From the City’s website:
City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2007, 7:30 P.M.I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. INVOCATION
Pastor Sarah Lewis, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Held February 5, 2007
Background Material (pdf format)V. CONSENT ITEMS
(resolutions for approval by the City Council that do not need discussion)
- Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Awarding a School Playground Matching Grant for a New Playground at Gaithersburg Elementary School ($6,000)
Background Material (pdf format)- Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Award a Contract for Sanctioned Official Services for City Sponsored Programs for Adult and Teen Softball to Greater Washington Softball Umpires Association ($9,075)
Background Material (pdf format)- Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Renewal of Retention Agreement with Special Counsel Stanley D. Abrams, Esq. ($24,000)
Background Material (pdf format)
VI. PRESENTATIONS
- Introduction of New Police Officers
- Readings by the Winners of the National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week Adult Heroes in OUR Community Writing Contest
- Presentation of the City of Gaithersburg’s Government Finance Officer’s Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
- Certificate of Appreciation Presented to Beautification Committee Member Frank Mate
- Certificate of Recognition Presented John Stepek, Recipient of the 2007 Mid – Atlantic Recreation and Sports Alliance Award
- Presentation from the Humane Society
VII. PUBLIC APPEARANCES
(public is invited to speak on any subject that is not a public hearing topic on tonight’s agenda - each speaker three minutes)VIII. FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL/ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Upcoming City Events
IX. FROM THE CITY MANAGER
X. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND REGULATIONS
(ordinances, resolutions, and regulations to be introduced or adopted following appropriate procedures required by the City Code, or resolutions that may require discussion by the Mayor and Council prior to approval)
- Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Agreement With the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County on Behalf of Forest Oak Towers Apartments
Background Material (pdf format)- Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Awarding a Matching Grant to The Orchards Homeowners Association ($5,000)
Background Material (pdf format)XI. POLICY DISCUSSION AND STAFF GUIDANCE
(discussion by the Mayor and Council about previous public hearing topics and other policy matters)
- Z-303(o), Proposal to Rezone 1.2099 Acres of Land, Currently Known as Lot P-87, the Duane Property, Located Off Game Preserve Road Between Arrowsmith Court and Travis Avenue in the City of Gaithersburg, From the Existing C-2 (General Commercial) Zone to the E-1 (Urban Employment) Zone, Under the Optional Method of Rezoning, in Accordance With §24-196 (map amendments) and §24-198 (optional method) of the City Code (Ready for Final Action)
Background Material (9.3M - pdf format)
- An Ordinance to Repeal and Reenact With Amendments Section 15-4 of the City Code, Entitled “Loitering,” so as to Clarify Existing Language With Regard To Prohibited Conduct, and Section 15-9, Entitled “Solicitation in Roadways,” so as to Expand the Applicability of the City’s Prohibition on Solicitation Specific to this Chapter (Ready for Final Action)
Background Material (pdf format)
XII. FROM THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY AND OTHER STAFF
XIII. ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILWILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007, 7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 31 SOUTH SUMMIT AVENUE
UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING AND WORK SESSION ITEMS
This list is not all-inclusive, and does not reflect priorities or scheduling
But is intended to provide a glance at future items to come before the City Council.March 5 Meeting:
Presentations
-Winter Lights Sponsors
- Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection on the Clean Energy Rewards Program
WORK SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
Notice to the general public is hereby given that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg will not conduct a Work Session on Monday, February 26, 2007.
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
On Monday, February 26, 2007, the City will host a Community Workshop at Lakelands Park Middle School located at 1200 Main Street, to give the public an opportunity to review initial concept plans for the new Gaithersburg Indoor Aquatic and Recreation Center at Edison Park Drive. Displays boards will be available for viewing beginning at 6:30 p.m. City staff and the design firm, SORG Architects, will make a presentation
at 7:30 p.m., followed by ample opportunity for questions and answers.
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