Agency History The District of Columbia Self Government and Governmental Reorganization (Home Rule) Act (public law 93-198, 1973) provided for an elected Mayor and City Council, with the Mayor's office designated as the "central planning agency" of the city. The law also provided for preparation of a new "Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital," with District elements prepared by the Mayor and federal elements prepared by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC). NCPC became the planning agency for federal areas and was given a "federal interest" overview role with respect to the District's planning. Walter E. Washington, the first elected mayor of the city, assigned day-to-day planning responsibilities to the Office of Planning and Management. That delegation continues today, although the agency name has been shortened to the "Office of Planning." The Mayor continues to be the chief planner for the city and is responsible for submitting planning proposals to the Council of the District of Columbia for review and adoption. NCPC served as both the federal and local planning agency until July 1975, while the newly elected District of Columbia government moved to establish its planning office. By 1984, the Office of Planning met the legal mandate to develop a Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan (text and maps), adopted in 1984 and 1985, was amended in 1989 by DC Law 8-129, and again in 1994 by DC Law 10-193. The Generalized Land Use Map was also amended in 1989 and 1994. The 1989 Comprehensive Plan amendments incorporated ward plans for Wards 1, 2, and 6. The 1994 amendments modified those plans and incorporated the remaining five ward plans. In 1998, the Office of Planning completed revision of the Comprehensive Plan, which became effective in April 1999 (DC Law 12-275). The Technical Amendments to the plan went into effect in September 1999 (DC Law 13-30).