Peter Franchot at Monday's Civic Federation Meeting

Please join the Montgomery County Civic Federation for our monthly meeting.

PROGRAM: Peter Franchot, Maryland Comptroller
COMMUNITY HERO: Ricardo Loaiza, Founder, After School Dance Fund

DATE: Monday, November 9th
TIME: 7:45 pm
PLACE: Montgomery County Council Office Building, 1st Floor auditorium, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville

Bring your friends and bring your questions!

Peter Franchot at Civic Federation Nov 9th Meeting

Please join the Montgomery County Civic Federation for our monthly general meeting.

Speaker: Peter Franchot, Maryland Comptroller
Community Hero: Ricardo Loaiza, Founder of After School Dance Fund

DATE: Monday, November 9th
TIME: 7:45 pm
PLACE: County Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville

Directions here.

Tonight at 7 PM - MCPS BUDGET REVIEW at BCC Regional Services Center

[This event will be held this evening.]

It’s a Palooza! At least it is for those who are in to reading through the Montgomery County Public Schools’ $2.4 billion budget line by line.

The Montgomery County Civic Federation, the Taxpayers League of Montgomery County, and the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County are inviting anyone interested to this year’s Budgetpalooza! It’s the third year for this budget breakdown event. This year the group plans to go over the MCPS fiscal year 2016 budget chapter by chapter.
“It’s a good opportunity to go through the budget more carefully. I think we would like to see people take a close look at how their tax dollars are being spent,” said  Paula Bienenfeld, president of the federation.
Bienenfeld said about 25 people attended the event last year, including County Executive Isiah Leggett. The results of the finding are expected to be released by the groups hosting the event, she said.
“Every year there are a few more people as a basic interest in transparent government. It’s an important process and event,” Bienenfeld said.
You can preview that budget here. You can sign up to present a chapter of the budget at the event here.
The event is scheduled for Feb. 26 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda, one block from the Bethesda Metro.
According to the most recent MCPS data, the school system is expected to end this year with a budget surplus of $33 million.

 http://www.mymcmedia.org/civic-groups-to-host-mcps-budgetpalooza/

How to Get Your Neighborhood's Project into the County's Capital Improvements Program (CIP)

Montgomery County Civic Federation Meeting

Date: Monday, October 13, 2014

Time: 7:45pm

Place: County Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville (free parking in rear [south] of building; a few blocks from the red line Rockville metro stop, on the bus routes

Program: How to Get Your Neighborhood Project into the County's Capital Improvements Program (CIP)Speakers: Glenn Orlin, Deputy Council Administrator; and, Mary Beck, county Office of Management and Budget

We hope everyone can attend.

Thanks,

Paula Bienenfeld

President, Montgomery County Civic Federation

@MCCivicFed

www.montgomerycivic.org

Lyda Astrove Community Hero Monday evening at Civic Fed

Please join the Montgomery County Civic Federation in honoring Lyda Astrove this Monday evening as she is awarded the Civic Fed's Community Hero Award at our monthly meeting.

DATE: Monday, November 11th
TIME: 7:45 PM
LOCATION: Montgomery County Council Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Walking distance to the Rockville Metro redline stop; free parking in parking garage to rear (south side) of building.  Directions here.

Following, please stay for the discussion on the proposed new Zoning Ordinance, Councilmember Marc Elrich (D-At-large) will be the speaker.

Thanks.
Paula Bienenfeld
First Vice President and Education Committee Chair, Montgomery County Civic Federation

Civic Fed Board of Education Candidates' Forum Oct 17

REMINDER:

BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATES' FORUM

DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH

TIME: 7-9 PM

LOCATION: ROCKVILLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 21 MARYLAND AVE., ROCKVILLE

For directions, go here.

All are welcome.  Please email me offline with questions, and we will take questions at the forum.  Thanks to all the candidates for agreeing to attend.  Please pass this information on.

Thanks,
Paula Bienenfeld
Education Committee Chair and First Vice President, Montgomery County Civic Federation

Reminder: Civic Fed meeting Mon, April 9th

Please join the Civic Fed this Monday evening, April 9th, for our monthly meeting.

NEXT MCCF MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, April 9, 2012
7:45 p.m.
County Council Building - 1st Floor Auditorium
100 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, Maryland
For directions go here.

Community Hero - David Lucia, Cheetahs Ice Hockey Team Coach

Program - County Fiscal Year 2013 Capital and Operating Budgets
Speakers - Department of Finance Director Jennifer Barrett and
County Council Staff Director Steve Farber

David Lucia Community Hero, April 9th Civic Fed Meeting

All,
Please join the Civic Fed at our April meeting as we honor David Lucia, the Coach of the Cheetahs Ice Hockey Team, as Community Hero, and present our program, this month, on the FY2013 Operating Budget.

Thank you,
Paula Bienenfeld
Education Committee Chair
Montgomery County Civic Federation
http://www.montgomerycivic.org/

DATE: Monday, April 9, 2012

TIME: 7:45 p.m.

LOCATION: County Council Building - 1st Floor Auditorium, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville

For directions go here.

Program -

County Fiscal Year 2013 Capital and Operating Budgets

Speakers - Department of Finance Director Jennifer Barrett

County Council Staff Director Steve Farber

Civic Fed MoCo BOE Candidates' Forum Coming Up Thur March 15th

Reminder that the Civic Fed's Montgomery County Board of Education Candidates' Forum is coming up this Thursday evening!

March 15th, 2012

7:30-9:30 PM

 at the

 Silver Spring Civic Building

One Veterans Place 

Silver Spring 

The Forum will be in the Fenton Room, on the 2nd Floor of the building. Please join us and bring your questions or email them to me offline, or go to the Civic Fed website and click on the 'contact' link to send your questions. The editors from the Montgomery Blair High School newspaper, Silver Chips, will moderate. Come meet the candidates!

Thanks,
Paula Bienenfeld
Education Committee Chair
Montgomery County Civic Federation

Civic Fed BOE Candidates' Forum March 15th

The Montgomery County Civic Federation is sponsoring a Board of Education Candidates’ Forum on March 15th, at 7:30 PM, at the Silver Spring Civic Building. Moderators will include the editors of Silver Chips, the Montgomery Blair High School online and print newspaper. So, mark your calendars! More information to come.

MoCo IG Blansett Speaker at Feb Civic Fed Meeting

Hi,

Please join the Montgomery County Civic Federation for our monthly meeting when Montgomery County Inspector General Ed Blansitt will be our speaker. Please pass this along.

Thanks,

Paula Bienenfeld

Education Committee Chair, Montgomery County Civic Federation

Monday, February 13, 2012
7:45 p.m.

County Council Building - 1st Floor Auditorium 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville

For directions go here.

Program - Office of Inspector General mission and work program

Speaker - Edward L. Blansitt III, Montgomery County Inspector General

Civic Fed Program: WMATA Capacity and Reliability

NEXT MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIVIC FEDERATION MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, December 5, 2011 7:45 p.m.

County Council Building - 1st Floor Auditorium100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville

Program - Metrobus, subway and RideOn capacity planning and service reliability

Speakers - representatives from WMATA and RideOn

For directions go here.

Civic Fed Meeting Program: Public Safety Issues

Reminder:

Monday, October 10, 2011
7:45 p.m.
County Council Building - 1st Floor Auditorium
100 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, Maryland

For directions go here.

Program - Public Safety issues
Speakers - Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger
Dr. David Wilson, Chair of the Criminology, Law and Society Department,
George Mason University

EXCERPTS OF COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR APRIL 5, 6, and 7, 2011

TUESDAY, APRIL 6
9:45 am  CONSENT CALENDAR items include...
-  ACTION on resolution to set public hearing on intent to consider increasing 
FY12 General Fund tax rate above the Constant Yield Tax Rate (public hearing 
scheduled for 4/26 at 1:30 pm)

9:50 am  DISTRICT COUNCIL SESSION
-  ACTION on resolution to extend time until June 11 for Council action on 
Amendment to Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Greenwich Forest
-  ACTION on Amendment to Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Damascus-Goshen 
historic resources - vacate designation of 23815 Woodfield Rd. as an individual 
historic resource

10:00 a.m.  LEGISLATIVE SESSION includes...- Introduction of...
-  Bill 9-11, Contracts and Procurement - Minority Owned Businesses - 
Amendments, sponsored by Council President at request of County Executive 
(public hearing scheduled for 4/26 at 1:30 pm)
-  Expedited Bill 10-11, Recordation Tax - Allocation of Revenue, sponsored by 
Council President at request of County Executive (public hearing scheduled for 
4/26 at 1:30 pm)
-  Expedited Bill 11-11, Personnel - Retirement Plans - Contribution, sponsored 
by Council President at request of County Executive (public hearing scheduled 
for 4/26 at 1:30 pm)
-  Bill 12-11, Ethics - Gifts - County Employees - Roadside Solicitation, 
sponsored by Councilmembers Andrews, Ervin and Rice (public hearing scheduled 
for 5/3 at 1:30 pm)

10:10 am  BRIEFING - County's Implementation Strategy for Bioscience

10:45 am  BRIEFING - Impact of economic downturn on local businesses

12:00 pm  RECESS

1:30 pm  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANNING BOARD

3:00 pm  ADJOURN  and...
-   proposed CLOSED SESSION to consult with counsel--Topic is MCPS petition to 
State Board of Education (in 6th floor conference room)

7:00 pm  PUBLIC HEARING on FY12 Operating Budget and amendments to FY11-16 
Capital Improvements Program


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 at 1:30 pm  and 7:00 pm
-  PUBLIC HEARINGS on FY12 Operating Budget and amendments to FY11-16 Capital 
Improvements Program


THURSDAY, APRIL 7 at 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm
-  PUBLIC HEARINGS on FY12 Operating Budget and amendments to FY11-16 Capital 
Improvements Program
__________________
SELECTED COMMITTEE MEETINGS - Week of April 4 through 8
-  4/4, 9:30 am, PHED/PS Comm. on Organizational Reform Commission 
recommendation to consolidate County Police and Park Police
-  4/4, 2 pm, EDUCATION Committee. on overview of FY12 Operating Budget for Montgomery 
County Public Schools (to be televised live on county cable tv and internet--see 
General Note below)
-  4/4, 2 pm, T&E/PHED Comm. briefing - Parking Policy Study
-  4/4, 3:30 pm, T&E Comm. on Bill 8-11 Taxation - Excise Tax - Disposable 
Carryout Bags
-  4/7, 9:30 am, HHS Comm. on FY12 Operating Budget for Dept. of Health and 
Human Services (to be televised live on county cable tv and internet--see 
General Note below)
-  4/7, 9:30 am, PS Comm. on FY12 Operating Budget for State's Attorney, Office 
of Consumer Protection, and Emergency Management and Homeland Security
__________________
GENERAL NOTE: County Council sessions can be viewed over on County Cable 
television and via the internet (see instructions below for reaching that 
webpage).  Live Council sessions and archive tapes of past sessions can be 
viewed from the following webpage:
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/csltmpl.asp?url=/content/council/ondemand/index.asp

The public can also dial in on dedicated lines and listen to Council or Committee sessions.

The new Council On-Demand Viewer requires Microsoft's Silverlight free plug-in.  
Information on Silverlight (and link to free software download) available on 
this webpage:
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/faq/#sys-req

To view entire Council agenda, go to http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov and click 
on County Council (in menu on left side), then on Council homepage click on 
Current Agenda.

The Council agenda and committee packets are PDF files that require Adobe 
Acrobat Reader to view.
_____________________
-Excerpts compiled by Jim Humphrey

EXCERPTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2011

NOTE: Council will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Feb. 2 starting at 7:30 p.m. at 
Francis Scott Key Middle School.


EXCERPTS OF COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2011

9:30 a.m.  INTERVIEWS of applicants for Housing Opportunities Commission (in 3rd 
floor Conference Room)

10:20 a.m.  DISTRICT COUNCIL SESSION
-  ANNOUNCEMENT: Public hearing has been scheduled for March 8 at 1:30 p.m. on 
Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Kensington Cabin
-  ACTION on Resolution to deny Kensington and Vicinity Sector Plan revision for 
the purpose of incorporating new recommendations related to the CR Zones
-  ACTION on Resolution to extend time until April 12, 2011 for Council action 
on Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Greenwich Forest

10:30 a.m.  PRESENTATION - Report of the Organizational Reform Commission

12:00 p.m.  RECESS

1:30 p.m.  PUBLIC HEARINGS
-  Public Hearing on Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector Plan revision (hearing 
originally scheduled for 1/25 at 7:30 p.m.)
-  Public Hearing/Action on $351,020 Supplemental Appropriation to current 
Fiscal Year 2011 Dept. of Correction and Rehabilitation Operating Budget for 
Second Chance Act, Technology Careers Demonstration Grant - Work First Train 
Concurrently (source: Federal grant)

1:45 p.m.  ACTION on Spending Affordability Guidelines for FY12 Capital Budget 
and other general CIP assumptions

2:30 p.m.  ADJOURN

2:30 p.m.  CLOSED MEETING to discuss public security - topic is security 
measures in Council Office Building (in 6th Floor Conference Room)
____________________
SELECTED COMMITTEE MEETINGS - Week of January 31 through February 4
-  1/31, 9:30 am, PHED Comm. on Resolution to amend Council procedures for 
Zoning Text Amendments, on ZTA 10-13 Hearing Examiner Waivers of Parking and 
Public Facilities Requirements under certain circumstances, and on Bills 13-07 
and 38-07 MPDU Program Amendments to end buyouts, among other changes
-  1/31, 9:30 am, GO (Govt. Operations) Comm. items include review of Council 
Rules of Procedure
-  1/31, 2 pm, T&E Comm. to get Briefing on Metro, and worksession on Bill 60-10 
Erosion and Sediment Control Violations (to be televised live on county cable tv 
and internet--see General Note below)
-  2/3, 10:30 am, T&E Comm. on State transportation projects priorities list (to 
be televised live on county cable tv and internet--see General Note below)
____________________
GENERAL NOTE: County Council sessions can be viewed over on County Cable 
television and via the internet (see instructions below for reaching that 
webpage).  Live Council sessions and archive tapes of past sessions can be 
viewed from the following webpage:
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/csltmpl.asp?url=/content/council/ondemand/index.asp

The new Council On-Demand Viewer requires Microsoft's Silverlight free plug-in.  
Information on Silverlight (and link to free software download) available on 
this webpage:
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/faq/#sys-req

To view entire Council agenda, go to http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov and click 
on County Council (in menu on left side), then on Council homepage click on 
Current Agenda.

The Council agenda and committee packets are PDF files that require Adobe 
Acrobat Reader to view.
_____________________
-Excerpts compiled by Jim Humphrey

Parents' Coalition to receive Civic Federation Award

Montgomery County Civic Federation's
2009 ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
honoring

THE STAR CUP - Luella Mast
To a MCCF delegate or individual for outstanding
public service to Montgomery County

THE GAZETTE AWARD - The Parents’ Coalition
To an individual or group for outstanding public
service to the people of Montgomery County

THE SENTINEL AWARD - Stormwater Partners Network
To an individual or group who makes a significant
contribution to good government at the local level

Friday, May 15, 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.
All welcome to attend! Make your reservations now. Click here for the reservation form (see page 11 of newsletter)

Gazette: Civic Activist Wayne Goldstein dies

Click here for Gazette article on the sudden passing of Civic Activist Wayne Goldstein.