The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Group A: All Commissioners Eligible to Vote:

i) Preliminary Plan No. 120060580 Schooley Property: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-13

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

ii) Preliminary Plan No. 11987040A Mother of God Amendment: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-14

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

iii) Site Plan No. 820070030 Colesville Road Hilton. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220070220 Tolson Center C-2 zone; 1 Lot; Southeast quadrant, intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Executive Boulevard. North Bethesda Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Site Plan Review No. 82003041A, Maple Ridge (Also known as Seaton Square) RT-8; amendment to replace playground equipment with comparable equipment from a different manufacturer. Located between Lockwood Drive and Columbia Pike (US 29), approximately 1,500 feet west of New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650);White Oak & Vicinity Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

C-1 zone; 1.29 acres; 1 lot requested; 18,704 square feet of office and 4,005 square feet of retail use; located on the north side of Randolph Road, approximately 250 west of the intersection with New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650); White Oak; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Preliminary Plan and Site Plan.

C-1, O-M, and Rural Village Center Overlay zones; 2.66 acres; 1 lot requested; new 10,000 square foot commercial building, retention of a 4,100 square foot commercial building, and a cellular telephone antenna; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Darnestown Road (MD 28) and Seneca Road (MD 112); Potomac; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Preliminary Plan and Site Plan.

R-200 zone; 2.36 acres; 3 lots requested; 3 one-family detached dwelling units; located on the southeast side of Norbeck Road, approximately 350 feet east of Drury Road; Aspen Hill; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

I-4 zone; 134.07 acres; approximately 1.2 million square feet office, industrial and research and development use previously approved; request to amend a previous condition of approval dealing with construction of the Lois Green Conservation Park parking lot; Gaithersburg; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Introduced by Councilmembers Elrich and Berliner: to amend the Zoning Ordinance to establish setbacks for accessory structures from national park property; and generally amend the special provisions for accessory structures in single-family residential and agricultural zones Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to the County Council

(Action required for public hearing of 06/12/07)

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved staff recommendation to transmit comments to the County Council.

Staff Recommendation: Discussion

Overview of requests from public forum and discussion of evaluation criteria for FY09-14 CIP

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken.

The Red Wiggler Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit Public /Private Partner of the Commission. the Red Wiggler Farm located in the Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park in Clarksburg. the Red Wiggler Farm provides environmentally grown produce using the devoted labor and services of mentally and physically challenged adults. The Red Wiggler Foundation will give the Board their annual report of activities, special events, and public benefits Staff Recommendation: Discussion

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken.

RNC zone; 468.53acres; 186 lots; 158 one-family detached dwellings, 14 duplex dwelling units, and 14 townhouses, including a minimum of 15% Moderately Priced Dwelling Units; located on Muncaster Mill Road opposite the intersection with Needwood Road; Upper Rock Creek; Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Continuence

Alexander von Hoffman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. He is the author of House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America’s Urban Neighborhoods, Fuel Lines for the Urban Revival Engine: Neighborhoods, Community Development Corporations, and Financial Intermediaries; and Local Attachments: The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920. He directed “Patterns and Process of Sprawl,” a project for the U. S. Geological Survey. Thanks to grants from the MacArthur, Ford, and Fannie Mae Foundations, von Hoffman is currently writing a history of low-income housing politics and policy in the United States. Mr. Von Hoffman graduated from Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Ph.D.; University of Massachusetts Department of History, M.A.; and Department of English, B.A., Summa Cum Laude.

Lucille Harrigan has degrees in International Relations from Barnard College and Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from American University. She spent her career at the State Department as a speechwriter; as a contract writer for the Defense Department and USIA while raising her children. Harrigan taught Comparative Government at Montgomery College. In 1977, she became Legislative Information Coordinator for the Montgomery County Council, and remained on staff for 21 years.

Since her retirement, she has been work with Mr. Von Hoffman on a series of papers on sprawl in the Washington region.

Topic: “Urban Planning in the Age of Sprawl.” Thoughts on the Past and Future of American Metropolitan Growth.” This presentation will focus on three growth management case studies including Montgomery, Loudon, and Fairfax Counties.

A. Approval of Minutes

B. Commissioners' Reports

C. Director's Report

D. Silver Place Program of Requirements for Park and Planning Headquarters