative sites and report the findings to the TTFCC.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
