March 12, 2020 - Montgomery Planning Board

REVISED: Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 9:54AM

9:00 am MRO AUDITORIUM

PLANNING BOARD MEETING

Item 1

Consent Agenda

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

*B. Record Plats

Subdivision Plat No. 220180990, Kingsview Knolls
R-200 zone; 1 lot; located on the east side of Schaeffer Road, 200 feet south of Kingshill Road; Germantown Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Subdivision Plat No. 220200170, Chestnut Ridge
CRT zone; 1 lot,1 outlot; located on the north side of Germantown Road (MD 118) at the intersection with Waters Road; MARC Rail Communities Sector Plan.

*C. Other Consent Items

Quality Time Learning Center Annex, Site Plan No. 820200070, Extension Request No.1

CR 3.0 C 2.0 R 2.75 H110T zone and Fenton Overlay Zone, 0.17 acres, Request to extend review period from March 12, 2020 to April 30, 2020; located on the east side of Georgia Avenue approximately 150 feet north of Sligo Avenue; 2000 Silver Spring Central Business District Sector Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval of Extension

M. Folden

ADDED

Montgomery County Humane Society Campus, Preliminary Plan 120190100, Regulatory Extension Request No. 3

Request to extend the regulatory review period from March 19, 2020 to July 30, 2020; to create one lot with an additional 13,000 square feet of building and associated parking; located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Aspen Hill Road; on approximately 7.79 acres of land zoned R-60; within the 1994 Aspen Hill Master Plan area.
Staff Recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request

A. Lindsey

*D. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of February 20, 2020

Item 2

Roundtable Discussion

A. Parks Director’s Report

B1. Operating Funds Seven Month Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2020.

B2. Enterprise Funds Seven Month Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2020.

B. J. Zimmerman

Item 3

POSTPONED

Budget Transfer Request FY20 Operating Budget – Montgomery Parks

~~N. Steen~~

Item *4

The Shops at Sumner Place, Site Plan No. 820200060

NR 0.75 H-45’ zone, 0.62 acres, Request to add a freestanding drive-thru automated teller machine (ATM) within an existing surface parking lot; located on the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Sangamore Road and Sentinel Drive; 1990 Bethesda Chevy Chase Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

T. Gatling

Item 6

TIME CHANGE

Advancing the Pike District

White Flint Sector Plan’s Metrorail Area – Ten Year Check Up
Planning Department staff will brief the Planning Board on the scope and process of this initiative that aims to accelerate the transformation of White Flint’s core into a walkable, mixed-use district by identifying short- and medium-term implementation-focused solutions that build on the Sector Plan’s recommendations and promote mobility, economic development, urban design and placemaking.

W. Freer

Item 5

Presentation: Update on Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan

Montgomery County Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Adriana Hochberg will update the Planning Board on efforts to develop a Climate Action Plan, including the work of the five technical work groups that are developing initial recommendations for meeting the County’s goal of reducing the County’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2027, and achieving zero emissions by 2035.
Staff Recommendation: Briefing

S. Findley

Item 7

Briefing: Forest Conservation Law Amendments, Forest Conservation Regulation Amendments, and Trees Technical Manual Revision Update

Staff will brief the Planning Board on the timing, process, and procedure to be used to amend and update the legislation, regulation and guidance document used to implement the County’s forest conservation law.

M. Pfefferle

12:15 pm MRO 3RD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM

CLOSED SESSION

Item 8

According to MD ANN Code, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(3), to consider the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and matters directly related to the acquisition. Topic to be discussed: Veterans Park, Bethesda.

B. Sandberg

12:45 pm

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