I.    WORKSESSION

A.    Zoning Text Amendment TXT2010-00226, Mayor and Council of Rockville – for further discussion on Commission’s recommendation regarding the definitions of open area and public use space and the amount of public use space required in Mixed Use Zones. Voted 4-0 (Commissioners Medearis and Trahan absent) to forward a supplemental recommendation to the Mayor and Council containing specific items to consider in deliberations.

B.    Procedural and communications items 

1.    Revisit January retreat follow-up topics, including fact-finding and sub-committees; voting on minutes; role of chair on application deferral between meetings By consensus, supported fact-finding and subcommittees as appropriate, shorter minutes as action summaries and documentation of parties of record given Granicus, that deferral requests should be brought before the Commission and not left to the discretion of the Chair,
2.    Staff recommendation vs. report; deadlines for all submitted materials and doing away with staff recommendation Agreed that staff would still make recommendations, that staff should be asked questions regarding the review and analysis, while questions on the application should be directed toward applicant, that Board and Commission representatives should testify after staff presentation.
3.    Adjusting review timeframes for complex applications Asked staff to bring back options on making staff report available earlier, that the ceding of time during public presentations should be the discretion of the Chair.