The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda
8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760 301-495-4605 www.montgomeryplanningboard.org
Thursday, April 10, 2014
REVISED: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 4:30 pm
Please note – Agenda changes and testimony rules:
- The Planning Board’s Agenda is subject to change and certain items may be postponed or added. For meeting updates or to view the Planning Board proceedings live on our website, visit www.montgomeryplanningboard.org.
- 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 date 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 Francoise Carrier at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Francoise Carrier, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
- To testify on an agenda item, sign-up online or call 301-495-4605 before 4:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. On the day of the meeting, please see the Clerk in the Board Auditorium to sign-up. Submission of written comments does not constitute signing up to speak. Copies of written testimony will not be accepted by the Clerk or distributed to the Board at hearings.
To learn more, see the About section at the end of this document:
| 2:00 pm | CLOSED SESSION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item 1 | CLOSED SESSION M. Riley |
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| Item 9 | CLOSED SESSION
Pursuant to State Government Article, Annotated Code of Maryland §10-508(a)(13) to comply with a specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter (Approval of Closed Session Minutes) C. Moise |
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| 3:05 pm | PLANNING BOARD MEETING | MRO AUDITORIUM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item 2 | Consent Agenda |
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*A. Adoption of Resolutions |
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*B. Record Plats |
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| Subdivision Plat No. 220131170, Grove Hill Farm Estates (Revision) RC zone; 1 lot; located on the east side of New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650), approximately 1,400 feet northwest of Haviland Mill Road; Sandy Spring-Ashton Master Plan. |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Plat No. 220131530, Parmjit & Saini Estates R-200/TDR zone, 4 lots; located on the north side of Travilah Road, 600 feet east of Natia Manor Drive; Potomac Subregion Master Plan. |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Plat No. 220140830, West Chevy Chase Heights R-60 zone, 1 lot; located on the south side of West Virginia Avenue, 100 feet east of Kentucky Avenue; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan. |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*C. Other Consent Items |
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*D. Approval of Minutes |
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| Minutes of March 13, 2014 | Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item 8 | Exchange of Wheaton Veteran’s Urban Park for Air Rights for a portion of Wheaton Town Square Transfer of Wheaton Veteran’s Urban Park to Montgomery County, Maryland in exchange for air rights for a portion of Wheaton Town Square that serves as the entry plaza to the new Montgomery Regional Office in Wheaton, Maryland |
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Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adoption of Resolution for Recommendation to Commission and Adoption of Resoluton. |
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| Item 3 | Roundtable Discussion Planning Director's Report |
TIME CHANGED Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion Only. |
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POSTPONED TO MAY 1, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item 5 | Planning Board Draft Design Guidelines for the Draft White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan L. Estrada |
TIME CHANGED Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Draft to County Council for Information. |
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| Item 6 |
Recommendation: Approval to Transmit E. Hisel-McCoy |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item 7 |
R. Kronenberg |
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| 5:15 PM | ADJOURN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6:00 PM | SPEAKER SERIES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Montgomery County Planning Department is hosting the third and final session of their Winter Speakers Series with a special focus on housing. The event will feature speakers: John M. Welsh, Vice President of the Multifamily Group of AHC Inc. (a nonprofit developer of affordable housing in the mid-Atlantic region) and David Cristeal, Housing Director of Arlington County. |
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| PUBLIC NOTICE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Planning Board Seeks Public Comment on
Water and Sewer Category Change Requests And General Water/Sewer Plan Amendments
The Planning Board will hear testimony and consider recommendations for the water and sewer category change requests listed below on Thursday April 24, 2014. These applications request that community water and/or sewer service be extended to individual properties. Recommendations from the Planning Board will be presented to the County Executive as administrative cases are not required to go before the County Council. A public hearing on the administrative cases will take place on April 30, 2014 at 10:30 am at the Department of Environmental (DEP) Protection in Rockville.
The staff report is posted on the Planning Board’s website one week prior to the meeting: http://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda/. Written comments are also welcomed if submitted at least 48 hours prior to the Planning Board Hearing and should be addressed to:
Chairman Françoise Carrier
For staff questions, contact Katherine Nelson at 301-495-4622 or Katherine.Nelson@montgomeryplanning.org
See also the DEP’s website at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dectmpl.asp?url=/Content/dep/water/wasupPub.asp
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About the meetings:
- The Planning Board’s Agenda is subject to change and certain items may be postponed or added. For meeting updates or to view the Planning Board proceedings live on our website, visit www.montgomeryplanningboard.org.
- 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 date 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 Francoise Carrier at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Francoise Carrier, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
- To testify on an agenda item, sign-up online or call 301-495-4605 before 4:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. On the day of the meeting, please see the Clerk in the Board Auditorium to sign-up. Submission of written comments does not constitute signing up to speak. Copies of written testimony will not be accepted by the Clerk or distributed to the Board at hearings.
- 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.
- Copies of testimony presented orally or copies of correspondence will not be distributed at the hearing.
- 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 specify.
- View the Planning Board proceedings live on our website for meeting updates: www.montgomeryplanningboard.org.
- You can view videotaped hearings after noon on the day following the meeting and select the item you wish to hear: www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/video
- The Planning Board makes the final decision on any agenda items with an (*). On such matters, Maryland law and the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure prohibit any member of the public from directly contacting or communicating with Board members outside the public hearing setting. See the Outside Communications section of the Planning Board Rules of Procedure for more information.
- The Montgomery County Planning Board is no longer mailing meeting agendas to county residents and associations. To stay involved, subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter, InfoShare, at www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/infoshare