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Council hears proposal for Emery Grove displacement task force with deadlines for interim and final reports
Summary
Staff described MC525 to create an eight-member task force focused on displacement in Emery Grove, an historically African American community, with first meeting by July 1, 2025, an interim report by Dec. 15, 2025, and a final report by Dec. 15, 2026 to recommend remedies including eligibility and compensation.
County staff briefed the Council on MC525, a bill to establish an eight-member task force to study displacement of Emery Grove residents tied to revitalization and to recommend remedies.
Staff said Emery Grove, founded in the 1860s as a community for formerly enslaved people, is an important part of Montgomery County's African American heritage. The task force proposed in MC525 would include the Director of the county Office of Human Rights, a Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) representative (packet indicates HOC support), a County Executive appointee, and a County Council appointee among eight members overall.
The task force would be required to hold its first meeting no later than July 1, 2025; submit an interim report by Dec. 15, 2025; and deliver a final report by Dec. 15, 2026. Staff said the task force's charge would include making recommendations on remedies, methods for determining eligibility, potential compensation for former landowners, and incentives for construction projects in the community.
Staff emphasized that the bill had HOC support and that the task force is intended to develop potential remedies and eligibility criteria rather than to itself implement compensation. The Council did not take a vote at the briefing; staff said they would continue coordinating with stakeholders as the bill moves through the legislative process.
