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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And the pattern continues.....a string of interesting and substantive exchanges gets killed by a few people who would rather just throw juvenile insults.[/quote]

Is there anything to discuss until the council receives and starts assessing the plan?

Refresher on the plans linked.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/jhBKNXxLDZTYRbFL/?[/quote]

PP here.  I have read the entire plan.  The Council HAS received and started assessing the plan.

And yes, there is a ton to assess.  And now is the time to do it.  The plan is complicated and multifaceted, and there is legitimate debate to be had over whether it will achieve its goals, and even if so, if it will create other issues.  Are there ways to mitigate those issues.  Now is exactly the time to dig in understand it, and advocate for what you think the best outcome is.

Buried in these 100+ pages is some great discussion that has helped me understand it better and refine my position.  I am using that to advocate directly to council and to my neighbors.

I could do without the middle school sniping.[/quote]

I was just operating from the planning board post from 7/24:

The Planning Board voted unanimously on July 18 to approve our recommended updates to the county's update to the Growth and Infrastructure Policy and send it to the County Council for review.

Updated every four years, the GIP administers one of the most important functions our department and the Planning Board provide to the community – ensuring that public facilities, particularly schools and transportation infrastructure, are adequate to support new development, and that existing growth tools are equitable, fair, and effective.

A key focus of the 2024-2028 GIP is ensuring it helps reach the goals established in Thrive Montgomery 2050 to increase housing options for all, improve transit, and strengthen the economy in equitable, sustainable ways.

[b]Visit the policy’s website (montgomeryplanning.org/gip) for more details on the update – the approved Planning Board Draft will be posted when it is transmitted to County Council by the end of July.[/b][/quote]

Ah, you are looking at a different, but related, policy. 
The proposals under discussion here are: https://montgomeryplanning.org/planning/housing/attainable-housing-strategies-initiative/
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Why so many related policies with so much overlap?

Is this a lack of coordination or subterfuge?[/quote]

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