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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
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item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions

	*B. Record Plats
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220080630, Silver Spring; CBD-1 zone, 1 lot; located in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of 13th Street and Georgia Avenue (US 29); Silver Spring CBD. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220100850 – 220100860, Woodward Crossing; RT-10 zone, 32 lots, 5 parcels; located on the east side of Woodwards Store Road, 600 feet north of Washington Grove Lane; Gaithersburg and Vicinity. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 3. Subdivision Plat No. 220110430, Wheaton Forest; CBD-3 zone, 1 parcel; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Reedie Drive and Georgia Avenue (MD 97); Wheaton CBD. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of December 13, 2010 and December 16, 2010. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 13	Reconsideration Request for McKenney Hills - ADDITION Planning Board Action/Decision: Denied.
	(No Public Testimony Taken)

Item 15	Appoint Two Replacement Zoning Advisory Panel Members - ADDITION
P. Dunn	The Zoning Advisory Panel serves as the advisory board to the zoning code rewrite project. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 2	Worksession: White Flint Staging and Implementation
J. Sesker/D. Hardy	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only, no vote taken.

Item 3	CR Zones Zoning Text Amendment Worksession
J. Sloan	Continued discussion of modifications to the CR zones to add CR “Neighborhood” and CR “Town” zoning categories.

12:15 PM	LUNCH

Item 18	Closed Session - ADDITION
C. Rubin	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(8) to consult with staff, consultants, or other individuals about pending or potential litigation

Item 16	Closed Session - ADDITION
S. Dixon	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice

Item 17	Closed Session - ADDITION
C. Rubin	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice

Item 19	Closed Session - ADDITION
M. Bradford	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(3) to consider the acquisition of real property for a Commission purpose and matters directly related thereto

1:30 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

item 4	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. Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only; no vote taken.

item 10	Worksession #3 and Action on Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Upper Patuxent Area Resources - NEW TIME
S. Youla/S. Whipple	Planning Board Action/Decision: Transmit comments to County Council.

item *6	Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82000032C, Discovery Communications, Inc., Headquarters (Limited)
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 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 14	Provisional Adequate Public Facilities Review – Changes to Planning Board’s LATR and PAMR Guidelines - ADDITION/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. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Amend Guidelines.

Item *7	Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82008015C, 1150 Ripley Street
E. Hisel-McCoy	CBD-2 zone; 1.16 acres; Amendment to allow the conversion of 6,840 square feet of ground floor non-residential use to up to 9 live/work units with associated streetscape and landscape modifications; located on Ripley Street approximately 356 feet west of Georgia Avenue; Silver Spring CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

Item 8	Development Plan Amendment 11-2, Avalon II
D. Orobona	T-S Zone; 11.76 acres. Request for an amendment to change a binding element limiting the number of multi-family dwelling units from 203 to 205 on a property located on Rothbury Drive between Arrowhead Road and Goshen Road in Montgomery Village, Gaithersburg. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

5:45 PM	DINNER

7:00 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

item 11	County Executive’s Recommended FY12 Adjustments to the FY11-FY16 Montgomery County Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
L. Cole/D. Hardy	Planning Board Action/Decision: Transmit Comments to County Council.

Item *5	Preliminary Plan 11998015A, Norwood School - NEW TIME
R. Weaver	RE-2 zone; 21.32 acres; 1 existing lot containing a private educational facility for 500 students and 120 faculty; request to expand the School Program and increase the maximum permitted number of students and faculty; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Bradley Boulevard and River Road; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

Item *9	Preliminary Plan 120100180, Hidden Hill - NEW TIME
R. Weaver	RE-2 zone; 9.55 acres; 4 lots requested for 4 one-family detached dwellings, one existing to remain; located on Query Mill Road east of Esworthy Road; Potomac Subregion Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

Item 12	Roundtable Discussion - POSTPONED
	1. Operating Funds Six Month Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2011. 2. Enterprise Funds Six Month Financial Report Including Projections to June 30, 2011.

	ADJOURN

public notice

Department of Permitting Services
Division of Land Development Services
has received a

PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY PLAN
for
9800 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE

Currently the site is occupied by a large research office building surrounded by surface parking. The proposed additional development will include two new buildings and a parking garage. The building is located near Shady Grove Adventist Hospital on 18.13 acres of land. This area is located within the Piney Branch Special Protection Area.

If you wish to request a public information meeting, a written request must be submitted to this office within 15 days of this notice (Notice posted February 1, 2011). The Water Quality Plans are available for review at the Department of Permitting Services office during working hours (8:00am-4:00pm Monday through Friday).

For further information, please call Leo Galanko at (240) 777-6242. The address for the Department of Permitting Services is:

Department of Permitting Services
Land Development Services, Water Resources
255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor
Rockville, Maryland 20850

public notice

Department of Permitting Services
Division of Land Development Services
has received a

PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY PLAN
for
SHADY GROVE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL EXPANSION

Currently the site contains a hospital surrounded by three medical office buildings a parking garage and surface parking. The proposed additional development will include four additional buildings, relocation of one building, expansion of two buildings building four parking garages and a surface parking lot. Approximately 7.86 acres of this property is located within the Piney Branch Special Protection Area.

Department of Permitting Services
Land Development Services, Water Resources
255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor
Rockville, Maryland 20850

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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