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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
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item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted. 8809 Chalon Drive Variance Request Plan No. SC2010014 – ADOPTION OF MCPB No. 10-134

	*B. Record Plats
	1, Subdivision Plat No. 220081010, Westfarm Technology Park (Revision); I-1 and I-3 zones; 1 parcel; located on the west side of Plum Orchard Drive, 500 feet south of Broadbirch Drive; Fairland. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220110300, B.F. Gilberts Subdivision of Takoma Park; C-1 zone, 1 lot; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Piney Branch Road (MD 320) and Flower Avenue (MD 787); Takoma Park. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 3. Subdivision Plat No. 220110320, Orchard Estates; RE-1 zone, 1 lot; located on the west side of Peach Orchard, 875 feet south of Thompson Road; Cloverly. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes - REVISED
	Minutes of December 13, 2010 - POSTPONED Minutes of December 16, 2010 - POSTPONED

item 2	ICC Environmental Stewardship/Compensatory Mitigation Projects - NEW TIME
J. Cole/E. Tush	Approval of three (3) ICC ES/CM stream restoration projects in the Rock Creek watershed. Project RC-2 is in the Mill Creek tributary of Rock Creek, NB-1 is in the Cherry Wood Manor tributary of the North Branch of Rock Creek and NB-3 is in the Manor Run tributary of the North Branch of Rock Creek. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 9	Montgomery County Priorities for State Consolidated Transportation Program - ADDITION
L. Cole/D. Hardy	Provide guidance for joint County Council and Executive transportation project priorities letter to the State Delegation. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 10	Corrective Map Amendments - ADDITION/NEW TIME
R. Kamen/K. Holt	As part of the mapping conversion project, a number of errors on the existing paper zoning maps have been discovered and need to be corrected. Staff will be bringing an entire group of corrections to the Board. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 3	CR Zones Zoning Text Amendment Worksession - ADDITION
J. Sloan	A. Draft - CR Zones Zoning Text Amendment Sections 4 and 5 - ADDITION B. Draft - CR Zones Zoning Text Amendation Sections 4 and 5 - Red Lined Version - ADDITION Continued discussion of modifications to the CR zones to add CR “Neighborhood” and CR “Town” zoning categories Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion Only. No vote taken.

1:00 PM	LUNCH - NEW TIME

Item 15	Closed Session - ADDITION
	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 16	Closed Session - ADDITION
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice.

2:15 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM - NEW TIME

item *11	Preliminary Plan11987271B, Milestone Business Park - ADDITION
C. Conlon/K. Kim	I-3 zone; 44.7 acres; 3 lots previously approved for 792,200 square feet of office, 70,000 square feet of industrial, 25,000 square feet of restaurant, and 15,050 square feet of retail uses; request for a new adequate public facilities approval for 428,000 square feet of expired office use; located on Milestone Center Drive, 750 feet south of Observation Drive; Germantown Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 12	Preliminary Plan 119852450, Decoverly Hall (APF Extension Request) - ADDITION
C. Conlon	O-M zone; 44.27 acres; 7 lots previously approved for 832,000 square feet of office use; request to reinstate and grant a second extension of the validity period for the adequate public facilities (APF) approval to permit construction of the remaining 105,000 square feet of expired office use; located located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Key West Avenue and Diamondback Drive; Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision:Approved.

item 4	Worksession #3 and Action on Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Upper Patuxent Area Resources - POSTPONED
S. Youla/S. Whipple	Staff Recommendation: Recommend to County Council the designation of two historic districts and 13 individual sites to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation. Add two and remove 16 resources from the Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites.

Item 5	East County Science Center (ECSC) Master Plan Scope of Work
N. Sturgeon/K.Afzal

item 6	Forest Conservation Annual Report - POSTPONED
K. Nelson	Staff Recommendation: Transmit Forest Conservation Data to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Item *7	Preliminary Plan 120100180, Hidden Hill - POSTPONED
R. Weaver	RE-2 zone; 9.55 acres; 4 lots requested for 4 one-family detached dwellings, one existing to remain; located on Query Mill Road east of Esworthy Road; Potomac Subregion Master Plan. Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 8	Roundtable Discussion
	A. Monthly White Flint Implementation Update B. Subdivision Staging Policy Update - Appendix A C. Planning Director's Report - POSTPONED D. Parks Director's Report

Item 13	FY 12 User Fee Schedules - ADDITION/NEW TIME
	Montgomery Parks: Discuss fees for Department of Parks facilities and programs. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 14	Provisional Adequate Public Facilities Review – Changes to Planning Board’s LATR and PAMR Guidelines - POSTPONED
C. Conlon/D. Hardy	Proposed Amendment to LATR and PAMR Guidelines to allow the use of the Provisional APF process in the Subdivision Staging Policy for individual applications where a development district is not proposed. Staff Recommendation: Approval to Amend Guidelines

	ADJOURN

public notice

Department of Permitting Services
Division of Land Development Services
has received a

PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY PLAN
for
9800 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE

Currently the site is occupied by a large research office building surrounded by surface parking. The proposed additional development will include two new buildings and a parking garage. The building is located near Shady Grove Adventist Hospital on 18.13 acres of land. This area is located within the Piney Branch Special Protection Area.

If you wish to request a public information meeting, a written request must be submitted to this office within 15 days of this notice (Notice posted February 1, 2011). The Water Quality Plans are available for review at the Department of Permitting Services office during working hours (8:00am-4:00pm Monday through Friday).

For further information, please call Leo Galanko at (240) 777-6242. The address for the Department of Permitting Services is:

Department of Permitting Services
Land Development Services, Water Resources
255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor
Rockville, Maryland 20850

public notice

Department of Permitting Services
Division of Land Development Services
has received a

PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY PLAN
for
SHADY GROVE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL EXPANSION

Currently the site contains a hospital surrounded by three medical office buildings a parking garage and surface parking. The proposed additional development will include four additional buildings, relocation of one building, expansion of two buildings building four parking garages and a surface parking lot. Approximately 7.86 acres of this property is located within the Piney Branch Special Protection Area.

Department of Permitting Services
Land Development Services, Water Resources
255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor
Rockville, Maryland 20850

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, February 3, 2011

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