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REVISED: Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 9:23AM
10:00 am

PLANNING BOARD MEETING

Item 1

Preliminary Matters

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

1. 7025 Strathmore Street 320240030 – MCPB No. 24-005

*B. Approval of Minutes

Minutes for December 14, 2023 and January 25, 2024

Closed Session Minutes for December 14, 2023

*C. Other Preliminary Matters

Adoption of Corrected Resolution for Tregoning Property F20230420 – MCPB No. 23-119

Item 2

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Subdivision Plat No. 220230650, Sumner Park

R-60 zone, 1 lot; located on the southwest side of Massachusetts Avenue (MD 396), 200 feet northwest of Cape Cod Court; Bethesda – Chevy Chase Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Subdivision Plat No. 220231000, Shops at Travilah
NR zone, 1 parcel; located on the south side of Travilah Road, 300 feet west of Piney Meetinghouse Road; Potomac Subregion 2002 Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Item 3

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

Item 7

Bowie Mill Bikeway (Public Hearing)

A. Mandatory Referral: MR2023016
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation proposes to construct a 3.3 mile long shared use path along Bowie Mill Road between Muncaster Mill Road and Olney-Laytonsville Road, a facility included in the 2018 Bicycle Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Comments

B. Preliminary/Final Water Quality Plan: MR2023016
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation proposes to construct a 3.3 mile long shared use path along Bowie Mill Road between Muncaster Mill Road and Olney-Laytonsville Road, a facility included in the 2018 Bicycle Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 7 – Attachment A: Corridor Engineering Drawings

Item 7 – Attachment B: Montgomery Planning Protected Intersection Checklist

Item 7 – Attachment C: MCDPS Preliminary/Final Water Quality Plan Approval

Item 7 – Additional Correspondence

E. Glazier

Item 8

Corso Chevy Chase, Preliminary Plan Application No. 120240020, Site Plan Application No. 820240030, and Forest Conservation Plan No. F20240110 (Public Hearing)

A. Preliminary Plan 120240020 – Request to create one new lot for a senior living community of up to approximately 700,000 square feet, including a Residential Care Facility (over 16 persons) containing up to 287 independent dwelling units and 190 assisted living beds and 30 memory care beds, and up to 5,000 square feet of commercial/retail use in the CRNF 1.5, C-0.25, R-1.25, H-70 zone

B. Site Plan 820240030 – Request to develop a mixed-use senior living community with up to 695,000 sq. of residential density, including a Residential Care Facility containing up to 287 independent dwelling units, 190 assisted living beds, 30 memory care beds, and up to 5,000 square feet of commercial/retail uses, and amend the Floating Zone Plan.
C. Forest Conservation Plan F20240110 – Request for approval of a Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan to impact and remove specimen trees and satisfy afforestation/reforestation requirements associated with Preliminary Plan application No. 120240020 and Site Plan Application No. 820240030.

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 8 – Attachment A: Preliminary Site FFCP

Item 8 – Attachment B: Prior Approvals

Item 8 – Attachment C: Agency Letters

Item 8 – Attachment D: Town of Chevy Chase Correspondence

Item 8 – Attachment E: Parking Demand Analysis

Item 8 – Attachment F: Site Access Study and Concept C2 Rev

Item 8 – Additional Correspondence

T. Gatling

12:05 pm

LUNCH

1:05 pm

PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES

Item 11

ADDED

State Legislative Update

1. HB 0131 Housing Development Permit Applications – Local Reporting Requirements (Support with Amendments)
2. HB 0420 State and Local Parks – Play Area Accessibility – Communication Boards (Informational)

3. HB 0566 State and Local Government – Real Property – Confederate Naming Prohibited (Support with Amendments)

4. SB 0333(Cross filed HB0283) Housing and Community Development – Affordable Housing – Identifying Suitable Property (Recommendation – Support)

D. Borden

Item 4

TIME CHANGED

Roundtable Discussion

A. Planning Director’s Report

B. Demonstration of Montgomery Pop Stats Map: https://mcatlas.org/PopStats/

 

Item 5

TIME CHANGED

Westbard Urban Recreational Park

Authorization to acquire 21,657 square feet of land, more or less, improved, from Schnabel Foundation Company, located at 5210 River Road, Bethesda

B. Sandberg/A. Fothergill

Item 6

TIME CHANGED

Briefing: County Executive’s Recommended FY25-30 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for the Parks Department

Staff Recommendation: Transmit to the County Council and County Executive an official response to the County Executive request for an affordability reduction to the Parks Department FY25-30 CIP22

Item 6 – Attachment

R. Peele

Item 9

Mandatory Referral MR2024006 Rockville RNG Injection Site (Public Hearing)

Proposal to construct a temporary gas unloading station at the existing Rockville system located at 7301 Westmore Road, Rockville, MD on 126.63 acres in the IM-2.5 H-50 zone.

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the Mandatory Referral and the transmittal of the comments to Washington Gas.

J. Penn

Item 10

Scope of Work for Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan Study

Staff Recommendation: Receive a presentation on the proposed Scope of Work for a study of the Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan and direct staff to make any modifications to the scope before considering its approval.

C. Larson

3:20 pm

ADJOURN

PUBLIC NOTICE

Planning Board Seeks Public Comments on
Sewer and Water Category Change Requests

The Planning Board will hear testimony and consider recommendations for the Water and Sewer Category Change Requests (WSSCR) listed below on Thursday, February 29, 2024. The applications request that community water and/or sewer service be extended to these properties.

A public hearing for these cases will take place on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at 1:30 pm before the County Council. Planning Board recommendations for these cases will be presented to the Council at that hearing.

 Case Number

Applicant/Owner and Property Location

Master Plan Area

WSCCR 22-TRV-14A

Dmitry Krylov and Irina Mikhailenko

9504 Watts Branch Dr., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 22-TRV-15A

Josh Cook

2 Foxden Ct., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 22-TRV-17A

Honrato and Rosvida Nicodemus

13110 Foxden Dr., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 22-TRV-20A

John and Andrea Gerold

13413 and 13409 Ridge Dr., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 23-TRV-04A

Adebowale Ajomale

13409 Glen Mill Rd., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 23-TRV-05A

Hurst, Ennis, Johnson and Blackman

13741 and 13751 Travilah Rd., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 22-URC-01A

Paul Sarkides

5904 Muncaster Mill Rd., Rockville

Upper Rock Creek

WSSCR 17-OLN-02A

Iglesia De Cristo Mi-El Maryland, Inc.

17521 Old Baltimore Rd., Olney

Olney

WSCCR 22-TRV-05A

Michael and Denise Sinay

13205 Carriage Ct., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 22-TRV-06A

Nirmala Rao

13201 Carriage Ct., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

WSCCR 22-TRV-09A

William Reinhold

13209 Carriage Ct., Rockville

Potomac Subregion

The staff report for the water and sewer category change request will be posted on the Planning Board’s website one week prior to the meeting: https://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agendas/. Contact Jamey Pratt at 301-495-4588 or Jamey.Pratt@montgomeryplanning.org.
See also DEP’s website www.montgomerycountymd.gov/waterworks or call 240-777-7700.

Written comments are also welcomed if submitted at least 24 hours prior to the Planning Board Hearing. Emails or letter may be sent to:
Chair Artie Harris
Montgomery County Planning Board
2425 Reedie Drive 14th Floor
Wheaton, MD 20902
mcp-chair@mncppc-mc.org