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Votes at a glance: Friendship Heights Council actions Oct. 14
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Summary
The council approved design changes to Page Park, authorized a county-letter on GEICO and Saks sites, retained legal counsel for the sector plan, adopted investment and open-meetings procedures, and awarded a three-year snow-removal contract.
At its Oct. 14 meeting the Friendship Heights Village Council approved several procedural and project actions. Key outcomes:
- Page Park design revision: Approved unanimously. Motion removed a north-end walkway from the Stream Valley buffer to secure a forest conservation exemption (see full article).
- Letter to Montgomery County Planning Board on GEICO / 5550 Friendship Boulevard / Saks Fifth Avenue: Authorized unanimously for Mayor Roy Schaffer to send a letter requesting protection of the green space at 5550 Friendship Boulevard and independent traffic studies for GEICO and Saks sites.
- Legal retention for sector-plan advice: Council unanimously authorized additional legal advice from village land-use attorney David Brown focused on the sector-plan update.
- Investment procedures: Council unanimously approved the recommended village investment procedures and the manager's delegated custodial role subject to council oversight.
- Open meetings policy: Council unanimously adopted the open meetings policy recommended by the policies and procedures committee.
- Snow removal contract: Council unanimously accepted the three-year snow-removal proposal from Mulherin Tree Experts (incumbent bidder) as the low bidder on the RFP.
All votes reported in the meeting were recorded as unanimous in favor; the council roster present at the meeting was seven members. For details on the Page Park design change and GEICO letter, see separate articles.
