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From the City’s website:

“What it Was Like to be on the Home Front During World War II,” presented by author Eleanor Cunningham. Author and historical essayist Eleanor Cunningham describes growing up in Rockville during WWII. She will talk about deprivations suffered because of the war effort, of friends sent overseas, and about the joy of the war’s end.

Friday, April 13, 2007, 11 a.m.
City Hall Gallery, 31 South Summit Avenue, Second Floor

Tickets are $5 through the City’s Rec Department; see the website for details.

From the City’s website:

Notice - Historic Preservation Committee Site Visit, 4/17/2007

Posted 4/10/2007

On April 17, 2007, the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC) will conduct a site visit to 10000, 9600, and 9410 Fields Road, at 6 p.m. The subject properties are located on the Crown Farm site and are proposed to be demolished.

For further information, please contact Jacqueline Marsh at 301-258-6330 or via e-mail at jmarsh@gaithersburgmd.gov.

From the City’s website:

Agenda - Planning Commission Meeting, 04/18/2007

Posted 4/6/2007

City of Gaithersburg
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877

Telephone: 301-258-6330

PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA - TENTATIVE*
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
7:30 P.M.
City Hall Council Chambers

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

March 21, 2007 Planning Commission Meeting
Background Material (pdf format)

April 4, 2007, Planning Commission Meeting
Background Material (pdf format)

RECORD PLATS

SITE PLAN

SP-07-0003 –  Travis Avenue Self Storage Zone
E-1 Zone
Old Game Preserve Road

100,000-Sq.Ft. Warehouse/Office Building
FINAL PLAN REVIEW

TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

AFP-06-056 –  Rachel Carson Elementary School
MXD Zone
100 Tschiffely Square Road

Driveway Changes
AMENDMENT TO FINAL PLAN REVIEW

TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

SP-07-001 –  Asbury Methodist Village
R-90 Zone
(Villas North)

201 Russell Avenue
43 Single-Family Attached Duplex Units
CONCEPT/PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW

TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

SP-07-0002 – Camson Property
CBD Zone

13 Park Avenue
9,000-Sq.Ft. 3-Story Office Building
FINAL PLAN REVIEW

TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

FROM THE COMMISSION

FROM STAFF

ADJOURNMENT

From the City’s website:

City of Gaithersburg Draft Action Plan for FY2008
Posted 4/10/2007

City of Gaithersburg FY 2008 Draft Action Plan
Available for Review and Comment

The City of Gaithersburg has completed its draft Action Plan for the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008.  The Action Plan is required for the City to receive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  In its fifth year as an entitlement community for CDBG funds, the City will receive $462,187 to address the following national objectives and goals set by HUD:  to provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic opportunities, principally for low- to moderate-income persons in the City of Gaithersburg.

 
The City’s draft Action Plan outlines activities the City intends to undertake with CDBG funds in the year ahead to address priority needs and local objectives identified in its Strategic Plan and estimates the number and type of families to benefit from such proposed activities. 

The draft Action Plan is available for review at the following locations:

Gaithersburg:

Gaithersburg Division of Human Services 1 Wells Avenue Gaithersburg , MD 20877   City Hall 31 South Summit Avenue Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Gaithersburg Library 18330 Montgomery Village Avenue Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Activity Center at Bohrer Park 507 South Frederick Avenue Gaithersburg , MD 20877

Casey Community Center 810 South Frederick Avenue Gaithersburg , MD 20877 The Judy Center Summit Hall Elementary School 101 West Deer Park Road Gaithersburg , MD 20877 Ed Bohrer Parent Resource Center Gaithersburg Elementary School 35 North Summit Avenue Gaithersburg Upcounty Senior Center 80A Bureau Drive Gaithersburg , MD 20877

Upon request, copies will be mailed at no charge by contacting Louise Kauffmann at the City Manager’s Office at 301-258-6310 or lkauffmann@gaithersburgmd.gov. An electronic version of the document may be accessed and/or downloaded from the link below.

Comments that are provided in person or in writing by mail, fax, or email and received by close of business on May 5, 2007, will be considered.  All comments will be summarized and submitted to HUD with the Action Plan. 

• Download the DRAFT FY08 Annual Action Plan (pdf file)

Comments on the draft Plan may be provided by phone or email. Comments may also be submitted in writing to the following address:

Louise Kauffmann, Director of Community Development
City of Gaithersburg
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

From the City’s Website:

The City of Gaithersburg will hold an open house for retiring Police Chief Mary Ann Viverette on Monday, May 7, 2007. The reception will be held from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in the Second Floor Gallery at City Hall, 31 South Summit Avenue. Reservations are not required.

“The Police Chief position is a very public one, and we realize that there are many people in the community who would like to wish the Chief well and thank her for her contributions to our community,” said City Manager David Humpton.

Chief Viverette’s last day will be Friday, May 18, 2007. She joined the Gaithersburg Police Department in 1979, holding all ranks until her appointment as Chief of Police in 1986. Gaithersburg has seen its force grow from a complement of three sworn officers and one civilian clerk when it was formed in the early 1970’s to a staff of over 50 today.

With assistance from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the City has conducted a thorough search for a new Police Chief. A final pool of six candidates was introduced to the public at a reception on March 28. An announcement is anticipated in the next few weeks. For more information please contact the City Manager’s Office at 301-258-6310 or cityhall@gaithersburgmd.gov.

• Chris Robinson writes: Teen raped walking home from school

  A Gaithersburg teen was lured into the woods by an unknown man and raped on her way home from school late last month in Montgomery Village, county police report.

  The victim, 15, was walking in the 10300 block of Royal Woods Court at about 6 p.m. March 26 when a man approached her and said he needed assistance with his girlfriend who was injured and lying in the nearby woods, a police report states.

• Chris Robinson writes: Quince Orchard area hit by three armed robberies

  The Quince Orchard Road area of Gaithersburg suffered a rash of armed robberies last week, including one home invasion.

  No injuries were reported.

  Though the suspects involved have similar descriptions, Montgomery County and Gaithersburg police said they do not believe the suspects are the same or that the cases are related.

• Police Report

• Margie Hyslop writes: Local bills await governor’s signature

  Among the bills passed by the General Assembly and needing Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature to become law are measures that would:

  *Prohibit Montgomery County from levying a special property tax on residents of Gaithersburg, Rockville and Washington Grove for maintenance and use of county parks, recreation facilities and programs.

  Montgomery and Prince George’s County Councils and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which runs the two counties’ parks and programs, would be required to issue a report to the state legislature that analyzes user fees for parks and related services in the counties and municipalities. The municipalities, which operate their own parks and programs, argued that their residents should not be taxed twice.

• Chris Robinson writes: Still time to comment on absentee ballot availability

  The revision would allow absentee ballots for city elections without providing a reason. The Ad Hoc Election Participation Advisory Committee and Board of Supervisors of Elections suggested the revision during a public work session in March.

• Sebastian Montes writes: Goshen homes nearing historic status

  ‘‘When we came through a couple years ago, this place was in ruins,” said Joanne Atay, vice-chairwoman of the Goshen Historical Preservation Society, which has been pushing the county for years to grant the Black and White Inn historical status.

  They marvel at its greatly restored state. But the immediate thrill is overshadowed by the deep relief from their years of work finally bearing fruit: the Black and White Inn, along with three other homes in Goshen, could at last win the protections of historical designation as early as this summer.

  Those four Goshen homes would be the first African-American homes to be individually added to the historical atlas created in 1976.