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December 1, 2025 ·5:30 PM Final-revised ·Meeting No. 29-25

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Agenda — 39 items

  1. 2 Agenda item times are estimates only. Items may be considered at times other than those indicated.
  2. 3 Ways to Participate
  3. 4 If you require a reasonable accommodation, for community forum or a public hearing and need reasonable accommodations, please contact the City Clerk's Office by the Wednesday before the Monday meeting at 240-314-8280 or cityclerk@rockvillemd.gov or by filling this form: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/FormCenter/City-Manager-2/Request-a-Reasonable-Accommodation-50
  4. 5 Translation Assistance
  5. 6 If you wish to participate in person at a Mayor and Council meeting during community forum or a public hearing and may need translation assistance in a language other than English, please contact the City Clerk’s Office by the Wednesday before the Monday meeting at 240-314-8280, or cityclerk@rockvillemd.gov, or by using this form: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/FormCenter/City-Clerk-11/Sign-Up-for-Translation-Assistance-at-Co-368
  6. 7 In-Person Attendance
  7. 8 Community members attending in-person who wish to speak during Community Forum, or a Public Hearing, should sign up using the form at the entrance to the Mayor and Council Chamber. In-person speakers will be called upon in the order they are signed to speak and before virtual speakers.
  8. 9 Note: In-Person Speakers will be called upon to speak before those who have signed up to speak virtually for Community Forum and Public Hearings.
  9. 10 Viewing Mayor and Council Meetings
  10. 11 The Mayor and Council are conducting hybrid meetings. The virtual meetings can be viewed on Rockville 11, Comcast, Verizon cable channel 11, livestreamed at www.rockvillemd.gov/rockville11, and available a day after each meeting at www.rockvillemd.gov/videoondemand.
  11. 12 Participating in Community Forum & Public Hearings:
  12. 13 If you wish to submit comments in writing for Community Forum or Public Hearings: • Please email the comments to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov no later than 10:00 am on the date of the meeting. If you wish to participate in-person or virtually in Community Forum or Public Hearings during the live Mayor and Council meeting: 1. Send your Name, Phone number, For Community Forum and Expected Method of Joining the Meeting (computer or phone) to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov no later than 10:00 am on the day of the meeting. Each speaker will receive 3 minutes. 2. Send your Name, Phone number, the Public Hearing Topic and Expected Method of Joining the Meeting (computer or phone) to mayorandcouncil@rockvillemd.gov no later than 10:00 am on the day of the meeting. 3. On the day of the meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with further details, and two Webex invitations: 1) Optional Webex Orientation Question and Answer Session and 2) Mayor & Council Meeting Invitation. 4. Plan to join the meeting no later than approximately 20 minutes before the actual meeting start time. 5. Read for https://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/38725/Public-Meetings-on-Webex meeting tips and instructions on joining a Webex meeting (either by computer or phone). 6. If joining by computer, Conduct a WebEx test: https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html prior to signing up to join the meeting to ensure your equipment will work as expected.
  13. 14 Participating in Mayor and Council Drop-In (Mayor Ashton and Councilmember Shaw)
  14. 15 The next scheduled Drop-In Session will be held by phone or in-person on Monday, December 8 from 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm with Mayor Ashton and Councilmember Shaw. Please sign up by 10 am on the meeting day using the form at: https://www.rockvillemd.gov/formcenter/city-clerk-11/sign-up-for-dropin-meetings-227
  15. 1. Convene - 5:30 PM
  16. 2. Pledge of Allegiance
  17. 3. Proclamation and Recognition - 5:35 PM
  18. A. Proclamation Declaring December 10, 2025, as Human Rights Day in Rockville, Maryland 25-1853
  19. B. Proclamation Declaring December 26, 2025 - January 1, 2026, as Kwanzaa in Rockville, Maryland 25-1851
  20. 4. Agenda Review - 6:30 - PM
  21. 5. City Manager's Report - 6:35 PM
  22. 6. Boards and Commissions Appointments and Reappointments - NONE
  23. 7. Community Forum - 6:40 PM
  24. 8. Special Presentations - NONE
  25. 9. Consent Agenda - 7:00 PM
  26. A. Award and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Rider Agreement with Environmental Quality Resources, LLC., a Maryland limited liability corporation, in the amount of up to $125,000 for the initial term ending September 19, 2026, and up to an additional $125,000 per year with annual optional renewals through September 19, 2029. The pricing is consistent with the City of Baltimore Contract RFQ-000348 for Integrated Vegetation Management Services. 25-1899
  27. B. Award a procurement contract in the amount of $103,500.00 through July 1, 2026, and an additional amount of up to $414,000 for up to four 1-year contract renewal options, to Kuehne Chemical Company, of Kearny, New Jersey. The procurement contract, in the form of a purchase order, is being awarded in response to IFB #04-26 for Supply and Delivery of 15% Sodium Hypochlorite to the Water Treatment Plant. 25-1922
  28. C. Authorization for the City Manager to Approve Amendment 3 with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) for the Enhanced Mobility Grant to Extend the Period of Performance 25-1958
  29. D. Award and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Rider Agreement with Empire Landscape, LLC., a Maryland limited liability corporation, in the amount not-to-exceed $125,000 for the initial term, with terms, including annual optional renewals for an amount not-to-exceed $125,000, through June 30, 2030, and pricing consistent with Queen Anne’s County Contract SCON-003321 - RFQ-000348 for Integrated Vegetation Management Services. 25-1898
  30. E. Approval of Minutes 25-1967
  31. 10. Public Hearing - NONE
  32. 11. Action Items - 7:05 PM
  33. A. Authorization to File Zoning Text Amendment to Revise and Replace Chapter 25 of the City Code, also Known as the Zoning Ordinance 25-1900
  34. B. Authorization to File a Comprehensive Map Amendment Application to Implement the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite (ZOR), Including Zoning Recommendations in the Rockville 2040 Comprehensive Plan and Town Center Master Plan 25-1901
  35. 12. Worksession- NONE
  36. 13. Mock Agenda - 8:20 PM
  37. A. Mock Agenda 25-1986
  38. 14. Old / New Business - 8:25 PM
  39. 15. Adjournment - 8:45 PM