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March 27th, 2007, 11:30 AM
Montgomery County Parks & Rec Forum
On THURSDAY, March 29, 2007 Montgomery County Parks and Rec will be holding a Public Forum to take comments on the Current CIP (Capital Improvements Budget) and comments on what people would like to see in the County for Parks and Rec.
I CAN NOT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MEETING ENOUGH!
So important that Parks staff have been constantly telling me to inform al the bike groups of this meeting!
Current MORE CIP Issues are:
- Support for the Little Bennett Park Master Plan, asking for the parking lot on 355 at trail (Open to MTBs!) from it to be a priority.
- Support for bridges on Hoyles Mill Trail, Ask that this be a priority.
- Support for Upper Rock Creek Trail System, again needs to be a priority.
- Support for Fairland trail improvements, a priority.
- Support for a Full Time County Trail Work Crew
- Ask that bikes have access to the Rachel Carson Trail, important connector route
- Support for a Natural Surface trail Along the ICC
- Support for Jump/Freeride Park areas (stress the need for multiple sites, life is to busy to always have to drive cross County!)
The forum is 7:00 p.m. at M-NCPPC’s Montgomery Regional Office Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. To sign up to speak for 3 minutes call (301) 495-2511, or e-mail Patsy.Hedrick@mncppc.org. Sign-ups will be accepted at the door if space is available (limit 35 speakers).
PLEASE SIGN UP QUICKLY! (let me know if they say they are full).
This is the most important meeting in the County where Citizens have the opportunity to influence Parks and Rec PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT MOUNTAIN BIKES AND MORE!
Joe Fritsch
Upper Rock Creek Liasion
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(Following is the full offical info concerning the Forum)
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
and the Montgomery County Recreation Advisory Board
JOINT PUBLIC FORUM
Proposed FY 09-14 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Budget
THURSDAY, March 29, 2007
7:00 p.m.
M-NCPPC’s Montgomery Regional Office Auditorium
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Recreation Advisory Boards invite testimony at a joint public forum on park and recreation projects to be included in the FY 09-14 CIP. This forum provides the public an opportunity to comment before the Department of Parks and the Department of Recreation begin preparing their Capital Improvements Programs. These two programs are managed by different Departments, but they are of concern to similar interest groups since many recreation activities occur on park property.
The CIP for the Department of Parks includes proposals for parkland acquisition, renovation of older park facilities, and new park development. New proposals will be added primarily in the later years of the program. The Recreation Department’s CIP will include proposals for construction and renovation of community/recreation centers and aquatic facilities. The proposed CIPs are forwarded to the County Executive in the Fall 2007. The County Executive’s recommended CIP is forwarded to the County Council in January 2008.
The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing in February 2008 and review and approve the FY 09-14 CIP in Spring 2008. The FY 09-14 CIP becomes effective on July 1, 2008. The next year, the Council will make only limited amendments to the FY 09-14 CIP for FY 2010, the second year of the biennial cycle.
Speakers are limited to five (5) minutes for organizational representatives, or three (3) minutes for individuals. Please sign up by noon, March 29, by calling (301) 495-2511, or e-mail Patsy.Hedrick@mncppc.org. Sign-ups will be accepted at the door if space is available (limit 35 speakers).
Submit Written Testimony
Written testimony is encouraged. Please submit written testimony by Thursday, April 5, 2007, to Royce Hanson, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or e-mail: mcp-chairman@mncppc.org
Further Information and Assistance
To request assistance (sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, facility accessibility information) please call Community Outreach and Media Relations, 301-495-4600, by Monday, March 26, 2007.
Additional information about the Department of Parks’ CIP is available by calling (301) 495-2511. Or, visit our website: www.montgomeryparks.org, and scroll down to Capital Improvements Program and the links to Parks CIP Projects-At-A-Glance, and the Adopted FY07-12 CIP (once there, scroll up to find Recreation projects listed in the Cultural and Recreation section).
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On THURSDAY, March 29, 2007 Montgomery County Parks and Rec will be holding a Public Forum to take comments on the Current CIP (Capital Improvements Budget) and comments on what people would like to see in the County for Parks and Rec.
I CAN NOT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MEETING ENOUGH!
So important that Parks staff have been constantly telling me to inform al the bike groups of this meeting!
Current MORE CIP Issues are:
- Support for the Little Bennett Park Master Plan, asking for the parking lot on 355 at trail (Open to MTBs!) from it to be a priority.
- Support for bridges on Hoyles Mill Trail, Ask that this be a priority.
- Support for Upper Rock Creek Trail System, again needs to be a priority.
- Support for Fairland trail improvements, a priority.
- Support for a Full Time County Trail Work Crew
- Ask that bikes have access to the Rachel Carson Trail, important connector route
- Support for a Natural Surface trail Along the ICC
- Support for Jump/Freeride Park areas (stress the need for multiple sites, life is to busy to always have to drive cross County!)
The forum is 7:00 p.m. at M-NCPPC’s Montgomery Regional Office Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. To sign up to speak for 3 minutes call (301) 495-2511, or e-mail Patsy.Hedrick@mncppc.org. Sign-ups will be accepted at the door if space is available (limit 35 speakers).
PLEASE SIGN UP QUICKLY! (let me know if they say they are full).
This is the most important meeting in the County where Citizens have the opportunity to influence Parks and Rec PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT MOUNTAIN BIKES AND MORE!
Joe Fritsch
Upper Rock Creek Liasion
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(Following is the full offical info concerning the Forum)
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
and the Montgomery County Recreation Advisory Board
JOINT PUBLIC FORUM
Proposed FY 09-14 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Budget
THURSDAY, March 29, 2007
7:00 p.m.
M-NCPPC’s Montgomery Regional Office Auditorium
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Recreation Advisory Boards invite testimony at a joint public forum on park and recreation projects to be included in the FY 09-14 CIP. This forum provides the public an opportunity to comment before the Department of Parks and the Department of Recreation begin preparing their Capital Improvements Programs. These two programs are managed by different Departments, but they are of concern to similar interest groups since many recreation activities occur on park property.
The CIP for the Department of Parks includes proposals for parkland acquisition, renovation of older park facilities, and new park development. New proposals will be added primarily in the later years of the program. The Recreation Department’s CIP will include proposals for construction and renovation of community/recreation centers and aquatic facilities. The proposed CIPs are forwarded to the County Executive in the Fall 2007. The County Executive’s recommended CIP is forwarded to the County Council in January 2008.
The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing in February 2008 and review and approve the FY 09-14 CIP in Spring 2008. The FY 09-14 CIP becomes effective on July 1, 2008. The next year, the Council will make only limited amendments to the FY 09-14 CIP for FY 2010, the second year of the biennial cycle.
Speakers are limited to five (5) minutes for organizational representatives, or three (3) minutes for individuals. Please sign up by noon, March 29, by calling (301) 495-2511, or e-mail Patsy.Hedrick@mncppc.org. Sign-ups will be accepted at the door if space is available (limit 35 speakers).
Submit Written Testimony
Written testimony is encouraged. Please submit written testimony by Thursday, April 5, 2007, to Royce Hanson, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or e-mail: mcp-chairman@mncppc.org
Further Information and Assistance
To request assistance (sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, facility accessibility information) please call Community Outreach and Media Relations, 301-495-4600, by Monday, March 26, 2007.
Additional information about the Department of Parks’ CIP is available by calling (301) 495-2511. Or, visit our website: www.montgomeryparks.org, and scroll down to Capital Improvements Program and the links to Parks CIP Projects-At-A-Glance, and the Adopted FY07-12 CIP (once there, scroll up to find Recreation projects listed in the Cultural and Recreation section).
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