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Thursday, April 24, 2014

REVISED: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 3:37 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:

9:00 am

BRING YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY

MRO AUDITORIUM

9:45 am

PLANNING BOARD MEETING

MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 1

Consent Agenda

*A. Adoption of Resolutions

1. Saul Centers White Flint Sketch Plan 320140010 – MCPB No. 14-20

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

*B. Record Plats

Subdivision Plat No. 220061190, Clarksburg Village
R-200 zone, 5 parcels; located on the south side of Grand Elm Street, 250 feet west of Bent Arrow Drive; Clarksburg Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220121820 - 220121850, Poplar Run
R-200 zone, 43 lots, 6 parcels; located at the intersection of Redspire Drive and Tivoli Lake Boulevard; Kensington-Wheaton Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Subdivision Plat No. 220140180, Burning Tree Valley
R-200 zone, 1 lot; located on the east side of Burning Tree Road, 500 feet north of Meadlowlark Lane; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

*C. Other Consent Items

*D. Approval of Minutes

Minutes of April 3, 2014

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 2

Roundtable Discussion

Planning Director's Report

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion.

Item *3

AVA Wheaton: Sketch Plan No. 320140020
Redevelopment of 4 existing office buildings and the associated surface parking into mid-rise multifamily housing with structured parking; up to 322 units on 3.7 acres in the CR 4.0, C 3.5, R 3.5, H100 Zone; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Blueridge Avenue in the Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan area.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

M. Brown

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

REVISED

Item *4

~~Rock Creek Forest Subdivision (formerly Hickey & Offutt's Subdivision): Preliminary Plan No. 120070550~~
R-60 zone, 1.56 acres, Resubdivision of property to include 2 lots for 2 one-family detached homes; located on Ashboro Drive approximately 300 feet southwest of the intersection with Grubb Road, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan.
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions and Adoption of Resolution

~~N. Braunstein~~

POSTPONED TO MAY 8, 2014

Item 7

Aspen Hill Minor Master Plan Amendment: Status Update
Staff Recommendation: Briefing only

A. Gilles

TIME CHANGED

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion.

12:45 pm

LUNCH

Item 5

CLOSED SESSION
Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(3) to consider the acquisition of real property for a Commission purpose and matters directly related thereto (Wheaton)

M. Riley

1:45 PM

PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES

MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 6

Dog Park Site Selection: Ellsworth Urban Park
Department of Parks staff will brief the Planning Board on trends in urban dog park design, provide results of a recent site selection process for the Department’s first urban dog park, and ask the Board’s approval in Ellsworth Urban Park near downtown, Silver Spring.
D. Quattrocchi

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Staff Comments.

Item 8

Resolution of Adoption of Limited Amendment to the 1994 Clarksburg Master Plan and Hyattstown Special Study Area for the Ten Mile Creek Watershed

V. Lazdins

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved transmittal to the Commission for Adoption.

Item 9

Proposed Amendments: Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan- AD 2013-1 (Administrative Cases)

K. Nelson

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Recommendations to the County Executive.

3:05 PM

ADJOURN

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.

Case Number	Applicant/Owner and Property Location	Master Plan Area
WSSCR 13-DNT-01A	Yaling Yeh 15616 Quince Orchard Road	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-DNT-02A	Saeed and Marzi Kahnamelli 14016 Crossland Lane	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-DNT-03A	Stephen Ridder 15705 Jones Lane	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-DNT-04A	Katherine Dyson 12211 Fellowship Lane	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-FAL-01A	Ronald Gardner 14000 Old Columbia Park	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-POT-01A	Merril Stock 11018 Rock Run Drive	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-POT-02A	Riverwood Agreement of Trust 10400 Riverwood Drive	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-TRV-02A	Jae and Choon Choi 12332 Rivers Edge Drive	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-TRV-03A	Leoncio Gutierrez 12710 Travilah Road	Potomac Subregion
WSSCR 13-URC-01G	The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission 15881 Beach Drive, Derwood	Upper Rock Creek

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
Montgomery County Planning Board
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
mcp-chair@mncppc-mc.org

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

Or call DEP at 240-777-7700.

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.
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