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Council Committee Meetings for Sept. 19

For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 19, 2019

The following committee meetings are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 19. Individuals interested in attending a committee meeting should confirm the information on the day of the meeting by visiting the Council’s web page at tinyurl.com/CountyCouncilMeetings or by calling the Council’s Communications Office at 240-777-7931.

Meeting: Joint Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee and Public Safety (PS) Committee
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Seventh floor hearing room
HHS Committee: Councilmembers Gabe Albornoz (Chair), Evan Glass (Lead for Homelessness and Vulnerable Communities) and Craig Rice
PS Committee: Council Vice President Sidney Katz (Chair), Councilmembers Gabe Albornoz and Tom Hucker
Topic:
Discussion on Behavioral/Mental Health Services in Juvenile Justice System
The HHS and PS Committees will meet jointly to receive a briefing on behavioral and mental health services in Montgomery County’s juvenile justice system. Last spring, the joint committee held a worksession on the Mental Health Court to discuss its ongoing implementation, successes and challenges. At that time, joint committee members asked about the types of supports available to youth in the juvenile justice system and if there is a structure in place to address underlying issues that may be the source of poor or delinquent behavior. The following individuals are expected to attend the joint committee meeting:

  • The Honorable Robert A. Greenberg, Administrative Judge, Circuit Court
  • The Honorable Karla N. Smith, Associate Judge Circuit Court/Juvenile Court
  • Frank Duncan, Assistant Regional Director, MD Department of Juvenile Services
  • Elijah Wheeler, Deputy Executive Director, Collaboration Council for Children, Youth & Families
  • Dr. Raymond Crowel, Director, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • Regina Morales, DHHS Child and Adolescent Outpatient Behavioral Health Services
  • Luis Cardona, Manager, DHHS Positive Youth Development Programs
  • Mary Siegfried, Office of the Public Defender, Juvenile Division
  • Carlotta Woodward, State's Attorney Office, Juvenile Division
  • Ruschelle Reuben, Associate Superintendent, Office of Student and Family Support and Engagement, MCPS
  • Kevin Lowndes, Associate Superintendent, Office of Special Education, MCPS
  • Tracy Foster, Executive Director, Office of the Chief Academic Officer, MCPS
  • Carol Jones Pickney, EveryMind

The Council staff report can be viewed here.

Meeting: Transportation and Environment (T&E) Committee
Time: 2 p.m..
Location: Seventh floor hearing room
T&E Committee: Councilmembers Tom Hucker (Chair), Evan Glass and Hans Riemer
Topic:
Briefing on the Purple Line
The T&E Committee will receive a briefing on the progress of the Purple Line. The Council has asked that the T&E Committee receive briefings from the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP) on the status of implementing the Purple Line at least every six months. This meeting will be the fifth such briefing. Peter van der Waart, chief executive officer of PLTP, and Charles Lattuca, executive director of transit development and delivery, MTA, are expected to attend.

The Purple Line is a 16-mile light rail line that will extend from Bethesda to New Carrollton. It will provide a direct connection to the Metrorail Red, Green and Orange Lines at Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park and New Carrollton. Twenty-one Purple Line stations are planned. The Purple Line also will connect to MARC, Amtrak and local bus services.

The Council staff report can be viewed here.

The Council committee meetings will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM). The channel can be viewed 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.

The meetings also will be available live via streaming through the Council web site at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/ondemand/index.html.

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Release ID: 19-299
Media Contact: Sonya Healy 240-777-7926, Juan Jovel 240-777-7931