The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Final

Last updated: October 31 at 3:00 P.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
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9:00 am Planning Board Meeting (MRO Auditorium)
 

 

9:00 AM Consent Agenda
Item *1 Adoption of Opinions/Resolutions
 

 

Group A: All five Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Hanson, Bryant, Robinson, Lynch and Cryor]

i) Subdivision Regulations Waiver No. SRW 2008-02, Goshen Estates, Parcel 550, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-206

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with modifications.

 

Group B: Four Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Hanson, Lynch, Bryant and Cryor]
ii) Preliminary Plan No. 120070340, Damascus Smart-Miner; ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-174

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Group C: Four Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Hanson, Bryant, Cryor and Robinson]

iii) Subdivision Regulations Waiver No. SRW20081, B.F. Gilbert’s Addition to Takoma Park, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-210

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

Group D: Three Commissioners Eligible to Vote [Commissioners Hanson, Bryant and Robinson]

iv) Preliminary Plan No. 120060980, Merrimack Park (Resubdivision): ADOPTION OF RESOLTUION No. 07-175

v) Site Plan No. 81992002G, Downtown Silver Spring IVP civic Building and Town Square; ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION No. 07-134

 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

   
Item *2 Record Plats POSTPONED
 

Subdivision Plat No. 220080250, B.F. Gilbert’s Addition to Takoma Park, R-60 zone; 1 lot; located on the east side of Carroll Avenue, approximately 350 feet north of Lincoln Avenue; Takoma Park; Staff Recommendation: Approval

   
Item *3 Consent Items
   
9:00 AM Hearings on Applications
Item *4 Preliminary Plan No. 120061240, Parker Memorial Baptist Church

 

D. Kinney

 

RC zone; 8.3 acres; 1 lot requested; place of worship; located on the north side of Norbeck Road, approximately 200 feet west of the intersection with Layhill Road (MD 182); Olney; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *5 Preliminary Plan No. 120060410, Heller Realty East

 

N. Braunstein

 

R-90 zone; 3.1 acres; 6 lots requested; 6 one-family detached residential dwellings; located on the west side of East Randolph Road, approximately 300 feet north of the intersection of its intersection with Tamarack Road; White Oak; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *6 Burtonsville Fire Station No. 15 - Bunk Room Expansion

 

C. Bunnag

P. Weiss

 

A. Water Quality Plan for Mandatory Referral No. 07607-DPWT-1: 13900 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, R-200 Zone and Upper Paint Branch Overlay Zone, Fairland Master Plan; Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

B. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan for Mandatory Referral No. 07607-DPWT-1: 13900 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, R-200 Zone and Upper Paint Branch Overlay Zone, Fairland Master Plan; Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

C. Mandatory Referral No. 07607-DPWT-1: 13900 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, R-200 Zone and Upper Paint Branch Overlay Zone, Fairland Master Plan; Staff Recommendation: Approval to Transmit Comments

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *7 Cloverly Elementary School – Gymnasium Addition

 

C. Bunnag

C. Nelson

 

A. Preliminary Water Quality Plan for Mandatory Referral No. 07604-MCPS-1: 800 Briggs Chaney Road, RE-1 Zone, Cloverly Master Plan; Staff Reccomendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

 

B. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan for Mandatory Referral No. 07604-MCPS-1: 800 Briggs Chaney Road, RE-1 Zone, Cloverly Master Plan; Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with condtions.

 

C. Mandatory Referral No. 07604-MCPS-1: 800 Briggs Chaney Road, RE-1 Zone, Cloverly Master Plan; Staff Recommendation: Approval to transmit comments to Montgomery County Public Schools

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item 8 FY08-09 Enterprise Fund User Fees Recommendations

 

 

Part A: FY08-09 Enterprise Fund User Fees Recommendations Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
12:00 PM Lunch
   
Item 13 Closed Session - ADDED

 

 

Pursuant to Maryland Annotated Code 10-508(a)(8) to consult with staff, consultants, or other individuals about pending or potential litigation

   
1:30 PM Planning Board Meeting Continues (MRO Auditorium)
   
Item 9 Memorandum of Understanding between M-NCPPC and SilverPlace, LLC for the SilverPlace Project

 

M. Riley

 

SilverPlace is a public/private partnership through which the Commission seeks to replace its obsolete and overcrowded headquarters building at 8787 Georgia Avenue while facilitating several public policy objectives including provision of affordable housing, smart growth, and green building in an exemplary mixed-use development. The Commission issued a Request for Proposals and on January 18, 2007, the Planning Board approved the ranking of proposals from three respondents. Staff has negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the top ranked development team, SilverPlace, LLC that sets the mutual understandings of the parties towards advancing the project. Staff now seeks the Planning Board’s approval to execute the MOU; Staff Recommendation: Approval for staff to execute the Memorandum of Understanding

  Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved
Item 10 Amendment to the FY 07-12 Capital Improvements Program and Supplemental Appropriation to the FY 08 Capital Budget for the SilverPlace Project, PDF No. 048701

 

M. Riley

 

SilverPlace is a public/private partnership through which the Commission seeks to replace its obsolete and overcrowded headquarters building at 8787 Georgia Avenue while facilitating several public policy objectives including provision of affordable housing, smart growth, and green building in an exemplary mixed-use development. The Commission issued a Request for Proposals and on January 18, 2007, the Planning Board approved the ranking of proposals from three respondents. Staff has negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the top ranked development team, SilverPlace, LLC that sets the mutual understandings of the parties towards advancing the project. The supplemental appropriation request funds to advance the design of the public portion of the project through the schematic design (20% design) stage; Staff Recommendation: Approval to transmit CIP amendment and supplemental appropriation request to County Council and County Executive

 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

Item *11 Woodmont East

 

D. Kinney

J. Sloan

 

 

A. Project Plan Review No. 920070070, (Formerly 9-07007), Woodmont East – Phase II (Miller’s Addition to Bethesda),
CBD-2 zone; 2.48 acres; 36,300 gross square feet retail, 78,300 gross square feet office, 304,135 gross square feet residential, 121,090 gross square feet hotel including 32 MPDUs; located on Woodmont Avenue northeast of Bethesda Avenue; Bethesda/Chevy Chase; Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

Planning Board Action/Decision: Deferred

B. Preliminary Plan No. 120070200, CBD-2; 2.48 acres; 1 lot requested; 78,300 square feet existing office, a 200 room hotel, 36,300 square feet retail, and 250 multi-family residential dwelling units, including a minimum of 12.5% moderately priced dwelling units (MPDUs); located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Woodmont Avenue and Bethesda Avenue; Bethesda/Chevy Chase; Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Deferred

   
Item 12

Roundtable Discussion including Briefing and Worksessions

(No public testimony will be taken at this time)

 

A. Approval of Minutes

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved

B. Commissioner's Reports

C. Director's Report

D. Growth Policy

 

 

  ADJOURN

 

November 1 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  1 7:00 p.m. Mid County Recreation Advisory Board, Dept. of Recreation, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Wheaton
  5 7:00 p.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Special Session, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  5 7:00 p.m. County Wide Recreation Advisory Board, Recreation Administrative Offices, 4010 Randolph Road, Wheaton
  7 7:15 p.m. East County Citizens Advisory Board, Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring
  8 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  8 7:30 p.m. Western Area Recreation Advisory Board, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac
  12 7:00 p.m. Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring
  12   Veteran’s Day – Office Closed
  13 4:30 p.m. Wheaton Urban District Advisory, Mid-County Services Ctr. 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton
  13 7:00 p.m. East County Recreation Advisory Board, Fairland Comm. Ctr., 14906 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville
  14 7:00 p.m. Silver Spring Recreation Advisory Board, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring
  14 7:30 p.m. Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
  15 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring
  15 3:30 p.m. Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board, Discovery Communications, 1 Discovery Place
  19 7:00 p.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Special Session, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  19 7:00 p.m. Western Montgomery County Citizen Advisory Board, Potomac Library 10101Glenolden Drive, Potomac
  20 7:00 p.m. Mid-County Citizen Advisory, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor, Wheaton
  21 9:30 a.m. Full Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium, Silver Spring, MD
  21 7:00 p.m. UpCounty Recreation Advisory Board, UpCounty Regional Service Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Ste 1600, Germantown
  22   Thanksgiving day – Office Closed
  23   Employee Appreciation Day – Office Closed
  26 7:00 p.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Special Session, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
  27 1:00 p.m. Department Heads Meeting, 6600 Kenilworth Avenue, Silver Spring
  29 9:00 a.m. Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring

 

 

Public Meeting: Facility Plan Amendment North Four Corners Local Park Thursday, December 6, 2007
The Planning Board will be reviewing the recommended amendment to the Facility Plan for North Four Corners Local Park that was previously approved by the Planning Board on September 22, 2005. Copies of the staff report will be available from MNCPPC on November 15, 2007, and posted to the main agenda page at This Link

The meeting is open to all interested parties, but you must sign up to speak. The evening’s list of speakers is set on a first-come, first-served basis. To sign up, call the Community Relations Office at 301-495-4600. You may also sign up online at http://www.daicsearch.org/planning_board/testify.asp
You may also submit written comments, which will become part of the project record, by mail to:
Royce Hanson, Chairman
Montgomery County Planning Board
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Or by email to: mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org
For more information about the Facility Plan, call or email Heidi Sussmann, 301-495-2547, heidi.sussmann@mncppc-mc.org

Public Hearing on the Twinbrook Sector Plan
Thursday, November 15, 2007, Evening Session

The Planning Board will take comment on the concept and recommendations of the Twinbrook Sector Plan for consideration in future worksessions. Copies of the Public Hearing Draft Plan will be available at local libraries and from MNCPPC on October 10, 2007.
The sessions are open to all interested parties, but you must sign up to testify. The evening’s list of speakers is set on a first-come, first-served basis. To sign up, call the Community Relations Office at 301-495-4600. You may also sign up online at http://www.daicsearch.org/planning_board/testify.asp
You may also submit written testimony, which will become part of the public record, by mail to:
Royce Hanson, Chairman
Montgomery County Planning Board
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Or by email to: mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org

For more information about the Plan, call or email Claudia Kousoulas, 301-495-4558, claudia.kousoulas@mncppc-mc.org