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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

This page has chronological updates about the BRAC process, as discussed at community meetings.

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2007-2008 BRAC Implementation Committee Meeting Summaries

Summaries of 2009 BRAC Implementation Committee Meetings:
- February 3, 2009 meeting summary (4 pp)
  - Governor's BRAC Subcabinet new web site
  - 2-3-09 BIC Letter to County Executive Leggett re: long range vision for area transportation projects (4 pages)
  - 1-6-09 MDOT Fact Sheet: Federal Economic Stimulus Recovery (2 pp)
    - 2009-2014 CONSOLIDATED TRANPORTATION PROGRAM (CTP)
      SELECTED CHAPTERS FROM 2009-2014 CTP:
    - 1-30-09 MDOT Summary: NNMC BRAC Intersections Improvements status (1 page)
  - NNMC Master Plan/TMP documents:
    - 11-18-08 NNMC Presentation: Updates on construction and summary of revised Draft Master Plan Update (10 pp)
      - 11-14-08 REVISED Draft Master Plan Update (including Transportation Management Plan) for NNMC Campus
    - 12-16-08 Montgomery County preliminary comments (2 pp)
    - 1-5-09 Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Staff Recommendations on NNMC Master Plan/Transportation Management Plan (MP/TMP) (6 pp)
    - 1-15-09 M-NCPPC Planning Board Recommendations to NCPC (2 pp)
    - 1-12-09 BIC letter to County Executive Leggett regarding the Revised NNMC Master Plan Update/Transportation Management Plan (6 pp)
      - 1-16-09 Response from County Executive Leggett (NOTE: 1-12-09 BIC Committee letter to County Executive Leggett was submitted to NCPC by County.)
    - 1-15-09 BIC Chairman John Carman's comments before the M-NCPPC County Planning Board on the NNMC Master Plan Update
      - Excerpt from Park & Planning Commission's B-CC Master Plan: Details on Goals and Objectives for future development (2 pp)
      - BRAC Project Matrix as of 1-15-09 (2 pp)
- February 24, 2009 meeting summary (5 pp)
- March 17, 2009 meeting summary (5 pp)
  - MDOT BRAC Web Site: Maryland Dept. of Transportation information about BRAC-related transportation projects
  - SHA Summary Report, February 2009: Traffic and Intersection Improvement Studies for Base Realignment and Closure -- Bethesda National Naval Medical Center: Go to this site's TRANSPORTATION PAGE and scroll down to "Projects Under Way - Major Intersection Improvements." This study describes traffic problems and potential improvements at the major intersections that serve NNMC.
  - State Highway Administration brochure for April 2, 2009, Public Workshop on Bethesda BRAC Intersections Improvement Project. Workshop conducted 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School gymnasium.
    - SHA Press Release: The purpose of the meeting is to acquaint the public with the progress of the project to date. Displays and mapping depicting the planned improvements will be available for viewing. Citizens will be invited to present comments to the project team. Project representatives will be available throughout the meeting to explain the improvements and their associated impacts, discuss points of interest, and record public comments.
    - 3-18-09 Gazette.Net article: SHA could take property for BRAC projects -- Stone Ridge, Boy Scouts Council building, private residents could be affected
  - 3-12-09 County Executive Leggett letter to MDOT Secretary Porcari stating Montgomery County's transportation priorities for federal stimulus funds -- BRAC projects top priorities: intersection improvements, Metro entrance/pedestrian access, and bicycle/pedestrian paths.
  - 3-17-09 Governor O'Malley announces the release of Phase II federal economic stimulus funds for transportation projects.
    - Phase I and Phase II transportation project list (14 pp)
- April 21, 2009 meeting summary (9 pp)
- May 19, 2009 -- Cancelled
- June 16, 2009 meeting summary (9 pp)
  - BRAC PROJECT MATRIX -- UPDATED as of 6-18-09 (2 pp)
  - TRAUMATI BRAIN INJURY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE:
    - 6-1-09 County Executive Leggett letter supporting TBI Center
    - 6-16-09 Montgomery County News Release: Leggett Hails Congressional Action Saving the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence at Bethesda Naval Hospital
  - BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN PATHS UPDATE:
    - The DOD Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) approved the County’s request for a $750,000 grant to conduct a Facilities Study towards the construction and renovation of pedestrian and bike paths in the area around NNMC
      - Map of area to be studied
    - Representative Chris Van Hollen letter to SHA re: bicycle and pedestrian improvements (6-5-09)
  - COMMENTS ON SHA INTERSECTIONS PROJECT AS PRESENTED TO PUBLIC ON APRIL 2, 2009:
  - 5-19-09 BIC letter to County Executive Legget on SHA intersections project, including the following attachments:
  - 5-20-09 County Executive Leggett response to BIC Letter re: SHA Bethesda BRAC intersections improvements project
  - 5-20-09 MNCPPC letter to SHA re: MD 185/Jones Bridge Road intersection
  - METRO ENTRANCE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PROJECT:
  - 6-16-09 WMATA update
    - The Defense Dept. FY2010 budget includes a “placeholder” for the Metro entrance DAR project @ $20 million for FY 2011:
    - 5-20-09 Washington Post: Bethesda -- Officials Aim to Improve Medical Campus Access
    - 5-27-09 Gazette.Net: Budget marks $20M for new station entrance -- Defense outlines funds for changes at Medical Center Metro
    - 5-22-09 Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett News Release: Leggett Hails Inclusion of $20 Million in Defense Department Budget Request for New Metro Entrance at Bethesda Naval
    - 6-2-09 Letter from John Catoe, WMATA General Manager, to Congressman Chris Van Hollen supporting pedestrian underpass project at Medical Center Metro Station
  - FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS UPDATES -- includes requests for Bethesda BRAC transportation projects:
- July 14, 2009 meeting summary (7 pp)
- August 18, 2009 -- Cancelled
- September 15, 2009 meeting summary (9 pp)
- October 20, 2009 meeting summary (8 pp)
  - 10-20-09 MDOT Presentation: Comprehensive Transit Service Planning Update -- Rail, Bus, Park-and-Ride, RideShare and other Transportation Demand Management (TDM) (24 pp)
    - Montgomery County Commuter Services page -- Better Ways to Work!
    - BRAC Public Transportation Report: Montgomery County excerpt -- Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) June 2009 (12 pp)
    - Park-N-Ride Lots in Montgomery County -- List of Lots and Bus Routes Served
      - Commuters may park in Montgomery County Park-N-Ride lots at no cost. There are a few, however, that may require a parking permit and fee. You can meet your carpools or vanpools at these lots, or transfer to public tranportation from these lots
      - Map of Transit Services to NNMC & NIH Campuses
      - Map: Bus Routes serving Betheda, Medical Center, and Grosvenor Metro stations (4 pp)
      - FAQ on Transit and Commuting to NNMC Bethesda (as of May 1, 2009)
  - OTHER UPDATES:
  - BRAC PROJECT MATRIX (updated as of 10-19-09) (2 pp)
  - 10-5-09 Overview of Coordinated BRAC Implementation Effort -- MDOT Presentation to Community Leaders (20 pp)
  - 9-25-09 Bethesda BRAC Transportation Investment Priorities: A joint MDOT/MC-DOT memo listing phased implementation of projects and funding streams (2 pp)
    - 10-9-09 Gazette.Net: Easing the BRAC transition in Bethesda -- Commentary by Anthony Brown, Maryland's lieutenant governor and chairman of the governor's Subcabinet on Base Realignment and Closure
    - 10-6-09 "Statewide Vision & BRAC: Transportation Choices" -- Presentation by MDOT Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley to the General Assembly Joint Committee on BRAC
  - 10-12-09 Pedestrian Access Project Update
    - 9-29-09 Dept. of Defense certifies Medical Center Metro station pedestrian access project for Defense Access Road (DAR) funding, a significant step towards federal funding for the project.
    - 10-7-09 Montgomery County statement regarding the Medical Center pedestrian access project
      - 10-8-09 Maryland Politics Watch blog: Let’s Make this BRAC Work -- commentary by Ilaya Rome Hopkins, Chair of the Coalition of Military Medical Center Neighbors and member of the BRAC Implementation Committee representing the East Bethesda Citizens Association
      - Pedestrian Underpass Timeline: TIGER Grant funding drove the process
- November 17, 2009 meeting summary (8 pp)
- December 15, 2009 meeting summary (8 pp)
  - 12-15-09 MC-DOT Presentation: Sidewalk and Bikeway Projects in support of Bethesda BRAC (10 pp)
  - OTHER UPDATES:
  - BRAC MOBILITY PROJECTS MATRIX (updated as of 12-10-09) (2 pp)
    - BRAC INVESTMENT PRIORITIES: Phased implementation based on funding streams, as of 11-17-09
  - 12-10-09 A House-Senate Conference Committee has reached agreement on an omnibus appropriations bill that will fund numerous federal agencies through Fiscal Year 2010 (through September 30, 2010). Funding for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation includes $4.4 million designated for the intersection mprovements relating to BRAC at NNMC Bethesda. In addition, the Military Construction portion of the bill includes funding to study transportation issues in BRAC-growth communities, and to help determine ways to make the Defense Access Road (DAR) program more applicable to transit and other alternative modes of transportation. This is a direct result of issues raised by Montgomery County and DOD’s decision to consider transit improvements when it certified Rockville Pike at NNMC Bethesda for certification under the DAR program.
    - 12-11-09 WTOP 103.5 FM: Roads near Bethesda Naval expected to see improvements
      - FY2010 Transportation funding for MD 355 project (Scroll to pager 161)
      - FY2010 Military Construction language re: DAR Program (pp 10-11)
  - 11-19-09 BRAC Subcabinet meeting in Bethesda: MC-DOT Presentation -- Where Were We Two Years Ago? Where Are We Now? Where Do We Want to Be in the Future?
    - 11-19-09 Remarks of County Executive Isiah Leggett -- Governor's Base Realignment and Closur Subcabinet
    - 11-20-09 Corridor Inc. (Capital News Service): Concerns over gridlock in Bethesda loom as BRAC draws near
  - 11-19-09 M-NCPPC letter to MDOT re: Mandatory Referral heaings for Bethesda BRAC Intersections Improvement project
  - 12-2-09 House Armed Services Committee: The New Walter Reed: Are We on the Right Track? -- Joint Hearing of the Readiness and Military Personnel Subcommittees:

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