The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, February 5, 2009

FINAL

January 29, 2009

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
9:00 am CONSENT AGENDA

 

 
item *1 Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
 

Group A: Five Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Alfandre, Cryor, Presley, Hanson and Robinson]

i) Finlandia Preliminary Plan 120080380, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 09-14

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

 

ii) EZ Storage – Sandy Spring Preliminary Plan 120080410, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 09-08

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted with change.

 

iii) Pike Center Site Plan 820090020, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 09-10
Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

Item *2 Record Plats
 

Subdivision Plat No. 220081010, Westfarm Technology Park- POSTPONED
I-1 and I-3 zones; 1 parcel; located on the west side of Plum Orchard Drive, 500 feet south of Broadbirch Drive; Fairland.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

 

Subdivision Plat No. 220090180, Griffith’s addition to Muncaster Estates
RE-1 zone; 1 lot; located on the west side of Muncaster Road, 400 feet north of Annamarie Court; Upper Rock Creek.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 


Item *3 Consent Items
 


Item 4 Approval of Minutes
  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING
   
Item 12 Growth Policy Status Update -ADDED

P. Dunn

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

   
Item 5 Draft Germantown Sector Plan and Design Guidelines

S. Edwards

 

A. Planning Board Draft of the Germantown Employment Corridor Sector Plan, an amendment to the 1989 Germantown Master Plan.

Staff recommendation: Approve transmittal of Planning Board Draft Germantown Master Plan to County Executive and County Council

Staff Memo

Master Plan : Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved for transmittal

B. Germantown Employment Corridor Design Guidelines

Staff recommendation: Discussion Only

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

(No Public Testimony will be taken)

   
12:00 PM LUNCH
Item 7 Closed Session

B. Gries

 

Pursuant to Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article, Section 10-508(a)(3) to consider acquisition of real property for Public purpose – Land exchange between M-NCPPC and the Town of Garrett Park

   
Item 8 Closed Session

B. Gries

 

Pursuant to Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article, Section 10-508 (a)(3) to consider acquisition of real property for a public purpose. (Clarksburg Triangle Park and Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park)

   
1:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
Item 9 Clarksburg Triangle Park

B. Gries

 

Authorization to acquire 40,438 square feet (0.93 acres), more or less, unimproved, from the The Trustees of the Clarksburg United Methodist Church, located at the intersection of Clarksburg Road (MD Rte. 121) and Spire Street, Clarksburg, Maryland, as an Urban Open Space recommended in the Legacy Open Space Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
Item 13 Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park -ADDED

B. Gries

 

Authorization to acquire 30,121 square feet (0.69 acres), more or less, improved, from John Bailey and Davis Consultant and Investment Group, LLC, located west of Banks Drive, north of Good Hope Road, Silver Spring, Maryland, as a Legacy Open Space Natural Resource Protection Area.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Postponed
Item 14 Site Selection for Relocation of the Parks Central Maintenance Facility at Shady Grove -ADDED

D. Redmond

 

Staff will walk the Board through programmatic assumptions, starting with a description of the existing facility, then moving to the Program of Requirements for the relocated facility. Staff will outline site requirements and share information on park sites that were examined.

Staff Recommendation: Discussion

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approval of PDF
   
Item *6 Pre-Preliminary Plan No. 720080240, Anselmo Property

R. Weaver

 

RE-1 zone; 42.28 acres; 51 lots requested; 36 one-family detached dwelling units and 15 townhouses, including 7 moderately priced dwelling units (MPDUs) ; located on Briggs Chaney Road, 1,000 feet east of New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650); Cloverly.

Staff recommendation: Objection to submittal of a preliminary plan

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved submission of preliminary plan with changes.
Item *10 Site Plan and Final Water Quality Plan No. 820050410, Clarksburg Village Phase II

R. Kronenberg

 

R-200/TDR-3 & TDR-4zone; 413.00 acres; 1,680 dwelling units consisting of 786 one-family detached, 450 attached and 444 multi-family, including 266 MPDUs and 234 TDRs; located on Ridge Road approximately 3,000 feet south of Skylark Road; Clarksburg

Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Water Quality Plan: Approved. Site Plan: Approved
Item 11 Roundtable Discussion

 

A. Commissioners' Reports

B. Director's Reports

C. County Council Activity

D. ICC Bikeway Plan -ADDED

 

   
5:30 PM ADJOURN

 

 

NOTICES AND REMINDERS

February 9 7:00 p.m. Montgomery Park Foundation Trustees Meeting, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  12 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  12 7:30 p.m. Growing Smarter speaker series presenter Carl Elefante, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  18 9:30 a.m. Full Commission Meeting , MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  19 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  19 6:00 p.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Dinner with Commissioner Mike Knapp
  19 7:30 p.m. Growing Smarter speaker series presenter Ken Pennsyl,MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  26 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
       
March 5 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  12 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  18 9:30 a.m. Full Commission Meeting , PRA Auditorium, Riverdale, MD
  19 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  19 7:30 p.m. Growing Smarter Montgomery Speaker Series - Andrea Sarzynski, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  26 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring