Montgomery County
Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, July 28, 2005, 9:00 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760

301-495-4600, http://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org

Montgomery County Planning Board

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See Planning Board decisions made at this meeting
9:00 A.M.		GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
C. Loehr M. Rosenfeld M. Rosenfeld C. Loehr		Administrative Items Closed Session pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section (10-508) (a) (7),(8) (Consult with counsel to obtain legal advice/Potential Litigation) (Subject: Clarksburg Town Center) Closed Session pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section (10-508) (a) (7) (Subject: Germantown Tennis Center Lease) Closed Session pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section (10-508) (a) (1) (Subject: Personnel Matters)
9:45 A.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		Roll Call Approval of Minutes Commissioners’ Report Director’s Report Reconsideration Requests Adoption of Opinions
10:00 A.M. J. Zyontz	1.	Intercounty Connector Study, Planning Board Worksession No. 7: Park Land Mitigation – Approve Mitigation Package. (Public testimony will be limited to 1.5 hrs) Attachment A Attachment - Part 1 Attachment B - Part 2 Attachment B - Part 3 Attachments C & D
12:30 P.M.		LUNCH
1:30 P.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
R. Krasnow	*2.	Plan of Compliance Hearing Continued – Clarksburg Town Center – Site Plan No. 8-98001 (Phase I) and Amendments, and Site Plan No. 8-02014 (Phase II) and Amendments to determine citations and fines with respect to height and setback violations – THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.
C. Conlon	*3.	Preliminary Plan No. 1-95042 Clarksburg Town Center – Extension, RMX-2 Zone; request for a 24-month extension to the preliminary plan validity period; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Frederick Road (MD 355) and Stringtown Road; Clarksburg – Grant 7-month extension to October 26, 2005. Attachment A Attachment B Informational Maps
J. Daniel	4.	Worksession No. 6: Planning Board Draft of the Damascus Master Plan - Approval to transmit the Planning Board Draft to the County Executive and County Council, and to amend the Countywide Park Trails Plan. Attachment 1 Attachment 2
S. James Combine 5, 6 and 7	5.	AB 667: Abandonment of an alley right-of-way within Block "D", bounded on the west by Eastern Avenue, the north by 13^th Street, the east by Georgia Avenue, and the south by King Street, Silver Spring – Approval. Attachment 1 Attachments 2 & 3
R. Kronenberg	*6.	Project Plan Review No. 9-05005 - The Galaxy, CBD-1 Zone; 2.62 acres; 1 lot requested; 328 multi-family dwelling units, with 41 MPDUs; located at the southeast quadrant of the intersection of 13^th street and Eastern Avenue; Silver Spring CBD Approval with conditions. Project Description - Part 1 Project Description Description - Part 2 Project Description - Part 3 Framework & Issues Findings Appendix A Appendix B
D. Kinney	*7.	Preliminary Plan No. 1-05089 - The Galaxy: CBD-1 Zone; 2.62 acres; 1 lot requested; 328 multi-family dwelling units, including 41 MPDUs; located at the southeast quadrant of 13^th Street and Eastern Avenue; Silver Spring, CBD - Approval with conditions. Attachment A Attachment B Informational Maps
F. Boyd	8.	Mandatory Referral No. 05503-MCPS-1: Parkland Middle School Modernization – 4610 West Frankfort Avenue, R-90 Zone; Aspen Hill – Approval to transmit comments to MCPS. Attachments 1 - 3 Attachments 4 & 5 Attachment 6 - Part 1 Attachment 6 - Part 2
4:00 P.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES
D. Johnsen	*9.	Site Plan Review No. 8-99024B - Shady Grove Adventist Hospital (Electrical Addition), LSC Zone; 39.16 acres; 5,892 gross square feet, 2-story electrical room addition to existing hospital; west quadrant of the intersection of Medical Center Drive and Medical Center Way; Shady Grove - Approval with conditions. Appendix A - C
R. Weaver	*10.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-04109 - Burtonsville Shopping Center: C-2 Zone; 27.55 acres; 1 lot requested; 245,000 square feet retail use, 10,000 square feet office use and 5,000 square feet of restaurant use requested; located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Columbia Pike (MD 29) and Spencerville Road (MD 198); Fairland – Approval with conditions. Attachments A - C Attachments D - G Informational Maps
R. Weaver	*11.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-05086 - Lyttonsville: RT-15 Zone; 2.45 acres; 19 lots requested; 19 single-family attached (townhouse) dwelling units; located on the west side of Albert Stewart Lane, 180 feet northwest of Kansas Avenue; North and West Silver Spring – Approval with conditions. Attachments A - C Informational Maps
R. Weaver	*12.	Record Plats
M. Venzke	13.	Continuation of strategy session for preparation of the Park FY07-12 Capital Improvements Program – Approval of staff guidelines for preparing and prioritizing the Parks CIP. Attachments 1 - 3 Attachments 4 & 5
6:40 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
July	27 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	28 -	9:00 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO, 3^rd Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	28 -	1:00 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	28 -	7:30 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting Continues, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
August	4 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO, 3^rd Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring LAST PLANNING BOARD MEETING – SUMMER BREAK
	17 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	18 -	3:30 p.m.,	Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee, Discovery Communications, 1 Discovery Place, Silver Spring

You're Invited to Comment on the Intercounty Connector (ICC)
Thursday, July 28, 10 a.m.
Please Sign Up in Advance to Testify

The Montgomery County Planning Board will hear 90 minutes of public testimony on parkland mitigation for the Intercounty Connector, known as the ICC, Thursday, July 28, 10 a.m. at M-NCPPC's auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. To hear from as many people as possible, everyone speaking will have three minutes to testify with no time ceded from others.

To testify in person, please sign up in advance by calling Community Outreach and Media Relations, 301-495-4600. Written testimony may 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.

Information on the selected route for the ICC is available online from the Maryland State Highway Administration at www.iccstudy.org. Copies of the M-NCPPC staff report will be available to the public after Monday, July 25 at the Commission's Montgomery Regional Office Building at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, and online at www.mcparkandplanning.org.