There’s a lot in the meeting package below, however one of the more interesting items perhaps the further signs of progress on bringing Verizon’s FIOS service to Gaithersburg.

From the City’s website:

Agenda - Mayor and City Council Meeting, 3/2/2009

Posted 2/26/2009

City of Gaithersburg
AGENDA FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
Full Meeting Package (pdf format - Large File: 10M)

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. INVOCATION

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  1. Minutes of a Work Session of the Mayor and City Council Held February 9, 2009
    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Held February 17, 2009

    Background Material (pdf format)

V. APPOINTMENTS

Resolution of the City Council Confirming an Appointment and Reappointments by the Mayor to the Animal Control Board, Commission on Landlord/Tenant Affairs, Education Committee, Environmental Affairs Committee and Greater Historic District Committee
Background Material (pdf format)

VI. PUBLIC APPEARANCES
(public is invited to speak on any subject that is not a public hearing topic on tonight’s agenda - each speaker three minutes)

VII. FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL/ANNOUNCEMENTS

VIII. FROM THE CITY MANAGER

IX. PUBLIC HEARING

Solicit Input on the City’s Consolidated Planning Process for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding Through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Background Material (pdf format)

X. RECESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of a Historic District Commission Meeting Held January 5, 2009

Background Material (pdf format)

III. Certificate of Approval

HAWP-61A, Applicant: Joaquin Amaya, Request for Two-Story Rear Addition at 107 Chestnut Street
Background Material (pdf format 6.5M)

IV. Adjournment

XII. RECONVENE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEETING

XII. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, AND REGULATIONS
(ordinances, resolutions, and regulations to be introduced or adopted following appropriate procedures required by the City Code, or resolutions that may require discussion by the Mayor and Council prior to approval)

  1. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Adopting the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Emergency Management Mutual Aid Operation Plan

    Background Material (pdf format)

  2. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Award a Contract for Comprehensive Engineering Services in Conjunction With the Design and Construction of the Teachers Way Extension ($115,500)
    Background Material (pdf format)

  3. Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Fee Agreement Relating to Construction in City Rights-of-Way with Verizon Maryland, Inc.
    Background Material (pdf format)

XIII. FROM THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY AND OTHER STAFF

Staff Recommendation to Close the Record on MP-2-08, Municipal Growth Element on March 20, 2009, with Anticipated Policy Discussion on April 6, 2009
Background Material (pdf format)

XIV. ADJOURNMENT

ANNOUNCEMENT
Notice to the general public is hereby given that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Gaithersburg will conduct a work session on Monday, March 9, 2009 to discuss the City’s Ethics Ordinance.

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 31 SOUTH SUMMIT AVENUE