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• Officers responded to the report of a shooting that occurred behind the Railroad Street Post Office in Gaithersburg on Saturday 9/29 just after 8:30 p.m. The victim was sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot when five B/Ms emerged from a wooded area and began firing a handgun. The victim was struck in the shoulder and torso area.

  E Diamond Ave, when it gets to Washington Grove, forks into Washington Grove Lane (to the left) and Railroad Street (on the right). And by the way, the “Railroad Street Post Office” is the the Washington Grove Post Office; it is not in Gaithersburg.

• Officers responded to the report of a home invasion robbery that occurred on Tuesday 9/25 around 1:00 a.m. at the 7900 block of Spiceberry Circle in Gaithersburg. Three suspects forced their way into the apartment and assaulted one victim. The suspects fled with money and property.

  Suspect: B/M, 18 to 30 years of age, 5’7” tall, black tee shirt, blue jean shorts, black & white bandanna
  Suspects: Two B/Ms, 18 to 30 years of age

  Spiceberry Circle is off Washington Grove Lane, opposite Emory Grove Park.

• Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery that occurred in the area of Lost Knife Road and Odend Hal Avenue on Monday 10/1. Around 5:15 p.m., the suspect approached adult male at a bus stop, displayed a knife and demanded his money. The victim ran and able to contact police. The suspect was identified, and determined to have threatened four juveniles, ages 6 to 13, in the area of Copps Hill Drive.

• Officers responded to the report of an armed robbery that occurred in the 600 block of Russell Avenue in Gaithersburg on Tuesday 9/25. Multiple subjects approached the victim and began assaulting him. They obtained money from the victim and fled. One suspect was arrested shortly thereafter.

• Officers responded to the report of an armed robbery that occurred on Tuesday 10/2 around 8:00 p.m. in the 17700 block of Towncrest Drive in Gaithersburg. The victim, a driver for Papa Johns Pizza, made a delivery to an apartment on Town Crest. After the driver made the delivery, he was assaulted by 2 B/M’s, one armed with an iron grate. The suspects fled towards Rt. 124 after obtaining property from the victim.

  Towncrest Drive, or Towne Crest Drive as it appears on the maps, is west of the intersection of the Washington Grove Lane and Midcounty Hwy.

• Officers responded to a report of a strong-armed robbery involving a male who was at the Shell Station located in the Kentlands in Gaithersburg on 10/2 at 5:39 p.m. He was confronted by two W/M’s. The suspects assaulted the victim and attempted to take his property. Both suspects fled in a silver Honda without obtaining any property from the victim. The suspect’s car was located, a stop was initiated and both suspects were taken into custody.

• Officers responded to the report of a strong-armed robbery of a 16-year-old male victim who was walking in the 400 block of Victory Farm Drive in Gaithersburg, on Tuesday 10/2 around 3:40 p.m. He was stopped by two suspects who took the victim’s property.

  Suspect: H/M, 5’5” tall, short black hair, white tee shirt, and black pants
  Suspect: H/M, 5’7” tall, long black hair, goatee, red Allan Iverson jersey

• Commercial burglary at the Johns Hopkins Laboratory office at 9620 Medical Center Drive in Gaithersburg, between Friday 9/28 at 7:45 p.m. and Saturday 9/29 at 8:40 a.m. There was no forced entry, property taken.

• Residential burglary at the 18700 block of Purple Martin Lane in Montgomery Village on Tuesday 9/25 between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. There was no sign of forced entry, property that originally could not be found but was later recovered.

  Purple Martin Lane is between Goshen Road and Strawberry Knoll Park, north of Midcounty Hwy.

• Officers received a suspicious call on Tuesday 9/25 at Lake Forest Mall, located at 701 Russell Avenue in Gaithersburg, from a 20-year-old female victim who reported being followed by an unknown male. On three different dates (the 18th, 19th, and 25th), she was sitting in her car when the same man would drive by slowly three or four times staring at her. He then would park nearby. Each time, the victim called her boyfriend inside the mall rather the police.

  Suspect: W/M, 35 to 45 years of age, medium-length brown hair in a Gold car

• Residential burglary that occurred at the 9600 block of Horizon Run Road in Gaithersburg. Forced Entry, unknown if anything was taken. The time of the event is not known other than the call to report it was placed at 2:56 p.m. on Tuesday 10/2.

  Horizon Run Road is between Lost Knife and Midcounty Hwy, off Contour Road.

• Commercial burglary that occurred at the Il Forno Pizzeria at 8941 North Westland Drive in Gaithersburg sometime between Monday 10/1 and Tuesday 10/2. No other info is available.

  North Westland Drive is off MD355, north of the Walnut Hill shopping center.

• Commercial burglary that occurred at the Caravan Deli, 615 South Frederick Avenue in Montgomery Village between Monday 10/1 at 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday 10/2 at 8:40 a.m. Forced entry, property taken.

  This is just north of the previous listed incident. However, I’m pretty certain that address is in the City of Gaithersburg, although addresses just south of there, on the other side of North Westland Drive, are not. Even then, I wouldn’t think it would count as “Montgomery Village”.

• Officers responded to the report of a pick-pocket at a bus stop near the 200 block of North Frederick Avenue in Montgomery Village on Wednesday 9/26 around 10:45 p.m. A witness saw the theft and flagged down police. The thief was arrested and property was recovered.

  Again, there’s just no way that the 200 block of North Frederick Ave is in Montgomery Village.

• Commercial burglary that occurred at the Mythos Grill, located at 8371 Snouffer School Road in Gaithersburg, between Tuesday 9/25 and Wednesday 9/26. Unknown time. Forced entry, property taken.

Note that there will be a brief special meeting of the Mayor and Council at 6:30 pm, for the sole purpose of authorizing a closed executive session, which will be held prior to the regular meeting, which will be held at the regular time of 7:30 pm. The purpose of the closed executive session will be to reach agreement on who to appoint to be Acting City Manager until a new City Manager can be hired. It appears that the new Acting City Manager will be appointed during the regular meeting.

Agenda - Mayor and City Council Meeting, 10/15/2007
Posted 10/12/2007

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007, 7:30 P.M.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Held September 17, 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 Enter Into a Contract to Purchase One (1) 2008 Pick Up Truck With Snow Plow ($24,367)
Background Material (pdf format)

VI. APPOINTMENT

Resolution of the City Council Appointing an Acting City Manager for the City of Gaithersburg
Background Material (pdf format)

VII. PRESENTATIONS

1. Proclamation of the Mayor and City Council Designating October 21-27, 2007, as “National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week” in the City of Gaithersburg
2. Fiscal Year 2008 1st Quarter Financial Results
   Background Material (pdf format)

VIII. 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)

IX. FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL/ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Upcoming City Events

X. FROM THE CITY MANAGER

XI. PUBLIC HEARING

AB-57 - An Ordinance to Abandon 6,509 Square Feet of Existing Land Area Adjacent to Parcel P-936, East of North Summit Avenue; 3,851 Square Feet for Land Area Abutting the Southern Boundary of Gaithersburg Elementary School; and 7,044 Square Feet of Land Previously Dedicated for a 25-Foot Public Alley Adjacent to Lot J, East Diamond Avenue, in the City of Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland

Background Material (pdf format)

XII. RECESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

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HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes

• Minutes of a Historic District Commission Meeting Held October 1, 2007
  Background Material (pdf format)

3. Policy Discussion

• Applicant: Archstone-Smith, 320, 402 and 408 East Diamond Avenue, Demolition Permit
  Background Material (pdf format 6.7M)

4. Adjournment

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XII. RECONVENE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

XIII. 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. An Ordinance to Amend and Adopt the City Budget for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007, to Comply With GASB 45 Funding (Ready for Final Action)
   Background Material (pdf format)

2. An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 5 of the City Code Entitled “Buildings,” to Include in Article II, Entitled “The International Residential Code (2003),” a New Section R326 “Gaithersburg Green Residential Criteria” (Ready for Final Action)

   Background Material (pdf format)

3. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Changing the Effective Date of Ordinance O-7-07 (anti solicitation) Adopting Section 15-9, and Providing for Future Changes to the Effective Date by Resolution
   Background Material (pdf format)

4. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with Montgomery County Public Schools on Obtaining Property for the Extension of Teacher’s Way
   Background Material (pdf format)

5. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Requesting That the Maryland Department of Transportation Include an Analysis of the Kentlands Alignment of the Corridor Cities Transitway in the Environmental Assessment of the I-270/US 15 Multi Modal Corridor Study so the Kentlands Alignment can be Considered When the Locally Preferred Alternative is Selected
   TBA - Background Material (pdf format)
   
6. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Awarding Matching Grants to Relda Square Homeowners Association and Kentlands Condominiums II ($3,500)
   Background Material (pdf format)

XIV. POLICY DISCUSSION AND STAFF GUIDANCE

1. T- 381, An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 24 of the City Code (City Zoning Ordinance), Article III, Division 22, §24-160G.5, Entitled “Waiver of Development Standards” so as to Amend §24-160G.5(a) so that the City Council May, by Resolution, Waive the Building and Structure Height Requirements in Any District in the Corridor Development Zone (CD Zone) as Follows: for a Commercial District to Allow a Height Not to Exceed Five (5) Stories, or Sixty (60) Feet (Ready for Final Action)
   Background Material (pdf format)

2. T-382, An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 24 of the City Code (City Zoning Ordinance), Article III, “Regulations Applicable to particular Zones,” Division 15,  “I-3, Industrial and Office Park,” §24-143, “Uses Permitted by Right,” to Add New §§ 24-143(12) and 24-143(13), so as to allow Full Service and Limited Service Hotels as Permitted Uses in the I‑3 Zone if Certain Conditions are Met (Ready for Final Action)

   Background Material (pdf format)

3. Z-306, Amendment to the Sketch Plan for the Humane Society (HSUS) Property, Requesting up to 300,000 Square Feet of Office Development in Structures Between 6 and 12 Stories and up to 250-300 Residential Units. The Subject Property Contains 10.5 Acres of Land and is Located East of I-270, South of the Existing Terminus of Professional Drive, and West of MD Route 355, North Frederick Avenue, in the Mixed Use Development (MXD) Zone (Ready for Final Action)
   Background Material (pdf format)

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

XVI. ADJOURNMENT

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Notice to the general public is hereby given
that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg
will not conduct work sessions on Monday, October 22 and 29, 2007.

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THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2007, 2007, 7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 31 SOUTH SUMMIT AVENUE

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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.

Nov. 7 Meeting:

Oath of Office - Newly Elected City Officials