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• Janel Davis writes, Training academy being worked out in relocation plans:
  

  County Council and public safety officials are asking County Executive Isiah Leggett to reassess his plans for relocating and consolidating the county’s public safety agencies to ensure that the new plans would not cause a strain on the departments.

• Sebastian Montes writes, Industrial operations eyed for Route 28:
  

  The county executive wants to move two busy industrial park operations to the former National Geographic Society property off Darnestown Road in Gaithersburg, in addition to building a new public safety campus there.

• Patricia M. Murret writes, Skate spot slated for Lakelands as youth speak out:
  

  A months-long controversy about the location of an unsupervised skate spot came to a boil Monday night when the venue was recommended for the Lakelands in Gaithersburg.

• C. Benjamin Ford writes, Leggett proposes millions for pedestrian safety:
  

  Montgomery County’s new effort to make the streets safer for pedestrians would cost $8.5 million in one-time and annual recurring expenses.

• Janel Davis writes, Survey shows most residents satisfied with government:
  

  Most residents responding to a county survey gave Montgomery high marks on the way it conducts its business and provides its services. But some of those same residents would not retire here.

• Melissa J. Brachfeld writes, House fire kills three in Derwood:
  

  The community is mourning the loss of a 5-year-old boy, his mother and grandmother who died after a fire roared through their Derwood home Monday.

• Meghan Tierney writes, Police take to the malls to protect holiday shoppers:
  

  Montgomery County Police officers are increasing their presence around shopping centers in response to the usual uptick in seasonal crime and the recent spate of gang-related violence that occurred near Lakeforest mall in Gaithersburg.

• Patricia M. Murret writes, City manager search could last six months; Arnoult gets raise:
  

  City staff expect a nationwide search for a city manager to take at least six months, meaning a replacement would be hired by June 2008 at the earliest.

• Chay Rao writes, Cougars claw their way to state title:
  

  Trailing by 16 points with less than eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Class 4A football state championship game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Quince Orchard did not fold.

• Melissa J. Brachfeld writes, Teen charged with armed carjacking:
  

  A Derwood teen is charged as an adult with armed carjacking in connection to an incident in the early-morning hours of Thursday.

From the City’s website:

Agenda - Planning Commission Meeting, 12/12/2007
Posted 12/4/2007

City of Gaithersburg
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
Telephone: 301-258-6330
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA [subject to change]

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
7:30 P.M.
City Hall Council Chambers

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

November 28, 2007, Planning Commission Meeting
TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

RECORD PLATS
CONSENT

AFP-07-042 — Casa del Banquete Ministries
I-3 Zone
2 Professional Drive - Suite 246-247
1,890-Sq.Ft. Reuse from Office to Church

AMENDMENT TO FINAL PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format)

SITE PLAN

SP-07-0016 — Summit Woods Apartments

R-20 Zone
70 West Deer Park Road
Amend Unit Mix through Interior Modifications;
Restripe Parking, Landscape Improvements, and
Minor Elevation Changes
PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format - 5M)

FROM THE COMMISSION

FROM STAFF

ADJOURNMENT