The agenda below is from the City’s website. There’s a few potentially interesting items on the agenda. First is a public hearing on changes to the voter registration procedures in the City. What this is about is removing the City’s own voter registration list, which for some time was maintained separately from the master voter registration list used for county, state and federal elections. It has been so long since anyone has registered this way that there now is no one on that list, and they’d like to remove the charter provision that provided for it. This is likely not to change anything in fact. What is more interesting is the fact that this was noted in the process of determining whether there was any procedure in place to exclude non-citizens from registering to vote; as I’ve mentioned previously, the answer appears to be that only the threat of prosecution for perjury stands in the way of an illegal immigrant’s registration.

The second thing I’d call attention to is the latest update on the $25 million swimming pool the City plans to build in the Lakelands. I’ve extracted a few images from the background materials:

The third item of interest is an update to the Casey East SDP. Again, a couple of pictures from the background materials:

Agenda - Mayor and City Council Meeting, 8/20/2007
Posted 8/16/2007

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2007, 7:30 P.M.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

Maxine Oliver, Baha’i Faith

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Held August 6, 2007
Background Material (pdf format)

V. CONSENT ITEM
(resolutions for approval by the City Council that do not need discussion)

Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Extend a Contract for Cleaning of City Facilities ($67,037)
Background Material (pdf format)

VI. APPOINTMENTS

Resolution of the City Council Confirming Appointments to the Board of Supervisors of Elections
Background Material (pdf format)

VII. OATH OF OFFICE TO BOARD OF SUPEVISORS OF ELECTIONS MEMBERS

VIII. PRESENTATIONS

  1. Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County MD, Inc.
  2. Gaithersburg Aquatic/Recreation Center Schematic Plan Update
    Background Material (pdf format)

IX. 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)

X. FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL/ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Upcoming City Events

XI. FROM THE CITY MANAGER

XII. PUBLIC HEARING

Resolution of the Mayor and City Council to Amend Section 27 of the City Charter to Modify the Procedures for Registering to Vote in City Elections
Background Material (pdf format)

XIII. RECESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

  1. Call to Order

  2. Approval of Minutes

    Minutes of a Historic District Commission Meeting Held June 18, 2007
    TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

  3. Certificates of Approval
  • HAWP-92C - Applicant: Michael Stumborg, 15 Walker Avenue, Removal of Rear Solarium/Replace with Enclosed Porch
    Background Material (pdf format)

  • HAWP-109 - Applicant: Neang Lin, for Hak Srun Lin, 24 Chestnut Street, Expansion of Concrete Driveway
    Background Material (pdf format)
  1. Policy Discussions
  • HAWP-95A - Applicant: Irfan Khan, (Retroactive), 112 Meem Avenue, An Amendment to HAWP-95, Change of Materials/Window Style/Roof

    Background Material (pdf format)

  • Historic Significance of 201 East Diamond Avenue, Applicant: Charles Blessing, for Inter-Continental Group, Demolition Permit
    Background Material (pdf format)
  1. Adjournment

XIV. RECONVENE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

XV. 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)

  1. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract for Stream Restoration Design Services ($84,065)
    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter Into an Agreement With the Housing Opportunities Commission to Administer a Residential Redevelopment Homeownership Assistance Program for Residents Displaced by Residential Redevelopment ($400,000)
    Background Material (pdf format)

  3. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Awarding Matching Grants to Gateway Commons HOA, Kentlands Condominiums II (Town Homes), Kentlands Condominiums IV, Lakelands Ridge HOA, and the Gaithersburg Greater Historic District ($12,703)
    Background Material (pdf format)

  4. Resolution of the Mayor And City Council Changing the Effective Date of Ordinance O-4-07 Adopting Section 15-9, and Providing for Future Changes to the Effective Date by Resolution
    Background Material (pdf format)

XVI. POLICY DISCUSSION AND STAFF GUIDANCE

(discussion by the Mayor and Council about previous public hearing topics and other policy matters)

  1. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council to Amend Section 5 and Section 16 of the City Charter to Increase the Salary of the Mayor and the Members of the City Council and to Create a New Section of 5A of the City Charter to Require the Appointment of the Mayor and City Council Compensation Committee Every Four Years
    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. SDP-07-001, Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Gaithersburg Granting Approval of an Amendment to Schematic Development Plan, SDP-05-003, Known as Casey East (Parcels 360, 563 and N455) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The Approved Plan is a Mix of Uses, Including 382 Residential Units, Office, Restaurant, Retail, Service Station, and Public Uses on Approximately 40.10 Acres of Land. The Current Application (SDP-07-001) Requests Approval to Redistribute the Number and Type of Dwelling Units Among the Three Residential Buildings, Reduce the Height of Building C From Seven to Five Stories, Reduce the Mixed Use Retail by 1,700 Square Feet, Increase the Senior Center From 10,000 to 29,500 Square Feet, and Amend the Phasing Plan. The Subject Property is Located Northwest of the Intersection of Maryland Route 355 (North Frederick Avenue) and Watkins Mills Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland
    Background Material (pdf format - 7.5M)

  3. Z-305(o), An Ordinance to Rezone 8,673 Square Feet of Land From the Existing R-A (Low Density Residential) Zone to the R-90 (Medium Density Residential) Zone, Under the Optional Method of Rezoning, in Accordance with Section 24-196 Map Amendments) and Section 24-198 (Optional Method) of the City Code. The Property is Currently Known as Parcel 100, in the Oakmont Subdivision, Located at 100 Central Avenue, in the City of Gaithersburg

    Background Material (pdf format)

XVII. FROM THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY AND OTHER STAFF

XVIII. ADJOURNMENT

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, August 27, 2007.