Council minutes, Feb. 2008

SECTION 5 OF THE VILLAGE OF CHEVY CHASE

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING

Date: February 12, 2008

Time: 7:30pm

Place: 5906 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase Village Hall

Present: Margy Abbott; Peter Gray; Frances L. Higgins; Ira Rosenbaum; Linna Barnes, Council member Town of Chevy Chase; 3 Section 5 residents

1. Minutes

Andrew moved that the January 8, 2008, Council minutes be approved as amended by email. Margy seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

Margy said that the town has received approximately $20,000 less this year in revenues than it did last year at this time. The town has spent considerably more in legal fees this year than it did last year. The other items in both the revenue and expenditure columns are very similar to last year’s. Margy will send her proposals for both projected revenues and expenditures for fiscal budget 2009 to the Council for their review before the next Council meeting. At that meeting the Council will create a fiscal 2009 budget and vote on it.

The manager will write a proposed storm water management ordinance using both Andrew’s storm water management document and Section 3’s ordinance and send it by email to the Council for its review before the March meeting. It was suggested that the storm water management ordinance be incorporated in chapter 9 Building.

Permit granted:

3720 Williams Lane – portion of fence and gate – back yard

The manager will send another notice to the residents notifying them that the Council will vote on the proposed ordinances at the March Council meeting. She will include another notice about the two Council positions which are up for election at the April Annual Meeting. The manager will contact Farooq about placing the minutes for September, October, November, December, and January on the town’s web site. If these minutes cannot be placed on the web site in a timely manner, she will send the January 2008 minutes with the election notice.

The manager suggested that the Council consider enacting an ordinance requiring a permit for a storage pod and dumpsters. She also suggested that the Council consider enacting an ordinance requiring a permit to install an electronic dog fence. She said that the Council should consider stating an exact distance from a front yard fence and the edge of the public sidewalk. This distance would allow a sufficient amount of land to plant camouflage for the fence.

The Council gave the manager permission to attend the MML Convention at the town’s expense. The town’s trash hauler has asked the town if it would consider changing its lawn leavings pick up day from Monday to Tuesday. The manager will contact the company and ask why it would like the change. The manager will publish a new telephone directory this spring.

Andrew moved that the meeting adjourn. Everyone agreed. The next meeting will be March 11, 2008, at 7:30pm at the Village Hall, 5906 Connecticut Avenue.