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Work Sessions on Draft Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan to Begin Jan. 12
Rockville Mayor and Council have Work Sessions Scheduled through March
 
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 5, 2009 - The Rockville Mayor and Council will hold their first in a series of work sessions on the Draft Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave.

The work session will focus on Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapter 3, Residentially Zoned Areas; and Appendix 1, History. Future work sessions are scheduled for Feb. 9 and 23 and March 23, and will focus on commercial and industrial areas, transportation, environment, community facilities and implementation strategies. All work sessions will be held at City Hall and carried live on Rockville Channel 11.
 
The Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan covers City planning areas 7 (Twinbrook Forest and Northeast Rockville) and 8 (Twinbrook) in the southeastern section of Rockville. The area is bounded by the CSX and Metro railroad tracks to the southwest, First Street and Norbeck Road to the northwest and the City's eastern boundary along Rock Creek Park and Twinbrook Parkway. Veirs Mill Road bisects the area.  
 
The draft plan reflects the community's desire to maintain and enhance the historic residential character of the Twinbrook neighborhoods, while also determining the future development of land currently zoned for commercial and industrial uses. Changes can still be made to the draft plan following work sessions.
 
Copies of the Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan are available on the City's Web site at www.rockvillemd.gov/masterplan/twinbrook/index.html. Hard copies can be obtained at the Department of Community Planning and Development Services at City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave. Call Jim Wasilak, chief of planning, or Ann Wallas, planner, at 240-314-8200, for more detailed information.
The tentative schedule for the completion of the Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan is as follows:

• Jan. 12 - Work session - Chapter 1, Introduction; Chapter 3, Residentially Zoned Areas; and Appendix 1, History
• Feb. 9 - Work session - Chapter 2, Land Use; Chapter 4, Non-residential Land Use; and Chapter 5, Transportation
• Feb. 23 - Work session - Chapter 6, Environment; Chapter 7, Community Facilities, Parks and Open Space; and Chapter 8, Implementation
• March 23 - Mayor and Council discussion and instructions to staff
• April 20 - Mayor and Council introduction (and adoption if changes are minor)
• June 1 - Mayor and Council adoption

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