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Mayor and Council

Meeting No. 45-04

September 13, 2004   

5:30 p.m.

 

General Session - Revised 9/10/04

NOTE: Times given for agenda items are estimates only.  Matters may be considered at times other than those indicated.

  5:30 p.m. 

 Worksession – Results of the Refuse Study

R.W. Beck, the consulting firm who conducted the Refuse Study, will present the results to the Mayor and Council.

 6:30 p.m. 

BREAK

7:00 p.m.

1.

Convene

2.

Agenda Review

3.City Manager’s Report
4. Town Center Update
5.

Proclamation declaring September as PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Wayne Noll, Assistant City Forester, will accept the Proclamation.

6.

Appointments

 Senior Citizens Commission
Richard Ahlberg (Appointment as a member to fill an unexpired term until 9/1/05)
Nancy Mc Intyre (Appointment as a member to fill an unexpired term until 3/1/06)Julian “Pete” Sante (Appointment as a member until 9/1/07)

7:10 p.m.

7.

Citizens Forum - This time is set aside to hear from any citizen who wishes to address the Mayor and Council.  Citizens are asked to keep their remarks to three minutes.

Priority will be given to speakers who have signed up in advance by calling the City Clerk’s Office at 240-314-8280 by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and those who are speaking on an agenda item.  If Citizens Forum exceeds 30 minutes, it will resume at the conclusion of regular business.

7:40 p.m. 

8.

Public Hearing – Ordinance to mend Chapter 3 “Animals so as to prohibit the housing and maintaining of livestock in the City limits; to generally amend the provisions prohibiting cruelty to animals, including prohibiting certain methods of tethering animals; to amend certain definitions; to add certain new definitions; to amend the appeal provisions so as to update the court rules reference under which appeals can be taken; and to make certain other amendments to Chapter.
7:55 p.m.

9.

Public Hearing - Proposed zoning text amendment TXT2004- 00214 to amend the Zoning Ordinance to delete the requirement for a finding of need in the consideration of a special exception for an automobile filling station, drive-in restaurant, or mechanical car wash, Mayor and Council, Applicants
8:10 p.m.

10.

Consent Agenda

(A) Adoption of Minutes
Meeting No.40-04 (General Session, July 26, 2004)
Meeting No. 41-04 (General Session, August 2, 2004)
Meeting No. 44-04 (General Session, August 31, 2004)

(B) Approval to modify existing price agreements under Bid No. 1-04
To: NZI Construction Corporation
Of: Beltsville, Maryland
and
To: Romano Concrete Construction
Of: Upper Marlboro, Maryland
and
To: M. Luis Construction Company, Inc. of Clinton, Maryland
In the Amount of: Aggregate amount not to exceed: $500,000.00

For: Annual concrete maintenance program

(C) Award of Contract based on Montgomery County, Maryland Contract No. 4506030016AA
To: HMF Paving Contractors, Inc.
Of: Frederick, Maryland
In the Amount of: $180,000.00

For: Asphalt and concrete improvements at various City parks and at Red Gate Golf Course

(D) Modification of Purchase Order with Wheeler, Goodman, Masek, and Associates, Inc.
Of: Annapolis, Maryland
In the Amount of: $37,840.00

For: Architectural services for the construction administration phase of the City Hall improvements project

(E) Introduction of Ordinance to amend certain provisions of Chapter 17 of the Rockville City Code, entitled, “Purchasing,” pertaining to procurement contracts and procurement methods so as to increase the monetary threshold for procurements requiring Council approval, and to make other technical clarifications as to when formal contracts are required

(F) Introduction of Ordinance to approve Text Amendment TXT2004-00208, as modified, to amend the Zoning Ordinance to add, “Cosmetology,” as a permitted or special exception use in the one-family detached zones, Erika Kapneck, Applicant

(G) Introduction of Ordinance to approve Text Amendment TXT2004-00209- to amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow an accessory swimming pool in a multi-family development to offer memberships to persons residing in one-family dwellings if originally approved by special exception, Miller, Miller, and Canby, Applicants

(H) Approval of sale of excess City property located on Rothgeb Drive.

11.

Approval of Minutes

Meeting No. 38-04 (Worksession, July 21, 2004)
Meeting No. 43-04 (General Session, August 18, 2004)

 Minutes appear on the regular agenda due to the absence of Councilmember Dorsey.

8:15 p.m.

12.

Briefing on Rockville Economic Development, Inc.’s (REDI) 2004-2005 Strategic Plan.
8:25 p.m. 13.

Approval of the renaming of Tweed Park to Autre-St. Mary’s Park.

Tweed Park is the last remaining open space that once was part of the 472-acre Autre- St. Mary’s Plantation, originally established in 1720 and owned by the Caleb Litton family.

8:35 p.m. 

14.

Authorization to file a Sectional Map Amendment to rezone the 26-acre Twinbrook Metro station to the RPC (Rockville Pike Commercial) zone.
8:40 p.m.

15.

Introduction of resolution to enlarge corporate boundaries – Annexation Petition ANX2004 – 00136 to annex 16.95 acres of property comprising the east side of the Twinbrook Metro Station parking lot, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Twinbrook Commons, L.L.C., Applicants.
8:45 p.m.

16.

Adoption of a resolution to provide for a public hearing in connection with annexation petition ANX2004-00136 to annex 16.95 acres of property, comprising the east side of the Twinbrook Metro Station parking lot, Washington Metropolitan Area transit Authority (WMATA) and Twinbrook Commons, L.L. C., Applicants.
8:50 p.m. 

17.

Introduction of a resolution to enlarge the corporate boundaries, annexation petition ANX2004-00135, Nedra S. Iwerks, Trustee, of the Virginia S. Simmons Revocable Trust

Petition for annexation of 37,600 square feet of property known as 9604 Veirs Drive (property known as Lot 13 in the subdivision known as Block “A,” Section (1), Glen Hills Club Estates.

8:55 p.m. 18. Adoption of resolution to provide for a public hearing in connection with annexation petition ANX2004-00135 for 37,600 square feet of land of Virginia Simmons Trust, Petitioners.
9:00 p.m.

19.

Adoption of the “Rockville Cemetery Design Guidelines,” dated July 2004, to provide guidance for maintenance and exterior alterations to resources and site characteristics of the historic areas of the Rockville Cemetery so that the character of the site and historical, architectural, and environmental features are preserved.
9:05 p.m.

20.

Preliminary Review of Town Center Proposed Map and Text Amendments for Town Center.

To amend the Zoning Map and to amend portions of Article XIII, Town Center Planning Area, and other sections of the Zoning and Planning Ordinance, in order to implement the recommendations of the Town Center Master Plan.

9:25 p.m.21.Approval of payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement with RELP One Limited Partnership that will forgive the payment of real property taxes for MPDU Units owned by Rockville Housing Enterprises.
22. 

Boards and Commissions Items

9:35 p.m.

23.

Old/New Business/Resumption of Citizens Forum (if necessary)

24. 

FYI/Correspondence

Selbert-Perkins Environmental Graphics in Town Center

25.Adjournment

 

 


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