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August 4, 2025 ·5:30 PM Final-revised ·Meeting No. 20-25 (Virtual Only)

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Agenda — 40 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 Fulton)
  14. 15 The next scheduled Drop-In Session will be held by phone or in-person on Monday, September 15 from 5:15-6:15 pm with Mayor Ashton and Councilmember Fulton. 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 August 5, 2025, as National Night Out in Rockville, Maryland 25-1658
  19. 4. Agenda Review
  20. 5. City Manager's Report - 5:40 PM
  21. 6. Boards and Commissions Appointments and Reappointments - 5:50 PM
  22. A. Board and Commission Appointment and Reappointment 25-1765
  23. 7. Community Forum - 5:55 PM
  24. 8. Special Presentations - 6:15 PM
  25. A. Results Rockville Update - Public Dashboards 25-1806
  26. 9. Consent Agenda - 6:25 PM
  27. A. Authorization for the City Manager to Execute the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit Homeownership Program Agreement and Approval of and Authorization for the City Manager to Execute the Declaration of Restrictive Covenants for Tower Preserve between the Mayor and Council of Rockville and Michael Harris at Tower, LLC., Subject to Approval as to Legal Form by the City Attorney. 25-1632
  28. B. Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement with the Maryland Energy Administration for the FY 2025 Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Grant for the Purchase of Two Electric Senior Transit Buses 25-1800
  29. C. Adopt a Resolution amending Resolution No. 30-73, requesting the name change of the “Senior Citizens Commission” to the “Rockville Commission on Aging,” and to update the mission thereof. 25-1799
  30. D. Award and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract Responsive to Invitation for Bids (IFB) #28-25, Potomac Valley Road Sidewalk Project, to Olney Masonry Corporation of Beltsville, MD, for a Term of 200 Calendar Days in the Amount Not to Exceed $317,123.50. 25-1774
  31. 10. Public Hearing - NONE
  32. 11. Action Items - 6:30 PM
  33. A. Introduction and Adoption of an Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 07-25 to appropriate funds and levy taxes for FY 2026 (Budget Amendment #1) 25-1719
  34. B. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute The Square at Rockville City Center Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Mayor and Council and Morguard Commercial Retail Owner and Morguard Commercial Residential Owner. 25-1785
  35. 12. Worksession - 6:55 PM
  36. A. Fourth Work Session on the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite (ZOR): Uses, Parking, and Planning Commission Work Session Updates on FAST Development Review Process Recommendations 25-1795
  37. 13. Mock Agenda - 7:55 PM
  38. A. Mock Agenda 25-1808
  39. 14. Old / New Business -8:00 PM
  40. 15. Adjournment - 8:15 PM