The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, November 3, 2011

FINAL

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 3:30 pm

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


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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.
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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. Weller Road Elementary School Modernization Forest Conservation Plan No. MR2011204 - MCPB No. 11-46

Planning Board Action/Decision: Deferred.

 

2. Norbeck Montessori School Forest Conservation Plan No. S-2802, MCPB No. 11-42 - ADDITION/DEFERRED FROM October 27, 2011

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

   
 

*B. Record Plats

   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
 

Minutes of October 13, 2011

Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

   
  PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - Capital Crescent Trail
   
Item 2 Planning Board Tour: Purple Line/Capital Crescent Trail (replacing the Georgetown Branch Trail)

 

The Board will tour locations where major cost issues are raised by proposed trail facilities and emergency access.

No Public Testimony will be Taken - 9:10 am Departure

   
12:30 pm LUNCH
   
1:30 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item 3 Worksession for the Revised Draft Kensington Design Guidelines

M. Brown

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
   
Item 4 Individual Park Naming and Dedication Policy - POSTPONED

D. Tobin

On July 28 staff submitted to the Planning Board Amended Park Naming and Dedication Policy Guidelines. The Board requested that the document be clarified and that it be reviewed by M-NCPPC counsel. What follows is a revised recommended "Individual Naming Rights and Dedications Policy."

Staff Recommendation: Approval

   
Item *5 Sketch Plan 320120010, Mallory Square

J. Sloan

CR Zone; 12.81 Acres; up to 1.5 FAR of multi-family residential and ancillary retail uses in two buildings, up to 90 feet high, with structured parking; Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item *6 Montrose Crossing

J. Sloan

A. Project Plan Amendment No. 91994003B, Montrose Crossing; RMX-3C Zone; 31.52 Acres; amendment to add an approximately 3,000 square foot bank and an approximately 5,000 square foot restaurant with associated changes to parking, site, and landscaping and removal of the “festive place maker” from property conveyed to the State Highway Administration; 1992 North Bethesda/Garrett Park Master Plan area.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

B. Site Plan Amendment No. 81995036E, Montrose Crossing; RMX-3C Zone; 31.52 Acres; amendment to add an approximately 3,000 square foot bank and an approximately 5,000 square foot restaurant with associated changes to parking, site, and landscaping; 1992 North Bethesda/Garrett Park Master Plan area.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
Item 7 Roundtable Discussion

 

Planning Director's Report
   
  ADJOURN