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Thursday, February 9, 2006, 10:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD20910-3760

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10:30 A.M.		GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
B. Gries D. Daniel A. Gardner/ M. Rosenfeld		A. Closed Session pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(7), to consider acquisition of real property for a public purpose – Great Seneca Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 B. Closed Session:10-508(a)(8), to consult with staff about pending litigation (Subject:Montgomery Preservation, Inc. et al. vs. M-NCPPC, Montgomery County Circuit Court Civil Action No. 263752-8) C. Closed Session pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(7), to consult with legal counsel regarding scope of Planning Board’s authority to issue fines in future cases:No pending cases will be discussed
12:15 P.M.		LUNCH
1:15 P.M.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		Approval of Minutes Commissioners’ Report Administrative Items Adoption of Opinions
B. Gries	1.	Great Seneca Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 – Authorization to acquire 42,427 square feet (0.97 acres), more or less, unimproved, from the Estate of Elsie A. Orem, located south of Woodfield School Road, east of Woodfield Road (MD Rte. 124), Damascus, Maryland – Approval.
L. Cole/J. Carter	2.	Briefing on County Executive's Recommended FY07-12 Capital Budget and Capital Improvements Program (CIP) – Transmit comments to County Council. Part A Part B
R. Weaver	*3.	Record Plats Subdivision Plat No. 220060440 -- Robert H. McNeill's Addition to Silver Spring: R-60 zone; 2 lots; 2 one-family detached dwelling units; located on the east side of Deerfield Avenue, approximately 200 feet northwest of Dale Drive; East Silver Spring – Approval. Subdivision Plat No. 220060890 -- Layhill View:R-200 zone; 1 lot; 1 one-family detached dwelling unit; located on the east side of Layhill Road, approximately 300 feet south of Middlevale Lane; Kensington-Wheaton – Approval. Part A Subdivision Plat No. 220061040 -- Seven Oaks: R-60 zone; 2 lots; 2 one-family detached dwelling units; located on north side of Sligo Creek Parkway, approximately 300 feet east of the intersection of Colesville Road and Sligo Creek Parkway; North Silver Spring – Approval. Part A Subdivision Plan No. 220061110 -- Greenwich Forest: R-90 zone; 2 lots, 2 one-family detached dwelling units; located on the north side of Midwood Road, approximately 100 feet west of Overhill Road; Bethesda-Chevy Chase – Approval.
2:15 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
FEBRUARY	3	7:00 p.m.,	Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ken Gar (Josiah Henson) Community Center, Ken-Gar Palisades Local Park, 4140 Wexford Drive, Kensington
	4 -	9:30 a.m.,	The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and the City of Gaithersburg invite the public to a free Green Home Workshop, Brookside Gardens, Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton
	7 -	10:00 a.m.,	Retirement Board of Trustees, ERS/Merit Board Conference Room
	8 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	9 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board, General Meeting, MRO, 3^rd Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	9 -	2:00 p.m.,	PHED: Review of M-NCPPC 07-12 Capital Improvement Plan, Council Building, 7th Floor, CHR, Rockville
	10 -	7:30 a.m.,	5^th Annual Valentine Business Breakfast, Art and Humanities Council Montgomery County, Indian Head Country Club
	10 -	7:00 p.m.,	Movies, race and World War II, Beall-Dawson House, 103 West Montgomery Avenue, Rockville
Notices and Reminders - Continued
FEBRUARY	11 -	2:00 p.m.,	Children’s Program – Magnificent Folks, Animals and Other Such Tales, Woodlawn Manor, 16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring
	15 -	9:30 a.m.,	Full Commission Meeting, PRA, 6611 Kenilworth Avenue, Riverdale
	16 -	2:30 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

	16 -	7:00 p.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board continues, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	17 -	9:30 a.m.,	PHED: Bill 30-05, Housing - Workforce Housing Program, County Council, Rockville
	17 -	9:30 a.m.,	PHED: Damascus Master Plan - Overview County Council, Rockville
	17 -	7:00 p.m.,	“Insects and the Civil War,” Locust Grove Nature Center, 7777 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda
	17 -	7:00 p.m.,	Message or Myth: Were Quilts Used for Communication on the Underground Railroad?, Sandy Spring Slave Museum, 18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring
	20 -	OFFICE CLOSED	President’s Day
	21 -	5:00 p.m.,	Merit System Board, ERS/Merit Board Conference Room, 6611 Kenilworth Avenue, Riverdale
	22 -	9:00 a.m.,	Annual Park Police Awards Ceremony, Montgomery County Park Police, Saddlebrook Headquarters, 12751Layhill Road, Silver Spring
	22 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	23 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, 8787Georgia Avenue, 3^rd Floor Conference Room, Silver Spring
	24 -	8:30 a.m.,	3^rd Annual Green Matter Symposium: After the Rain, Brookside Gardens, 1800Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton
	24 -	7:00 p.m.,	“Is Africa My Home? The Debate About the Colonization of Maryland Blacks in the Nineteenth Century, Sandy Spring Slave Museum, 18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring
	27-	9:30 a.m.,	PHED: Review of M-NCPPC 07-12 Capital Improvement Plan, Council Building, 3^rd Floor, CCR, Rockville (continued)

M-NCPPC PLANS BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMS IN FEBRUARY

SILVER SPRING, MD - The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Montgomery County Historical Society and the Sandy Spring Slave Museum are inviting the public to participate in a series of five special Black History Month programs during February 2006.Four adult programs are held on each Friday evening during February from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at different locations.One children’s event features an interactive storyteller on Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Friday, February 3, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.

“Uncle Tom” -- An in-character performance of Josiah Henson, the model for Uncle Tom in the book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Henson grew up a slave in Montgomery County, Maryland and escaped to Canada from Kentucky in 1830.

Place: Ken-Gar (Josiah Henson) Community Center, Ken-Gar Palisades Local Park, 4140 Wexford Drive, Kensingto

Performer: Bus Howard

Friday, February 10, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.

“Movies, Race, and World War II” -- This video-illustrated lecture demonstrates how Hollywood films such as Sundown, Sahara, Lifeboat and government propaganda movies like The Negro Soldier anticipated the politics of racial activism and offer a documentary record of that aspect of American history.

Place: Beall-Dawson House, 103 West Montgomery Ave., Rockville

Speaker: Thomas Cripps, University Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, at Morgan State University

Friday, February 17, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.

“Message or Myth: Were Quilts Used For Communication on the Underground Railroad?” - This power-point presentation looks at the history of quilting, the history of the Underground Railroad and the debate about the book Hidden in Plain View.

Place: Sandy Spring Slave Museum, 18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring

Speaker: Susan Soderberg, M-NCPPC Historian

Friday, February 24, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.

“Is Africa My Home? The Debate About the Colonization of Maryland Blacks in the Nineteenth Century” -- The American Colonization Society was founded in 1816. A Maryland auxiliary of this organization helped about 1,200 African Americans settle in Africa. This lecture explores the issues of race in antebellum society and examines the reactions of African Americans to colonization.

Place: Sandy Spring Slave Museum, 18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring

Speaker: Debra Newman Ham, Professor of History at Morgan State University

Children’s Program-Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m.-3 p.m.

Magnificent Folks, Animals and Other Such Tales - Grades PreK-8 -- Celebrates individual and collective magnificence through tales from the Americas and beyond.This interactive, multicultural storytelling program also includes a bilingual tale from South America.

Place: Woodlawn Manor, 16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring

Storyteller: Diane Macklin

For more information call M-NCPPC’s historic preservation section, 301-563-3400

M-NCPPC, CITY OF GAITHERSBURG TO HOSTGREEN HOME WORKSHOP

SILVER SPRING, MD - The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and the City of Gaithersburg invite the public to a free Green Home Workshop, Saturday, February 4, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center in Wheaton, Maryland.Helen English, Executive Director of the Sustainable Building Industry Council, is the featured speaker.“For those considering building a new home or adding on to their present homes, the Going Green at Home Workshop is a great opportunity to discover choices they can make while planning their projects,” explained Derick Berlage, M-NCPPC Chairman.“They’ll learn how to insure that they save the maximum amount of energy and live with the cleanest, most comfortable air quality.They’ll see how others have built new, remodeled or added on with green at home.”

For more information on the workshops, call 301-495-4540 or go to www.goinggreenathome.org.

Green Home Workshop - Free

Saturday, February 4, 2006, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue in Wheaton

Featured Speaker: Helen English, executive director, Sustainable Building Industry Council

In addition, Brookside Gardens has planned its annual Green Matters Symposium: Managing Water in the Landscape, on Friday, February 24.Rainwater is clearly essential to nature, although sometimes the pollutants it carries are destructive.Yet the perfect filter is just underfoot:the soil in yards and gardens.Featured speakers explore the best methods to capture and use this resource to its greatest potential while creating beautiful landscapes.For additional information, including registration fee, call 301-962-1470 or check out www.brooksidegardens.org.

Green Matters Symposium:Managing Water in the Landscape

Friday, February 24, 2006, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue in Wheaton

Featured Speakers:Neil Weinstein, executive director, Low Impact Development Center; Dawn Gifford, executive director, D.C. Greenworks; Joe Keyser, “The Green Man” cable show host and newspaper columnist; Meo Curtis, senior planning specialist, Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection; Mike Goatley, extension turfgrass specialist, Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences; Julie Myers, senior landscape architect, Low Impact Development Center; and Warren T. Byrd, Jr., principal, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.

EXPLORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NATURE AND U.S. HISTORY: “INSECTS AND THE CIVIL WAR”

Friday, February 17, 7 p.m.

Locust Grove Nature Center

You’re invited to explore the link between bugs and war at a special presentation of “Insects and the Civil War,” Friday, February 17, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Locust Grove Nature Center, 7777 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda.Guest speaker Dr. Gary Miller, a research entomologist with the USDA and a student of the Civil War, explains the relationship between soldiers and insects such as fleas, flies and beetles.

It’s a little known fact that during the Civil War, twice as many soldiers died from insect-related disease as died from direct battle.Join our staff for a fascinating discussion and PowerPoint program that will add a new perspective to your understanding of Civil War tribulations and battles.

Reservations and online payment for this special program are available at www.ParkPASS.org for $10 per person.More information on Locust Grove Nature Center special events and programs is available at www.locustgrovenature.org or 301-299-1990.