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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
	For more details about the Planning Board’s action on any item, you may link to the videotaped hearing after noon on the day following the meeting and select the item you wish to hear.
item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions

	*B. Record Plats

	*C. Other Consent Items
	Request for Extension of Project Plan Amendment Review No. 92005002B, 8711 Georgia Avenue, CBD-2 zone; 0.71 acres; Amendment to eliminate the office square footage and replace that space with 160 residential units; keeping the retail space with minor modifications to the loading area; located at 8711 Georgia Avenue, approximately 250 feet northeast of the intersection with Cameron Street; Silver Spring CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of February 24, 2011 and March 3, 2011 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 9	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	White Flint Staging & Implementation Guidelines
J. Sesker/D. Hardy	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion only.

Item 3	Forest Conservation Fees
M. Pfefferle	Forest Conservation In-Lieu Fees and Administrative Civil Penalty Rate, and other Fees Associated with Forest Conservation Plans. County Resolution 15-1271 requires the Planning Board to revise the in-lieu fee and administrative civil penalty rate before May 1 of each odd numbered year. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item *4	Preliminary Plan Review No. 120100290, Kensington Heights
N. Braunstein	RT-8 zone; 3.02 acres; 26 units including 25 townhouses and 1one-family detached unit; located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection with West University Boulevard and the Wheaton Plaza access Road; Kensington-Wheaton Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

12:15 PM	LUNCH

Item 10	Closed Session - ADDITION
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice (TOPIC: Briefing on Enforcement Rules)

1:45 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 5	Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 5.0 acres, more or less, unimproved, located at 13501 Deakins Lane, Darnestown, Maryland 20874 from Nancy A. Becker and Joseph Greaney, Jr., as a Legacy Open Space, Natural Resource Protection Area. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 7	Enforcement Hearing; Montgomery County Planning Department v. Michael & Linda Sandler - NEW TIME

Item 6	Roundtable Discussion - NEW TIME
	Master Plan Assessment Status Report - Review of proposed analysis methodology and prospective work products

Item 8	Budget Update - POSTPONED

4:15 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - CHAIR'S OFFICE - ADDITION

Item 10	Closed Session (continuation) - ADDITION
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice (TOPIC: Briefing on Enforcement Rules)

	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, April 14, 2011

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