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8:30 AM	Reception for Retirees of Parks and Planning Departments - (MRO Auditorium)

9:15 AM - REVISED	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)

item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions
	Hoyle’s Mill Village, Section II - Site Plan No. 81995030F - ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUION No. 10-76 Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

	*B. Records Plats
	Subdivision Plat No. 220090940, Avery Forest: RE-2 zone, 1 lot; located on the west side of Avery Road, 800 feet north of Southlawn Lane; Upper Rock Creek. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. Subdivision Plat No. 220100810, Edgemoor: R-60 zone, 1 lot; located on the east side of Fairfax Road, 300 feet north of Edgemoor Lane; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of June 3, 2010 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 7	Reconsideration Request - ADDITION
C. Sorrento	Montrose Parks Limited Site Plan Amendment No. 82002021A Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 2	Planning Board Members Tour ICC Stream Restoration Projects & Mainline
K. Hellman/D. Redmond	Field visit to the ICC stream restoration project NW-170, wetland creation project NW-128, and a section of the Contract B ICC mainline. NW-170 is located along the mainstem of Northwest Branch and extends from the Batchellors Forest tributary south to Bonifant Road. NW-128 is located on the eastern side of NW-170, just north of Bonifant Road. The portion of the Contract B mainline that will be visited extends from Layhill Road to Bonifant Road.

1:00 PM	LUNCH

2:00 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 3	Little Seneca Greenway
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 8.71 acres, more or less, unimproved, from Roy M. Bradley, Jr. and Patricia J. Bradley, located east of Frederick Road (MD Rte. 355), south of Running Brook Drive, Clarksburg, MD 20871 as a Legacy Open Space Greenway Connection. Staff Recommendation: Approval Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *4	Small's Nursery (aka Preserve at Small's Nursery)
R. Weaver/S. Pereira	A. Preliminary Plan 11994011C and Site Plan 81995015B, Preserve at Small's Nursery - Limited Amendments: RE-1 zone; 183.58 acres; 130 lots for 130 one-family detached residential dwellings previously approved; request to amend the forest conservation plan to facilitate an entrance road for the adjacent Towns at Small's Nursery subdivision; located on Thistlebridge Drive, 500 feet west of Georgia Avenue (MD 97); Upper Rock Creek Master Plan. Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with change. B. Site Plan Review No. 820100060, Townhouses at Small’s Nursery: RT-10 zone; 3.11 acres; 19 townhouses; located on Thislebridge Drive approximately 500 feet west of Georgia Avenue; Olney Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with change.

Item 5	Silver Spring Library
L. Shirley/J. Marcolin	A. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan. No. 10719-DGS-1* - Wayne Avenue, CBD-2 Zone, Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. B. Mandatory Referral No. 10719-DGS-1: for Silver Spring Library Staff Recommendation: Transmit with Comments Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved for transmittal of comments.

Item *6	Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82008021B, Washington Adventist Hospital (Limited)
R. Kronenberg	I-1, I-3 zones; 48.86 acres; amendment to modify condition #1: regarding conformance with the Special Exception in anticipation of requested changes to the approved package of transportation improvements. Located on Plum Orchard Drive, approximately 400 feet southwest of Broadbirch Drive; Fairland Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, June 24, 2010

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