agenda20071220e

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9:00 am	Planning Board Meeting (MRO Auditorium)

9:00 AM	Consent Agenda
Item *1	Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
	Group B: Three Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Hanson, Cryor and Lynch i) Site Plan No. 820070160, Baldwin Landing; ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-189 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Group C: Three Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Bryant, Hanson and Robinson] ii) Project Plan No. 920070030, Project Name: 4900 Fairmont: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-219 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *2	Record Plats
	Subdivision Plat No. 220080340, Bannockburn Heights R-200 zone; 2 lots; located on the south side of River Road (MD 190), approximately 1,000 feet east of Wilson Lane (MD 188); Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Subdivision Plat No. 220080380, Woodside Hills R-60 zone; 2 lots; located at the eastern terminus of Kermit Road; North and West Silver Spring. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Subdivision Plat No. 220080480, Glenbrook Village R-60 zone; 1 lot; located on the south side of North Chelsea Lane, approximately 525 feet west of Maryland Avenue; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Subdivision Plat No. 220080610, Boyds Highlands RE-2 zone; 3 lots; located on the north side of Barnesville Road (MD 117), approximately 1,800 feet west of Ganley Road; Boyds. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *3	Consent Items
	Site Plan Review No. 82005034A (Formerly 8-05034A), North Bethesda Center, Parcel E. TS-M zone; 2.26 acres; amendment to add gutters and curbs to Citadel Avenue and Wentworth Streets and revise door location retail space; other miscellaneous changes; located at the south quadrant of the intersection of Nebel and Old Georgetown Road; North Bethesda/Garrett Park Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Site Plan Review No. 820067003A (Formerly 8-07003A), Colesville Road Hilton/Hampton Inn/ Homewood Suites Hotel, CBD-1 zone; 0.39 zone; amendment; extend swimming pool, modify building façade, modify landscaping due to changes in pool; located on Colesville Road between Fenton Street and Spring Street; Silver Spring Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

9:00 AM	Hearings on Applications

Item *4	Pre-Preliminary Plan No. 720060600, Burnt Mills Village (Resubdivision)
E. Grayson	R-90 zone; 0.44 acres; 2 lots requested; 2 one-family detached residential dwelling units, one existing; located in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Southwest Drive and Oakwood Street; White Oak; Staff Recommendation: Objection to the submission of a preliminary plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Recommendation.

Item *5	Project Plan Review No. 92005005A (Formerly 9-05005A), The Galaxy Extension Request
S. Periela	CBD-1 zone; 2.62420 acres; 241 multi-family dwelling units, including 31 MPDUs (12.5%); located at the intersection of 13th Street and Eastern Avenue; Silver Spring Staff Recommendation: Extension request Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *6	Preliminary Plan No. 120070440, Bradley’s Choice
N. Braunstein	RC zone; 17 acres; 3 lots requested; 3 one-family detached residential dwelling units; located on the northeast side if New Hampshire Avenue, 500 feet southeast of the intersection of Gaithers Meadow Lane; Olney; Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *7	Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan and Board of Appeals No. S-2711
R. Wilson	A. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval B. Special Exception request by Melodie Butler, applicant, to permit the operation of a landscape contractor business; RDT zone; located at 21020 Peach Tree Road, Dickerson Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Denied Staff Recommendation Special Exception Request. (Action required for hearing by the Hearing Examiner 1/7/08)

Item 8	FY08 Special Appropriation to Planning Department Operating Budget for Funding of Work Program in the Adopted Growth Policy
K. Moritz	Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 16	FY08 Supplemental Appropriation to Planning Department Operating Budget - ADDED
K. Moritz	Grant Application to County's Technology Investment Fund. Subject of grant: Funding of Phase II of Interagency GIS Strategic Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

12:00 PM	Lunch

Item 9	Closed Session
B. Gries	A. Pursuant to Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article, Section 10-508(a)(13), to comply with a specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter – Approval of Closed Session Minutes B. Pursuant to Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article,Section 10-508 (a) (3) to consider acquisition of real property for a public purpose – Capitol View Open Space

1:00 PM	Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditiorium)
Item 10	Capitol View Open Space
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 7.1565 acres, more or less, unimproved,from Daniel J. Milton, located at the intersection of Beechbank Road and Mount Pleasant Road, Silver Spring, Maryland as a Legacy Open Space Natural Resource Area Staff Recommendation: Approval
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
Item 11	Annual Report from the Maryland Soccer Foundation regarding the Soccer Plex
T. Brooks	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken

Item 12	Briefing on Staff action for new applications: Final Forest Conservation Plan SC2008014, 12000 River Road
	Potomac Staff Recommendation: Information Only
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken
Item 13	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. Commissioner's Report C. Director's Report D. Discussion of Forest Conservation Law Revisions -POSTPONED E. Discussion of Development Review Fiscal Policy Study

Item 14	355/I270 Corridor Study
J. Carter	Staff Recommendation: Discussion
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken
6:00 PM	Dinner

7:30 PM	Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium)

Item 15	Worksession #2: Twinbrook Sector Plan
C. Kousoulas	Staff Recommendation: Review Implementation and Zoning

	ADJOURN

Notices and Reminders

December	11	4:30 p.m.	Wheaton Urban District Advisory, Mid-County Services Ctr. 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton
	12	7:00 p.m.	Silver Spring Recreation Advisory Board, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring
	12	7:00 p.m.	East County Recreation Advisory Board, Fairland Comm. Ctr., 14906 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville
	13	9:00 a.m.	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
	13	7:30 p.m.	Western Area Recreation Advisory Board, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac
	17	7:00 p.m.	Special Session: Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, Germantown
	18	1:00 p.m.	Department Heads Meeting, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	18	7:00 p.m.	Mid-County Citizen Advisory, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton
	18	7:00 p.m.	UpCounty Recreation Advisory Board, Upcounty Regional Service Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Ste 1600, Germantown
	19	9:30 a.m.	Full Commission Meeting, PRA, 6600 Kenilworth Avenue, Riverdale, MD
	19	7:30 p.m.	Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	19	1:00 p.m.	“One Commission Holiday Event”, National Labor College, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
	19	7:30 p.m.	Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	20	8:30 a.m.	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
	20	3:30 p.m.	Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board, Discovery Communications, 1 Discovery Place
	25		Christmas Day – Office Closed
	27		Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring , NO PLANNING BOARD MEETING
January	3	9:00 a.m.	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, December 20, 2007

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Notices and Reminders