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Agenda - Mayor and City Council Meeting, 4/20/2009

Posted 4/16/2009

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
Full Meeting Package (pdf format - Large File:20M )

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, Shaare Torah Congregation

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  1. Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Held March 16, 2009
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  2. Minutes of a Work Session of the Mayor and City Council Held March 23, 2009

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  3. Minutes of a Work Session of the Mayor and City Council Held March 30, 2009
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V. CONSENT ITEM

Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract to Pave Sections of the Green Park Paths and the Parking Lot at the Dog Exercise Area ($52,145)
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VI. PRESENTATIONS

  1. Certificate of Appreciation to Warren Johnson, Member of the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
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  2. Proclamation of the Mayor and City Council Designating April 19-26, 2009 as “Days of Remembrance” in the City of Gaithersburg

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  3. Proclamation of the Mayor and City Council Designating April 17-27 as “Gaithersburg Green Week” and April 21, 2009, as “Arbor Day” in the City of Gaithersburg
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  4. Proclamation of the Mayor and City Council Designating April 2009, as “Arab-American Heritage Month” in the City of Gaithersburg
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VII. 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)

VIII. FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL/ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. Upcoming City Events
  2. Work Session Announcement

IX. FROM THE CITY MANAGER

X. PUBLIC HEARING

An Ordinance to Award a Cable Franchise to Verizon Maryland, Inc., Pursuant to Section 6-4 of the City Code
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XI. RECESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of a Historic District Commission Meeting Held April 6, 2009
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III. Certificate of Approval

  1. HAWP-52C, Applicant: Dan and Eydie Searles, Request for Tree Removal, 18 Walker Avenue
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  2. HAWP-102B, Applicant: Dr. Rashid Levi, Request to Add Signage, 20 South Summit Avenue

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IV. Adjournment

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. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Contract for the Purchase of Public Art for Market Square Plaza ($25,000)
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  2. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract for a Street Resurfacing Project ($431,000)
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  3. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract for a Street Reconstruction Project ($623,000)
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  4. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Supporting Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Neighborhood BusinessWorks Program Financing to Inter-Continental Group, LLC

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  5. Introduction of an Ordinance to Adopt the City Budget for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2009, Through June 30, 2010, and Levying an Ad Valorem Tax on all Assessable Property Within the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland (public hearing - 5/4)
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  6. Notification of a Public Hearing to Establish a Constant Yield Tax Rate for the City of Gaithersburg for Tax Year Beginning July 1, 2009 (Fiscal Year 2010) (public hearing - 5/4)
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XIV. FROM THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY AND OTHER STAFF

Guidance on a Memorandum Dated April 13, 2009, Regarding Proposed Criteria Relating to Location of Telecommunications Facilities on City Property
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XV. ADJOURNMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT
Notice to the general public is hereby given that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg will conduct a work session on Monday, April 27, 2009, for the following topics:

  • Report from the Ad Hoc Elections Ordinance Review Committee
  • Approval of Board of Supervisors of Elections Recommendations on the Number and Locations of Polling Places
  • Report from District 17 Delegation (Senator Jennie Forehand, Delegates Kumar Barve, Jim Gilchrist and Luiz Simmons) and

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 31 SOUTH SUMMIT AVENUE