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9:00 aM	MEETING OF THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION - BY CONFERENCE CALL - (THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM)
	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.
	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. Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(9) to conduct collective bargaining negotiations or consider matters that relate to the negotiations. Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice TOPIC: BUDGET

	Ratification of Closed Session Discussion
	Ratification of closed session discussions or decisions pertaining to 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. Ratification of closed session discussions or decisions pertaining to collective bargaining negotiations or matters that relate to the negotiations. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

10:30 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES- (MRO Auditorium)

item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions

	*B. Record Plats
	Subdivision Plat No. 220111430, Whitehall Manor; R-90 zone; 1 lot; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Durbin Road and Honeywell Lane; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of September 15 and September 22, 2011 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 11	Great Seneca Science Corridor (GSSC) Master Plan - NEW TIME
S. Findley	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *12	Preliminary Plan and Preliminary Water Quality Plan 120110080 – 9800 Medical Center Drive - NEW TIME
P. Butler	Request to add 230,929 square feet of Research and Development space on an existing lot approximately 18.14 acres in size in the LSC Zone; south side of Medical Center Drive and the west side of Shady Grove Road. Part of Stage 1 of the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan, Piney Branch SPA. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 2	Worksession for the Draft Urban Design Guidelines for the Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan - POSTPONED
L. Estrada/K. Afzal	Staff Recommendation: Preliminary Approval

item 3	Worksession for Urban Design Guidelines for the Takoma Langley Crossroads Sector Plan - POSTPONED
J. Marcolin	Staff Memo; Draft Guidelines Staff Recommendation: Preliminary Approval and Transmittal to Council

Item 4	Proposed Amendments: Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan- 2011-3 Category Change Requests (Administrative Group)
K. Nelson	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

12:15 PM - new time	LUNCH

Item 13	Closed Session - ADDITION/NEW TIME
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice

Item 15	Closed Session - ADDITION
	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

1:45 PM - NEW TIME	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 14	Reconsideration Request for Hilltop Farm, Preliminary Plan No. 120050740 - ADDITION/NEW TIME
D. Lieb	A. Reconsideration Request of Peter Eeg, et al. for Hilltop Farm, Preliminary Plan No. 120050740, MCPB No. 11-48. B. Reconsideration Request of Boyds Civic Association, et al. for Hilltop Farm, Preliminary Plan No. 120050740, MCPB No. 11-48.

item 5	Little Bennett Regional Park Day Use Area
J. Penn/C. Chen	A: Forest Conservation Plan: PP2012002 - Little Bennett Regional Park Day Use Area;* Located on the east side of Frederick Road (MD 355) approximately one-half mile north of Comus Road, Agricultural and Rural Open Space Master Plan area. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. B: Park Facility Plan: Little Bennett Regional Park Day Use Area; Facility Plan for a new day use area, 65 acres of 137.62 acre site, located on the east side of Frederick Road (MD 355) approximately one-half mile north of Comus Road, Agricultural and Rural Open Space Master Plan area. Staff Memo; Facility Plan Report; Appendices Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 6	Roundtable Discussion
B. Woodward	Southern Parks Division Briefing – discussion of Division structure, equipment, operations, methods and challenges

Item 9	Park Facility Plan: Woodside Urban Facility Plan for Park Renovation - NEW TIME
T. Schneider/C. Chen	A. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan: Woodside Urban Park* B. Park Facility Plan: Woodside Urban Park Plan for Park Renovation, 2.34 acres, located at the northwest corner of Georgia Avenue and Spring Street, North & West Silver Spring Master Plan area. Staff Memo; Facility Plan Report Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

Item 8	Seneca Crossing Local Park
K. NelsonL. Komes	A. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan: Seneca Crossing Local Park* Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions. B. Park Facility Plan: Seneca Crossing Local Park ; New park located on the south side of Brink Road at the intersection with Ridge Road (MD27), 27.8 acres, RE-2/TDR, Germantown Master Plan. Staff Memo; Facility Plan Report; Community Emails Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 7	Worksession for Countywide Park Trails Plan Amendment - Objectives, Outreach, & Schedule - NEW TIME
C. Kines	The Department of Parks asks the Planning Board to approve the objectives, outreach strategy and schedule for an amendment to the Countywide Park Trails Plan. The amendment will: examine trail corridors in more detail to determine environmental suitability; study trail gaps more closely; and incorporate recommendations from Vision 2030 including but not limited to improving trail access in areas of the County identified as having a lower level of service and designating more natural surface trails as multi-use. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 10	Roundtable Discussion
	Subdivision Staging Policy - Discussion of school capacity issue in Northwest cluster.

	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, October 6, 2011

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