Monday, January 14, 2013
A vote on changes to the city bid process also is on deck.
The final report by the city’s Charter Review Commission, three public hearings and discussions of proposed changes to the city’s ethics ordinance and the city’s bid process are on the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council also is scheduled to hear an update from the Rockville Chamber of Commerce. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Charter Review Commission report The council is scheduled to hear the final report from the city’s Charter Review Commission. The commission’s recommendations, outlined in the report, include: The commission also recommended several changes to increase voter participation in city elections. Some changes would be automatic should the …
Monday, October 15, 2012
An update from Rockville Economic Development Inc. is also on deck.
A hearing on proposed changes to the city’s ethics ordinance, a discussion of the 2012 Citizen Survey and preliminary discussions of the city’s fiscal 2014 budget top the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. The council also is scheduled to hear the monthly update from Rockville Economic Development Inc. executive director Laurie Boyer and to issue a proclamation recognizing Oct. 15-19 as “Economic Development Week in the City of Rockville.” Ethics ordinance hearing The council is scheduled to hold its second public hearing on changes to the city’s ethics ordinance. The first hearing was held Sept. 24. The proposed changes would bring the…
Monday, October 8, 2012
A hearing on fire safety codes and a discussion of revisions to the city’s sediment control and stormwater management policies are also on deck.
Public hearings on city aid for the purchase of the Fireside Park Apartments and on revisions to the city’s fire safety code, and discussions of the city’s fiscal 2014 budget and of how new Rockville Town Center projects are approved are on the Rockville City Council’s agenda for Monday. The council also is scheduled to introduce an ordinance that would revise the city’s sediment control and stormwater management policies and is scheduled to issue a proclamation recognizing Community Planning Month in Rockville. The Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on Rockville 11. Fireside Park Apartments hearing Much of Monday’s meeting is expected to be dedicated to a public hearing on the proposed purchase of …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Changes aim at expanding service to new areas and reducing service on less-used routes.
Montgomery County will host a public forum tonight in Rockville about proposed changes to the county’s Ride On bus service. The forum will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria on the terrace level of the Executive Office Building, at 101 Monroe St. Reservations for speaking spots closed Sept. 22, but written comments are being accepted through 5 p.m. on Monday. Mail or deliver comments to: Division of Transit Services, Ride On Public Forum, 101 Monroe Street, 5th Floor, Rockville, MD 20850; email: mcdot.rideonpublicforums@montgomerycountymd.gov; or fax: 240-777-5801. Ride On has proposed changes to six Ride On routes and one Metrobus route operated on Saturday by Ride On. The proposed changes seek to better serve “areas that have been …
Monday, March 28, 2011
Part 2 of our two-part report on the March 16 public hearing on the city's draft plan for Rockville Pike.
Envision a Rockville Pike with streets that are safe for bicyclists and pedestrians. With bus rapid transit. With housing built around Metro stations. With room for retail to grow up. With room for auto dealerships. With many changes. With few changes. Forty-two people testified during two public hearings held earlier this month. They told the Rockville Planning Commission their vision—and their concerns—for the future of the Rockville Pike corridor The hearings were part of the city’s efforts to draft a plan for redeveloping Rockville’s long, traffic-clogged, strip mall-saturated main street. Rockville Patch attended the March 16 hearing, during which 27 people testified. On Friday, we brought you highlights of the testimony of a …
Jeff Hawkins
2:17 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Heritage Plan sounds great. So many events that took place in Rockville that are not recognized. Civil War battles or skirmishes in front of St. Mary's Church, Edmonston Dr. & the Pike and in front of current Woodmont GC entrance to name a few. The Dawson Farm is a sad experience to say the least with townhouse built right up to the front porch of the old grand home....which by the way looks … more ›