EXCERPTS OF COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR JANUARY 25, 2011

9:30 a.m.  INTERVIEW - County Executive's appointment of County Attorney: Marc 
Hansen (3rd Floor Conference Room)

10:15 a.m.  CONSENT CALENDAR items include...
-  Introduction of Resolution to amend Council Rules of Procedure (GO Comm. 
worksession tentatively scheduled for 1/31)
-  Introduction of $8,000,000 Special Appropriation to MCPS FY11 Capital Budget 
for Gaithersburg High School modernization (source: General Obligation bonds)
-  Action on Resolution to reappoint Director of Office of Zoning and 
Administrative Hearings (OZAH): Martin Grossman
-  Action on Resolution to reappoint the Hearing Examiner, OZAH: Lynn Robeson

10:20 a.m.  DISTRICT COUNCIL SESSION
-  Introduction of Resolution to amend the Council procedures for Zoning Text 
Amendments, sponsored by the PHED (Planning, Housing and Economic Development) 
Committee (PHED Comm. worksession tentatively scheduled for 1/31)

10:30 a.m.  BRIEFING - on County Housing Policy, and on Housing Element (aka 
Chapter) of the County General Plan

12:00 p.m.  RECESS

1:30 p.m.  PUBLIC HEARING on Spending Affordability Guidelines for FY12 
Operating Budget

1:45 p.m.  BRIEFING - Parks and Recreation Transition Plan Report

3:00 p.m.  ADJOURN

7:30 p.m. (Postponed!)  -  PUBLIC HEARING on Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector 
Plan revision (NOTE: this hearing has been postponed to 2/1/11 at 1:30 p.m.)
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SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS - Week of January 24 through 28
-  1/24, 9:30 am, PHED Comm. on ZTA 10-14 Land Uses in Rural Neighborhood 
Cluster/Transferable Development Rights (RNC/TDR) Zone, and Discussion of 
economic conditions in the County (to be televised live over county cable and 
internet--see General Note below)
-  1/24, 2 pm, T&E Comm. on advance taking for Redland Road (Crabbs Branch to 
Needwood Rd.), and briefing on Bus Rapid Transit (to be televised live--see 
General Note below)
-  1/27, 2 pm, T&E Comm. on Bill 60-10 Erosion and Sediment Control violations, 
and Briefing on Ride On
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-Excerpts compiled by Jim Humphrey