Agendas

Preliminary Matters

Record Plats (Public Hearing)

Regulatory Extension Requests (Public Hearing)

Roundtable Discussion

Planning Director’s Report

Amalyn (WMAL Bethesda), Forest Conservation Plan No. F20230270 (Public Hearing)

Request to amend the Final Forest Conservation Plan associated with Site Plan No. 82017017B; The Applications propose to change the location of the noise wall, requiring additional forest clearing and specimen tree impacts; On approximately 74.83 acres zoned R-90; Within the 1992 North Bethesda/Garrett Park Master Plan area.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 5 – Additional Correspondence

A. Lindsey

12500 Ardennes (Public Hearing)

Located at the intersection of Ardennes Avenue and Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville; 1.73-acre tract; CR-2.0, C-1.5, R-2.0, H-145T Zone; 2009 Twinbrook Sector Plan.

A. Sketch Plan Amendment 32018020A
Request to modify the type of affordable units, public benefit categories, architecture, site design, layout, and minimum public open space for up to 198,718 square-feet of residential density.

B. Site Plan 820240060
Request for approval to construct a 198,718 square-foot multifamily building with up to 213 units including a minimum of 25% MPDUs.

C. Forest Conservation Plan F20240250
Request for approval of a final forest conservation plan to remove one specimen tree and satisfy the afforestation requirement for Site Plan 820240060.

Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Item 6 – Attachment A – Sketch Site and Forest Conservation Plans

Item 6 – Attachment B – Prior Approvals

Item 6 – Attachment C – Agency Letters

Item 6 –  Attachment D – Affidavit Regarding Community Meeting and Meeting Minutes

E. Tettelbaum

Briefing: Demographic Profile of the Black Population in Montgomery County

L. Savonis/J. Lee

Review of County Executive’s FY25 Capital Budget and FY25-30 CIP – Schools (MCPS)

Review of the schools elements of the County Executive’s Recommended FY 25 Capital Budget and FY25-FY30 Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council

Item 10 – Attachment 1: Montgomery Planning Staff Comments on School Capital Projects in the Board of Education’s Request of MCPS’ FY25-30 Capital Improvement Program

Item 10 – Attachment 2: Board of Education’s Requested FY25-30 CIP for Individual School Capital Projects by Project Status

Item 10 – Attachment 3: MOU between MCPS and M-NCPPC Regarding Respective Planning Processes

H. Baek

2024 Growth and Infrastructure Policy Update – Growth Status and Trends

Briefing: The County Council is required to adopt the 2024-2028 Growth and Infrastructure Policy (GIP) by November 15, 2024. As part of this update to the GIP, Planning Department staff is analyzing the County’s current growth context, including recent demographic and housing trends, forecasted trends in population, households, and employment, and key drivers of these trends, which will inform recommendations to policy revisions. This briefing will provide an overview of the County’s current growth context for the current GIP update.
Staff recommendation: Brief the Planning Board

Item 9 – Presentation to the Planning Board

J.Lee/L.Govoni/D. Buckley

Attainable Housing Strategies Initiative

Briefing: In March 2021, the County Council requested the Planning Board consider and recommend “zoning reforms that would allow greater opportunities for Missing Middle housing in Montgomery County.” Attainable Housing Strategies is the resulting effort, through which a prior Planning Board prepared recommendations to allow the development of more diverse types of housing, including Missing Middle Housing, in Montgomery County. Staff will brief the Planning Board on the recommendations and seek guidance on next steps.

Item 8 – Attachment A: DRAFT Attainable Housing Strategies Report with markup from the previous Planning Board

L. Govoni/B. Berbert