The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda
8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760 301-495-4605 www.montgomeryplanningboard.org
Thursday, March 26, 2015
REVISED: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 11:40 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:
| 12:00 noon | CLOSED SESSION | MRO 3RD CONFERENCE ROOM |
| Item 11 | 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 | MRO AUDITORIUM |
| Item 1 | Consent Agenda |
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*A. Adoption of Resolutions |
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| 1. Batchellors Forest Site Plan Amendment 82008019C - MCPB No. 14-89 | Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted. | |
*B. Record Plats |
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Subdivision Plat No. 220110160, Granby Woods
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Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | |
Subdivision Plat No. 220150500, Edgemoor R-90 zone, 1 lot; located on the west side of Fairfax Road, 200 feet south of Hampden Lane. Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan.
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Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | |
Subdivision Plat No. 220150550, Edgemoor
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Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | |
*C. Other Consent Items |
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*D. Approval of Minutes |
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| Minutes of March 12, 2015 | Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | |
| Item 2 | Roundtable Discussion Parks Director’s Report |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion. |
| Item 3 | Budget J. Kroll |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion. |
| Item 8 | FY15 Capital Budget Transfers C. Morgan |
TIME CHANGED Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item 9 | Sandy Spring Rural Village Plan: Sectional Map Amendment
K. O'Connor |
TIME CHANGED Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item 4 | Greencourt, LLC. Board of Appeals No. S-2878 Request for a special exception to allow up to 50% of the floor area as General Office space, and a waiver from the off-street parking standards in the I-4 Zone on 2.04 acres of land; located at 12358 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, within the Twinbrook Sector Plan area. C. Gilbert |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item 5 | Nova-Habitat, Inc. Local Map Amendment H-101 Reclassification of approximately 1.41 acres of land from the R-90 Zone to the TF-12 Zone for the development of up to 16 townhouses; located at 3621 Kensington Parkway and 3619-3623 Glenmoor Drive, Chevy Chase, within the Kensington-Wheaton Master Plan area. C. Gilbert |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item 6 | Proposed Abandonment of Glenmoor Drive, AB 743 E. Axler |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item *7 | Ripley East, Sketch Plan No. 320150010 CR-5.0 zone, C-4.0 R-4.75 H-200T, 1.40 acres, Mixed-use project with up to 349,847 sf. of residential uses, with up to 360 multi-family dwelling units (including 15% MPDUs), and up to 17,300 sf. of non-residential uses, located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection with Georgia Avenue and Bonifant Street; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan ATTACHMENTS |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved and Adopted Resolution. |
| 5:05 pm | DINNER | |
| 6:30 PM | PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES | MRO AUDITORIUM |
| Item 10 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase Middle School #2 - Mandatory Referral No. MR2014048
B. Mandatory Referral A. Lindsey |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments. |
| 8:30 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