The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

POSTPONED

Thursday, January 27, 2011

FINAL

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 2:30 pm

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
301-495-4600
www.montgomeryplanningboard.org


Please note:

 

  1. Unless otherwise noted, Planning Board meetings are held on Thursdays and begin at 9:00 a.m. The agenda is subject to change and certain items may be postponed or added.
  2. The Planning Board encourages public testimony unless otherwise noted on the agenda. Refer to the Planning Board Rules of Procedure for more information on public testimony. Any individual or organization may submit a written statement for consideration by the Planning Board. Written comments must be received in the Chair's office at least 24 hours in advance of the Planning Board hearing date, referencing the hearing date and item, to be reviewed by the Board and included in the official record of the hearing. Written comments received within 24 hours before a hearing will be placed in the file, but will not be considered by the Planning Board or included in the official record. Comments should be transmitted via e-mail to MCP-Chair@mncppc-mc.org, faxed to Chair Françoise Carrier at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Françoise Carrier, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
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  4. Occasionally due to time constraints, the Planning Board may limit the total amount of time dedicated to public testimony. Public testimony may not be taken for items identified as Briefings, Worksessions and/or Roundtables. On other occasions when no public testimony will be taken, the agenda will specifiy.
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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
   
item 1 Consent Agenda
 

*A. Adoption of Resolutions
  8809 Chalon Drive Variance Request Plan No. SC2010014 – ADOPTION OF MCPB No. 10-134
   
 

*B. Record Plats

   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
   
item 2 Vision 2030 Strategic Plan for Parks and Recreation - Draft Recommendations: Goals and Objectives

B. Farquhar

Presentation of the draft recommendations, including discussion of the draft goals and objectives contained in the draft Executive Summary and Volume 2: Vision 2030 Strategic Plan, a recap of the Needs and Resource Assessment, and a review of preliminary public feedback on the draft recommendations.
Staff Recommendation: Discussion
   
item 3 Corrective Map Amendments

R. Kamen/K. Holt

As part of the mapping conversion project, a number of errors on the existing paper zoning maps have been discovered and need to be corrected. Staff will be bringing an entire group of corrections to the Board.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit to County Council
   
Item 11 CR Zones Zoning Text Amendment Worksession - ADDITION

J. Sloan

A. Draft - CR Zones Zoning Text Amendment Sections 4 and 5 - ADDITION

B. Draft - CR Zones Zoning Text Amendation Sections 4 and 5 - Red Lined Version - ADDITION

Continued discussion of modifications to the CR zones to add CR “Neighborhood” and CR “Town” zoning categories.

   
12:45 PM LUNCH
   
Item 12 Closed Session - ADDITION
 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(13) to comply with specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter
   
2:15 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
item 4 Provisional Adequate Public Facilities Review – Changes to Planning Board’s LATR and PAMR Guidelines - NEW TIME

C. Conlon/D. Hardy

Proposed Amendment to LATR and PAMR Guidelines to allow the use of the Provisional APF process in the Subdivision Staging Policy for individual applications where a development district is not proposed.
Staff Recommendation: Approval to Amend Guidelines
   
Item 5 Forest Conservation Annual Report - POSTPONED

K. Nelson

 Staff Recommendation: Transmit Forest Conservation Data to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
   
item *6 Preliminary Plan 119852450, Decoverly Hall (APF Extension Request)

C. Conlon

 O-M zone; 44.27 acres; 7 lots previously approved for 832,000 square feet of office use; request to reinstate and grant a second extension of the validity period for the adequate public facilities (APF) approval to permit construction of the remaining 105,000 square feet of expired office use; located located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Key West Avenue and Diamondback Drive; Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Do Not Grant Extension
   
Item *7 Preliminary Plan11987271B, Milestone Business Park

C. Conlon/K. Kim

I-3 zone; 44.7 acres; 3 lots previously approved for 792,200 square feet of office, 70,000 square feet of industrial, 25,000 square feet of restaurant, and 15,050 square feet of retail uses; request for a new adequate public facilities approval for 428,000 square feet of expired office use; located on Milestone Center Drive, 750 feet south of Observation Drive; Germantown Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
   
Item 8 Montgomery County Priorities for State Consolidated Transportation Program

L. Cole/D. Hardy

Provide guidance for joint County Council and Executive transportation project priorities letter to the State Delegation.
Staff Recommendation: Transmit Comments to County Council

   
5:30 PM DINNER
   
7:00 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
item 9 Roundtable Discussion

 

 Parks Director’s Report
   
item 10 FY12 User Fee Schedules

C. Brett

Montgomery Parks: Discuss fees for Department of Parks facilities and programs.

Staff Recommendation: Approval
   
  ADJOURN