Postpone Purchase Option Involving PSTA

The public plan of record for the Webb Tract is not what the County intends to implement. The County claims that it needs $1.6M to produce the real plan. The County Council claims that its agenda is overloaded. It is clear that the overall strategic planning process for Montgomery County is out of alignment.

The County Executive producers of information are behind schedule. The County Council consumers of information are over scheduled. The solution is to move selected strategic planning milestones to the right by six months to better synchronize the capability of producers and the needs of consumers. For example, the County should fully dispose of the complex issues surrounding Gaithersburg West before acting on the purchase of the Webb Tract.

As a minimum, the County Council needs to postpone consideration of the purchase option involving the PSTA to allow the macro issues weighing on the Gaithersburg West decision to be fully understood by the County Council, shown to be affordable, and known to be beneficial to both citizens and their quality of life and to business and its economic development.