From the City’s website:

Agenda - Mayor and City Council Meeting, 3/17/2008
Posted 3/14/2008

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008, 7:30 P.M.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

Deacon Carlo Caraballo, St. John Neumann Catholic Church

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

  1. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Contract for Land Surveying and Engineering Services in Olde Towne ($23,000)
    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract to Perform Maintenance and Repairs to Various City Stormwater Management Facilities ($41,598)
    Background Material (pdf format)

  3. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Gaithersburg Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract to Construct a Brick Sidewalk from the Cannery to the Old Fire House along the south side of E. Diamond Ave. ($75,812)

    Background Material (pdf format)

V. PRESENTATIONS

Presentation of GREAT (Great Recognizing Educational Achievement Today) Awards to Brown Station Elementary School, Diamond Elementary School and Fields Road Elementary School

VI. 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)

VII. FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL/ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Upcoming City Events

IX. FROM THE ACTING CITY MANAGER

VIII. PUBLIC HEARING

JOINT - MP-1-08: Master Plan Amendment: Kentlands Commercial District Special Study Area Amendment to the 2003 Land Use Plan, an Element of the City of Gaithersburg Master Plan

Background Material (pdf format)
Background Material II

IX. 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. RC-42 - Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Granting Approval of Road Code Waiver for Variable Road Sections for the Archstone at Olde Towne Redevelopment, Final Site Plan SP-08-0001
    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Contract for Photo-Speed Services ($550,000)

    Background Material (pdf format)

  3. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Adopting the Strategic Plan for the City of Gaithersburg
    Background Material (pdf format)

    Download the 2008 Strategic Plan pdf file

  4. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract for a Street Reconstruction Project ($702,000).
    Background Material (pdf format)

X. POLICY DISCUSSION AND STAFF GUIDANCE

MP-2-07 Community Facilities Element, an Amendment to the 2003 Master Plan (Ready for Final Action)
Background Material (pdf format)

Background Material II

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

Provide Staff Guidance on Granting a Utility Easement on City Property
Background Material (pdf format)

XII. ADJOURNMENT

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
WILL BE HELD MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008, 2008, 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.

April 7 Meeting:

Public Hearings:
JOINT - SDP-06-006, Crown Farm, Schematic Development Plan, Pod 1

JOINT - T-383, Modifications to the Sign Ordinance to Address Mixed Use Town Centers

JOINT — T-384, Bed & Breakfast Establishments

Also from the City’s website:

Notice - Joint Public Hearing on MP-1-08: Kentlands Commercial, 3/17/2008
Posted 3/10/2008

CITY OF GAITHERSBURG
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877
Telephone: 301-258-6330

NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT MP-1-08: KENTLANDS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT SPECIAL STUDY AREA AMENDMENT TO THE 2003 LAND USE PLAN, AN ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF GAITHERSBURG MASTER PLAN

APPLICATION: MP-1-08

APPLICANT: City of Gaithersburg Planning Commission

Please take notice that a joint public hearing on the above-referenced application will be conducted by the City of Gaithersburg Mayor and Council and Planning Commission on Monday, March 17, 2008 in the Council Chambers at City Hall at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter can be heard. Public comment is invited at the joint public hearing on the Kentlands Commercial District Special Study Area.

Kentlands Commercial

More information:

Gaithersburg, as an incorporated city, is subject to Article 66B—Land Use, of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Section 3.05, of Article 66B, requires that the City’s Master Plan shall be reviewed and if necessary revised or amended at least once every six years. The adoption of the 2003 Land Use plan was a revision and amendment to the City’s 1997 Master Plan meeting the Article 66B requirement. The Land Use plan contains ten (10) special study areas, of which seven (7) have been adopted. The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate the Kentlands Commercial District Special Study Area into the adopted 2003 Land Use plan, and element of the City’s Master Plan.

The land use proposals described in the Kentlands Commercial District Special Study Area plan have been formulated using a series of community charrettes, a citizen survey, a private urban design consultant, and staff’s professional judgment and knowledge of the City. Further information regarding the 2003 Land Use Plan and the Kentlands Commercial District Special Study Area is available for public inspection from the Department of Planning and Code Administration at City Hall, 31 South Summit Avenue, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For any questions related to this Master Plan Amendment, please contact Greg Ossont at the Planning and Code Administration at 301-258-6330, or you may email your questions to plancode@gaithersburgmd.gov.

CITY OF GAITHERSBURG
 Greg Ossont, Director
Planning and Code Administration