For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 27, 2021
The joint Education and Culture (E&C) and Planning Housing and Economic Development Committee (PHED) will meet on Wednesday, July 28 at 9:30 a.m. to receive an update on the County’s American Job Center.
The members of the E&C Committee include Chair Craig Rice and Councilmembers Will Jawando (Lead for Libraries) and Nancy Navarro.
The members of the PHED Committee include Chair Hans Riemer and Councilmembers Andrew Friedson (Lead for Parks) and Will Jawando.
The PHED Committee will meet again at 1:30 p.m. to review Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 21-02, Independent Living Facility for Seniors or Persons with Disabilities - Residential Zone Standards and ZTA 21-03, Charitable, Philanthropic Institution – Kitchens.
Update: WorkSource Montgomery staff will brief the joint E&C and PHED Committee on the County’s American Job Center (AJC) and the organization’s efforts to assume operational duties of the centers. AJC’s are designed to provide a full range of assistance to job seekers and include multiple federal, state and local resources to assist local job seekers. The County’s AJC is in Wheaton with two satellite AJC sites in Germantown and in the Clarksburg Correctional Facility.
The update will also include a summary of services offered at the County’s AJCs and details about which entity is responsible for service delivery, whether services may be accessed virtually and efforts by the County’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR) to reopen the AJC at the Clarksburg Correctional Facility.
Those expected to attend and provide information include Anthony Featherstone, CEO, WorkSource Montgomery (WSM); Camille McKenzie, director of programs, WSM; John Hattery, director of special initiatives, WSM; Sarah Van De Weert, director of communications, WSM.
Review: The PHED Committee will review ZTA 21-02, which would allow multiple building types for independent living facilities for seniors or persons with disabilities and amend the green area and setback requirements for independent living facilities for seniors or persons with disabilities. The lead sponsors of the ZTA are Councilmembers Friedson and Katz. Council President Hucker and Councilmembers Navarro and Riemer are cosponsors.
ZTA 21-03, Charitable, Philanthropic Institution -Kitchens
Discussion type: The PHED Committee will also review ZTA 21-03, Charitable, Philanthropic Institution – Kitchens, which would allow charitable and philanthropic institutions to have kitchens under certain circumstances. The lead sponsor of the ZTA is Councilmember Friedson. Councilmembers Navarro, Albornoz, Glass, Jawando, Katz, Reimer, Rice and Council President Hucker are cosponsors.
The ZTA is needed because certain charitable and philanthropic institutions may provide shelter for people who are supporting a family member at a medical institution in an existing detached house or townhouse. This ZTA would allow those institutions to prepare food on the premises. The food may be distributed for off-site consumption if it’s provided without payment.
The Committee meeting schedule may change from time to time. The current Council and Committee agendas, Council staff reports and additional information on items scheduled for Council review can be viewed at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/ondemand/index.html.
The virtual Council and Committee meetings will be streamed live on the Council’s web page via YouTube and on Facebook Live and can be watched on County Cable Montgomery on Xfinity/RCN 6 HD 996/1056, Fios 30, and on the CCM live stream.
Release ID: 21-314