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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions
	Fairland Park Community - Preliminary Plan No. 12005020A - ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-52 coming soon Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

	*B. Records Plats
	Subdivision Plat No. 220080590, Brookmont - R-60 zone, 1 lot; located on the east side of Broad Street, 300 feet south of 61st Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Subdivision Plat No. 220100190, Manor Park - R-200 zone, 2 lots; located on the west side of Georgia Avenue (MD 97), 400 feet north of Carrolton Road; Aspen Hill. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Subdivision Plat No. 220100790, Edgemoor - R-60 zone, 1 lot located on the west side of Clarendon Road, 200 feet north of Edgemoor Lane; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of May 6, 2010 and May 13, 2010 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 11	Leaves for Neighborhoods Tree Planting Program - ADDITION
L. Shirley

Item 2	Worksession No. 2: Germantown Design Guidelines
K. Kumm-Morris/J. Carter	A. Staff Memo REVISED STAFF MEMO B. Draft Design Guidelines Staff Recommendation: Review Testimony and Approve Guidelines for Final Publication Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 3	Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Staff Draft Sector Plan Presentation
K. Afzal/S. Tallant	Staff Recommendation: Publish the Public Hearing Draft and set a Public Hearing Date Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 4	Planning Board Draft Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector Plan
B. Barron/M. Williams	A. Staff Memo B. Draft Sector Plan Staff Recommendation: Approve and Transmit Planning Board Draft to County Executive and County Council. (No Public Testimony Will be Taken) Planning Board Action/Decsion: Approved.

Item *5	Preliminary Plan 120090370, 9490 River Road (Resubdivision)
R. Weaver	RE-2 zone; 5.44 acres; 2 lots requested for 2 one-family detached residential dwellings, one existing to remain; located on River Road, 1,000 feet west of Belle Terre Way; Potomac Subregion. Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

Item 6	Ovid Hazen Wells Greenway
A. O'Neal/B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 4.27 acres, more or less, improved, from the Estate of Mary Koskoris, located at 23500 Ridge Road (MD Rte. 27), Germantown, Maryland 20876. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 12	Budget Transfer - ADDITION
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
12:30 PM	LUNCH

Item 13	Closed Session - ADDITION
D. Lieb	Pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section (10-508)(a)(7), to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice.

Item 14	Closed Session - ADDITION
M. Venzke	Pursuant to Annotated Code of Maryland, State Government Article Section 10-508(a)(1), to discuss the appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, compensation, removal, resignation, or performance evaluation of Commission appointees, employees, or officials; or to discuss any other personnel matter that affects 1 or more specific employees.

1:30 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item *7	Preliminary Plan 12002041B, Islamic Center of Maryland (Limited Amendment) (Reconsideration)
E. Grayson/J. Penn	RE-2 zone; 9.92 acres; 1 lot previously approved for a house of worship; request to remove a previously approved on-site forest conservation easement and meet requirements off-site; located on Woodfield Road opposite its intersection with Cypress Hill Drive; Upper Rock Creek. Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with changes
Item 8	Continuation of Enforcement Hearing - Forest Conservation Plan 119900430, 12310 Piney Meetinghouse Road, Potomac, MD
	Violation of forest conservation plan and conservation easements
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
Item 9	Roundtable Discussion - POSTPONED
	1. Leaves for Neighborhoods Tree Planting Program - NEW TIME/SEE ITEM 11 2. Briefing on Potential Agricultural Incubator on Parkland - ITEM HEARD ON 5/27

Item 10	Briefing: Urban Park Guidelines - Objectives, Outreach, and Schedule
B. Farquhar/R. Newhouse	Staff will brief the Board on where they are on studying Urban Parks and propose objectives and an outreach strategy and schedule to involve the public. Staff Recommendation: Approval
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
	ADJOURN

7:30 PM	RETHINK MONTGOMERY SPEAKER SERIES - MRO AUDITORUM

	The 2010 Montgomery County Planning Department speaker series, Rethink Montgomery, presents ways to connect culture, health, food, knowledge, ecology, economy, local infrastructure, resources, and energy. Please join our final speaker of the series Joan Almon. Joan Almon was a Waldorf early childhood educator for over thirty years and served as founding Chair of the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America. She is currently focusing on the Alliance for Childhood, a broad-based advocacy group that brings together educators, health professionals and others to work on common concerns, such as the need to restore creative play and other healthy essentials to childhood. At our last event of the series, focused on health, Almon will discuss the vital role of play and how planners can design and build spaces that make it easy for children to be active.

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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