The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, November 18, 2010

FINAL- REVISED

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 3:00 pm

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
301-495-4600
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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
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item 1 Consent Agenda
 

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

1. Granby Woods Outlot D, Block F SPA WQP No. 220090500 – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-145

2. Gallery Park Preliminary Plan 12005101A – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTON No. 10-138

3. Gallery Park Site Plan 82005038A – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-139

   
 

*B. Record Plats

 

1. Subdivision Plat No. 220100320, Briars Acres; R-200 zone, 4 lots; located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Briars Road and Olney-Laytonsville Road (MD 108); Olney.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

2. Subdivision Plat No. 220110070, Pilgrim Springs; R-90 zone, 1 lot; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Briggs Road and Layhill Road (MD 182); Glenmont.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

3. Subdivision Plat No. 220110120, Willerburn Acres, Section One; R-90 zone, 5 lots; located in the northeast and southeast quadrants of the intersection of Seven Locks Road and Gainsborough Road; Potomac Subregion.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

 

1. 92000001B Air Rights Center/7300 Pearl Street; Extension of Project Plan Review Period; CBD-2 zone; 3.73 acres; modify the Project Plan to add a new commercial building with 149,611 sf.; located on Pearl Street, approximately 160 feet south of Montgomery Avenue; Bethesda.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.


2. Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82008015B, 1150 Ripley Street, CBD-2 zone; 1.16 acres; amendment; to reduce the multi-family D/U's from 318 to 286 with reduced parking from 309 to 293, minor revisions to elevations to add balconies, widening of curb for additional loading bay, reduce retail space from 7200 gross square feet to 6840 gross square feet, reduce public use and amenity space from 20,168 gross square feet to 19,667 gross square feet, landscape modifications; located on Ripley Street, approximately 356 feet west of Georgia Avenue; Silver Spring

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

3. Darnestown at Travilah Site Plan 820100070 – ADOPTION OF MCPB CORRECTED RESOLUTION No. 10-112

4. Brooke Park Preliminary Plan 120080190 – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-124 (corrected)

   
 

*D. Approval of Minutes

 

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Minutes of October 14, 2010 and October 21, 2010.

   
Item 2 Worksession #3 - Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan Continued; Neighborhood Specific Issues and Urban Design

S. Tallant/M. Rifkin

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken.

   
Item 3 North Potomac Recreation Center

J. Penn /M. O'Quinn

*A. Preliminary Forest Conservation Plan: North Potomac Recreation Center; 13850 Travilah Road between Patrick Avenue (to the west) and the Big Pines Park (to the east), 17.14 acres, R-200/TDR, Potomac Master Plan
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

B. Mandatory Referral No. 10731-DGS-1 : North Potomac Recreation Center; 13850 Travilah Road between Patrick Avenue (to the west) and the Big Pines Park (to the east), 17.4 acres, R-200/TDR, Potomac Master Plan
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to transmit comments to DGS.

   
Item 4 Historic Preservation 10/1

S. Whipple

An amendment to the Historic Resources Preservation Ordinance to: 1) amend the criteria to amend the Master Plan for Historic Preservation; and 2) generally amend the provisions for amending the Master Plan for Historic Preservation, by amending the Historic Resources Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 24A, Section 24A-3, of the Montgomery County Code.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

(Action Required for County Council Public Hearing of 11/23/10)

   
Item 5 City of Gaithersburg Annexation Petition

V. Francis

City of Gaithersburg Annexation Petition X-183 located at 9000 and 9020 Emory Grove Road in the Gaithersburg Vicinity Master Plan area; Reclassification from the County’s R-200/TDR (Single-Family Residential) Zone to the City’s RP-T (Medium-Density Residential) Zone; 2.9 acres of land.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to transmit comments to the City of Gaithersburg Mayor and Council

   
Item 6

Proposed Disposition of the Former Peary High School to the Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington

O'Connor

Revised Staff Memo

13300 Arctic Avenue, Rockville, Zone R-90, 1994 Aspen Hill Master Plan

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to transmit comments to the County Council

(Action Required for County Council Public Hearing of 11/23/10)

   
12:30 PM LUNCH
   
1:45 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 7 Roundtable Discussion

 

A. Update on the MCPS Superintendent’s Recommended FY2012 Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY2011-2016 CIP

B. Update on White Flint Finance and Implementation

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only. No vote taken.

   
Item 8 Development Plan Amendment No: DPA-11-1: Clarksburg Village Center, LLC

C. Gilbert

Applicant requests Development Plan Amendment to add a binding element and revise a previous binding element in the PD-4 zone, located at Snowden Farm Road & Seneca Parkway, Clarksburg
Planning Board Action/Decision: Denial with Recommendations.

(Action Required for Hearing by the Hearing Examiner on 11/29/10)

   
Item 9 Falkland Chase - REVISED

E. Hisel-McCoy/S. Whipple

Attachment A. - Revised Staff Report

Attachment B. - Revised Transmittal Memo

*A. Project Plan Review No. 920070080, Falkland Chase, CBD-R1 zone; 8.99 acres; 61,314 gross square feet of retail, 1,096,443 gross square feet of residential, including 12.5% MPDUs, located at the northeast intersection of East-West Highway and 16th Street; Silver Spring CBD
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved the Project Plan.

*B. Preliminary Plan 120070560, Falkland North (a.k.a. Falkland Chase), CBD-R1 zone; 9.77 acres; 1 lot requested for 1,250 multi-family residential dwelling units and 70,000 square feet of commercial use, 110 existing multi-family residential dwelling units to be removed; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of East/West Highway (MD 410) and 16th Street; Silver Spring CBD Plan.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

C. Action on Locational Atlas Resource #36/12-B: Falkland Apartments North Parcel - POSTPONED

Board action pursuant to the Planning Board Resolution dated December 29, 2009, requiring the removal of the North Parcel from the Locational Atlas upon approval of a site plan application or applications for the redevelopment of the entirety of the north parcel of the Falkland Apartments, located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of East/West Highway (MD 410) and 16th Street, Silver Spring.

Staff Recommendation: Remove the North Parcel of the Falkland Apartments (Locational Atlas resource #36/12-B) from the Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites

   
5:00 pm DINNER
   
6:15 pm PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 10 FY12 Proposed Operating Budget Worksession - REVISED

 

A. Parks

B. Planning - POSTPONED

C. Executive Director Discussion on Pension Funding - POSTPONED

   
7:15 pm PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - Third Floor Conference Room
   
Item 11 Closed Session - REVISED
 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(9) to conduct collective bargaining negotiations or consider matters that relate to the negotiations

   
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