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Agenda - Mayor and City Council Meeting, 10/19/2009

Posted 10/15/2009

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
Full Meeting Package (20M pdf format)


I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

IV. CONSENT ITEM

Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract for City Facilities Energy Audits and Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Support Services

Background Material (pdf format)

V. APPOINTMENTS

Resolution of the City Council Confirming a Reappointment by the Mayor to the Ethics Commission
Background Material (pdf format)

VI. PRESENTATION

Proclamation of the Mayor and City Council Designating October 18 -24, 2009 as “National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week” 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

IX. FROM THE CITY MANAGER

X. 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 Council Establishing Primary Advisory Committees and Establishing the Names Thereof
    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract for the City Hall Electrical Upgrades, Cable Control Room, and Council Chambers Improvements Project
    Background Material (pdf format)

  3. Resolution Amending the Hours of Polls

    Background Material (pdf format)

XI. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

T-393 - Ordinance to Amend Chapter 24 of the City Code (City Zoning Ordinance), Article VI, Entitled, “Administration and Enforcement of Chapter,” § 24-178, Entitled, “Use and Occupancy Permits for New, Altered, or Nonconforming Uses,” to Create New Subsections §24-178(g) Entitled “Temporary Uses;” §24-178(g)(1) Through §24-178(g)(6) so as to Allow Temporary Uses

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XII. RECESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

1. Call to Order

2. Certificate of Approval

3. Adjournment

XIII. RECONVENE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

XIV. POLICY DISCUSSION AND STAFF GUIDANCE
(discussion by the Mayor and Council about previous public hearing topics and other policy matters)

  1. T-392 - Ordinance to Amend Chapter 24 of the City Code, Entitled, “Zoning,” Article XV, Entitled “Adequate Public Facilities,” §24-246, Entitled, “Adequacy of School Capacity,” to Create New Subsections §24-246(d), 24-246(d)(i) Through 24-246(d)(iii) so as to Increase Capacity Limitations Upon Meeting Specific Standards for Development
    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. Staff Guidance - Closing of Record for Z-307(A)/SDP-09-002, Applicant Requests Approval for the Schematic Development Plan (SDP) and an Amended Sketch Plan Z-307(A), Known as the Residences at Hidden Creek (Former Summit Center Shopping Center), on Parcel 1, The Summit, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The Proposed Plan Includes a Mix of Uses, Including 300 Multi-Family Units and 12,000 Square Feet of Retail and Amenity Uses on Approximately 6.58 Acres of Land. The Parcel is Located in the Northeast Quadrant of Goshen Road and Girard Street at 559 Girard Street, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in the MXD (Mixed Use Development) Zone
    Background Material (pdf format)

  3. Staff Guidance - Amending Chapter 15-8, “Disturbing the Peace” of the City Code
    Background Material (pdf format)

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

XVI. ADJOURNMENT

EXECUTIVE SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT

Notice to the general public is hereby given that the Mayor and City Council of Gaithersburg plan to conduct a closed Executive Session immediately following its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, October 19, 2009 at City Hall. The meeting is proposed to be closed pursuant to the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Section 10-508(a)(i) to discuss the appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, compensation, removal, resignation, or performance evaluation of appointees, employees, or officials over whom it has jurisdiction. The closed executive session will be conducted pursuant to a motion properly adopted during the session of the Mayor and City Council on Monday, October 19, 2009.

WORK SESSION 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, October 26, 2009, to discuss changes to the Historic District Commission Composition.

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Notice to the general public is hereby given that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg will NOT conduct a regular meeting on Monday, November 2, 2009, due to the upcoming City Elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. The City will hold a special meeting on Monday, November 9, 2009, solely for the purpose of swearing in the newly elected officials.

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
WILL BE HELD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 31 SOUTH SUMMIT AVENUE