For Immediate Release: Friday, November 18, 2022
The County Council will hold public hearings to receive testimony on new items introduced to the Council as follows:
Declaration of No Further Need - Disposition via Long-Term Lease of 14645 Rothgeb Drive, located in Rockville, Maryland, to CASA de Maryland.
Declaration of No Further Need - Disposition via Transfer of the abandoned portion of Walter Johnson Road, located in Germantown, Maryland, to Lidl US, LLC.
Declaration of No Further Need - Disposition via Transfer of a portion of Burtonsville Park and Ride Lot, located in Burtonsville, Maryland to First Equity Holdings.
Declaration of No Further Need - Disposition via Transfer of certain properties in the White Flint area, located in North Bethesda, Maryland, to Stonebridge.
NEW DATE: Supplemental Appropriation #23-21 to the County Government’s FY23 Capital Budget and Amendment to the FY23-28 Capital Improvements Program (CIP), Department of Correction and Rehabilitation - $500,000 for Montgomery County Correctional Facility Sewer (Source of Funds: GO Bonds).
Bill 28-22, Common Ownership Communities - Duties, Requirements and Procedures, would require regular periodic training of members of a governing board of a common ownership community, clarify common ownership community registration, voting and dispute resolution procedures, outline criteria that the County’s Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC) considers in accepting jurisdiction over a dispute involving a common ownership community, and generally, revise County law regarding common ownership communities.
Expedited Bill 34-22, Streets and Roads - Classification of Roads, would correct the identification of town centers and generally amend the law concerning the classification of roads.
Amendment to the FY23-28 Capital Improvements Program and Special Appropriation #23-60 to the County Government’s FY23 Capital Budget, Department of Technology and Enterprise Business Solutions Business Continuity Phase II (No. 342303), $7,469,000 (Source of Funds: Current Revenue and Short-Term Financing).
Supplemental Appropriation #23-18 to the County Government’s FY23 Operating Budget, Department of Transportation, Streets and Roads - Roadside Trees - Protection, $60,750 (Source of Funds: Street Tree Planting Fund).
A full list of upcoming public hearings is available at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/calendar.html.
Additional documents are available at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council.
Residents have the opportunity to testify remotely for public hearings or provide in-person testimony at the Council Office Building in Rockville.
Residents can register to speak in person or virtually at a public hearing, provide written testimony, prerecorded audio or video testimony using the online form at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/PHSignUp.html; or sent by mail to County Council, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850; or residents may sign up to testify remotely by phone (call 240-777-7803 for information). To express an opinion call 240-777-7900.
The Council is recommending that residents, who choose to attend in-person Council meetings, get fully vaccinated to protect themselves and others against Covid-19. If this is not possible, virtual participation is encouraged.
Residents who would like to call in or testify at a Council public hearing need to preregister on the Council's web page at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/calendar.html. Once the public hearing sign up request form is submitted and the public hearing list is created, individuals will receive separate confirmation notifications that include the appropriate link to use or phone number to call for the public hearing.
Comments and suggestions are welcome online at http://tinyurl.com/zrbwh5v or by sending regular mail to County Council, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850. For information or to express an opinion call 240-777-7900. Councilmembers continue to hold meetings in their offices by appointment.
The meeting will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM) on Xfinity channels 6 and 996, RCN channels 6 and 1056; and FiOS channel 30. Also available live via streaming through the Council website at http://tinyurl.com/z9982v8, Facebook Live (@MontgomeryCountyMdCouncil or @ConcejodelCondadodeMontgomery), or YouTube (@MoCoCouncilMD).
The Council 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.