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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
	For more details about the Planning Board’s action on any item, you may link to the videotaped hearing after noon on the day following the meeting and select the item you wish to hear.
item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions
	Planing Board Action/Decision: Adopted. 1. Silver Spring Park Preliminary Plan 120070420 – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-151 2. Silver Spring Park Site Plan 820100120 – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-152

	*B. Record Plats
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220052150, Wheaton Hills; R-60 zone, 1 lot; located in the northeast corner of the intersection of Viers Mill Road (MD 586) and Newport Mill Road; Kensington-Wheaton. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220101100, Glen-Mar Park; R-60 zone, 1 lot; located on the east side of Carleton Street, 200 feet north of Namakagan Road; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items
	1. Century Technology Campus Site Plan 82003007A – ADOPTION OF MCPB CORRECTED RESOLUTION No. 10-153 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. 1150 Ripley Street Site Plan 82008015B – ADOPTION OF MCPB CORRECTED RESOLUTION No. 10-154 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of October 28, 2010 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 2	Board of Appeals No. S-2778: Robert Q. Gillespie - REVISED STAFF MEMO
E. Tesfaye	Applicant requests a special exception for the operation of an airstrip with farm; RDT zone; located at 22620 Peach Tree Road, Boyds Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions. (Action Required for Hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 12/10/10) - REVISED DATE

Item 3	CR Zones Zoning Text Amendment
J. Sloan	Proposed Zoning Text Amendment to amend the Zoning Ordinance by modifying the CR zone to restrict certain uses on properties near single-family residential properties; allow DPS to waive certain parking and drive-through design restrictions; modify public benefit provisions; and allow BLT purchases/payments to be waived in certain master-planned areas Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to transmit to County Council.

Item *4	Preliminary Plan 120100030, Brooke Park
R. Weaver	R-30 zone; 1.18 acres; 1 lot requested for 10 multi-family dwelling units; located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Brookes Lane and MacArthur Boulevard; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

Item *5	Forest Conservation Variance Request for SC2011005, Landfare Stormwater Management Pond Maintenance - REMOVED
M. Fuster

Item 6	Amendment to Bylaws, Montgomery County Parks Foundation
D. Tobin	The Bylaws (Exhibit 1) of the Montgomery County Parks Foundation require that the Planning Board accept amendments to the Bylaws and ratify the election of trustees to the Foundation Board. The trustees of the Foundation desire to amend the Bylaws of the Foundation to reduce the minimum number of trustees required from ten to five (Exhibit 2); and, as stated in the Memorandum of Understanding between M-NCPPC and the Foundation dated February 2010 (Exhibit 3), include the Chair of the Planning Board as a permanent “ex-officio” non-voting member [of the Board of Trustees], prohibit other members of the Planning Board or any elected officials from serving, and include as ex-officio non-voting members of the Board the Parks Department Director and the senior Parks Department staff assigned to the Foundation (Exhibit 4), and elect to the Foundation Board Joseph Isaacs and Edwin Grosvenor. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

12:30 PM	LUNCH

Item 7	Closed Session
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(13) to comply with specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter

Item 8	Closed Session
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 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

2:00 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item *9	Site Plan Review No. 820100130, Safeway Store #2797
S. Pereira	MXTC zone, 3.92 acres, Proposal to replace the existing Safeway Store with a larger (59,821 square feet) Safeway Store and a parking waiver; located at 3333 Spartan Road, approximately 450 feet east of Georgia Avenue; Olney Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

Item *10	Air Rights Center - 7300 Pearl Street
E. Hisel-McCoy/R. Weaver/E. Hisel-McCoy	A. Project Plan Amendment Review No. 92000001B, Air Rights Center 7300 Pearl Street, CBD-2 zone; 3.15 acres; optional method of development consisting of a 132,421 square foot hotel, 4,600 square feet of retail space, and 513,711 square feet of office space; located on Pearl Street, approximately 160 feet south of Montgomery Avenue; Bethesda CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions. B. Preliminary Plan 120110010, Air Rights Center, 7300 Pearl Street, CBD-2 zone; 3.15 acres; 1 lot requested for 513,711 square feet of office; 4,600 square feet of retail; and 132,421 square feet of hotel use; located on Pearl Street, 160 feet south of Montgomery Avenue; Bethesda Central Business District. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions. C. Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82007001C, Air Rights Center, 7300 Pearl Street, CBD-2 zone; 3.15 acres; optional method of development consisting of a 132,421 square foot hotel, 4,600 square feet of retail space, and 513,711 square feet of office space; located on Pearl Street, approximately 160 feet south of Montgomery Avenue; Bethesda CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

Item *11	Forest Conservation Plan: MR 20102737 Town of Somerset Bathhouse Renovation
A. Lindsey	Intersection of Falstone Avenue and Warwick Avenue. R-60 Zone, BCC Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

Item *12	Preliminary Plan 120040740, Bauer Tract – Preliminary Plan Extension Request
C. Conlon	I-1 zone; 2.42 acres; 1 lot previously approved for 67,963 square feet of industrial use; request to extend the preliminary plan validity period from August 25, 2010 until October 31, 2011; located on Oakmont Avenue, approximately 1,700 feet northeast of its intersection with MD-355; Gaithersburg Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

5:15 PM	DINNER

6:45 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 13	Worksession and Action on Final Master Plan, Josiah Henson Special Park - REVISED
R. Newhouse	1. Staff Memo 2. Attachments 3. Attachment D (posted 12/16/10) Approve/Adopt Final Master Plan for Josiah Henson Special Park; Approve/Adopt name change from Uncle Tom’s Cabin Special Park Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved/Adopted.

Item 14	Discussion to Approve FY12 Budget
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved/Adopted. A. Planning B. CAS

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The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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