The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, May 17, 2007

FINAL

Last updated: May 16 at 5:00 P.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue
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9:00 am Planning Board Meeting (MRO Auditorium)
  Consent Agenda
   
Item *1 Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
 


Group A: All Commissioners Eligible to Vote:

i) Preliminary Plan No. 120060320 Bowie Mill Estates: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.


Group B: Four Commissioners Eligible to Vote: Commissioners Bryant, Perdue, Robinson and Wellington

ii) Preliminary Plan No. 12006031A White Flint Crossing: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No.

iii) Site Plan No. 820060170A White Flint Crossing: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.


Group C: Three Commissioners Eligible to Vote: Commissioners Perdue, Bryant and Robinson

iv) Site Plan No. 820030410 Maple Ridge Townhomes: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Group D: Four Commissioners Eligible to Vote: Commissioners Robinson, Bryant, Hanson and Perdue

V) Preliminary Plan No. 120070060 Smoot’s Addition to Chevy Chase: ADOPTION OF REVISED RESOLUTION No. 07-10

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Resolution for Reservation of Future Parkland Acquisition 20.91 acre, Barmakian Property, South Germantown Recreational Park Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Item *2 Record Plats
 

Subdivision Plat No. 220070450 Kentsdale Estates RE-2 zone; 12 Lots; Northwest quadrant, intersection of Democracy Boulevard and Stapleford Hall Drive Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

 

Item *3 Consent Agenda
 

Continuation of Reservation of Land for Public Use Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
  Hearings on Applications
   
Item *4 Preliminary Plan No. 120070180, Holly Oak Property

R. Weaver

R-200 zone; 2.66 acres; 5 lots requested; 5 one-family detached dwelling units; located at the eastern terminus of Quaker Ridge Road; North Bethesda-Garrett Park; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

   
Item *5 Preliminary Plan No. 120070300, Southlawn

D. Kinney

 

I-2 zone; 1.99 acres; 1 lot requested; 4,524 square foot concrete plant; located on the southeast side of Southlawn Lane, approximately 330 feet east of the intersection with Incinerator Lane; Upper Rock Creek; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with modification.

   
Item *6 Preliminary Plan No. 120070160, White Property (Resubdivision)

E. Grayson

R-60 zone; 0.53 acres; 2 lots requested; 2 one-family detached dwelling units, one existing to remain; located on Ritchie Avenue at the intersection with Geneva Avenue; Takoma Park; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *7 Site Plan Review No. 820070080 (Formerly 8-07008), Quince Trace

J. Sloan

RT-8 zone; 6.09 acres; 45 townhouses, including 6 Moderately Priced Dwelling Units (MPDUs); located on Darnestown Road (MD 28), approximately 2,800 feet east of Quince Orchard Road; Potomac Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with condition.

   
Item 8 Purple Line Functional Master Plan Draft Purpose and Outreach Strategy Report

T. Autrey

 

Purple Line Functional Master Plan Draft Purpose and Outreach Strategy Report - Begin Purple Line Functional Master Plan process with publication and distribution of Draft Purpose and Outreach Strategy Report. In addition, authorize staff to begin process to establish a Master Plan Advisory Group (MPAG). Maryland Mass Transit Administration Purple Line Project Team will also provide update on Draft Environmental Impact Statement / Alternative Analysis currently underway  Staff Recommendation: Approval to distribute Draft Report and establish the MPAG.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff recommendation to distribute Draft Report and establish the MPAG.

   
Item *9 Site Plan Review No. 820070120, Commerce Bank Germantown Park II

R. Kronenberg

 

C-1 zone; 1.15 acres; 3,719 gross square feet for bank; located at the northeast quadrant of the intersection with Frederick Road and Scenery Drive; Germantown Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

   
12:00 PM Lunch
Item 14 Closed Session -ADDED

D. Lieb

B. Gries

A. Pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice regarding Development Districts

B. Pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(3), to consider acquisition of real property for a public purpose

   
1:00 PM Planning Board Meeting Continues
  Closed Session
Item 10 Silver Place -REMOVED

M. Riley

 

Pursuant to Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article, Section 10-508(a)(14), to consult with staff regarding a pending contract award. Specifically to discuss the proposed terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between M-NCPPC, Montgomery County, and SilverPlace, LLC concerning the SilverPlace Project.

(No Public Testimony will be Taken)

 

1:00 PM Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium)
Item 15 Hawlings River Stream Valley Park Authorization -ADDED

B. Gries

 

Hawlings River Stream Valley Park Authorization to acquire 1.2 acres (52,272 square feet),more or less, unimproved, from Greater Sandy Spring Green Space, Inc., located east of Chandlee Mill Road, south of Gold Mine Road, Brookeville, Maryland, as a Legacy Open Space Natural Resource and Water Supply Protection Area Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

   
Item 16 Park Fund Budget Adjustment -ADDED

B. Mooney

 

Little Bennett Creek Pumping System Repair

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

   
Item 18 Administration Fund Budget Adjustment -ADDED

G. Wright

 

MRO Building HVAC repair

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

   
Item 11 Growth Policy Worksession

K. Moritz

 

Consideration of Final Draft Staff Recommendation: Approval for transmittal to county Council

(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: Postponed decision

   
Item 12

Roundtable Discussion including Briefings and Worksessions

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

 

A. Approval of Minutes Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

B. Commissioners' Reports

 

   
Item *17 Project Plan Review No. 920070030, 4900 Fairmont -ADDED FROM May 10

K. Aleshire

 

CBD-2 Zone; Approval of a maximum of 154,864 gross square feet of new development, including a maximum of 118 mardet rate residential units; 15% MPDU; approximately 5,500 square feet of first floor retail on 25,586 gross square feet; located on the southwestern corner of the intersection of Norfolk and Fairmont avenues, in the Woodmont Triangle area of Bethesda; Bethesda Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
   
6:00 PM Dinner
   
7:00 PM Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium)
Item 13 Growth Management Speaker Series

K. Moritz

M. Banach

 

Robert Hunter is the President of the American Planning Association, representing 41,000 planners and other professionals in 39 nations. He began his two-year term as president on April 17, 2007. Mr. Hunter also serves as the Executive Director of the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission in Tampa, FL. Before working in Florida, Mr. Hunter was Director of Planning in San Antonio, TX and Reno, NV.

Topic: “Growth: Who Pays and Who Plays?” This presentation will explore how the impact of growth on local government can be measured. Development and redevelopment create opportunity for improved quality of life, choices, levels of service, and more. Can these quality of life attributes be measured? Should they be measured in the public review process to determine what is in the best interest of the community?

   
  ADJOURN

 

 

 

Notices and Reminders

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
  4 2:00 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting, Executive Director Conference Room/Riverdale
  5 9:30 a.m. 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
  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 p.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
  16 7:00 p.m UpCounty Recreation Advisory Board, Upcounty Regional Service Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Ste 1600, Germantown
  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
  19 9:00 a.m. Rachel Carson Greenway 100th Birthday Celebration - Rachel Carson Conservation Park
  20 9:00 a.m. Rachel Carson Greenway 100th Birthday Celebration - Rachel Carson Conservation Park
  20 2:00 p.m. Rachel Carson Cake Cutting- Rachel Carson Conservation Park
  21 7:00 p.m. Western Montgomery County Citizen Advisory Board, Garrett Park Town Hall, 10814 Kenilworth Avenue, Garrett Park
  22 1:00 p.m. Department Heads Meeting, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro
  23 7:30 p.m. Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

 

 

 

ABOUT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANNING BOARD’S
GROWTH MANAGEMENT SPEAKER SERIES

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.mcparkandplanning.org/planning/growth.

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.

 

7 p.m. June 21: Gordon Price, Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, and a professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, has written extensively on Vancouver and transportation and land use issues. Price will discuss “The Vancouver Recipe: How to Increase Density and Reduce Fat.”


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.mcparkandplanning.org/planning/growth.