The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda
8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760 301-495-4605 www.montgomeryplanningboard.org
Thursday, March 19, 2015
REVISED: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 10:02 am
Please note – Agenda changes and testimony rules:
- The Planning Board’s Agenda is subject to change and certain items may be postponed or added. For meeting updates or to view the Planning Board proceedings live on our website, visit www.montgomeryplanningboard.org.
- 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 Casey Anderson at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Casey Anderson, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
- To testify on an agenda item, sign-up online or call 301-495-4605 before 4:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. On the day of the meeting, please see the Clerk in the Board Auditorium to sign-up. Where noted on the agenda, advance sign-up may be required and signing up to speak on the day of the hearing may not be permitted. Submission of written comments does not constitute signing up to speak. Copies of written testimony will not be accepted by the Clerk or distributed to the Board at hearings.
To learn more, see the About section at the end of this document:
9:00 am |
PLANNING BOARD MEETING | MRO AUDITORIUM |
| Item 1 | Consent Agenda |
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*A. Adoption of Resolutions |
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*B. Record Plats |
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*C. Other Consent Items |
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| 8008 Wisconsin Avenue, Extension Request for Project Plan No. 920150020
CBD-1 zone and C-2 zone, 2.16 acres, Mixed-use project with up to 141,651 sf. of residential uses, with up to 140 multi-family dwelling units (including 15% MPDUs), and up to 75,222 sf. of non-residential uses (includes density transfer from sending sites), located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection with Wisconsin Avenue and Cordell Avenue; Behtesda CBD Sector Plan |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | |
*D. Approval of Minutes |
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| Item 2 | Good Hope Neighborhood Recreation Center: Mandatory Referral No. MR 2015013 *A.Forest Conservation Plan A&B - M. Kishter C - M. Wallis |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments. |
| Item *3 | CVS Germantown: Site Plan No.81987058B
Request to construct a 13,225 square-foot drug store, located at 12851 Wisteria Drive in the eastern quadrant of the intersection of Wisteria Drive and Germantown Road (MD118), 3.94 acres, CR Zone, Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan. C. Nelson |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution. |
| Item 4 | Roundtable Discussion A. Planning Director's Report B. 1. Operating Funds Five Month Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2015. B. 2. Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2015. B. J. Zimmerman |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion. |
| Item 5 | FY15 Budget Transfer Request from the Department of Parks T. Swann |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
A Planning Board briefing by Partners for Economic Solutions (PES), the consulting firm that recently completed a study of the office market in Montgomery County and Washington Region. A. Morrison |
POSTPONED | |
| Item 9 | Briefing on the Subdivision Staging Policy Amendment for the White Oak Policy Area E. Graye |
ADDED/TIME CHANGED Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments. |
| 12:00 noon | LUNCH | |
| Item 7 | CLOSED SESSION According to MD ANN Code, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(9), to conduct collective bargaining negotiations or consider matters that relate to the negotiations. The topic to be discussed: Budget J. Kroll |
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| 1:00 pm | PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES | MRO AUDITORIUM |
| Item 8 | Subdivision Regulations Rewrite C. Conlon |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Release Draft. |
| 3:00 pm | ADJOURN |
About the meetings:
- The Planning Board’s Agenda is subject to change and certain items may be postponed or added. For meeting updates or to view the Planning Board proceedings live on our website, visit www.montgomeryplanningboard.org.
- 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 Casey Anderson at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Casey Anderson, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
- To testify on an agenda item, sign-up online or call 301-495-4605 before 4:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. On the day of the meeting, please see the Clerk in the Board Auditorium to sign-up. Where noted on the agenda, advance sign-up may be required and signing up to speak on the day of the hearing may not be permitted. Submission of written comments does not constitute signing up to speak. Copies of written testimony will not be accepted by the Clerk or distributed to the Board at hearings.
- 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.
- Copies of testimony presented orally or copies of correspondence will not be distributed at the hearing.
- 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.
- View the Planning Board proceedings live on our website for meeting updates: www.montgomeryplanningboard.org.
- You can view videotaped hearings after noon on the day following the meeting and select the item you wish to hear: www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/video
- The Planning Board makes the final decision on any agenda items with an (*). On such matters, Maryland law and the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure prohibit any member of the public from directly contacting or communicating with Board members outside the public hearing setting. See the Outside Communications section of the Planning Board Rules of Procedure for more information.
- The Montgomery County Planning Board is no longer mailing meeting agendas to county residents and associations. To stay involved, subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter, InfoShare, at www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/infoshare