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NOTICE

Planning Board Seeks Public Comment on Water and Sewer Category Change Requests

The Planning Board will hear testimony and consider recommendations for the water and sewer category change requests listed below on Thursday, April 17, 2008. These applications request that community water and/or sewer service be extended to individual properties. Recommendations from the Planning Board will be presented to the County Executive since administrative cases are not required to go before the County Council. A public hearing on the administrative cases will take place on April 23, 2008 at the Department of Environmental Protection in Rockville.

Case Number	Applicant/Owner and Property Location	Master Plan Area
WSCCR 08A-CLO-01	Boswell - 19 Awkard Lane	Cloverly
WSCCR 08A-DNT-02	Talley - 14526 Jones Lane	Potomac
WSCCR 08A-GMT-01	MCDPWT - 20633 Boland Farm Road	Germantown
WSCCR 08A-POT-03	Boland - 10706 Burbank Drive	Potomac
WSCCR 08G-URC-01	MCDEP for Collins - 7229 Pompano Terr.	Upper Rock Creek

Go to the Planning Board’s web site after April 9, 2008 for the staff report and to see the position on the agenda. Written comments are also welcomed prior to the Planning Board Hearing and should be addressed to:

Royce Hanson, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or sent via email to:

9:00 am	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
9:00 AM	CONSENT AGENDA
Item *1	Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
	Group A: Four Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Bryant, Cryor, Hanson, and Robinson.] i) Project Plan Amendment No. 92005005A, The Galaxy, ADOPTION OF CORRECTED RESOLUTION No. 08-31 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. ii) Site Plan No. 82006013A, The Galaxy, ADOPTION OF CORRECTED RESOLUTION No. 08-25 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
Item *2	Record Plats
Item *3	Consent Items
	Site Plan Review Amendment No. 82004015D, Park Potomac (aka) Fortune Parc - POSTPONED I-3 zone; 20.281 acres; amendment: reduce height of retaining walls at south end, change the design of the round-a-bout; change planter at building E and add a canopy to the clubhouse; located at the northwest intersection of Montrose Road and I-270; Potomac. Staff recommendation: Approval of the Consent Item

	Design of the Linda Weiner Memorial (Capital Crescent Trail) Plan for the Linda Weiner Memorial; renovation of an existing trailhead along the Capital Crescent Trail with a memorial feature for Linda Weiner; located near Bethesda Avenue and Public Parking Lot 31 in Bethesda; Bethesda CBD. Staff recommendation: Approval of the memorial design Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
9:00 am	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)

Item *4	Extension Request for Project Plan Amendment No. 91992004B, 4 Bethesda Metro Center
J. Sloan	CBD-3 zone; 3.48 acres; 12,800 gross square feet retail, 233,284 gross square feet office; located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Old Georgetown Road and Wisconsin Avenue; Bethesda CBD Addendum-correspondence received Staff recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *5	Extension Request for Project Plan Review No. 920060070 The Veneto
E. Hisel-McCoy	CBD-1 zone; 0.294 acres; 33,824 square feet of residential (13 units) and 4,575 square feet of retail; located at the west quadrant of the intersection of Norfolk Avenue and Cordell Avenue; Bethesda CBD Staff recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *6	Site Plan Review No. 820060290, Cabin Branch-Winchester I - POSTPONED
R. Kronenberg	RMX-1/TDR/MXPD zones; 141.26 acres; 427 residential dwelling units including 64 MPDUs, park and school site; located at the northwest quadrant of the intersection with I-270 and West Old Baltimore Road; Clarksburg Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

item 12	Proposed Amendments: Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan - AD 2008-2
K. Nelson	Administrative Cases http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/deatmpl.asp?url=/content/dep/dephome/index.asp Staff recommendation: Transmit recommendations to County Executive Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

10:00AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES

Item 8	Special Exception: Board of Appeals No: S-2708
C. Gilbert	T-Mobile Northeast, LLC, applicant, request a Special Exception to install a Wireless Telecommunications facility; located at 2100 Spencerville Road, Spencerville Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. (Action required for hearing by Hearing Examiner on 04/28/08)


Item *7	Extension Request for Project Plan Review No. 920070110, The Fairmont
R. Kronenberg	CBD-2 zone; 0.21464 acres; 40 multi-family dwelling units; including 6 MPDUs; located on Fairmont Avenue, approximately 250 feet northeast of Old Georgetown Road; Bethesda CBD Staff recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.


Item 9	Zoning Text Amendment No. 08-04
G. Russ	Introduced by Councilmembers Berliner and Trachtenberg: to amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow certain accessory structures (Solar Panels) in the side yard of one-family residential zones Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. (Action required for County Council public hearing of 4/22/08)

Item 10	Adoption of the 2008 Local Area Transportation Review and Policy Area Mobility Review (LATR/PAMR) Guidelines
D. Paine	2008 LATR/PAMR Guidelines for formal adoption. Guidelines were finalized in a Planning Board worksession on January 31, 2008 (If you are printing this document, please follow our printing "tips" on our Planning Board Agenda web page.) Staff recommendation: Adoption of 2008 LATR/PAMR Guidelines Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

11:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES

Item 16	Closed Session - ADDED
M. Riley/D. Hertz	In accordance with State Government Article, Section 10-508(a)(14), to discuss matters directly related to agreements with the developer for SilverPlace.

Item 17	Closed Session - ADDED
A. Daly	In accordance with State Government Article, Section10-508(a)(13), Annotated Code of Maryland, 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)

12:30 PM	LUNCH

Item 18	Closed Session - ADDED
R. Stanley	In accordance with State Government Article, Section 10-508(a)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland. (Personnel)

Item 19	Closed Session - ADDED
D. Daniel	In accordance with State Government Article 10-508(a)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland, to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice. (Hillmead)


1:30 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - (MRO Auditorium)

Item *11	Preliminary Plan No. 120021010, Spencerville Knolls
R. Weaver	RC and RE-1 zones; 10.12 acres; 1 lot requested for 1 existing one-family detached residential dwelling and associated landscape contractor use; located on Spencerville Road, 600 feet west of Thompson Road; Cloverly Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
Item 13	Housing Policy Element of the General Plan
R. George / P. Weiss	Staff Report on Planning and Development Review Issues. Staff will present a paper reviewing how housing issues have been, and could be, addressed through the master planning and development review process. The ensuing discussion will help inform the preparation of amendments to the General Plan’s housing policy element. Staff recommendation: Discussion NOTE: This document can also be accessed on the housing blog, The Home Stretch. Access to current and past reports, audio from past presentations, and slide shows are available on the blog. The blog also provides an opportunity for the public to engage the Planning Board in a discussion of housing-related issues.
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, No vote taken.
Item 14	Roundtable Discussion Including Briefings and Worksessions (No public testimony will be taken at this time)
	A. Commissioners’ Report B. Director’s Report C. Approval of Minutes-Approved D. FY09 Parks Budget

4:00 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES

item 15	Roundtable Discussion with Local Housing Industry Representatives - POSTPONED
K. Moritz	This roundtable will feature home builders and lenders discussing how residential development projects are financed (No public testimony will be taken at the time)

	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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