Mayor & Council Meeting: July 15, 2024

AGENDA
Regular Session
Monday, July 15, 2024, 7:30 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. REFLECTION
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Regular Session held June 17, 2024
B. Regular Session held July 1, 2024
5. APPOINTMENTS
(appointments made by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council)
A. Resolution of the City Council Confirming an Appointment and Reappointment to the
Animal Control Board and Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs
6. PRESENTATIONS
A. Proclamation of the Mayor and City Council Designating July 15, 2024, as "Marcus
Jones Day" in the City of Gaithersburg
7. COURTESY REVIEW
A. ASDP-9879-2024: Amendment to Schematic Development Plan, 314 Tschiffely
Square Road
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
(opportunity for public to speak on any subject that is not a public hearing topic on tonight’s
agenda; each speaker has three minutes)
9. FROM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
A. Announcements
a. Upcoming Sessions - Revised
b. Vacancies
10. FROM THE CITY MANAGER
11. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
Mayor and City Council Regular Session Monday, July 15, 2024
12. ORDINANCES / RESOLUTIONS / REGULATIONS
(ordinances and resolutions to be introduced or adopted following appropriate procedures
required by the City Code, or resolutions that may require discussion prior to approval)
A. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager and City
Attorney to Negotiate and Execute an Engagement Letter for a Cost Expert to
Analyze and Provide Expert Witness Testimony as Part of the Forrester Construction
Arbitration Regarding 16 South Summit Avenue - Revised
B. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager and City
Attorney to Negotiate and Execute an Engagement Letter for a Construction
Arbitration Attorney to Represent the City in the Forrester Construction Arbitration
Regarding 16 South Summit Avenue - Revised
C. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate
and Award a Contract for the Activity Center Gymnasium Floor Replacement
D. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into
a Contract for Lake Placid Shoreline Armoring Construction Services
E. Resolution of the Mayor and City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into
a Contract With Housing Initiative Partnership, a Nonprofit Agency, for Professional
One-on-One Financial Counseling Services for the City of Gaithersburg Financial
Empowerment Center
13. CONSOLIDATED POLICY DISCUSSIONS
(discussion about previous public hearing topics and other policy matters)
A. An Ordinance to Repeal and Replace Chapter 24, Entitled, “Zoning,” of the City
Code (CTAM-9739-2024)
B. Resolution Amending the Schedule of Fees, Charges, Fines, and Expenses as
Provided for in the Ordinances of the City of Gaithersburg to Include an Update of
Planning Fees Related to the Chapter 24, Zoning, Retool Changes
14. STAFF GUIDANCE
A. SDP-9736-2024: Revision to Mayor and City Council’s Record
15. FROM CITY ATTORNEY / OTHER STAFF
16. CORRESPONDENCE
(weekly external and internal correspondence; no discussion)
A. Outside - Revised
17. MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT
A. May 2024
18. ADJOURNMENT