Montgomery County
Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, October 21, 2004, 9:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760

301-495-4600, www.montgomeryplanningboard.org

The following time schedule is an estimate subject to change without notice, depending on the circumstances affecting each item. On individual agenda items, public testimony is accepted unless otherwise noted and italics indicate staff’s recommendation for Board action. For information about meetings in progress, call 301-495-1333. For other information, call 301-495-4600 or the TTY (teletypewriter used by people with hearing or speech impairments) at 301-495-1331. The Planning Board encourages the participation of individuals with disabilities in all its programs and services. Meeting agendas and other planning and parks information are available on the Comission's web site.

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Staff Recommendations (blue agenda) Some items may take a great deal of time to download due to their large file size. However, you can view the result for a certain item by clicking on "Staff Recommendations" above.

Audio Recording of Meeting - Each week the Planning Board meeting is broadcast live on our Website. A recording is made of this meeting and it is available below. Due to the large file size of a recording of the entire meeting, it has been divided into 1 hour blocks. To find a specific portion of the broadcast, use the agenda below to deterermine the approximate time of an agenda item (i.e. hour 1, hour 2, etc). Do note that in some instances, the Planning Board takes agenda items out of the stated order shown on the agenda. Files are nearly 27 MB in size and are in MP3 format will take a few minutes to download.
Steps to Listen: 1. Click on the desired hour recording 2. The file will first download (takes a few minutes). 3. When the download is done it will launch your audio player (i.e. Windows Media Player, Real Player).

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Hour 5	Hour 6	Hour 7	Evening
Hour 1	Hour 2	Hour 3	Hour 4

9:30 A.M.		GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
C. Loehr M. Ma A. Daly M. Rosenfeld		A. Administrative Items B. New Citation Forms C. Closed Session pursuant to Maryland Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a) (13) (to comply with a specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter) (Subject: Approval of Closed Session minutes) D. Closed Session pursuant to Maryland Government Code Annotated Section 10-508 (a) (7) (consult with counsel to obtain legal advice) (Subject: Planning Board Rules of Procedures)
10:15 A.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		Roll Call Approval of Minutes Commissioners’ Report Director’s Report Reconsideration Requests
10:30 A.M. W. Witthans	*1.	Project Plan No. 9-04002A, Silver Spring Gateway – CBD-2 Zone; 2.97 acres; 52,832 gross square feet of retail, and 477 multi-family dwelling units, inclusive of 60 MPDUs; east quadrant of the intersection of East West Highway and Blair Mill Road; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan – Approval of request to extend the review period.
M. Riley	2.	Parks CIP Implementation Report – Information Item. Attachments 1-4
M. Riley	3.	Request by Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club to enter into partnership with M-NCPPC to renovate the playground at Norwood Local Park, Bethesda – Approval to enter into partnership with Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club. Attachments A-C

J. Hench	4.	Public Hearing Draft Blockhouse Point Conservation Park Master Plan: Worksession No. 3 – Approval. (No public testimony will be taken at this time) Part 2 Part 3
12:30 P.M.		LUNCH
1:30 P.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
F. Boyd	5.	Mandatory Referral No. 04502-MCPS-1: Downcounty Consortium Elementary School #27 (Connecticut Park Elementary School) renovations – Greenly Drive and Bushey Drive; Kensington-Wheaton Master Pan – Approval with comments. Attachments 1-3 - Maps and Plans Attachments 4-6 - Memos
M. Zamore Combine 6 & 7	6.	Preliminary Water Quality Plan – Eastside Property – south of Shawnee Lane, between Gateway Center Drive and MD 355, Clarksburg, Clarksburg Master Plan and Hyattstown Special Study Area - Approval. Figures 1-3 - Plans and Maps Figures 4-6 - Plans and Maps Staff Memos Other Correspondence
E. Tesfaye	7.	Local Map Amendment No. G-824: Miller and Smith Land, Inc., contract purchaser, requests classification of 23.82 acres of land from the R-200 zone to the PD-11 zone for 290 townhouse units; Eastside Property – south side of Shawnee Lane between Gateway Center Drive and MD 355, Clarksburg; Clarksburg Master Plan and Hyattstown Special Study Area – Approval. Figures 1-3 - Plans and Maps Figures 4-6 - Plans and Maps Staff Memos Other Correspondence
D. Kinney	*8.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-01064 – Deer Park (Resubdivision) R-90 Zone; 12 lots; 12 single-family detached dwelling units; 4.5 acres; located on the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Musgrove Road and Marlow Road; Fairland – Approval with conditions. Attachments 1-4 - Maps, Plans, and Tabular Summary Attachment 5 - Staff Report, July 22, 2004 - Item #18 Attachment 6 - Transportation Plan Staff Memo Informational Maps
D. Kinney	*9.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-05025 – Porter Property RE-1 Zone; 1 lot; 1 single-family detached dwelling unit; 2.14 acres; located at the southeast side of Riding Stable Road, approximately 244 feet northeast of Riding Ridge Court; Fairland – Approval with conditions.
R. Weaver Combine 10 & 11	*10.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-89288A – Jordan & Smith’s Addition to Silver Spring (Crescent) CBD-2 Zone; 1 lot; 143 multi-family dwelling units, including 18 MPDUs; 0.4781 acres; located on Wayne Avenue, approximately 300 feet east of Georgia Avenue (MD 97); Silver Spring CBD – Approval with conditions.
R. Kronenberg	*11.	Site Plan Review No. 8-05004 - The Crescent – CBD-2 Zone; 0.4781 acres; 143 multi-family dwelling units, including 18 MPDUs; on Wayne Avenue, approximately 300 feet east of Georgia Avenue; (MD97) Silver Spring CBD – Approval with conditions. Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C
R. Weaver	*12.	Preliminary Plan No. 1-04032 - Chevy Chase (Resubdivision) R-60 Zone; 3 lots (3 single-family detached dwelling units, 2 existing); 0.66 acres; located on the east side of Oakridge Avenue, at the terminus of Curtis Road; Bethesda Chevy Chase – Approval with conditions. Attachments 1-4 Informational Maps
R. Weaver	*13.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04074 – Bauer Tract Parcel M I-1 Zone; 1 lot; 10,341 additional square feet commercial; 2.42 acres; located on Oakmont Avenue, approximately 180 feet north of I-370; Shady Grove – Approved with conditions.
R. Weaver	*14.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04096 – Towns of Dogwood RT-8 Zone; 30 lots; 30 single-family attached dwelling units; 5.0 acres; located on Dogwood Drive, approximately 375 feet northwest of Guilford Run Lane; Fairland – Approval with conditions.
R. Weaver	*15.	Record Plats
C. Wainwright	16.	Proposed Policies, Procedures and Fees for Camps – Approval. Attachments A & B
C. Wainwright	17.	Proposed Special Event and Tournament Policies, Procedures and Fees – Public Form Part 2 Part 3
6:00 P.M.		DINNER
7:30 P.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver)
Crawford/ Mooney	18.	FY06 Operating Budget and Public/Private Partnerships – Public Forum.
10:00 P.M.		ADJOURN

*Maryland law and the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure regarding ex parte (outside the record) communications require all discussion, review, and consideration of this matter take place only during the Board’s public hearing. Telephone calls and meetings with Board members in advance of the hearing are not permitted. Written communications will be directed to appropriate staff members for response.

Notices and Reminders
October	18 -	7:00 pm.,	Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	19 -	7:15 p.m.,	Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	20 -	9:30 a.m.,	Full Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	20 -	7:15 p.m.,	Upcounty Region Recreation Advisory Board, Upcounty Regional Service Center, Room B, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	21 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board General Meeting, 3^rd Floor Conference Room, MRO
	21 -	7:30 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting continues, MRO Auditorium
	21 -	4:00 p.m.,	Downtown Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee, Silver Spring Regional Center, 8435 Georgia Avenue
	25 -	7:15 p.m.,	Upcounty Citizens Advisory Board, UpCounty Regional Service Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	27 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium
	28 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, Brookside Gardens
	28 -	1:00 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board General Meeting, 3^rd Floor Conference Room, MRO
		7:30 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting continues, MRO Auditorium

Rachel Carson Greenway Plan Community Meetings Set
Tuesday, October 19, and Tuesday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.

You're invited to participate in community meetings to discuss the Rachel Carson Greenway Trail Corridor Plan, Tuesday, October 19 at the M-NCPPC auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, and Tuesday, October 26 at the Olney Library, 3500 Olney-Laytonsville Road, Olney. Both meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Rachel Carson Greenway Trail Corridor, located in the eastern part of Montgomery County, stretches 21 miles from the Prince George's County line northward to the Patuxent River.
At both meetings, participants are encouraged to review and comment on the proposed trail concept maps in a workshop setting and share their ideas and thoughts with the community and planners. More information about the plan process and directions to both meetings may be found at www.montgomerytrails.org or by calling Lyn Coleman, Trail Planning Supervisor at 301-650-4391.

You're Invited to Comment on
Proposed New Policies and Fees for the Operation of Private Camps
in Montgomery County Parks
Thursday, October 21, 2004

The Montgomery County Planning Board invites you to comment on a staff proposal to set policies and fees for the operation of private camps on parklands owned and operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. If adopted, the policies and fees would apply to camps operated during the summer of 2005.
Copies of the staff proposal may be obtained at www.mcparkandplanning.org or from the Park Permit offices at 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring, or 12900 Middlebrook Road, Room 1500, Germantown. Persons wishing to testify about this issue may sign up by calling the Commission 's Community Relations Office 301-495-4600. Written testimony may also be sent to Derick P. Berlage, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910; by fax to 301-495-1320; or by email at mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org.

You're Invited to Comment on
FY06 Operating Budget and Public/Private Partnerships
Thursday, October 21, 7:30 p.m.
Please Sign Up in Advance to Speak

The Montgomery County Planning Board invites you to comment on the operating budget and potential public/private partnerships at a Public Forum, Thursday, October 21, 7:30 p.m., at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Operating budgets include park design and maintenance; master planning, environmental and transportation planning, subdivision review, administration and other operating expenses. (CIP budgets include engineering and construction of new facilities; renovations of existing playgrounds, recreation buildings, offices, parking lots, parkways, trails, and other facilities.)
In addition to testimony on the operating budget, you're invited to comment on current and possible future public/private partnerships. As part of the process, the Board has identified a number of new potential partnerships and is seeking additional partnership ideas from residents, organizations and businesses.
Please sign up in advance to speak by calling the Commission's Community Relations Office, 301-495-4600. Written testimony may also be sent to Derick P. Berlage, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, by fax, 301-495-1320, or email, mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org.
Copies of the current operating budget and the Public/Private Partnerships document are available at the Commission's Montgomery Regional Office Building at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. The current budget is available online at http://www.mncppc.org/index.cfm?id=1bud. Public/Private Partnerships staff report is also available online at www.mcparkandplanning.org.

Damascus Master Plan Public Hearing
Thursday, November 4, 7:30 p.m., in Rockville
Please Sign Up in Advance to Speak

The Montgomery County Planning Board is inviting testimony on the Public Hearing (Preliminary) Draft of the Damascus Master Plan, Thursday, November 4, 2004, 7:30 p.m. at the Montgomery County Council's 7th floor Council Hearing Room, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland.
You have a formal opportunity to express your views to the Planning Board on the concepts, individual recommendations and implementation techniques discussed in the draft Master Plan. Later this winter, the Planning Board will consider the public testimony and the staff's recommendations during its worksessions on the Plan to be held in the M-NCPPC auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. To testify in person, please sign up in advance by calling the Planning Board's Community Relations Office, 301-495-4600. You may send written testimony to Derick P. Berlage, Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, by fax, 301-495-1320, or email mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org.
Copies of the Public Hearing Draft Master Plan are available to the public at the Commission's Montgomery Regional Office Building at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, and online at Damascus home page. Reference copies are also available at local public libraries.