The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, February 24, 2011

FINAL

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 2:30 pm

 

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
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  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.
  3. Copies of testimony presented orally or copies of correspondence will not be distributed at the hearing.
  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)
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item 1 Consent Agenda
 

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

   
 

*B. Record Plats

 

1. Subdivision Plat No. 220080640 - 220080660, Greenway Village - PD-4 zone; 30 lots, 18 parcels; located on the south side of Little Seneca Parkway at the intersection of Sweetspire Drive; Clarksburg.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

 

2. Subdivision Plat No. 220110500, Brookmont - R-60 zone; 2 lots; located on the east side of Broad Street, 150 feet north of Maryland Avenue; Bethesda-Chevy Chase.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
 

Minutes of January 13, 2011

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
item 2 Worksession - White Flint Staging and Implementation Legislation

J. Sesker/D. Hardy

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

   
10:00 am MEETING OF THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION BY CONFERENCE CALL - ADDITION
   
  M-NCPPC Resolution # 11-02, Banking for the Administration of Health Benefits Plan
   
  PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES
   
item 3 Public Hearing Draft of the Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan – Worksession #6 – Land Use and Zoning and Urban Design Guidelines

S. Tallant/K. Afzal

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

   
1:15 PM - NEW TIME LUNCH
   
Item 8 Closed Session - ADDITION
 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 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

   
Item 10 Discussion with Staff - Administrative Format of Staff Reports - ADDITION (Third Floor Conference Room)
V. Berton/C. Kousoulas  
   
2:30 PM - NEW TIME PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 4 Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 4

B. Gries

Authorization to acquire 2.07 acres, more or less, improved, located at 1300 Wheaton Lane, Silver Spring, Maryland 20902, from Kim L. Smith-Edwards, et al, as Legacy Open Space , Urban Open Space Area.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
item 5 2012 Park, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Plan Update -- Work Program REVISED DESCRIPTION/ATTACHMENT

B. Farquhar/T. Schmieler

This item will present the work program for the 2012 Park, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Plan Update. It must be completed in conformance with Maryland State Guidelines for Land, Preservation, Parks, and Recreation Plans (LPPRP). It will be informed by the on-going Vision 2030 Strategic Plan for Parks and Recreation in Montgomery County, to become the 2012 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item 6 Roundtable Discussion - REVISED

 

A. Parks Director's Report

B. Briefing City of Rockville MD 355 Corridor Plan - POSTPONED

C. WSSC Setbacks - MOVED FROM ROUNDTABLE

D. Legislative Update - ADDITION

   
Item 7 City of Gaithersburg Land Use Plan (An Element of the 2009 Master Plan)

M. Brown

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item 9 Briefing on WSSC Proposed Changes to Pipeline Design Guidelines - ADDITION

M. Dolan

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to transmit to WSSC.
   
  ADJOURN