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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. CRI Building Site Plan Amendment 81984118A – ADOPTION OF MCPB RESOLUTION No. 10-171

	*B. Record Plats
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220110180, Somerset Heights - R-60 zone, 1 lot; located on the north side of Essex Avenue, 350 feet east of Surrey Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220110360, Bradley Hills – English Village - R-90 zone, 1 lot; located on the west side of Aberdeen Road, 450 feet north of Wilson Lane (MD 188); Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of December 9, 2010 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 12	White Flint Staging - ADDITION
J. Sesker	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

item 2	Briefing: Sketch Plan Review
J. Sloan	Development under the optional method in the CR zones requires approval of a sketch plan. This type of application has specific criteria, requirements, and findings. Staff will present a brief overview of the goals of a sketch plan review.

item *3	Sketch Plan Review No. 320110010, Mid-Pike Plaza
J. Sloan	CR 3.0 zone; 24.38 acres; mixed-use development including over 1.5 million square feet of commercial uses and 1.9 million square feet residential space; located on (MD) 355 Rockville Pike, at the north intersection of Old Georgetown Road; White Flint Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Amended Conditions.

item *4	Sketch Plan Review No. 320110020, North Bethesda Gateway
S.Pereira	CR zone; 11.04 acres; mixed-use development including up to 1,236,648 square feet of commercial uses and up to 1,073,288 square feet of residential space; located on (MD) 355 Rockville Pike, approximately 250 feet south of Nicholson Lane; White Flint Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Amended Conditions.

item *5	Sketch Plan Review No. 320110030, North Bethesda Market II
E. Hisel-McCoy	CR zone; 4.41 acres; mixed-use development including up to 368,000 square feet of commercial uses and up to 372,528 square feet of residential space; located on (MD) 355 Rockville Pike, approximately 200 feet south of Nicholson Lane; White Flint Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Amended Conditions.

1:00 PM - NEW TIME	LUNCH

Item 14	Closed Session - ADDITION
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice

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

Item 6	Rock Creek Regional Park
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 17.71 acres, more or less, unimproved, located southeast of Needwood Road, north of Beach Drive, from the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) with funding from the Lake Needwood Modifications CIP Project. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 11	Little Falls Stream Valley Park, Unit 1 - ADDITION
M. Ma	Authorization to grant an access easement to EYA in Little Falls Stream Valley Park, Unit 1 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

Item 13	CR Zones Zoning Text Amendment Worksession - ADDITION
J. Sloan	Continued discussion of modifications to the CR zones to add CR “Neighborhood” and CR “Town” zoning categories. Topics based on presentation given to the Board on January 13, 2011. (Click here for January 13, 2011 Presentation) Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only; no vote taken.

item 7	Roundtable Discussion - REVISED
	A. Clarksburg Town Center; Site Plan 820070220; to provide a briefing to the Planning Board as a requirement of the conditions of site plan approval - Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only; no vote taken. B. Planning Director's Report - POSTPONED

Item 8	Parks Department In-Service Training Presentation
B. Woodward	The Parks Department will make a presentation about the Southern Park Dvision -- its organizational content, relative size, and several issues it faces regularly. POSTPONED

Item 9	Zoning Code Rewrite Presentation Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only; no vote taken.
R. Stanley

item *10	Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82000032C, Discovery Communications Inc., Headquarters (Limited) - POSTPONED
R. Kronenberg	CBD-2 zone; 3.44 acres; Amendment to decrease the amount of public use space within the building and in the Discovery Garden, install an 8-foot-tall fence in the Garden, modify landscaping and add a door from the building directly into the child day care playground; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection with Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road; Silver Spring CBD Staff Recommendation: TBD

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The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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