SILVER SPRING, MD – To make it easier for Montgomery County residents and others
interested in speaking before the Planning Board to sign up in advance, its planning
staff has developed a new way to request to testify: boot up your computer.
The Planning Board meets most Thursdays throughout the year
and considers 15 to 20 items during its public forums. On regulatory and other
items open to public input, the board is eager to hear from its constituents. Interested
speakers may sign up in advance online or by calling 301/495-4600. On the day of the hearing, speakers
may submit their names to the board clerk in person.
To sign up to testify, go to and follow the prompts,
which include questions about the hearing date, item number and whether the
testifier will speak as an individual or as a group representative. Typically,
individuals receive three minutes to speak; group representatives are granted
10 minutes.
Residents
and other interested parties can put themselves on the testimony list about 10
days in advance of a Planning Board hearing, as soon as an agenda is posted
online at www.mc-mncppc.org/board/agenda/.