Remarks by Artie Harris
348 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 14
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“But you will have an answer before we submit the budget, the final budget, about who's the split.”
Planning Board · Sep 17, 2026
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“OK. Thank you. Any other questions, comments? Thank you for presenting, and if we have any other questions, we'll get back to you. I appreciate you for coming this way. Thank you. All right, so we're going to take a two-minute break, and we'll end with our item number eight, Special Event Assistance Program, where staff is recommending approval of this Special Event Assistance Program. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. We're on our last item of the planning board meeting. It's item eight, special event assistance program, where the park staff is recommending approval of the special event…”
Planning Board · Sep 17, 2026
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“Well, thank you. Thank you for thinking ahead and creating a plan so that it's more transparent and it's easier to deal when you set aside a certain amount that you're going to allow when you do this. So thank you for thinking through that and bringing it to the board. Are there any questions or comments from the board members?”
Planning Board · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you. A couple questions. One is that this now you'll see if people plan ahead because you have two and maybe after a year or two you can figure out do you need a third one or a fourth but it'll give you some feedback on will people plan ahead like you want. And the other is do you have a Because you're going to do this twice a year, like you say, okay, I'm going to give $50,000 in fees a year. I don't know. Is there a cutoff where you're going to divide it between two? How is that going to work? Have you thought through your budget?”
Planning Board · Sep 17, 2026
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“Great. I'm very supportive of the program. Let's get it going and see how it is. And any other? Commissioner Linden.”
Planning Board · Sep 17, 2026
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“Well, you heard a lot of thank yous. So hearing no other questions or comments, is there a motion to approve of Montgomery Park's special events assistance program, proposed special assistance program?”
Planning Board · Sep 17, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. The ayes have it. 5-0. Thank you so much. We appreciate you coming. And it's been a great day. And this ends our planning board meeting. And we'll see you next Thursday. Thank you. And welcome Chief Robinson.”
Planning Board · Sep 17, 2026
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Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. The second this morning is is the adoption of minutes. We have two. It's the minutes of June 18, 2026, and the closed session minutes for June 18, 2026. So I have a motion for approval of these minutes. But Commissioner Bartley, you cannot vote on this one.”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. 301. Vice Chair Linden, I believe you voted yes on the resolutions. Correct. Okay, great, great. Great, thank you. And so next we have the minutes for July 2nd, 2026, which all commissioners can vote on to have a motion for approval of minutes of July 2nd, 2026.”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. The ayes have it for zero. And then last, we have two record plats this morning, subdivision plat number 220-26-0190 and 220-26-0230, Cabin Branch. And the second is subdivision plat number 220-26-0720, Chevy Chase, Section 3. Do I have a motion for approval of these two record plots? I'll move to approve the two record plots. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. The ayes have it 4-0. We will just take a one-minute break and come back with item 12, closed section. But in order to go, we have to vote to go in the closed section. According to Maryland Annotated Code…”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“Second. All in favor? Aye. The ayes have it. So we'll go into closed session and we'll come back with item number four, Planning Director's Roundtable Report. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome back. We're on item number four, roundtable discussion. with our planning director, Jason Sartori. Welcome forward to your presentation.”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“Complete. Well, thank you, as always, for your detailed reports. I really appreciate that you guys are going to the development tracker, monitor that on an annual basis. It would be always good to know what would get some of those key projects across the finish line. Is there just a little bit, or there's something big? Because we need to jumpstart housing. We're in a housing crisis, and it'd be great to know if there's some support in whatever way that can get those projects across the finish line. And I appreciate your team always continuously learning and doing the tours, going out and…”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“Yep. also comparing it to our neighboring jurisdictions. So thank you.”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“Would the director like to make a presentation, or you'll just respond to questions?”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“So here's where I am on this. There was a requirement that The applicant provide annual monitoring. And it said in the resolution, if they did it for five years and met the requirements, that they can petition for the requirement to go away. It appears from the information given to us that they did this monitoring. It was within the limits of the no more than 50 during a certain period of time. It's even less than that. They met those requirements. If the board voted to transportation management plan, they still have the requirement that they can't have more than 90 students. That does not go…”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“But given this, just say this report goes away, so people would call the school, and you would address it that way?”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“So I'm in favor of removing the Transportation Management Plan for the reasons I gave, but I'd like to hear for the other board members.”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“So how would they know they should reach out to MCDOT?”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“I think what I understand is your question is, You're saying is the only time you have a community meeting is for this?”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026
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“That's the community touch point, regardless of what.”
Planning Board · Jul 16, 2026