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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)

item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions 1. Fairland Elementary School Addition, Forest Conservation Plan No. MR2009707 - ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 09-153 2. Tischer Propety Parcel 617, Preliminary Plan 120080420 – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 09-151 Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

	*B. Records Plats
	Subdivision Plat No. 220090710 – 220090780, Poplar Run R-200 and R-90 zones; 136 lots, 9 parcels; located on Indian Spring Access Road, approximately 3,000 feet east of Layhill Road (MD 182); Kensington - Wheaton. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	1. Minutes of November 12, 2009 meeting 2. Minutes of November 16, 2009 meeting 3. Minutes of November 19, 2009 meeting Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 2	FY11 Operating Budget Transmission to County Executive
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion.

Item 3	Long Branch Sector Plan
K. Reilly	A. Staff Memo B. Draft - Long Branch Sector Plan Discussion of the Scope of Work for Long Branch Sector Plan Staff Recommendation: Approve Scope of Work Planning Board Action/Decision:Approved.

Item 4	Zoning Text Amendment No. 09-11
G. Russ	Zoning Text Amendment No. 09-11 to amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow the sale of farm produce by Certified Agricultural Producers in residential zones, under certain circumstances. Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to the County Council (Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/12/10) Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 5	Zoning Text Amendment No. 09-12
G. Russ	Zoning Text Amendment No. 09-12 to amend the Zoning Ordinance to exempt pre-existing lots or parcels in the Rural Service zone from the minimum frontage requirements. Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to the County Council (Action required for County Council public hearing of 1/12/10) Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *6	Preliminary Plan 120080270, Hermitage
E. Grayson	R-60 zone; 2.46 acres; 7 lots requested for 7 one-family detached residential dwellings; located on the west side of Connecticut Avenue (MD 185), at the current terminus of Brandywine Street; Kensington-Wheaton. Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

Item *7	Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82008021A , Washington Adventist Hospital
M. Smith	I-1, I-3 zones; 48.86 acres; amendment; change building footprint, but not location or square foot, modify service areas, add a generator farm, modify loading docks and building entrances, campus circulation and canopy system, modify landscape plan and FCR to coordinate with revision site plan, located on Plum Orchard Drive, approximately 400 feet south of Broadbirch Drive; Fairland Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

12:10 PM	LUNCH

1:10 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 8	Farmland Elementary School Modernization
A. Lindsey/M. Rifkin	A. Forest Conservation Plan: Farmland Elementary School Modernization - Intersection of Farmland Drive and Old Gate Road. R-90 Zone, North Bethesda Master Plan. Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved B. Mandatory Referral No.09709-MCPS-1*: Farmland Elementary School Modernization - Intersection of Farmland Drive and Old Gate Road. R-90 Zone, North Bethesda Master Plan. Staff Recommendation: Approval to Transmit Comments to Montgomery County Public Schools Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

Item 9	Montgomery Knolls Elementary School Addition
A. Lindsey/J. Marcolin	A. Forest Conservation Plan: Montgomery Knolls Elementary School Addition – 807 Daleview Drive near Linton Street, R-60 Zone, East Silver Spring Master Plan. Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved B. Mandatory Referral No. 09743-MCPS-1*: Montgomery Knolls Elementary School Addition – 807 Daleview Drive near Linton Street, R-60 Zone, East Silver Spring Master Plan. Staff Recommendation: Approval to Transmit Comments to Montgomery County Public Schools Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

Item 10	Roundtable Discussion - ADDITION
	A. Forest Conservation Easement Stewardship Outreach Program B. Parks FY10 CIP Current Revenue Reductions - The County Executive is recommending approximately $4.7 mil in current revenue cuts across several CIP projects. The Department of Parks has asked to lower the total amount of reductions to $2.5 mil. Staff would like to brief the Planning Board on these cuts and their impacts to the CIP. Any FY10 reductions will be done as part of the Executive’s Recommended CIP that is released on January 15. C. Update on Park Issues D. Planning Board Training Program

Item 11	Partnership South Germantown Recreational Park - RFP 28-114 to Jack Schore Tennis Complex at South Germantown Recreational Park
T. Brooks	Proposal to provide recreational complex next to aquatic center Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.
Item 12	Montgomery Parks Foundation
D. Tobin	Staff recommendations for Board action regarding: 1. Proposed MOU between Montgomery Parks and Montgomery Parks Foundation Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with change 2. Preparation of naming opportunities menu Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved 3. Staffing and funding for proposed Foundation for FY 10 and 11 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved 4. Establishment of search committee for Foundation Board of Trustees. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with change

4:35 PM	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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