Lobbyists 2009 - Montgomery County, Maryland 2009 2 Lobbyists registered with the Montgomery County Ethics Commission during 2009 Lobbyist First Name Lobbyist Last Name Lobbyist Firm

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Lobbyists 2009

Lobbyists registered with the Montgomery County Ethics Commission in 2009 2

Lobbyist expenditures in 2009 38

Lobbyists 2009

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Lobbyists registered with the Montgomery County Ethics Commission during 2009

Lobbyist First Name

Lobbyist Last Name

Lobbyist Firm Name Employer Name Matters

Retha Arens Action Taxicab, Inc.

●Pending taxicab regulations and programs associated with Chapter 53; ●Legislation and amendments to Chapter 53; ●Fiscal year budgets and planning

Retha Arens

Coalition for a Competitive Taxicab Industry, Inc.


Ashlie Bagwell Alexander & Cleaver, P.A.

ACS State and Local Solutions

●Photo enforcement and citation processing ●Technology services to court system and other agencies

Ashlie Bagwell Alexander & Cleaver, P.A.

Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. ●Sale and distribution of beverage and alcohol

Cynthia M. Bar Holland & Knight, LLP

Keating Development Company (Frank J. Poli)

●Text amendments; ●General land use matters

Lee Barnes Barwood Taxi



Lobbyists 2009

3

Stuart R. Barr Lerch, Early & Brewer

8711 Georgia Avenue Parking Lot, LLC ●Supplemental Appropriation for MNCPPC Silver Place/MRO Headquarters

Stuart R. Barr Lerch, Early & Brewer Chevy Chase Bank ●County funding for road improvement project

Stuart R. Barr Lerch, Early & Brewer

Lansdale Investments LLLP & The Lansdale Family

●Opposition to Zoning Text Amendment 09-01, Sandy Spring/Ashton ●Rural Village Overlay Zone—Prohibited Uses

Gus Bauman Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. I.M.P.

●Music venue in Silver Spring, MD; ●Possible County Council appropriation of funds for a music venue in Silver Spring, MD

Ralph Bennett Quorum, LLC Tenacity ●Hampshire Towers; ●Affordable housing – Mixed use / mixed income developments

Ralph Bennett Quorum, LLC Burtonsville Land, LLLP (Siena Corporation) ●Land use

Ralph Bennet Quorum, LLC Willco Companies ●Land us and mixed use and mixed income developments

Bruce Bereano Bruce C. Bereano Safeway Food and Drug

●Legislation concerning food content and menu: ●Any and all legislation concerning or affecting grocery stores; ●Food preparation and sale

Lobbyists 2009

4

Bruce Bereano Bruce C. Bereano Siena Corporation [none listed]

Derick Berlage Venable, LLP DMJM Design (> AECOM, 2009) ●Architecture and engineering

Derick Berlage Venable, LLP Lee Barnes ●Land use; ●Transportation Ber

Perry Berman Berman Ventures Guardian Realty Management, Inc. ●White Flint Sector Plan – Exec. Boulevard

Perry Berman Berman Ventures Jack Fitzgerald Automall

●White Flint Sector Plan; ●Rockville Pike & Nicholson Lane

Perry Berman Berman Ventures Nicholson Court Properties ●White Flint Sector Plan – Nicholson Court Properties

Melissa Bernstein

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker

Barwood, Inc. (Lee Barnes)

●Pending taxi legislation and related laws; ●Pending audits and related laws

Melissa Bernstein


Ecology Services Inc. (Timothy Osborne, President)

●Fuel price adjustment; ●Diesel fuel issues

Lobbyists 2009

5

Melissa Bernstein


Potomac Disposal, Inc. (Stan Levine)

●Fuel price adjustment ●Diesel fuel issues

Melissa Bernstein



●Problems in connection with the Subdistrict B ●Diesel fuel issues

Melissa Bernstein


Potomac Disposal, Inc. (Stan Levine) ●Sadesky/Old Dover Road

Tanya M. Bernstein Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP

Anheuser-Busch Companies

●All interests of Anheuser-Busch Companies, particularly those of sale and distribution of beer and taxation

Ellen Bogage EB&A LLC

Blue Star Group, Inc.; Nicholson Properties, LLC (Lee Barnes) ●White Flint Sector Plan

Ellen Bogage EB&A LLC Potomac Valley Brick ●Council resolution regarding brick pavers in rights-of-way

Debra Borden Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Academy Child Development Center, Inc. ●Growth Policy revisions affecting Academy's Special Exception

Debra Borden Linowes and Blocher, LLP Centex Homes, Inc. ●ASHA property

Lobbyists 2009

6


The Donohoe Companies, Inc.

●Woodmont Properties; ●MPDU Legislation; ●Growth Policy


Laurence Lipnick, Battery Lane LLC Partner ●Bethesda Property


Lipnick Construction Company ●[none given]

Debra Borden Linowes & Blocher LLP

Newland Communities LLC/P/C

●Clarksburg Town Center Development District (combined); ●Clarksburg Town Center Development District (solely Newlands)

Debra Borden Linowes & Blocher LLP Percontee, Inc.

●Growth policy ●Life Sciences Village development – ZTA


Ben Porto and Son, Ltd., and Tri-State Stone & Building Supply [none given]


Siena Development Corporation

●ZTA 09-05; ●Burtonsville Overlay Zone


Valley Brook Community Church

●Impervious Surface Area Limits in Special Protection Areas ●Recognition of pervious materials used

Lobbyists 2009

7

Jon Bouker Arent Fox LLP Jersey Central Management ●Federal utilization of real estate parcels in Montgomery County, MD

Jon Bouker Arent Fox LLP Willco Companies ●Federal utilization of real estate parcels in Montgomery County, MD

Robert Brewer, Jr. Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.

Adventist Healthcare, Inc.

●Relocation of Washington Adventist Hospital including zoning and subdivision text amendments; ●Gaithersburg Vicinity Master Plan impacts on Shady Grove Life Sciences Center including possible amendments to the Life Sciences Center Zone


Adventist Healthcare, Inc.

●To advocate regarding owned and leased properties in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center affected by the revisions to the Gaithersburg Vicinity Master Plan; ●Annual Growth Policy and moratorium legislation

Robert Brewer, Jr. Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd. Bozzuto Homes ●Germantown Master Plan


Hopkins & Porter Construction, Inc. ●Water and sewer category change for Potomac Oaks Shopping Center


Miller & Smith Land, Inc.

●Annual Growth Policy and related legislation including impact taxes and credits; ●Zoning and land use regulatory actions affecting the development of the Webb Tract; ●Contract, land acquisition, and other transaction matters affecting the Webb Tract

Lobbyists 2009

8


North Village-270 Limited Partnership

●Germantown master plan ●Annual growth policy and moratorium legislation


Trammel Crow Company

●Development approvals and possible zoning text amendment for Cloverleaf Center, a mixed use development on Century Boulevard in Germantown, Maryland; ●Germantown Master Plan; ●Annual Growth Policy and moratorium legislation


White Flint Associates, LLLP

●Zoning text amendments ●Growth policy ●White Flint sector plan

Katherine Broderick Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Bio-Med Realty Trust, Inc. ●HGS site / Impact tax legislation

Katherine Broderick Linowes & Blocher, LLP Boston Properties

●Tower Oaks/Impact tax legislation ●Washingtonian North/Impact tax legislation

Katherine Broderick Linowes & Blocher, LLP

Bozzuto & Associates (AKA The Bozzuto Group) ●Christ Lutheran Church property


Newland Communities and Terrabrook Clarksburg ●Plan amendments, extensions, and alleged violations


Newland Communities, LLC/P/C

●Clarksburg Town Center Development District (Combined); ●Clarksburg Town Center Development District (solely Newlands)

Lobbyists 2009

9

Todd D. Brown Linowes and Blocher, LLP

11610-11620 Rockville Pike Partnership ●White Flint Sector Plan


Fenton Development, LLC

●Potential amendments to Montgomery County Zoning Ordinance CBD Zone and Fenton Village Overlay Zone provisions

Todd D. Brown Linowes and Blocher LLP

Newland Communities LLC and NNPII Clarksburg LLC

●Proposed moratorium legislation (Subdivision Regulation Amendment No. 06-03)




Newland Communities LLC

●Attendance at hearings; ●Meeting with Staff and Council members


NNPII Clarksburg, LLC, and Newland Communities, LLC

●Lobbying activities associated with Bill 13/38-07 (Moderately Priced Housing – amendments)


Silver Spring Moose Lodge No. 658

●Zoning Text Amendment for I-4 Zone and other matters related to Philadelphia Avenue property


Triumph Development, LLC

●Woodmont Triangle Sector Plan Amendment and Zoning Text Amendment 05-08

Lobbyists 2009

10

Eileen Cahill Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital ●Germantown Master Plan & Zoning Text Amendment ●Access to health care issues in Montgomery County

Diane Cameron Audubon Naturalist Society

●Environmental matters, transportation and infrastructure; ●Stormwater ●Land use and master plans ●Zoning

Yum Yu Cheng Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Abbey Road Property Group ●Nonconforming use issue

Yum Yu Cheng Linowes and Blocher, LLP ARF Wheaton, LLC ●Nonconforming use issue



Yum Yu Cheng Linowes and Blocher, LLP Centex Homes ●Zoning map amendment, MPDU legislation

Yum Yu Cheng Linowes and Blocher, LLP Centex Homes, Inc. ●Good Counsel property

Yum Yu Cheng Linowes and Blocher, LLP Clark Enterprises, Inc. ●Rolling Hills

Lobbyists 2009

11


Foulger-Pratt Companies ●Montgomery College Germantown Campus


Foulger-Pratt Companies ●Ourisman property

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP

The Bernstein Companies ●CBD zone amendment

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP

The Chevy Chase Land Company of Montgomery Co., Maryland

●(1) County Council review and recommendation concerning the AA/DEIS for the Purple Line; ●(2) County Council review and approval of a Functional Master Plan for the Purple Line alignment

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP Halpine Park, LLC

●Twinbrook section plan; ●Limited master plan amendment

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP Holy Cross Hospital ●Germantown Master Plan & Zoning Text Amendment

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP Matan Companies ●Master plan and zoning text amendment

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP Michael, LLC ●Studio Plaza – Parking Lot 3

Lobbyists 2009

12

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP Newland Communities

●Clarksburg Maryland Development District; ●Bill 36-07, proposed amendment to Montgomery County Code

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes & Blocher LLP

Siena Development Corporation ●ZTA 09-01

C. Robert Dalrymple Linowes and Blocher LLP Somerset Development ●Twinbrook Sector Plan

Douglas C. Delano Newland Communities Newland Communities

●Clarksburg Maryland Development District ●Bill 36-07, proposed amendment to Montgomery County Code

Heather Dlhopolsky Linowes and Blocher LLP

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. ●HGS site / Impact tax legislation

Heather Dlhopolsky Linowes and Blocher LLP Boston Properties

●Tower Oaks/Impact tax legislation; ●Washingtonian North/Impact tax legislation

Heather Dlhopolsky Linowes and Blocher LLP

The Chevy Chase Land Company of Montgomery Co., Maryland

●(1) County Council review and recommendation concerning the AA/DEIS for the Purple Line; ●(2) County Council review and approval of a Functional Master Plan for the Purple Line alignment

Heather Dlhopolsky Linowes and Blocher LLP Holy Cross Hospital ●Germantown Master Plan & Zoning Text Amendment

Lobbyists 2009

13

Heather Dlhopolsky Linowes and Blocher LLP Michael, LLC ●Studio Plaza – Parking Lot 3

Heather Dlhopolsky Linowes & Blocher LLP Percontee, Inc.


Devin John Doolan Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP


●All interests of Anheuser-Busch Companies, particularly those of sale and distribution of beer and taxation.

Devin John Doolan Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP Columbia Country Club

●Monitor all legislation regarding transit in Montgomery County MD; ●Monitor all potential legislation enactments impacting the Purple Line and other transportation endeavors


The Franklin Schools, c/o Metro Montessori, LLC

●Support for Science City and JHU development of Belward Campus and use of historic farm for school expansion


Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

●Monitoring and testifying to the zoning in respect of land use regulations and proposed changes to the zoning and subdivision ordinances ●Commenting upon executive and legislative proposals pertaining to Special Exceptions and the development review process. ●Participation in the appropriations process as it affects social services and affordable housing. ●Representing the interests of the religious corporation on any issue that may come before County Council and/or Executive Departments.


Veolia Transportation, Inc.

●Meet with Montgomery County Officials concerning the Employer’s position on transportation issues, including taxi service and permitting issues

Lobbyists 2009

14

Devin John Doolan Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP Westfield, LLC

●Represent interests of Westfield, LLC in the redevelopment of Wheaton Plaza before all agencies of government

Timothy Dugan

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. Danac Corporation ●Gaithersburg West Master Plan and Corridor Cities Transitway Alignment

Alicia Dugay Linowes & Blocher LLP



Stephen P. Elmendorf Linowes & Blocher LLP

Abbey Road Property Group ●Nonconforming use issue

Stephen P. Elmendorf Linowes & Blocher LLP LCOR, Inc. ●White Flint sector plan

Stephen P. Elmendorf Linowes & Blocher LLP Percontee, Inc.


Michael Fowler Michael Fowler Constellation Energy Group, Inc./Paul Allen

●All legislative and executive action affecting competitive energy companies, electric and gas public utilities, wholesale power companies, retail electricity and natural gas suppliers, the generation, marketing, and trading of power, power projects, energy and energy-related products and services, nuclear consulting services, commercial and residential heating and air conditioning systems, home products and services, financial investments, and real estate

David D. Freishtat

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. Covenant Village, LLC ●Zoning text amendment

Lobbyists 2009

15

David D. Freishtat

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.

Gunners Lake Thirteen Limited Partnership ●Germantown Master Plan

David D. Freishtat


A.R. Kronstadt Realty Investors, Inc. (agent for Randolph Buildings LP, Randolph Properties LP, Randolph Properties Inc.) ●White Flint Sector Plan

David D. Freishtat


Lindsay Management, Inc. ●Zoning and land use

Zachary Fried

Apartment and Office Building Association of Greater Washington

Apartment and Office Building Association of Greater Washington ●Real estate issues

Larry N. Gandal


Aldon Management Corporation / 7900 Asscoiates

●Battery Lane District ●Sectional Map amendments ●Woodmont Triangle Sector Plan ●Zoning Text amendments ●MDPU legislation

Esther Gelman Berman Ventures Jack Fitzgerald Automall

●White Flint Sector Plan; ●Rockville Pike & Nicholson Lane

Erin E. Girard Linowes and Blocher, LLP David Aaronson

●Wheaton property; ●Wheaton Master Plan

Lobbyists 2009

16

Erin E. Girard Linowes and Blocher, LLP Casey Management ●Sunrise Farm

Erin E. Girard Linowes and Blocher, LLP Centex Homes, Inc. ●ASHA property

Erin E. Girard Linowes and Blocher, LLP Home Properties ●Falkland Chase Development

Erin E. Girard Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Mary, Jane, and Douglas King

●Sale of Damascus Farm; ●Damascus Master Plan


The Peterson Companies ●Silver Spring residential development


Pulte Home Corporation ●Ten-Mile Creek

Erin E. Girard Linowes and Blocher, LLP Stellar Management ●The Enclave development

Lobbyists 2009

17

Barbara Goldberg Goldman Quorum, LLC

Burtonsville Land, LLP (Siena Corp.) ●Land use

Barbara Goldberg Goldman Quorum, LLC Tenacity

●Hampshire Towers; Affordable housing; mixed use/mixed income developments

Barbara Goldberg Goldman Quorum, LLC Willco Companies ●Land us and mixed use and mixed income developments

Larry A. Gordon

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. Copeland Trucking, Inc.

●Zoning Text Amendment 09-03 ●Land use matters related to ZTA 09-03

Larry Gordon


Eastern Diversified Properties, Inc.

●Master Plans ●Zoning ●Land use development and approvals ●Matters related to the above

Larry A. Gordon


Land Fair Properties, LLC, T/A Reliable Properties

●Takoma/Langley Transit Center Acquisition and land use matters associated therewith ●Related matters

Ron Halber Jewish Community Relations Council

Jewish Community Relations Council

●HHS, multicultural concerns ●Grants ●Arts and humanities ●Education

George Keith Haller

Potomac Incorporated

The Chevy Chase Land Company of Montgomery County, Maryland

●County Council review and recommendation for AA/DEIS Purple Line; ●T&E committee review on Jan. 22, 2009 ●Council action on Jan. 29, 2009

Lobbyists 2009

18

Patricia A. Harris Holland & Knight, LLP

Eakin/Youngentob Associates ●Zoning and land use

Patricia A. Harris Holland & Knight, LLP Emily Sherman ●Work to defeat pending HPC legislation

Robert R. Harris Holland & Knight, LLP

Adventist HealthCare, Inc. ●Land use and hospital regulatory matters


Eakin/Youngentob Associates ●Zoning and land use

Robert R. Harris Holland & Knight, LLP Emily Sherman ●Work to defeat pending HPC legislation


Keating Development Company (Frank J. Poli)

●Text amendments; ●General land use matters

Robert R. Harris Holland & Knight, LLP Meridian Group ●Real estate and development matters

Robert Harris Holland & Knight, LLP Winchester Homes, Inc. ●Master Plan, zoning approvals and annual growth policy

Lobbyists 2009

19

Justin Hayes Linowes and Blocher, LLP Matan Companies ●Master plan and zoning text amendment

Justin Hayes Linowes and Blocher, LLP Yoav Katz ●Spencerville Road improvements

Lesa N. Hoover

Apartment and Office Building Association of Greater Washington

Apartment and Office Building Association of Greater Washington ●Real estate issues

Robert E. Jepson Adventist HealthCare Adventist HealthCare

●Health care matters relating to Adventist HealthCare and Montgomery County

Stephen Kaufman Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Artery Development, LLC/Elm Street Development ●Clarksburg Village/Clarksburg Skylark Development District5


Ben Porto and Son, Ltd., and Tri-State Stone & Building Supply

●Attendance at hearings; ●Speaking with Staff and Council members



Stephen Kaufman Linowes and Blocher, LLP Centex Homes, Inc. ●ASHA property

Lobbyists 2009

20

Stephen Kaufman Linowes and Blocher, LLP Centex Homes ●Wheaton Good Counsel High School site redevelopment

Stephen Kaufman Linowes and Blocher, LLP Centex Homes ●Zoning map amendment, MPDU legislation

Stephen Kaufman Linowes and Blocher, LLP David Aaronson

●Wheaton property; ●Wheaton Master Plan


Elm Street Development, Inc. ●Approval Clarksburg development districts


Laurence Lipnick, Battery Lane LLC Partner ●Bethesda Property




Stephen Kaufman Linowes and Blocher LLP

Newland Communities LLC

●Attendance at hearings; ●Meeting with Staff and Council members




Lobbyists 2009

21




Newland Communities LLC and NNPII Clarksburg LLC

●Proposed moratorium legislation (Subdivision Regulation Amendment No. 06-03)


NNPII Clarksburg, LLC, and Newland Communities, LLC

●Lobbying activities associated with Bill 13/38-07 (Moderately Priced Housing – amendments)


PGA TOUR, Inc. and Subsidiaries ●TPC at Avenel

Stephen Kaufman Linowes and Blocher, LLP Stellar Management ●The Enclave development


Terrabrook Clarksburg LLC

●Clarksburg Town Center Development District; ●Plan amendments, extensions, and alleged violations

William Kominers Holland & Knight, LLP JJF Management, Inc. ●General land use matters, master plans, and text amendments

William Kominers Holland & Knight, LLP

Lee Development Group

●Zoning Text Amendment 08-15; ●Subdivision Regulation Amendment 08-03; ●General land use matters and legislation

Lobbyists 2009

22


Naples Commercial LLC ●General land use matters and legislation


North Charles Street, LLC ●General land use matters and master plans

Amy Krengel Furey Doolan & Abel, LLP


●All interests of Anheuser-Busch Companies, particularly to those of sale and distribution of beer and taxation

Joseph P. Lapan Linowes and Blocher LLP KB Home ●Crown Farm land use matters

Joseph P. Lapan Linowes and Blocher LLP

PGA TOUR, Inc. and Subsidiaries ●TPC at Avenel

Erica Leatham Meyers, Eisler & Leatham, LLC Combined Properties ●White Flint Sector Plan

Harry Lerch Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered

8711 Georgia Avenue Parking Lot, LLC ●Supplemental Appropriation for MNCPPC Silver Place/MRO Headquarters

Harry Lerch Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered

Landsdale Investments LLLP & The Lansdale Family

●Opposition to Zoning Text Amendment 09-01, Sandy Spring/Ashton; ●Rural Village Overlay Zone - Prohibited Uses

Lobbyists 2009

23

Sharon Levine Montgomery Village Foundation

Montgomery Village Foundation

●Issues affecting homeowner and condominium associations ●Issues affecting Montgomery Village

Laurence Levitan

Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver, LLC

Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association ●Issues related to new and used auto sales and business activities

Johann Lopez Anheuser-Busch Companies


●All interests of Anheuser-Busch Companies, particularly to those of sale and distribution of beer and taxation

Charles Maier Maier & Warner PR & Marketing Stellar Management

●Real estate development; ●Zoning/planning issues

John Marshall Mulhern, Patterson & Marshall Barwood, Inc.

●Any and all taxicab issues ●Any and all transportation issues

Anne C. Martin Linowes and Blocher LLP

The Council of Co-Owners of the Forum Condominium ●White Flint Sector Plan


The Donohoe Companies, Inc.

●Woodmont properties; ●MPDU Legislation; ●Growth Policy

Anne C. Martin Linowes and Blocher LLP Halpine Park, LLC

●Twinbrook section plan; ●Limited master plan amendment

Lobbyists 2009

24

Anne C. Martin Linowes and Blocher LLP Michael LLC

●Studio Plaza; ●Parking Lot No. 3 ●Purple Line


Renewable Natural Resources Foundation ●Historic designation recommendation matters


Society of American Foresters ●Wild acres nomination for historic preservation

Anne C. Martin Linowes and Blocher, LLP Somerset Development ●Twinbrook Sector Plan


The Bernstein Companies ●CBD zone amendment


The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company ●Zoning text amendment regarding landscape contractor use

Samantha Mazo Linowes and Blocher, LLP



Lobbyists 2009

25

Samantha Mazo Linowes and Blocher, LLP Montouri Property, LLC ●White Flint Sector Plan process

Sarah Meytin Jewish Community Relations Council

Jewish Community Relations Council

●HHS, multicultural concerns ●Grants ●Arts and humanities ●Education

Matthew & David Mohebbi Regency Taxi



Patrick O’Neal Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered

Davis Brothers Montgomery Farm Limited Partnership

●SRA 09-01 - adequate public facilities/validity period; ●Bill No. 5-09 - permit fees/new construction/deferral; ●Expedited Bill No. 4-09 - development impact tax

Patrick O’Neal Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered

DRI Development Services, Inc.


Stephen J. Orens Miles & Stockbridge, PC Edward Brown ●Zoning Text Amendment

Lobbyists 2009

26

John R. Orrick, Jr. Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Artery-Beazer Clarksburg LLC

●Matters pertaining to development district legislation (Ch 14 of Montgomery County Code) ●Matters pertaining to development impact tax legislation (Ch 52 of Montgomery County Code)


Artery Development, LLC/Elm Street Development ●Clarksburg Village/Clarksburg Skylark Development District5


Clarksburg Village LC, Clark Meadow, LC, Clarksburg Village Investments LC

●Matters pertaining to development district legislation (Ch 14 of Montgomery County Code) ●Matters pertaining to development impact tax legislation (Ch 52 of Montgomery County Code)


Elm Street Development, Inc. ●Approval Clarksburg development districts


Federal Realty Investment Trust ●Mid-Pike Plaza


King Farm Partnership, LLP

●AGP and development impact tax matters; ●Development district matters ●Mi

John R. Orrick, Jr. Linowes & Blocher LLP

Newland Communities, LLC/P/C


John R. Orrick, Jr. Linowes & Blocher LLP

NNP II -- Clarksburg, LLC ●Clarksburg Town Center Development District (Terrabrook)

Lobbyists 2009

27


Terrabrook Clarksburg LLC ●Clarksburg Town Center Development District

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton B-I Technologies, LLC ●Bingo

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton Calleva, Inc. ●Land use and zoning

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton Crossway Community, Inc.

●Real property acquisition; ●Land use

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton

Montgomery County Career Fire Fighters Association

●Bill 25-08; ●Bill 37-08; ●Matters pertaining to fire, rescue, and EMS services

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton Montgomery Soccer, Inc.

●Recreation/youth soccer ●Ball fields

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton Percontee, Inc. ●Development project on Route 29

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton Promark/Lake Waverly Associates

●ZTA 08-14 ●White Flint Sector Plan ●General land use matters

Jerry Pasternak Garson Claxton Regency Cab ●Legislation and regulations associated with Chapter 53

Philip Perrine Philip Perrine

First Baptist Church of Wheaton (Pastor Edward Williams) ●10-year water and sewer category change

Lobbyists 2009

28

Philip Perrine Philip Perrine Hopkins & Porter (Guy Summer) ●10-year water and sewer category change

Reza Raoofi Action Taxi



Nancy P. Regelin


Aldon Management Corporation/7900 Associates

●Battery Lane District; ●Sectional map amendments; ●Woodmont Triangle Sector Plan; ●Zoning Text Amendments; ●MPDU legislation

Elsie Reid Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP



Elsie Reid Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

●Monitoring and testifying to the zoning in respect of land use regulations and proposed changes to the zoning and subdivision ordinances ●Commenting upon executive and legislative proposals pertaining to special exceptions and the development review process ●Participation in the appropriations process as it affects social services and affordable housing ●Representing the interests of the religious corporation on any issue that may come before County Council and/or executive departments

Elsie Reid Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP Westfield, LLC

●Represent interests of Westfield, LLC in the redevelopment of Wheaton Plaza before all agencies of government

Susan Reutersham Holland & Knight, LLP

Lee Development Group

●Zoning Text Amendment 08-15; ●Subdivision Regulation Amendment 08-03; ●General land use matters and legislation

Lobbyists 2009

29

Susan Reutersham Holland & Knight, LLP

Naples Commercial, LLP ●General land use matters and legislation

Steven Robins Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd. BNA Washington, Inc.

●Gaithersburg West Sector Plan; ●Growth Policy; ●Sectional Map Amendment for Gaithersburg West Master Plan

Steven Robins Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.

Camalier Linited Partnership



Davis Brothers Montgomery Farm Limited Partnership



DRI Development Services, Inc.



Lewis Flashenberg (c/o LJF Realty Advisers)


Steven Robins Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd. The JBG Companies

●White Flint Sector Plan ●Growth Policy matters

Steven Robins Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd. JBG Properties, Inc. ●Zoning Text Amendment 08-14 – TMX Zone

Lobbyists 2009

30


William Rickman (c/o Redgate III, LLC)


Joel D. Rozner

Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver, LLC

Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association (Gerard Murphy) ●Issues related to new and used sales and business activities

Amy Samman Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP


●All interest of Anheuser-Busch Companies, particularly those of sale and distribution of beer and taxation

Amy Samman Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP



Barbara A. Sears Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Artery Development Company, LLC ●Konterra Property


Bethel World Outreach Church ●Headquarters campus

Barbara A. Sears Linowes and Blocher, LLP Casey Management ●Sunrise Farm

Barbara A. Sears Linowes and Blocher, LLP Clark Enterprises, Inc. ●Rolling Hills

Lobbyists 2009

31


Connelly School of the Holy Child ●Forest conservation issue


Federal Realty Investment Trust ●Mid-Pike Plaza


Foulger-Pratt Companies, Inc. ●Montgomery College Germantown Campus


Foulger-Pratt Companies ●Ourisman property


Foulger-Pratt Companies, Inc. ●Park Potomac (a/k/a Fortune Park)

Barbara A. Sears Linowes and Blocher, LLP Home Properties ●Falkland Chase development


The Johns Hopkins University ●Belward Research Campus

Barbara A. Sears Linowes and Blocher, LLP KB Home ●Crown Farm land use matters

Lobbyists 2009

32


The Peterson Companies ●Silver Spring residential development


Pulte Home Corporation ●Ten-Mile Creek


Suburban Hospital Association, Inc. ●Legislation regarding development applications of hospitals


Suburban Hospital Association, Inc. ●8600 Old Georgetown Road

Lawrence A. Shulman


Barwood, Inc. (Lee Barnes)

●Pending taxi legislation and related laws ●Pending audits and related laws

Lawrence A. Shulman




Lawrence A. Shulman


Eastern Diversified Properties, Inc.

●Master Plans ●Zoning ●Land use development and approvals ●Matters related to the above

Lawrence A. Shulman


Ecology Services Inc. (Timothy Osborne, President)


Lobbyists 2009

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Lawrence A. Shulman



●Takoma/Langley Transit Center ●Acquisition and land use matters associated therewith ●Related matters

Lawrence A. Shulman




Lawrence A. Shulman



●Problems in connection with the Subdistrict B ●Diesel fuel issues

Lawrence A. Shulman


Potomac Disposal, Inc. (Stan Levine) ●Sadesky/Old Dover Road

Stacy Silber Holland & Knight, LLP

Adventist Health Care, Inc. ●Medical facility on Arliss Street and Flower Avenue


Flower Avenue Shopping ●County appropriation


GTC-Century Retail, LLC ●Germantown Sector Plan and related matters


The Shops at Germantown ●Germantown Sector Plan and related matters

Lobbyists 2009

34

Nancy Stoner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Natural Resources Defense Council ●Environmental protection issues

Melvin Thompson

Restaurant Association of Maryland

Restaurant Association of Maryland ●Restaurant, food service, and hospitality issues

Emily Vaias Linowes and Blocher, LLP

Academy Child Development Center, Inc. ●Growth Policy revisions affecting Academy's Special Exception

Emily Vaias Linowes and Blocher, LLP

The Donohoe Companies, Inc. ●Woodmont Properties

Emily Vaias Linowes and Blocher, LLP Yoav Katz ●Spencerville Road improvements

Emily Vaias Linowes and Blocher, LLP Montouri Property, LLC

●White Flint Sector Plan process; ●CR Zone; ●Sectional Map Amendment/White Flint

Emily Vaias Linowes and Blocher, LLP The Oxbridge Group

●Rock Creek Master Plan ●Water and sewer category change

Ellen Valentino-Benitez VBA, Inc. 7-Eleven, Inc. ●Bill 19-07

Lobbyists 2009

35

Anne Marie Vassallo


Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church ●Sewer category change

Anne Marie Vassallo

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. Copeland Trucking, Inc.

●Zoning Text Amendment 09-03 ●Land use matters related to ZTA 09-03

Anne Marie Vassallo

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. Covenant Village, LLC ●Zoning text amendment

Anne Marie Vassallo


Gunners Lake Thirteen Limited Partnership ●Germantown Master Plan

Anne Marie Vassallo


A.R. Kronstadt Realty Investors, Inc. (agent for Randolph Buildings LP, Randolph Properties LP, Randolph Properties Inc.) ●White Flint Sector Plan

Anne Marie Vassallo



●Takoma/Langley Transit Center ●Acquisition and land use matters associated therewith ●Related matters

Anne Marie Vassallo


Lindsay Management, Inc. ●Zoning and land use

Lobbyists 2009

36

Mark Viani McGuireWoods LLP

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

●Damascus Master Plan ●General legislative matters

Rebecca Walker Miles & Stockbridge, PC Edward Brown ●Zoning Text Amendment

Scott C. Wallace Linowes and Blocher, LLP

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. ●HGS site / Impact tax legislation

Scott C. Wallace Linowes and Blocher, LLP Boston Properties

●Tower Oaks/Impact tax legislation; ●Washingtonian North/Impact tax legislation


Churchill Senior Living (Joe Parreco) ●Germantown Master Plan update


Foulger-Pratt Companies, Inc. ●Park Potomac (a/k/a Fortune Park)


The Johns Hopkins University ●Belward Research Campus

Scott C. Wallace Linowes and Blocher, LLP The Meridian Group ●Germantown West master plan

Lobbyists 2009

37

Scott C. Wallace Linowes and Blocher, LLP Stellar Management ●The Enclave development


Suburban Hospital Association, Inc. ●Legislation regarding development applications of hospitals

Charles Washington Potomac Electric Power Company

Potomac Electric Power Company ●All matters affecting an electric utility

Rhoda Washington Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ●Matters affecting the retail industry

Kim Watson Potomac Electric Power Company

Potomac Electric Power Company ●All matters affecting an electric utility

Leslie Ford Weber Suburban Hospital Suburban Hospital ●8600 Old Georgetown Road ●Healthcare matters relating to Suburban Hospital and Montgomery County

Meredith Weisel

Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors

Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors

●Real estate issues ●Land use matters ●Development and growth issues ●Taxes

Meredith Weisel

Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors

Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors

●Commercial real estate issues ●Land use matters ●Development and growth issues ●Taxes

Lobbyists 2009

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Lobbyist expenditures, 2009

Table 1

Summary of the compensation and expenditures of registered lobbyists, 2009 (amounts in dollars)

Category Amounts January–

June

Amounts July-

December

2009 Totals

1. Meals and beverages 33.00 0.00 33.00

2. Special events 41,200.00 17,219.46 58,419.46

3. Expenses for food 419.71 0.00 419.71

4. Gifts to or for public employees or their relatives 0.00 0.00 0.00

5. Salaries 11,259.00 11,617.00 22,876.00

6. Office expenses 2,974.89 6,839.54 9,814.43

7. Professional and technical research 6,000.00 6,078.00 12,078.00

8. Cost of publications 6,000.00 17,257.00 23,257.00

9. Witness fees and expenses 0.00 0.00 0.00

10. Total compensation paid to lobbyist 397,189.65 812,248.44 1,209,438.09

11. Other expenses 308.14 153.50 461.64

Beneficiaries of gifts 0.00 0.00 0.00

Political contributions not associated with a registration: See Table 2

Total 465,384.39 871,412.94 1,336,797.33

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Table 2.

Lobbyist political contributions in the first half of 2009 (amounts in dollars)

Firm Recipient Amounts January-

June

Amounts July-

December

Totals

Linowes &

Blocher

Roger Berliner 250.00 250.00

Valerie Ervin 800.00 750.00 1,550.00

Nancy Floreen 900.00 2,250.00 3,150.00

Michael Knapp 1,500.00 1,500.00

Isiah Leggett 2,6250.00 2,6250.00

George Leventhal 700.00 1,050.00 1,750.00

Nancy Navarro 100.00 565.00 665.00

Holland & Knight Valerie Ervin 300.00 130.00 430.00

Nancy Floreen 200.00 100.00 300.00

Michael Knapp 100.00 100.00

George Leventhal 100.00 200.00 300.00

Eileen Cahill Nancy Floreen 100.00 100.00

Totals 3,200.00

Documents

Lobbyists 2009 - Montgomery County, Maryland 2009 2 Lobbyists registered with the Montgomery County Ethics Commission during 2009 Lobbyist First Name Lobbyist Last Name Lobbyist Firm