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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 ii) EZ Storage – Sandy Spring Preliminary Plan 120080410, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 09-08 iii) Pike Center Site Plan 820090020, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 09-10

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

Item *3	Consent Items

Item 4	Approval of Minutes
	Minutes for Thursday, January 8, 2009 Minutes for Monday, January 12, 2009
9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING

Item 12	Growth Policy Status Update -ADDED
9:05 AM P. Dunn (30 min)

Item 5	Draft Germantown Sector Plan and Design Guidelines
9:35 AM S. Edwards (2 hrs)	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 B. Germantown Employment Corridor Design Guidelines Staff recommendation: Discussion Only (No Public Testimony will be taken)

12:00 PM	LUNCH

Item 7	Closed Session
12:0 PM B. Gries (1 hr)	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
1:00 PM B. Gries (10 min)	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
1:10 PM B. Gries (5 min)	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

Item 13	Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park -ADDED
1:15 PM B. Gries (5 min)	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

Item 14	Site Selection for Relocation of the Parks Central Maintenance Facility at Shady Grove -ADDED
1:20 PM D. Redmond (45 min)	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

Item *6	Pre-Preliminary Plan No. 720080240, Anselmo Property
2:10 PM R. Weaver (45 min)	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

Item *10	Site Plan and Final Water Quality Plan No. 820050410, Clarksburg Village Phase II
2:55 PM R. Kronenberg (2 hrs)	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

Item 11	Roundtable Discussion
4:55 PM (30 min)	A. Commissioners' Reports B. Director's Reports C. County Council Activity D. ICC Bikeway Plan -ADDED

5:30 PM	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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