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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
	For more details about the Planning Board’s action on any item, you may link to the videotaped hearing after noon on the day following the meeting and select the item you wish to hear.
item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions
	Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted. 1. 9490 River Road Preliminary Plan 120090370 – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-78 2. Burton Woods, Phase III, Preliminary Plan No. 12006027B – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-143

	*B. Record Plats - REVISED
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220100610, Bradley Farms (Revised Staff Memo) ; RE-2 zone; 1 lot; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of River Road (MD 190) and Harrington Drive; Potomac Subregion Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220100890, Mt. Zion Square; RE-2 zone; 1 lot; located on the west side of Zion Road, approximately 2,500 feet north of Brookeville Road; Olney Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 3. Subdivision Plat No. 220110010, West Chevy Chase Heights; R-60 zone; 1 lot; located on the north side of West Virginia Avenue, 150 feet east of Tilbury Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items
	Extension Request for Project Plan Amendment Review No. 92000001B, Air Rights Center 7300 Pearl Street, CBD-2 zone; 3.73 acres; optional method of development to add 149,611 sf. of office space.; located on Pearl Street, approximately 160 feet south of Montgomery Avenue; Bethesda CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*D. Approval of Minutes

Item 2	Zoning Code Rewrite – Code Studio Update
L. Villemaire	Code Studio, the consultant working with staff on the Zoning Code Rewrite, will provide an overall update on the code drafting phase of the project. Items such as process, timing, and key issues that are related to the first module (Agricultural and Residential zones) will be discussed. Code Studio will report back on highlights of the 3-day visit, including sessions with the Zoning Advisory Panel and other internal stakeholder groups. Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

Item 3	CR Incentive Density Implementation Guidelines
J. Sloan	Review of the guidelines needed to implement the incentive density provisions for the CR zones for optional method applications. The guidelines establish the calculation methods and criteria for public benefits that allow increases in density above the standard method up to the maximum set by the zone. Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

Item 10	Amendments to the Department of Parks’ FY11-16 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) - ADDITION
S. Vera	Description: The Department of Parks’ biennial FY11-16 CIP is due to the Council by November 1. The Department is recommending changes to its adopted FY11-16 CIP that it would like to include in its biennial submission to the Council. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

1:00 PM - TIME CHANGE	LUNCH

Item 11	Closed Session - ADDITION
	Pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(13) to comply with specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter

Item 4	Closed Session
	Pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice

Item 12	Closed Session - ADDITION
	Pursuant to Maryland State Government Code Annotated Section 10-508(a)(1) to discuss the appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, compensation, removal, resignation, or performance evaluation of Commission appointees, employees, or officials; or to discuss any other personnel matter that affects 1 or more specific employees

2:30 PM - TIME CHANGE	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item *6	Potomac Crest - NEW TIME
R. Weaver /M. Smith	A. Preliminary Plan 12002119A, Potomac Crest, Limited Amendment, In Response to a Forest Conservation Violation; R-90 zone; 9.1 acres; 21 lots previously approved for 21 one-family detached residential dwellings; request to modify existing conservation easement boundaries; located on Seven Locks Road, 200 feet north of Tuckerman Lane; Potomac Subregion Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. B. Limited Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82003035A, Potomac Crest, In Response to a Violation; R-90; 9.10 acres; amendment to modify the entry sign and forest conservation easement; located on Seven Locks Road, approximately 200 feet north of the intersection with Tuckerman Lane; Potomac Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item *5	Preliminary Plan 11999034A, Alvemar Woods, Lot 17, Limited Amendment, In Response to a Forest Conservation Violation (Revised Staff Memo)
R. Weaver/J. Penn	RE-2 zone; 2.07 acres; 1 existing lot containing a one-family residential dwelling; request to modify an existing forest conservation easement; located on Riverwood Drive, 381 feet south of River Road; Potomac Subregion Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Denied.

Item *7	Preliminary/Final Water Quality Plan and Record Plat No. 220090500, Granby Woods
S. Smith/C. Bunnag	RE-2 zone; 3.59 acres; request to convert an existing outlot to a lot for a one-family detached dwelling unit under the minor subdivision process; located within the Upper Rock Creek Special Protection Area on Shremor Drive, 500 feet south of Granby Road; Upper Rock Creek Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 9	Proposed Amendments: Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan- AD 2010-4 (Administrative Cases) - ADDITION
K. Nelson	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Recommendations to County Executive.

Item 8	Roundtable Discussion - REVISED
	A. White Flint Finance Legislation B. Clarksburg Town Center, Site Plan Review No. 820070220 - Update on development activity by the Applicant with the Planning Board; Condition 18 of the adopted resolution requires the Applicant to provide a status report to the Planning Board every 3 months C. Update on Clarksburg Stage 4 Ad Hoc Water Quality Working Group Report to County Council D. Master Plan Program E. Legislative Update

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The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, October 21, 2010

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