For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 20, 2018
PUBLIC HEARING
The Montgomery County Council will hold public hearings on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. on the following Special Appropriation and Expedited Bills:
Special appropriation to the County Government’s FY19 Capital Budget and Amendment to the FY 19-24 CIP, Conservation of Natural Resources: Stormwater Management Design/Build/Maintain Contract. Source: Long Term Financing.
Expedited Bill 24-18, Forest Conservation - Amendments, would exempt from the requirement to submit a Forest Conservation Plan a modification to an existing non-residential developed property if the pending development application does not propose residential uses; exempt from the requirements to submit a Forest Conservation Plan a modification to an existing residential development property if the pending development application does not propose new buildings or parking facilities; exempt from the requirement to submit a Forest Conservation Plan certain demolition projects under certain circumstances; remove ability to pay as a factor for consideration when assessing an administrative penalty; and generally amend the Forest Conservation Law.
Expedited Bill 25-18, Health and Sanitation - Special Needs Housing - Renaming, would change the name of the Special Needs Housing Unit within DHHS to more accurately reflect the services provided; modernize the County Code by updating the recently changed names of state and local programs and clarify the boards, committees, and commissions to which the Department provides staff support; and generally amend County law governing the Department.
The public hearings will be held in the Third Floor Hearing Room of the Council Office Building, which is located at 100 Maryland Avenue in Rockville. The meeting will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM) on Cable Channels 996 (high definition) and 6 (standard definition) on Comcast; Channels 1056 (HD) and 6 (SD) on RCN; and Channel 30 on Verizon. It also will be available live via streaming through the Council web site at http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8
Those interested in testifying at the public hearings can start signing up on Thursday, June 21 online at http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/phsignup.html or by calling 240-777-7803. The deadline to sign up is July 9 at 5:00 p.m. Call 240-777-7910 to obtain copies of the document or bills or go to https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/index.html
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Release ID: 18-186