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City Council, Board, Commission & Committee Meetings

Open Meetings

All meetings of the City Council and all Council-appointed board, commission and committee meetings are open to the public unless noted otherwise. Scheduled meetings are posted on this calendar, in the Takoma Park Newsletter, and on the City Council rolling agenda. This calendar will have the most up to date information.

Meeting Agendas

A direct link to a board, commission, or committee web page is included with the calendar entry (click “more details“). Meeting agendas are added to the calendar entry when available.

Meeting Locations

Meeting locations are included on the calendar entry. Most meetings are held at the Takoma Park Community Center – Sam Abbott Citizens’ Center at 7500 Maple Avenue. If a facility is closed due to inclement weather or other emergencies, meetings will be postponed or canceled and notice will be provided on this site.

ADA Compliance Notice

The City of Takoma Park is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are able to fully participate in public meetings. Anyone with a disability who 1) wishes to receive auxiliary aids, services, or accommodations at a City of Takoma Park public meeting or public hearing; or 2) cannot attend a public meeting but would like to record an audio comment to be played during the public comment period of the meeting, is invited to contact Jason Damweber, Deputy City Manager, at jasond@takomaparkmd.gov or 301-891-7202 at least 48 hours in advance.

Upcoming Meetings

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January 17, 2019

Safe Roadways Committee meeting 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Atrium Meeting Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

Agenda

1. Overview of Safe Roadways Committee Statement of Purpose and Duties and Responsibilities and Ideas for Improvement to Make the Committee More Relevant to Current Needs

2. Discussion of Composition of the Safe Roadways Committee

3. Next Steps

4. Adjourn

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Recreation Committee meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

Agenda Items

Staff Report

Any Updates on Recreation Center

Winter Play Day

MLK Day

Other Items.

February meeting- Jay is out- Who would like to chair?

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Community Grants Review Committee meeting 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Council Conference Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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January 21, 2019

City offices and facilities closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM |

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January 22, 2019

Arts & Humanities Commission meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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January 23, 2019

City Council meeting 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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January 24, 2019

City Council Retreat 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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January 28, 2019

Youth Council meeting 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board Neighborhoods Committee meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Azalea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

Meeting Topic: Maple Avenue Corridor Tenant Outreach

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January 29, 2019

City Council Retreat 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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January 30, 2019

City Council meeting 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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January 31, 2019

Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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February 4, 2019

Board of Elections Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Council Conference Room

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Committee on the Environment meeting 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM | Hydrangea Room, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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February 5, 2019

Informational Meeting for Prospective Community Grant Applicants 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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February 6, 2019

Informational Meeting for Prospective Community Grant Applicants 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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City Council meeting 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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February 11, 2019

Youth Council meeting 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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February 12, 2019

Commemoration Commission meeting 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Council Conference Room

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Tree Commission meeting 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Hydrangea Room, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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Facade Advisory Board meeting 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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Nuclear-Free Takoma Park Committee 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Lilac Room, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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February 13, 2019

City Council meeting 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

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City Council, Board, Commission & Committee Meeting Calendar

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	January 2019
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 City Offices and Facilities are closed City Offices and Facilities are closed Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: January 1, 2019 - 11:59 PM More details... •	2	3	4	5
6	7 Youth Council meeting Youth Council meeting Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: January 7, 2019 - 8:00 PM Location: Lilac Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Description: Call to Order and Roll Call 1 min Announce Adelaide Harris New Business Follow-up (complete)/date Call to Orders 1 min Announce Kiran Kochar McCabe N/A Sharing Circle 10 min Share ALL N/A Discussion with Mayor Kate Stewart 10 min Listen/ Discuss Mayor Kate Stewart Photography Contest Brainstorming with Keith Kozloff 10 min Listen/ Discuss Keith Kozloff Review Charter 10 min Discuss ALL Decide Meeting Schedule 5 min Discuss/ Decide ALL Moroccan Youth Council Exchange 7 min Discuss/ Decide Kiran Kochar McCabe Recycling Contest 7 min Discuss/ Decide Kiran Kochar McCabe School Composting Initiative 7 min Listen/ Discuss George Ashford City Council Issues Update 7 min Listen/ Discuss Elliot Davey Youth Council Chairperson Selection Process Review 2 min Listen Kiran Kochar McCabe Chairperson and Vice Chairperson Election Speeches 10 min Listen/ Present Voting for Chairperson and Vice Chairperson 5 min Vote ALL Other items 5 min ALL Set Agenda and Next Meeting Date 2 min Discuss/ Decide ALL More details... Legal Services Review Advisory Committee meeting Legal Services Review Advisory Committee meeting Starts: 6:00 PM Ends: January 7, 2019 - 8:00 PM Location: Council Conference Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... Committee on the Environment meeting Committee on the Environment meeting Starts: 7:15 PM Ends: January 7, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Description: Agenda Preliminaries: Review and Approve Draft Agenda; Review action items; Adopt minutes Public Comment Department update Green Team Priorities (SJ) Budget comments Tree process update (Jeff B) TP MOB event (SJ) Committee Business - Member recruitment (SJ) Activity tracking (Geoff S?) Future meeting dates (SJ) Review Action Items, Adjourn More details... Board of Elections meeting Board of Elections meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 7, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Atrium Meeting Room Description: AGENDA 1 Call to order 2 Agenda approval 3 Approval of minues (December 10) 4 2020 Election a) Status of memorandum of understanding with county b) January 28 county board meeting attendance c) Ideas for city’s 2019-2020 budget? 5 Code and charter review a) Remaining sections of chapter 5 of code b) Correspondence suggesting alternative to ranked-choice voting c) Percentage-based provisions for automatic recounts and recounts by request? d) “Ballot harvesting” 6 Other business 7 Adjourn More details... • • • •	8 Facade Advisory Board meeting Facade Advisory Board meeting Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: January 8, 2019 - 8:30 PM Location: Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... Tree Commission meeting Tree Commission meeting Starts: 6:45 PM Ends: January 8, 2019 - 8:45 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Description: Meeting Agenda Takoma Park Tree Commission Meeting January 8, 2019 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm, Hydrangea Room 1. Approval of the prior minutes 2. COE Update 3. Urban Forest Manager Update Tree Canopy Analysis – do we have a date yet? Cambistat Update Update on requested data/removal permits 434 Ethan Allen development 4. Ordinance Review Goal Setting More details... Commemoration Commission meeting Commemoration Commission meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 8, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Rose Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... Nuclear-Free Takoma Park Committee Nuclear-Free Takoma Park Committee Starts: 7:30 PM Ends: January 8, 2019 - 9:30 PM Location: Lilac Room, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... • • • •	9 Joint Subcommittee on the Tree Canopy Joint Subcommittee on the Tree Canopy Starts: 6:45 PM Ends: January 9, 2019 - 8:30 PM Location: Atrium Meeting Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... City Council meeting City Council meeting Starts: 7:30 PM Ends: January 9, 2019 - 9:30 PM Location: Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... • •	10	11	12
13	14 CANCELED Green Team Meeting (City Council and Committee on the Environment) CANCELED Green Team Meeting (City Council and Committee on the Environment) Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 14, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Azalea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Description: The Green Team Meeting has been canceled. City offices and facilities are closed. More details... •	15	16 Police Chief's Advisory Board meeting Police Chief's Advisory Board meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 16, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Atrium Meeting Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... City Council meeting City Council meeting Starts: 7:30 PM Ends: January 16, 2019 - 9:30 PM Location: Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... • •	17 Safe Roadways Committee meeting Safe Roadways Committee meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 17, 2019 - 8:30 PM Location: Atrium Meeting Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Description: Agenda 1. Overview of Safe Roadways Committee Statement of Purpose and Duties and Responsibilities and Ideas for Improvement to Make the Committee More Relevant to Current Needs 2. Discussion of Composition of the Safe Roadways Committee 3. Next Steps 4. Adjourn More details... Recreation Committee meeting Recreation Committee meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 17, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Description: Agenda Items Staff Report Any Updates on Recreation Center Winter Play Day MLK Day Other Items. February meeting- Jay is out- Who would like to chair? More details... Community Grants Review Committee meeting Community Grants Review Committee meeting Starts: 7:30 PM Ends: January 17, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Council Conference Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... • • •	18	19
20	21 City offices and facilities closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day City offices and facilities closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Starts: 12:00 AM Ends: January 21, 2019 - 11:59 PM More details... •	22 Arts & Humanities Commission meeting Arts & Humanities Commission meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 22, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... •	23 City Council meeting City Council meeting Starts: 7:30 PM Ends: January 23, 2019 - 9:30 PM Location: Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... •	24 City Council Retreat City Council Retreat Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: January 24, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... •	25	26
27	28 Youth Council meeting Youth Council meeting Starts: 5:30 PM Ends: January 28, 2019 - 7:00 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board Neighborhoods Committee meeting Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board Neighborhoods Committee meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 28, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Azalea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 Description: Meeting Topic: Maple Avenue Corridor Tenant Outreach More details... • •	29 City Council Retreat City Council Retreat Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: January 29, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... •	30 City Council meeting City Council meeting Starts: 7:30 PM Ends: January 30, 2019 - 9:30 PM Location: Auditorium, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... •	31 Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: January 31, 2019 - 9:00 PM Location: Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 More details... •