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On Tuesday, the Mayor and Council will hold a work session on the County’s revised plans for the GE Tech Park. Note that, while in the background information it states that

It is noteworthy that the current concept for the GE and Finmarc properties does not envision the construction of any new buildings.

it is contrary to common sense that the County would buy and hold this valuable, developable property and never make any use of it. It should be kept in mind that, once the County purchases this property, there will be no planning control over what they do with it — the County does not submit itself to the authority of the Gaithersburg Planning Commission, and M-NCPPC has no authority over property within the City of Gaithersburg. In addition, Gaithersburg will not be able to collect any property taxes from the County on any improvements on that property, and the County not offered to compensate the City for this loss. Nothing in the County’s newly revised plans changes any of these important facts.

From the City’s website:

Agenda - Work Session: Proposal GE Tech Park, 5/27/2008
Posted 5/20/2008

City of Gaithersburg
WORK SESSION
Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
7:30 P.M.

• Receive an Update From Montgomery County Staff on the Proposed Plan for Acquisition of the GE and Finmarc Properties
  Background Material (pdf format)

The supporting background document states:

SUPPORTING BACKGROUND:

During his December 3, 2007 State of the County address, County Executive Leggett announced a plan for Montgomery County to acquire the GE Tech Park property and Finmarc property for the purposes of relocating certain County uses.

Both these properties are currently zoned I-3 and are subject to an annexation agreement that would permit an additional 700,000 square feet of I-3 uses. A recently approved Master Plan amendment did contain options for MXD development; however, an annexation agreement amendment would be required.

On January 7, 2008, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Diane Schwartz Jones gave a presentation to the Mayor and City Council on the County’s plans for the properties. The original plan envisioned the following:

1. Relocation of the Public Service Training Academy (PSTA) (not including the burn building) to the existing GE building.
2. Relocation of the 1st District Police Station to the existing GE building.
3. Relocation of various County offices including the Board of Elections, Department of Fire and Rescue Services, and Department of Homeland Security to the existing GE building.
4. Relocation of the liquor warehouse to the existing Finmarc building.
5. Construction of a new warehouse to accommodate MCPS food services.
6. Construction of a new facility for the PSTA gym and indoor firing range.
7. Construction of a helipad.

The City was recently notified that the County Executive’s proposal had been modified. In addition to acquiring the GE and Finmarc properties, the County would like to acquire a portion of the Webb Tract in Montgomery Village to accommodate the PSTA. It is our understanding that the current tentative proposal for the use of the GE and Finmarc properties is limited to the following:

The existing GE building would be limited to administrative offices (Homeland Security, Fire and Rescue Services, and Board of Elections) and the 1st District Police Station.

The existing Finmarc warehouse would be used as the County’s liquor warehouse.

It is noteworthy that the current concept for the GE and Finmarc properties does not envision the construction of any new buildings.

While the Mayor and City Council have not yet taken a position on the County Executive’s proposal, we have held a series of meetings with County officials to discuss ways to mitigate any impacts to the City and our residents if the County acquires these properties.

Note that, in addition to this work session on Tuesday, the Mayor and Council will be interviewing candidates for the position of City Manager on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The publishers of the website www.Maryland20878.com aren’t particularly fond of the County’s proposal for the development of the GE Tech Park, and are focusing particularly on the helipad element of the proposal:

It is clear from other communities’ experiences that once a helipad is in place, there is no control, and it becomes an unending nightmare for residents. All that we have worked on in Kentlands, in Lakelands, in Gaithersburg, could be for naught. All the disagreements that we have painstakingly hammered into agreements could become nothing more than wasted effort. Our new Lakelands Park Middle School, our new Lakelands Park could disintegrate from what they now are and what they represent.

According to the County Council agenda for next Tuesday, January 22:

10:45 BRIEFING - County Property Use Initiative, a proposal to relocate services from Public Safety Training Academy (PSTA) and County Service Park to GE/Edison Tech Park in Gaithersburg

This meeting will be televised live on CCM Channels Comcast 6, RCN 6, and Verizon 30; repeated on 1/25/08 at 8 pm.

This page has information on additional ways to hear and see this session.

Gaithersblog readers may recall my earlier posts on this topic. Additionally, a Gaithersblog reader has pointed out to me that one of the primary uses the County has in mind for this property — County Liquor and School Cafeteria distribution warehouses — may in fact not be allowed under the current zoning (I-3) for this property. According to the City Code, Part II, Chapter 24, Article III, Division 15, I-3 Zone, Section 24-143 (emphasis mine):

(2)	Public buildings and uses subject to the following requirements:
	(a)	The minimum lot or parcel area shall be at least twenty (20) acres in size.
	(b)	No on-site parking or storage of trucks, either within a building or on the exterior, or motor vehicles other than automobiles for employees and customers of the facility are allowed.
	(c)	All parking areas shall be set back at least fifty (50) feet from any common property line or public right-of-way and shall be screened by fencing or planting at least four (4) feet in height.
	(d)	No distribution uses are allowed. For the purpose of this section “distribution uses” is defined as the primary use of the property for the collection and transfer or dispensing of personal property or equipment to public or private recipients.

Note this restriction on distribution uses only applies to public buildings and uses, and therefore the current Peapod grocery distribution warehouse is not excluded under this rule.

The County is currently asserting that they are not subject to City zoning — Ike Leggett said so in response to a question in his call-in show last month, and County Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Diane Schwartz Jones said as much in her presentation at the January 7 City Council Meeting. But for them to come in and blatantly violate not just the spirit but the letter of the City’s ordinances right from the get-go, is pretty offensive in my opinion.

In my mind, this raises the question of whether there will be any sort of controls whatsoever on that property once it is taken over by the County. If the County believes that the City’s zoning doesn’t apply, and the County doesn’t have any zoning for that property because it is outside the jurisdiction of M-NCPPC, would this not mean that the County can do just whatever it likes there? All the assurances that the County might be making about the compatibility of their activities on that property have to be taken with an enormous grain of salt.

Folks, I think that the City of Gaithersburg is about to get 100 acres smaller.

Update: The video of this call-in show can be found here.

From the County’s website:

Residents can view Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and County Council President Mike Knapp during a live, televised call-in show on Tuesday, December 18 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on County Cable Montgomery — Channel 6 on Comcast and RCN, and Channel 30 on Verizon. Leggett and Knapp will answer residents’ questions on any topic of local concern. Residents can call 240-777-6540 with their questions anytime before or during the show.

It will be interesting if they actually will answer any question of local concern. One thing I’m particularly interested in at this point is what the County’s plans are for the GE Tech Park. Will the County, by purchasing a good-sized chunk of land in the City, cut off the City’s tax revenue stream for that property, and in net effect — as it is arguable whether the City has any zoning authority over the County — de-annex a property that was annexed into the City about eighteen years ago? The GE Tech Park property is currently assessed at $19,201,800, on which the City’s portion of the property taxes is $40,707.82. If the County buys that land, the City would not be able to collect these taxes, which would likely be much higher if that property is redeveloped by a commercial entity. If this deal goes through, will the the City receive any compensation for this loss? And beyond these financial issues are questions of the long-term use of this property if the County has no one to answer to but themselves with regard to what they do there. According to the Gazette,

The county police department headquarters would move to the building, along with Public Service Training Academy classrooms and the 1st District police station. The county Board of Elections would also be moved there.

In addition to the six-story building, there is also a 240,000-square-foot warehouse on the property owned by Finmarc Management Inc., which is leased to Giant Food Inc. for its Peapod delivery service. That building would be adapted to hold an expanded, climate-controlled primary warehouse for the Department of Liquor Control. The MCPS food warehouse would be built nearby.

But these are, of course, just tentative plans for the short term. As we saw with the Crabbs Branch Day Laborer Center, if the County decides they want to do something, they just go ahead and do it, so no one should look at these tentative, public plans as representing any sort of limits on what the County will actually do there.

Ike Leggett, in his State of the County speech, said:

We start by creating a Public Safety Headquarters on a new single campus. This new campus will also have room for other County agency needs. This will free up both the current Public Safety Training Academy site and half of the County Service Park for alternate uses.

In today’s paper, an article by Ann E. Marimow contains the statement:

County officials have identified nearly 100 acres for a public safety headquarters site at the old National Geographic building on Darnestown Road and an adjacent property that is a warehouse for an online shopping company.

The county would sell the 52 acres where the training academy is located, freeing valuable land at the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center.

The plan would depend on finding locations for pieces of the government services park near the Shady Grove Metro, such as the school bus yard, and must be approved by council members.

The GE Tech Park Special Study Area — which contains the old National Geographic building — comprises a total of 97 acres. Thus, with the 100-acre figure in the post, I’m guessing that the County is proposing to use the entire parcel for this purpose.

At a minimum, I expect that this could have a significant impact on City revenues; should that parcel be used for private development, the City could expect a property tax revenue stream in the future. Should the County develop the property instead, I expect that these revenues would not materialize. Instead, the County would be seeing such a revenue stream from development of the old training facility site near Shady Grove Hospital.

From the City’s website:

Agenda - Planning Commission Meeting, 9/19/2007
Posted 9/10/2007

City of Gaithersburg
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877

Telephone: 301-258-6330

PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA*
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
7:30 P.M.
City Hall Council Chambers

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

September 5, 2007, Planning Commission Meeting
Background Material (pdf format)

RECORD PLATS

CONSENT

AFP-07-028  –  M&T Bank
CD Zone
215 North Frederick Avenue
Minor Elevation Change
AMENDMENT TO FINAL PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format)

SITE PLANS

CSP-07-001 –  GE Technology Park
I-3 Zone
100 Edison Park Drive
Three Office/Warehouse Buildings Totaling 202,175 Square Feet

Concept Plan
DENIAL RESOLUTION
Background Material (pdf format)

SP-07-0011 –  Monument/IBM
I-3 Zone

800 Watkins Mill Road
Phases IIA & IIB Parking
FINAL PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format)

SP-04-0007 –  Rashidian Estates

R-90 Zone
100 Central Avenue
Four Single-Family Detached Units (1 Existing)
FINAL PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format)

AFP-07-005 –  Macroland
CD Zone
611 South Frederick Avenue
New Parking
AMENDMENT TO FINAL PLAN REVIEW

Background Material (pdf format)

SP-07-0010 –  Asbury Manor Homes
R-90 Zone
201 Russell Avenue/Odend’hal Road

Apartments/Homes
PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format)

FROM THE COMMISSION

FROM STAFF

ADJOURNMENT

From the City’s website:

Agenda - Planning Commission Meeting, 9/5/2007
Posted 8/27/2007

City of Gaithersburg
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877

Telephone: 301-258-6330

PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA*
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
7:30 P.M.
City Hall Council Chambers

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

August 8, 2007, Planning Commission Meeting
Background Material (pdf format)

RECORD PLATS

CONSENT

AFP-07-030 – Watkins Mill Town Center
MXD Zone
Metropolitan Grove Road
Minor Site Revisions
AMENDMENT TO FINAL PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format)

PI-B070243 & PI-B070238 — Absolute Mac
C-2 Zone
895 Quince Orchard Road
Icon Signage
ICON SIGN PERMIT REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format)

SITE PLANS

AFP-07-024 – Rolling Stock Park
CBD Zone
5 Summit Avenue

Park Plaza
AMENDMENT TO FINAL PLAN REVIEW
Background Material (pdf format - 3M)

CSP-07-001 – GE Technology Park
I-3 Zone

100 Edison Park Drive
Three Office/Warehouse Buildings
Totaling 202,175 Square Feet
CONCEPT PLAN
Background Material (pdf format)

FROM THE COMMISSION

FROM STAFF

ADJOURNMENT

* THE ITEMS AND PERTINENT INFORMATION ON THIS AGENDA ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME.

Update : A notice went out from the City today saying:

Dear Interested Parties:

Please be advised that HAWP-37E was removed from the agenda for tonight’s Historic District Commission meeting and will be placed on the HDC’s agenda for Tuesday, January 2, 2007. The City was notified that a particular piece of correspondence was not included in the public record and the HDC had not received a copy of it in their reading package.

We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.

Sincerely,

David B. Humpton
City Manager

The City has posted the agenda for the Monday, December 18, 2006 meeting of the Mayor and Council, with a mid-meeting hat change while they act as the Historic District Commission. There are a few agenda items of special interest:

• Policy discussion on Hamza Halici’s application to destroy a historically-designated property in the City, the Talbott House, also known as the Hair Bar. Mr Halici has asked permission to do this on financial-burden grounds, but has refused to submit any documentation which would effectively demonstrate the hardship the house supposedly creates. It will be interesting to see whether the Council will rule that this documentation is not required, presumably opening the door for any owner of any historic property in the City to obtain a demolition permit on these grounds, and in essence crippling future historic preservation efforts in the City.
• Announcement of the annual strategic planning retreat. Note that the public is invited to the Saturday sessions, which will be held in Annapolis.
• Two public hearings, one on T-380, an amendment to the I-3 zone (I-3 is used for IBM, Metropolitan Grove and GE Tech Park. I believe that the amendment has to do with issues in GE Tech Park specifically) and an amendment to the sprinkler ordinance, which would require the addition of sprinkler systems to apartment buildings that (a) lack them, and (b) are standing vacant for some minimum period of time. I believe that, in the immediate term, this issue was raised by the proposal to re-lease the East Deer Park apartments.
• The formal introduction of the proposed affordable housing regulations; those interested in this issue probably want to grab a copy of the background materials and read through it.
• Final action on the Defibrillator ordinance and on the Lakelands Lane in the Woods SDP.

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2006, 7:30 P.M.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

Fitzgerald Clark, Baha’i Faith

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City

Council Held December 4, 2006

TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

V. APPOINTMENTS

Resolution of the City Council Confirming Appointments and a Reappointment by the Mayor to the Ad Hoc Election Participation Advisory Committee, and Gaithersburg Senior Council
Background Material (pdf format)

VI. OATH OF OFFICE TO ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER

• Geri Lanier

VII. PRESENTATION

The Gaithersburg Community Museum Train Annex Committee Update
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
• Strategic Planning Retreat Announcement

X. FROM THE CITY MANAGER

• Update on Market Square Issues
  Background Material (pdf format)

• Mid-Year Personnel Adjustments

  Background Material (pdf format)

XI. PUBLIC HEARING

1. JOINT – T-380, An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 24 of the City Code Entitled "Zoning," Article III Entitled "Regulations Applicable to Particular Zones,” Division 15 Entitled “I-3 Zone, Industrial and Office Park,” to Eliminate Redundant and Conflicting Provisions and Renumber Accordingly

   Background Material (pdf format)

2. An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 5 of the City Code Entitled "Buildings," to Create a New Article VI Entitled "Additional Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Multi-Family Residential Structures” to Create a New Section 5-11 Entitled “Automated Sprinkler Systems” to Require the Retrofit of Certain Multi-Family Residential Structures With Automated Sprinkler Systems

   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 December 4, 2006
  Background Material (pdf format)

3. Certificates of Approval

• HAWP-99A (Amended) - Applicant: Alfred Riley, 10 Brookes Avenue, Conversion of Residence to Office, Install Parking Lot and Modifications to Rear of House
  Background Material (pdf format)

• HAWP-49B - Applicant: Barbara Lima, 12 Brookes Avenue, Tree Removal

  Background Material (pdf format)

4. Policy Discussion

• HAWP-37E Applicant: Stephen Orens for Hamza Halici/Halici, Inc., 309 North Frederick Avenue, Demolition of Talbott House
  Background Material (pdf format)

5. Adjournment

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XIII. RECONVENE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

XIV. 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)

Introduction of the Gaithersburg Affordable Housing Program Regulations (Public Hearing scheduled for 1/2/07)

Background Material (pdf format)

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

1. SDP-06-003, Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of Gaithersburg Granting Approving of Schematic Development Plan, SDP-06-003 as an Amendment to Schematic Development Plan SDP-L5, Lakelands, Lane in the Woods, the Subject Property is Located in the Lakelands Subdivision and is in the Mixed Use Development (MXD) Zone (Ready for Final Action)
   Background Material (pdf format)

2. An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 2 of the City Code, Entitled “Administration”, Article II, Entitled “Municipal-County Relations”, Section 2-6 Thereof, Entitled “Exemption From Montgomery County Legislation and Regulations Within the City” so as to Include the Provisions of Section 24-211A Entitled “Fitness Centers-Defibrillators” of Chapter 24 of the Montgomery County Code Entitled “Health And Sanitation”, as Being Applicable and Enforceable Within the City (Ready for Final Action)

   Background Material (pdf format)

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

XVII. ADJOURNMENT

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Notice to the general public is hereby given that the
Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg

will not conduct a work session the
week of December 25, 2006.

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THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 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.

Jan 2 Meeting

Public Hearing
Affordable Housing Program Regulations (tentative)

Policy Discussion
T-377 - Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance for the City of Gaithersburg

- Ordinance to Repeal and Reenact With Amendments Section 15-4 of the City Code, Entitled “Loitering,” so as to Clarify Existing Language With Regard to Prohibited Conduct, and Section 15-9, Entitled “Solicitation In Roadways,” so as to Expand the Applicability of the City’s Prohibition on Solicitation Specific to this Chapter

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Notice to the general public is hereby given that the
Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg
will conduct a special work session on Monday,
January 8, 2007, to gather citizen input on
the Draft 2007 Strategic Plan.

In addition, notice to the general public is hereby given that
the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg
will hold their Annual Strategic Planning Retreat on
Friday, January 19 and Saturday, January 20, 2007.

An agenda and draft 2007 Strategic Plan will be

posted on the City’s website in January 2007. Anyone who
would like more information about the retreat may contact
the City Manager’s Office at 301-258-6310.

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MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

ARE TELEVISED LIVE ON CABLE CHANNEL 13
AND ON THE
INTERNET AT
www.gaithersburgmd.gov/tv

TO CONFIRM ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS,
PLEASE CONTACT DORIS STOKES AT
CITY HALL, 301-258-6310

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Hand held signs brought into the Council Chambers may not be displayed in a manner which
disrupts the meeting, blocks the view of spectators or cameras and poses a safety
concern [e.g., signs mounted on stakes]. Your cooperation is appreciated.)

The City has posted the agenda for the Monday, November 20, 2006 regular meeting of the Mayor and Council. The big item on this agenda is the public hearing on the proposed anti-solicitation ordinance. Note also the CouncilHDC has yet again put off the decision on the destruction of the Talbott house/Hair Bar. I presume that the closed executive session of the HDC scheduled for December 4 will be held for the purpose of deciding what they can and can’t legally decide in this regard.

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2006, 7:30 P.M.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

Weslie Ellison, Baha’i Faith

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Held October 16, 2006

Background Material (pdf format)

Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Mayor and City

Council Held November 6, 2006
TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

V. APPOINTMENTS

Resolution

of the City Council Confirming Appointments and Reappointments to the Greater Historic District Committee, Environmental Affairs Committee, and Multicultural Affairs Committee
Background Material (pdf format)

VI. PRESENTATIONS
(certificates from the City and to the City, as well as staff or citizen presentations on topics - 10 minutes)

1. Presentation of GREAT (Gaithersburg Recognizing Educational Achievement Today) Award to Diamond Elementary School and Gaithersburg Elementary School
2. Proclamation of the Mayor and City Council Designating November 2006, as “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month” in the City of Gaithersburg
3. Certificate of Appreciation Presented to Carol Tussey, Member of the Beautification Committee
4. Presentation of the City of Gaithersburg’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) - June 30, 2006
5. City Manager’s Day Laborer Report

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

• Upcoming City Events

IX. FROM THE CITY MANAGER

XI. PUBLIC HEARING

An Ordinance to Repeal and Reenact With Amendments Section 15-4 of the City Code, Entitled “Loitering,” so as to Clarify Existing Language With Regard To Prohibited Conduct, and Section 15-9, Entitled “Solicitation in Roadways,” so as to Expand the Applicability of the City’s Prohibition on Solicitation Specific to this Chapter
Background Material (pdf format)

XI. 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 9, 2006
  TBA - Background Material (pdf format)

• Minutes of a Historic District Commission Meeting Held November 6, 2006
  Background Material (pdf format)

3. Certificate of Approval

• HAWP-48D – Applicant: Joseph LaVoie, 5 Walker Avenue, Tree Removal
  Background Material (pdf format)

• HAWP-13B – Applicant: Glen Todd, 7 Brookes Avenue
  Background Material (pdf format)

• HAWP-78E – Applicant: Warren and Liz Johnson, 104 Chestnut Street, Driveway Removal/Replacement
  Background Material (pdf format)

4. Adjournment

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XII. RECONVENE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

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

• Guidance on Drafting Ordinance Concerning the Installation of Automated Sprinkler Systems in Vacant Multi-Family Residential Dwellings
  Background Material (pdf format)

• Guidance on Reopening the Mayor and City Council Record on T-377 – Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance
  Background Material (pdf format)

• Guidance on Proposed Text Amendment - Indoor Aquatic Facility at the GE Tech Park Site
  Background Material (pdf format)

XIV. ADJOURNMENT

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EXECUTIVE SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT

Notice to the general public is hereby given that the Historic District Commission of the City of Gaithersburg plans to conduct a closed executive session on Monday, December 4, 2006, immediately following the scheduled regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council, pursuant to Section 10-508(a)(7), State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice. The topic to be discussed is the standard of review and evidentiary consideration required under Maryland law as related to decisions of administrative agencies. The closed executive session will be held pursuant to a motion properly adopted at the regular meeting of the Historic District Commission scheduled for Monday, December 4, 2006.

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Notice to the general public is hereby given that the
Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg
will not conduct a work session on
Monday, November 27, 2006.

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THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
WILL BE HELD MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006, 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.

Dec. 4 Meeting

Presentation

Presentation from the 2006 Kentlands/Lakelands 5K Race Committee

Public Hearing

Ordinance to Make the Montgomery County Defibrillator Code Applicable in the City of Gaithersburg

Policy Discussion
Regulation Establishing a Traffic Impact Study

T-377 - Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance for the City of Gaithersburg

SDP-06-003, Amendment of the Previously Approved Schematic Development Plan, SDP-L5, Lakelands Lane in the Woods