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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
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item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions - REVISED
	1. Glenallan Elementary School Modernization Forest Conservation Plan MR2011202 -~~MCPB No. 11-17~~ -MCPB No. 11-27 CORRECTED RESOLUTION NUMBER; DEFERRED 2. Lot 31/31A-Bethesda Site Plan 82007018A - MCPB No. 11-57 - Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

	*B. Record Plats
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220081690, Quince Orchard Estates; R-200 zone; 2 lots; located on the south side of Quince Valley Drive, 140 feet west of Fellowship Way; Potomac. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220110350, Spring Lake Park – Halpine Subdivision; TMX-2 zone; 2 lots; located in northeast quadrant of the intersection of Montgomery Avenue and Washington Avenue; Twinbrook. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 3. Subdivision Plat No. 220110410, E. Brooke Lee’s Addition to Silver Spring; CBD-2 zone; 2 parcels; located on the north side of Ripley Street, at the intersection of Dixon Avenue; Silver Spring CBD. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 4. Subdivision Plat No. 220110530 – 220110580, Clarksburg Village; R-200/TDR zone; 72 lots, 19 parcels; located on the north side of Snowden Farm Parkway, at the intersection of Newcut Road; Clarksburg. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 5. Subdivision Plat No. 220110760, Stonecrest North; R-200 zone; 5 lots; located on the south side of Fairland Road, 400 feet east of Colefair Drive; Fairland. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items
	1. Site Plan Amendment Review No. 82007018A, Lot 31/31A, TS-M zone; 4.30 acres; amendment to revise the public use space and change the building façade on the smaller building; located at the southern intersection of Bethesda Avenue and Woodmont Avenue; Bethesda CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Resolution of Adoption of Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation: Greenwich Forest; Animal Industry; Higgins Cemetery Designates 1 historic district and two individual sites on the Master Plan for Historic Preservation Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 3. Correction to the Resolution of Sketch Plan No. 320110030, North Bethesda Market II - MCPB CORRECTED RESOLUTION No. 11-07 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of June 23, 2011 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 2	Resolution to Confirm and Recognize the Woodmont Triangle Action Group - REVISED STAFF MEMO
M. Rifkin	Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 3	Wheaton Sector Plan Draft Design Guidelines
L. Estrada/K. Afzal	Staff Recommendation: Approve Draft Design Guidelines

item *4	Parklawn North
P. Butler/J. Sloan	Addendum to Staff Report A. Preliminary Plan 120110300, Parklawn North; TMX-2 zone; 12.96 acres; request to assemble two (2) recorded lots and two (2) parcels into three (3) lots and one (1) outlot for an additional 520,000 square feet of development and 60,132 square feet of development to remain; located on the north side of Fishers Lane approximately 1,000 feet east of Twinbrook Parkway in the Twinbrook Sector Plan Area. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. B. Site Plan 820110090, Parklawn North; TMX-2 zone; 12.96 acres: 520,000sf of new development for office use; located on Fishers Lane approximately 1,000 feet east of Twinbrook Parkway; Twinbrook Sector Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 5	Viers Mill Elementary School Addition
A. Lindsey/R. Kamen	A. Preliminary Forest Conservation, north side of Dahill Road at its intersection with Joseph Mill Road, Silver Spring; R-60 zone, Master Plan for the Communities of Kensington-Wheaton. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. B. Mandatory Referral No.: 2011209-MCPS-1* Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

12:30 pm	LUNCH

Item 12	Closed Session - ADDITION
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(7) to consult with counsel to obtain legal advice

2:00 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 13	Reconsideration Request for Hilltop Farm, Preliminary Plan No. 120050740 - POSTPONED
	A. Reconsideration Request of Peter Eeg, et al. for Hilltop Farm, Preliminary Plan No. 120050740, MCPB No. 11-48. B. Reconsideration Request of Boyds Civic Association, et al. for Hilltop Farm, Preliminary Plan No. 120050740, MCPB No. 11-48.

Item 6	Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 0.62 acres, more or less, improved, from JPMorgan Chase, located at 14429 Good Hope Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

item 7	Roundtable Discussion
	A. Parks Director's Report B. Clarksburg Town Center Update C. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus (ICC-B)

Item 8	Great Seneca Science Corridor (GSSC) Master Plan - CANCELLED
S. Findley	Staff Recommendation: Open Stage 1 of the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan for Approval of Development Plans

item *9	Preliminary Plan No. 11996110A (Amendment): Johns Hopkins University Belward Campus
P. Butler	Addendum to staff report An amendment to remove the restricted access to this recorded parcel for the remaining approved 1.4 million square feet of R & D development and lay out the street grid and block pattern to allow for future requests of additional square footage. Located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Muddy Branch Road and Darnestown Road (MD 28); LSC Zone; Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

item 10	Capital Improvement Program Priorities
L. Cole/F. Boyd	Identification and Transmittal of Priorities based on Master and Sector Plan Implementation. This will replace Appendix G of the Growth Policy (now renamed as the Subdivision Staging Policy). Planning Board Action/Decision: Transmit Comments to the County Executive.

item *11	Site Plan Review No. 820110060, 8621 Georgia Avenue
M. Rifkin	CBD-2 zone, 0.69 acres, 191,281 square foot commercial building consisting of 185,072 square feet of office space and 6,209 square feet of retail use; located on Georgia Avenue, approximately 75 feet west of Colesville Road; Silver Spring CBD Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

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The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, July 21, 2011

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