The attached comments on the proposed zoning text amendment are submitted by the Port Tobacco River Conservancy (PTRC). Members of the Conservancy attended the public meeting held on January 26, 2009. Subsequent to the public meeting, as part of our effort to garner as much factual information on the proposal and to understand the implications on our community and the natural resources of the Port Tobacco River (PTR), we met with representatives of the applicant (Loiderman, Soltez and Associates) and Charles County Planning and Growth Management staff. In addition several of our members have spent considerable time reading and discussing the proposed ZTA and evaluating it in relation to adopted Charles County plans and planning documents prepared for Charles County government.  More.