February 12, 2026 - Montgomery Planning Board

REVISED: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 8:17PM

9:00 am

PLANNING BOARD MEETING

Item 1

Preliminary Matters

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

1. Seneca Meadows Preliminary Plan Amendment 11998004C– MCPB No. 25-154

2. Seneca Meadows Site Plan Amendment 81998037A– MCPB No. 25-155

3. Seneca Meadows Forest Conservation Plan F20250640– MCPB No. 25-156

4. Cloverly Local Park ADA Access Improvements Water Quality Plan PP2025001 – MCPB No. 26-01

*B. Approval of Minutes

*C. Other Preliminary Matters

Item 2

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Subdivision Plat No. 220250740, Butler Farm

AR zone; 1 lot; located on the west side of Davis Mill Road, 500 feet north of Wildcat Road; Agriculture and Rural Open Space Plan Master Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Approval

Item 3

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

ADDED ON 2/11/26

Mahan Village Preliminary Plan No. 120250140, Regulatory Extension Request No. 3

Request to extend review period, from February 12, 2026 to April 9, 2026; Application to create a nineteen (19) lot subdivision on approximately 2.713 acres located along Woodfield Road (MD 124) in Damascus.

Staff Recommendation: Approval of the Extension Request

J. Penn

Item 4

Roundtable Discussion

A. Planning Director’s Report

J. Sartori

B. Quarterly Economic Indicators Briefing

B. Kraft/N. Holdzkom

Item 5

Parks Department, FY 27-32 Capital Improvements Program – Response to CE recommended FY27-32 Capital Improvement Program (CIP)

Staff Recommendation: Approve staff response to CE recommended FY27-32 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and transmit to the County Executive and County Council.

R. Peele

Item 6

2025 North Bethesda Biennial Monitoring Report

The North Bethesda Biennial Monitoring Report (NBBMR) is a periodic assessment of the progress made towards implementing the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, as required by the Sector Plan’s monitoring framework.

Item 6 – Attachment 1 – 2025 North Bethesda Biennial Monitoring Report

Item 6 – Attachment 2 – Feedback from IAC Member on Behalf of the Forum Condominium

A. Vogel

Item 10

Legislative Update

1. SB 267 Land Use – Residential Housing – Oversight, Regulation, and Taxation (Building Affordably in My Back Yard Act)

2. SB 158 Counties – Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks – Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools

3. HB 778 Land Use – Middle Housing Options – Requirements

4. SB 342/ HB 331 Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program

ADDED 5. HB 654/SB 638 – Natural Resources – Maryland Heritage Areas Authority – Funding and Grant

D. Borden/J. Baucum Colbert

12:10 pm

LUNCH

1:00 pm

PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES

Item 7

Friendship Heights Sector Plan Preliminary Recommendations Briefing

Staff will brief the Planning Board on the preliminary recommendations for the Friendship Heights Sector Plan.

Staff Recommendation: Briefing – no action required

Item 7 – Attachment

Item 7 – Additional Correspondence

A. Margolies

Item 8

ZTA 26-01, Commercial Uses – Data Centers (Public Testimony Accepted)

ZTA 26-01 creates a use and definition for Data Center and establishes conditional use standards for Data Centers in the Industrial Zones.

Staff Recommendation: The Planning Board transmit comments and a Climate Assessment to the District Council.

Item 8 – Attachment A

Item 8 – Attachment B

Item 8 – Attachment C

Item 8 – Additional Correspondence Part A

Item 8 – Additional Correspondence Part B

B. Berbert

Item 9

Review of County Executive’s Recommended FY27 Capital Budget and FY27-32 Capital Improvement Program – Transportation

Planning Board is requested to provide input on transportation elements of the County Executive’s Recommended Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Program

Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends sending comments to the Transportation & Environment Committee

Item 9 – Attachment

S. Aldrich

4:30 pm

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