The two bills, introduced by Howard County Council Chairwoman Christiana Rigby, of District 3, earlier this month, will be voted on during a Feb. 6 legislative session.
More than 20 people testified at the Howard County Council meeting Monday, urging approval of a special financial agreement and an ordinance waiver that would allow the Patuxent Commons project in Columbia to proceed. Plans call for a 76-unit affordable apartment complex on a wooded lot at the northeast corner of Cedar Lane and Freetown Road. Of those 76 units, 19 would be set aside for people with disabilities.