Reisterstown - Owings Mills - Glyndon
Coordinating Council

ROG members and friends,
The following Rule 8 outline was developed from a document prepared for ROG about 12 years ago by a lawyer. There may have been some updates or changes since then, but the intent of providing it is to give each member organization something to consider and use in accompanying formal testimony. This is essential at some hearings, and useful at others in establishing credibility. I recall that a Rule 8 document should accompany any written testimony associated with the upcoming comprehensive zoning process.

Note that the bottom of the form is a statement regarding a motion of the organization that should be made early in each fiscal year of the organization.

Email if you have any questions.
George Harman (Ghharman@aol.com)





REISTERSTOWN-OWINGS MILLS-GLYNDON COORDINATING COUNCIL, INC. (your organization)
P.O. Box 117
Reisterstown, Maryland 21136

The undersigned hereby acknowledge and attest that on ____________ the Board of the Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Coordinating Council, Inc. (ROG), a Maryland corporation, in accordance with Section 2-408 of the Maryland Corporations and Associations Code and its Charter and By-Laws, approved the Resolution set forth herein:
RESOLVED: That ROG _______________ xxxx (moved and voted to approve or oppose something)

AND FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Board empowers and instructs _________________, _______________, and _______________, President, Vice President, and ________ Zoning Committee Chair, respectively, to individually or jointly represent ROG at any hearings before the Zoning Commissioner of Baltimore County and any body of appropriate jurisdiction for any subsequent appeals. Mr. _______, Mr. ________, or Mr. _________to appear at those hearings for ROG and make known the position of ROG in this matter, to wit, that:

ROG opposes the proposed special exemption that would allow the property to be used for __________________ of the scope outlined to ROG at a meeting on ______ of _______ representatives, and suggested in drawings presented to nearby property owners. Furthermore, ________________, _________________, or _______________ are authorized to explain or amplify as they see fit, this stated position.

AS WITNESS OUR HANDS THIS____________ day of August 2007.

ATTEST:
Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Coordinating Council, Inc.

_____________________ _____________________
__________, Secretary ___________, President

RESOLVED, that at this second meeting of ROG for 2007 to 2008, that the responsibility for the official presentation of positions for actions on all zoning and development matters is hereby assigned only to the President, Vice Presidents, and Committee Chair(s) as elected, or duly appointed. The President and Vice Presidents may authorize in writing with two signatures, the delegation of this authority to other members of the organization.

WITNESS OUR HANDS AND SEALS THIS________day of_August,2007.

ATTEST: Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Coordinating Council, Inc.
________________________________ ____________________________
_____________, Secretary ____________, President