The Long Range Planning Team ensures that all elements of the City's Master Plans are adopted/revised, per the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Act of 1992.

• Master Plan & associated elements
• Transportation Planning
• GIS/Mapping
• Demographics
• Text Amendments and Code Changes
• Forest Conservation
• Developing Planning Studies
• Annexations
• Rezonings
• Coordinating with other planning bodies such as the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) on various state and regional planning initiatives