The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, October 17, 2013

REVISED

Monday, October 21, 2013 - 12:00 noon

 

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
301-495-4605
www.montgomeryplanningboard.org


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  1. Unless otherwise noted, Planning Board meetings are held on Thursdays and begin at 9:00 a.m. The agenda is subject to change and certain items may be postponed or added.
  2. The Planning Board encourages public testimony unless otherwise noted on the agenda. Refer to the Planning Board Rules of Procedure for more information on public testimony. Any individual or organization may submit a written statement for consideration by the Planning Board. Written comments must be received in the Chair's office at least 24 hours in advance of the Planning Board hearing date, referencing the hearing date and item, to be reviewed by the Board and included in the official record of the hearing. Written comments received within 24 hours before a hearing date will be placed in the file, but will not be considered by the Planning Board or included in the official record. Comments should be transmitted via e-mail to MCP-Chair@mncppc-mc.org, faxed to Chair Françoise Carrier at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Françoise Carrier, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
  3. Copies of testimony presented orally or copies of correspondence will not be distributed at the hearing.
  4. Occasionally due to time constraints, the Planning Board may limit the total amount of time dedicated to public testimony. Public testimony may not be taken for items identified as Briefings, Worksessions and/or Roundtables. On other occasions when no public testimony will be taken, the agenda will specify.
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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
 

1. Ganassa Property Preliminary Plan 120040640 MCPB No. 13-114

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.
   
 

*B. Record Plats
  Subdivision Plat No. 220131320 Edgemoor
TS-R zone; 1 lot; located on northeast quadrant of the intersection of West Lane and Montgomery Lane; Bethesda CDB Sector Plan.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220140150, Al Marah
R-200 zone; 3 lots; located on the east side of Royal Dominion Drive, at the intersection of Pepperell Drive; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

 

E. Banks

 Extension Request for Project Plan Review No. 920130050, The Blairs Master Plan, CBD-R2, 30.37 acres, 450,000 square feet of commercial development including a 125,000 square foot hotel, 203,045 square feet of office, 3,045 square feet of which is existing, 121,955 square feet of retail and 2,800 multi-family residential units, of which 1,110 units are existing; located on Blair Mill Road, approximately 551 east of Eastern Avenue, Silver Spring CBD

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
 

Minutes of July 25, 2013 and September 10, 2013

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
   
Item 2 Roundtable Discussion

J. Carter/R. Kronenberg

 Clarksburg TownCenter Quarterly Report
   
Item 3 Purple Line Final Environmental Impact Statement & Draft 4(f) Evaluation

 

 

D. Anspacher/T. Autrey

Transmit Planning Board comments to County Council and the Maryland Transit Administration

ATTACHMENT A - Chair Letter and Comments

ATTACHMENT B - Department of Parks Memo

CLOSED SESSION - Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice - ADDED

ATTACHMENT C - Peer Review of Trail Projects Area 1 Memo - ADDED

ATTACHMENT D - Peer Review of Trail Projects
   
12:00 NOON 1:00 pm LUNCH - TIME CHANGED
   
Item 6

Closed Session

  Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(3) to consider the acquisition of real property for a Commission purpose and matters directly related thereto
   
1:00 PM 2:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 5 Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: M-NCPPC Park Resources - REVISED - Public Hearing Pt. 2 and Worksession to be held at a later date and time, to be announced -

 

 

 

C. Kelly

Public Hearing Pt.I and Worksession for Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation and/or Addition to the Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites for 8 M-NCPPC resources:
• Wheaton Youth Center (31/48), 11711 Georgia Avenue;
• Stubbs House (31/3-1) and Stubbs Barn (31/3-2), 2000 Shorefield Road, Wheaton Regional Park;
• Rock Creek Recreation Center (36/90), 7901 Meadowbrook Lane;
• Ken-Gar--Palisades Recreation Center (31/49), 4140 Wexford Drive;
• Pinecrest Recreation Center (32/31), 301 St. Lawrence Drive;
• Viers Mill Recreation Center (31/50), 4425 Garrett Park Road.;
• Norbeck Rosenwald School (23/113-2), 4101 Muncaster Mill Road.

Staff Recommendation: Recommend to the County Council the designation of 7 individual sites to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation. Add 7 resources to the Locational Atlas. For one resource, neither add to Locational Atlas, nor recommend Master Plan designation.

ATTACHMENT 1 - Master Plan Amendment

ATTACHMENT 2 - Research Forms

A - Wheaton Youth Center

B- Stubbs House

C- Stubbs Barn

D- Rock Creek Recreation Center

E- Pinecrest Recreation Center

F- Ken-Gar Recreation Center

G- Viers Mills Recreation Center

H- Norbeck School

ATTACHMENT 3 - Correspondence
   
Item 4 FY15 Budget - TIME CHANGED

 

J. Kroll

J. Garcia

 Discussion of CAS Departments and Commissoners' Office Budget (Commissoners' Office Budget moved from the October 10 agenda)
CAS Departments Budget

Commissioners' Office Budget
   
5:00 PM ADJOURN
   
6:00 pm

PUBLIC MEETING - Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
   
  Joint Meeting of the Montgomery County Planning Board and Montgomery County Board of Education
 
(No Public Testimony Will be Taken)
   
  ADJOURN