OTCAC Membership

As a part of approving the 2005 Olney Master Plan, the Montgomery County Council directed the Maryland National Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) to establish an Olney Town Center Advisory Committee to refine the guidance in the Olney Master Plan by creating a community-supported town center concept that will serve as a guide to future developers.

The Park and Planning staff solicited volunteers to serve on this committee. Their goal was to create a well-balanced committee that represented a broad cross-section of the community and all interested parties, but was still a manageable size.

A package of documents was submitted to the Montgomery County Planning Board by Khalid Afzal, Team Leader, Georgia Avenue Team, Community-Based Planning Division in 2006 regarding the nomination of OTCAC members. Attachments to this package, Formation of OTCAC, 2006, are:

• GOCA Draft proposal Memorandum

• OTCAC Solicitation of Nominations Notice

• Letter from Councilmembers Praisner and Knapp dated December 19, 2005

• Letter from Chairman Berlage dated January 18, 2006

On May 4, 2006, the M-NCPPC Planning Board approved the membership of this Advisory Committee. While the members have changed over the years, they are always recruited to provide input from a cross section of the Olney community. The composition of the membership is as follows:

• three nominated by GOCA and Government Advisory Boards

• four nominated by HOAs, Condominium communities, or residential Civic Associations including at least one bordering the town center

• three representing Business/Property Affiliations

• and two nominated by Olney Non-Profits.

When a vacancy occurs, OTCAC Officers reach out to find a replacement from the group that has an opening.

The membership application is available here: Nomination Form