Author: Alan Felsen

Please see the below notice of a tentative date for a hearing on the plans for rebuilding E Brook Lee Middle School.

The final date will be published on the Montgomery Planning site at https://montgomeryplanningboard.org/agendas

The next Kemp Mill Civic Association general meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 at Kemp Mill Elementary School. We will begin promptly at 7:30 PM. Please plan to arrive a few minutes early to check in.

• Jeff Lunsford from the Montgomery County Road Runners club will speak about the plans for the 3rd annual Kemp Mill cHills 5K/10K race which will be on February 16th, 2020 starting and finishing at KMES.
• State Senator Ben Kramer and Delegates Bonnie Cullison and Vaughn Stewart will discuss the upcoming 2020 legislative session.
• We will also have representatives from Montgomery Parks there to hear community concerns about Kemp Mill Urban Park.
• Finally, we will be voting on the KMCA budget for 2020 that was prepared by our Treasurer and Budget Committee

The next KMCA general meeting will be held  on Tuesday September 10th, 2019 at Kemp Mill Elementary School. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:30 PM.  If you have not already checked your membership status please do so before the meeting at https://www.kempmillcivic.org/membership/.  Please plan to arrive a few minutes early for the meeting to check in and receive a ballot for the vote on the motion related to the sidewalk proposal that will occur later in the meeting.

Agenda:

7:30 – Call to order
Adoption of agenda
Approval of minutes from previous meeting
Introductions
Treasurer’s report

7:45 – Presentation by Montgomery County Department of Transportation on proposed sidewalk additions in Kemp Mill

8:25 – Adoption of rules for debate (voice vote)

8:30 – Debate on the motion submitted by a member for the KMCA to support the county’s plan for sidewalk additions on Lovejoy Street, Stonington Place, and Hermleigh Road.

9:00 – Debate closes – vote on the motion (vote by written ballot)

9:05 – Kemp Mill Community Day 2020 planning

9:10 – Maintenance issues at Kemp Mill Urban Park and possibility to have Montgomery Parks at an upcoming meeting to address community concerns

9:15 – New Business / Announcements

9:20 – Present results of vote on the motion
Adjourn

A few notes about the meeting agenda:

During the presentation by county D.O.T. there will be an opportunity to ask questions but this will not be a time to start debate over the merits of the sidewalk proposal. That debate will occur after the presentation. Members are encouraged to ask questions during this part of the meeting but will not be allowed to argue or make speeches in the place of asking questions.

Prior to the start of the debate the members present will be asked to adopt rules for the debate that were approved by the Board of Directors at the most recent Board meeting. Those rules are:
–  Each member will have one minute to speak for or against the motion
–  We will alternate between members wishing to speak for and against the motion until time runs out or there is no one remaining who wishes to speak
–  Members must remain civil during the debate.  Comments should be directed towards the merits of the motion and not the character or motivation of other members.

Members may offer amendments to these rules before we vote on them, including extending the time per speaker, but keep in mind that extending the time per speaker will result in fewer members having an opportunity to speak.

The vote is expected to be held close to 9:00 PM. Members must be present at the time the debate closes in order to vote. Members who have to leave prior to the vote may not give their ballot to anyone else (who not an adult resident of their own household, as all adult residents of a single household are one ‘member’ of the KMCA).

The next KMCA general meeting will be held on Tuesday June 18th, 2019 at Kemp Mill Elementary School, 411 Sisson Street. The agenda is below.

The second meeting each year is an election meeting. This year we will be having elections for 4 of the 9 positions on the Board of Directors. Nominees for the positions are:

• • President – Alan Felsen (incumbent)
  • Director – Pete Lublin (incumbent)
  • Director – Michael Carmel (incumbent)
  • Secretary – The nominating committee did not receive any nominations for Secretary. Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the meeting

We will start the meeting promptly at 7:30. If you need to confirm or renew your membership please try to arrive a few minutes early, or you can handle that in advance here on the web site at https://www.kempmillcivic.org/membership/

Agenda

Due to a last-minute cancellation of Community Use activities by E Brooke Lee Middle School, the KMCA meeting tonight is being moved to Kemp Mill Elementary School.

We will be starting at 7:30 PM in the all-purpose room at KMES.

The next KMCA General meeting will be held on Thursday March 14th, 2019 at E Brooke Lee Middle School. We will start promptly at 7:30 PM. The meeting agenda is below.

The next KMCA general meeting will be held Monday December 17, 2018 at 7:30 PM at Kemp Mill Elementary School.

Please arrive a few minutes early and check in. Everyone who checks in will receive a key chain/safety whistle and a raffle ticket. We’ll have drawings during the meeting for some goodies from The Candy Man.

The detailed agenda is below.

For the agenda item regarding the land between Northwood High School and Northwood Terrace, there has been some concern raised that rather than turning the land over to MNCPPC so it can remain parkland, which we had previously been told was the plan, the land might instead be sold for private development. Our speakers will explain the situation and we’ll have an opportunity as a community to express our position on the future of that parcel of land.

We will also be voting on the KMCA budget for 2019.

Agenda:

• 7:30
  • Call to order
  • Introductions
  • Adoption of agenda
  • Approval of minutes of previous meeting
  • Treasurer’s report on finances, current membership numbers
• 7:40
  • Jeff Lunsford will speak about the upcoming 2nd Annual Kemp Mill CHills 5K / 10K run that will be held in February starting at KMES.
• 7:50
  • Discussion about the parcel of land between Northwood High School and Northwood Terrace. It is anticipated there will be a vote on a motion to adopt a position of the KMCA on the future use of that land. Councilmember Tom Hucker and Jennifer Chambers are invited speakers.
• 8:20
  • Wheaton Post Office – The station manager, Yolanda Andrews, has been invited to answer community questions about problems the community has experienced with mail delivery and customer service at the Wheaton station.
• 8:45
  • Report from the Budget Committee and vote to adopt the 2019 budget
• 8:55
  • Update on on the Adopt-a-Spot application for Kemp Mill Urban Park
• 9:00
  • Committee Reports
    • Landscaping
    • Parks
    • Transportation
    • Deer
    • Membership and Outreach
• 9:25
  • New business
• 9:30
  • Adjourn

KMCA General Meeting
September 13, 2018 – 7:30 PM
E Brooke Lee Middle School

Agenda

• 7:30
  • Call to order
  • Introductions
  • Adoption of agenda
  • Approval of minutes of previous meeting
  • Treasurer’s report on finances, current membership numbers
• 7:40
  • Committee Reports
  • Landscaping
  • Parks
  • Transportation
  • Deer
  • Membership and Outreach
• 8:00 PM
  • Program: County deer management – Speaker: Ryan Butler
• 8:30
  • Program: Solar Energy
    • Speakers
      • Steve Bickel, D+R International – solar energy overview
      • Gary Skulnik, Neighborhood Sun – community solar
      • Lauren Barchi, Solar United Neighbors – co-op purchase
      • Kurt Zwally, Sustainable Energy Systems – purchase/lease/PPA
• 9:00
  • Motion to adopt Kemp Mill Urban Park via County’s Adopt-A-Spot program
• 9:10
  • New Business
• 9:20
  • Adjourn