The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda
Thursday, May 3, 2007
FINAL
Last updated: May 1 at 5:00 P.M.
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
301-495-4600
www.montgomeryplanningboard.org
FINAL
Last updated: May 1 at 5:00 P.M.
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
301-495-4600
www.montgomeryplanningboard.org
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| 9:00 am | Planning Board Meeting (MRO Auditorium) (Commissioners Wellington and Perdue will be absent) |
| Consent Agenda | |
| Item *1 | Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions |
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Group A: Five Boardmembers eligible to vote: Commissioners Hanson, Bryant, Wellington, Perdue and Robinson: Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item *2 | Record Plats |
Subdivision Plat No 220060150 Greencastle Towns Rt-8 zone; 11 lots, 2 Parcels; On Greencastle Road, 3000 feet south of Robey Road; Fairland; Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Deision: Approved. Subdivision Plat No 220070790 to 220070820 Greenway Village PD-4 Zone; 78 lots, 8 Parcels; on north quadrant, intersection of Skylark Road, and Ridge Road; Clarksburg; Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
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| 9:00 am | |
| Item 3 | Growth Policy Worksession #1 |
K. Moritz |
Overview of Worksession Series (No Public Testimony will be Taken) 2007 Growth Policy Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only. |
| Item 4 | Accounting Update |
P. Barney
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1. Operating Funds Nine Month Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2007 2. Enterprise Funds Nine Month Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2007 Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only. |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| Item 16 | Closed Session -ADDED |
D. Lieb |
Pursuant to Maryland Annotated Code 10-508(a)(7) to obtain legal advice concerning litigation |
| 1:00 PM | Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium) |
| Item 5 | Growth Management Speaker Series |
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Richard Heapes is the Founder and Principal of Street-Works, LLC, a mixed-use development and consulting firm headquarter in New York. Street-Works is nationally recognized for creating great urban places. Giving vision to communities is Street-Works driving principle. Mr. Heapes most recently led the $180 million of Street-Works’ mixed-use development in suburban West Hartford, CT. Previously, Mr. Heapes was Co-Founder and Partner-in-Charge of the Main Street Studio at the Washington, DC office of Cooper Carry, Inc., where he was responsible for many public-private, joint-venture, and development efforts, including Mizner Park, the 30-acre redevelopment of downtown Boca Raton, FL, and Federal Realty’s Bethesda Row and Santana Row. Under Mr. Heapes’ direction, the Washington office of Cooper Carry specialized in the planning and design of more than 40 “Main Streets” across the country.
Mr. Heapes received his education from the University of Colorado in Boulder and the University of California at Berkley, where he received a Master of Architecture and Master of Visual Design. Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only. |
| 2:30 PM | Hearings on Applications |
| Item *6 | Limited Site Plan Review No. 82003034B, Summerfield Crossing |
R. Kronenberg
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R-200 zone; 117.60 acres; Amendment to re-do landscaping at 24 lots along “West Old Baltimore Road” and posting a bond for the Greenway Trail; located onWest Old Baltimore Road, approximately 3,000 feet west of (MD 355); Clarksburg Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation |
| Item *7 | Project Plan Review No. 920070050 and Preliminary Plan No. 120060290, The Rugby Condominium |
D. Kinney
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A. Project Plan Review, CBD-1 zone; 0.47 acres; 1 lot requested; 61 multi-family residential dwelling units, including 13.1% moderately priced dwelling units; located on the north side of Rugby Avenue at the intersection of Auburn and Rugby Avenues, approximately 300 feet east of Norfolk Avenue; Bethesda Central Business District; Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation
B. Preliminary Plan,CBD-1 Zone; 0.47 acres; 93,586 square feet of residential; located in the northern quadrant of the intersection with Auburn Avenue and Rugby Avenue; Bethesda Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation
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| Item *8 | Preliminary Plan No. 120060160, Garrett Park (Resubdivision) |
R. Weaver
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R-90 zone; 0.52 acres; 2 lots requested; 2 one-family detached residential dwellings; located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Oxford Street and Clermont Avenue; North Bethesda-Garrett Park; Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation |
| Item *9 | Preliminary Plan No. 120060980, Merrimack Park (Resubdivision) |
R. Weaver
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R-60 zone; 0.73 acres; 3 lots requested; 3 one-family detached dwelling units; located in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Pyle Road & Elgin Lane; Bethesda/Chevy Chase; Staff Recommendation: Denial Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation |
| Item *10 | Site Plan Review No. 81986038A (Formerly 8-86038A), Hallowell Playground #1 |
E. Hisel-McCoy
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R-200, R-90 & RE-2 Zones; 14.80 acres; amendment to show new design of existing playground; located on St. Florence Terrace, approximately 320 feet south of Brimstone Academy Drive; Olney Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation |
| Item *11 | Preliminary Plan No. 120070290, Baldwin Landing (Formerly Linden Grove) |
E. Grayson
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R-90/TDR-13 zone; 4.03 acres; 42 lots requested; 6 one-family detached residential dwellings and 36 townhouses, including 12.5% moderately priced dwelling units; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Yellowstone Way and Chieftain Avenue; Shady Grove; Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation as modified. |
| Item *12 | Mandatory Referral No. 07602-MCPS-1 |
C. Nelson |
Stonegate Elementary School – Gymnasium Addition, 14811 Notley Road, R-200 Zone, Cloverly Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval to transmit comments Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation |
| Item *13 | Project Plan Review No. 920070020, (Formerly 9-07002), Monty, Extension Request |
R. Kronenberg |
CBD-1,2 zones; 1.11540 acres; 7,700 gross square feet retail, 214,411 residential, 20,137 non residential to remain; located on Fairmont Avenue, approximately 150 feet south of Norfolk Avenue; Bethesda CBDStaff Recommendation: Grant Extension until May 17 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation |
| Item *15 | Project Plan Review No. 91987001A, City Place, Extension Request -ADDED |
J. Sloan
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CBD-3 zone, 2.48 acres; 246,588 square feet of new office space and 439,962 square feet of retail to remain; Southwest quadrant of Colesville Road and Fenton Street; Silver Spring CBD Master Plan Staff Recommendation: Grant Extension Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 7:00 PM | Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium) |
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| Item 14 | Roundtable Discussion including Briefings and Worksessions (No public testimony will be taken at this time) |
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A. Approval of MinutesPlanning Board Action/Decision: Approved B. Commissioners' Reports C. Intercounty Connector Status Report #7 Planning Board Action/Decision: Deferred D. GWU Student Presentation: Considering Quality of Life in the Master Planning Process E. GWU Student Presentation: Applying National Smart Growth Examples to Montgomery County
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| ADJOURN |
Notices and Reminders |
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| May | 2 | 7:15 p.m. | East County Citizens Advisory Board, Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring |
| 3 | 9:00 a.m. |
Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring | |
| 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Mid County Recreation Advisory Board, Dept. of Recreation, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Wheaton | |
| 5 | 9:30 a.m. | (Tentative) Public Forum, Growth Policy, MRO Auditorium | |
| 7 | 7:00 p.m. | County Wide Recreation Advisory Board, Recreation Administrative Offices, 4010 Randolph Road, Wheaton | |
| 8 | 4:30 p.m. | Wheaton Urban District Advisory, Mid-County Services Ctr. 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton | |
| 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, Special Session - Growth Policy Work Session, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring (Commissioner Bryant Absent) | |
| 8 | 7:00 p.m. | East County Recreation Advisory Board, Fairland Comm. Ctr., 14906 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville | |
| 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Silver Spring Recreation Advisory Board, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring | |
| 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring | |
| 10 | 9:00 a.m. | Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring | |
| 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Western Area Recreation Advisory Board, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac | |
| 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, Long Branch Community Center, 8700 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring | |
| 14 | 7:15 p.m. | Upcounty Citizen Advisory Board, Upcounty Regional Service Center, Conference Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown | |
| 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Mid-County Citizen Advisory, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton | |
| 16 | 9:30 a.m. | Full Commission Meeting, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro | |
| 17 | 9:00 a. m. | Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring | |
| 17 | 3:30 p.m. | Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board, Discovery Communications, 1 Discovery Place |
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The public is invited to join the Montgomery County Planning Board throughout the spring to hear a diverse slate of planning experts speak about ways to guide growth while maintaining a vibrant economy and protecting the county’s unique natural resources.
The growth management speaker series will inform the Planning Board and planning staff as they update the county’s key growth policy, (also referred to as the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance), which directs growth to areas with the right level of roads, schools and other public amenities. The growth policy will ultimately be reviewed and voted on by the County Council.
As Montgomery County emerges as an economic power center in the state, public officials and planners are working to retain high levels of public service and our historically high quality of life.
The series hosts nationally known experts who will lend insight into such issues as balancing growth and public services; fostering high-quality communities; developing vibrant urban areas and creating pedestrian-friendly environments; among other subjects. See below for information about the speakers, who will address the Planning Board on the dates specified below. For more information and to view online videotapes of the speeches, go to www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/planning/growth.
May 17, 7 p.m.: Robert Hunter is president-elect of the American Planning Association and serves as the executive director of the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission in Tampa, Fla. Hunter will address “Growth: Who Pays and Who Plays?”
May 24, 7 p.m.: Alexander von Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, has authored three books on urban revival and is now writing a history of low-income housing politics and policy. Von Hoffman will address “Urban Planning in the Age of Sprawl: Thoughts on the Past and Future of American Metropolitan Growth.” His presentation will focus, in part, on growth management case studies, including Montgomery, Loudoun and Fairfax counties.
June 6, 7 p.m.: Edward “Ned” Hill, Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Economic Development at the Maxine Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, is also a Senior Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Hill edited Economic Development Quarterly from 1994 to 2005. Hill’s topic will be announced.
June 7, 7 p.m. : Ed McMahon, who holds the Charles Fraser Chair on Sustainable Development at the Urban Land Institute, is nationally known as a leading authority on sustainable development, land conservation, urban design and historic preservation. McMahon will address “The Dollars and Sense of Responsive Design.”
June 14, 7 p.m. : Michael Freedman, principal and founder of an urban design firm in San Francisco, specializes in infill development, master plans, corridor redevelopment, design guidelines and open space planning. Freedman will address “The Strategy of Superior Infill by Guiding Growth and Change with Effective Regulatory and Capital Improvement Tools.”
June 21 9:15 a.m. : Peter Park, Director of Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department, specializes in innovative community and building design solutions.
Except for the June 6 presentation, the growth management speaker series will take place during regularly scheduled Planning Board meetings held on Thursdays at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring. Additional speakers may be added in the coming weeks and the current schedule may change. For the latest on the speaker series, call (301) 495-4600 or go to www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/planning/growth.