The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda
8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760 301-495-4605 www.montgomeryplanningboard.org
Thursday, January 8, 2015
REVISED: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 3:51 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 Casey Anderson at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Casey Anderson, 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. Where noted on the agenda, advance sign-up may be required and signing up to speak on the day of the hearing may not be permitted. 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:
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PLANNING BOARD MEETING | MRO AUDITORIUM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item 1 | Consent Agenda |
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*A. Adoption of Resolutions |
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| 1. Preserve at Rock Creek Preliminary Plan 12006032B – MCPB No. 15-01 | Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. Preserve at Rock Creek Site Plan 82006011A – MCPB No. 15-02 |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. Montgomery Hospice Preliminary Plan 11994021A – MCPB No. 15-03 |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *B. Record Plats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*C. Other Consent Items |
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Preserve at Rock Creek (Bowie Mill Estates): Site Plan Amendment No. 82006011B J. Penn |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions and Adopted Resolution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ripley II , Sketch Plan No. 320150030 CR-5.0 zone, C-4.0 R-4.75 H-200T, 1.66 acres, Request extension of review for a mixed-use project with up to 419,286 sf. of residential uses, with up to 440 multi-family dwelling units (including 15% MPDUs), and up to 18,008 sf. of non-residential uses, located on Dixon Avenue approximately 150 feet south of Ripley Street; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Extension. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extension Request for Project Plan No. 920150030, Metro Plaza Silver Spring CBD-3 zone, 1.44 acres, Mixed-use project with up to 552 multi-family dwelling units (including 15% MPDUs), and up to 14,206 sf. of non-residential uses, located on East-West Highway at the northeast intersection with Colesville Road; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan
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Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Extension. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*D. Approval of Minutes |
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| Minutes of December 4, and December 11, 2014 | Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item 2 | Roundtable Discussion Parks Director's Report |
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| Item 4 | State Transportation Priorities
L. Cole |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments to County Executive and Council. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item *3 | Preliminary Plan Amendment No. 12010027A, 7206 Meadow Lane (in Response to a Violation) R-60 zone, 1.33 acres, Request modification of Forest Conservation Plan to permit existing concrete path within the conservation easement to remain, located on Meadow Lane, 125 ft. south of Underwood Street; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan M. Fuster |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Condtions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item *5 | Marian Fathers Preliminary and Site Plans M. Jackson |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Condtions. |
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| Item 7 |
Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan AD 2014-2 (15 Administrative Cases).
K. Nelson |
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Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Recommendations to County Executive. |
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| Item 8 | County Council Bill 52-14 to prohibit the use of certain pesticides (Public testimony will be taken) D. Vismara |
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Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Recommendations to County Council. |
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| 12:30 pm | ADJOURN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Planning Board Seeks Public Comment on Water and Sewer Category Change Requests
The Planning Board will hear testimony and consider recommendations for the water and sewer category change request listed below on Thursday January 8, 2015. This application requests that community water and/or sewer service be extended to this property. A recommendation 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 this administrative case will take place on January 6, 2015 at 11:00 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 Casey Anderson 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: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DEP/water/category-changes.html#status 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 Casey Anderson at 301-495-1320, or addressed to: Casey Anderson, 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. Where noted on the agenda, advance sign-up may be required and signing up to speak on the day of the hearing may not be permitted. 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