The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda
8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760 301-495-4605 www.montgomeryplanningboard.org
Thursday, January 28, 2016
REVISED: Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 5:10 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:
9:00 am |
PLANNING BOARD MEETING | MRO AUDITORIUM |
| Item 1 | Consent Agenda |
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*A. Adoption of Resolutions |
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*B. Record Plats |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
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| Subdivision Plat No. 220160410, Highlands at Clarksburg R-200 zone, 1 parcel; located in the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Stringtown Road and Saint Clair Road; Clarksburg Master Plan. |
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*C. Other Consent Items |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
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Bedford Court Vestibule Renovation Minor Site Plan Amendment No. 81989012A Request for a 165-square-foot sun porch addition and the renovation of an existing 295-square-foot vestibule, on a 4.15-acre portion of the Rossmoor-Leisure World retirement community, zoned PRC, located at 3701 International Drive in the 1992 Aspen Hill Master Plan area. C. Myers |
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| Artery Plaza A. Extension of Sketch Plan No. 320150050 for 60 days to March 19, 2016, CR-3.0 C 0.75 R 3.0, H 145T Zone, 3.02 acres, located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda Purple Line Station Minor Master Plan Amendment. B. Extension of Site Plan Amendment No. 81984002B for 30 days to March 19, 2016, CR-3.0 C 0.75 R 3.0, H 145T Zone, 3.02 acres, located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda Purple Line Station Minor Master Plan Amendment. N. Braunstein |
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*D. Approval of Minutes |
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| Item 9 | Roundtable Discussion Parks Director's Report |
ADDED Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion.
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REMOVED | |
| Item 3 | Scope of Work for the MARC Rail Communities Plan R. Duke |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item 4 |
Briefing on Transportation Modeling Tools & Analysis (Fehr & Peers) ATTACHMENT A -Transportation Performance Metrics Assessment Memo ATTACHMENT B- Transportation Performance Metrics Recommendations Memo ATTACHMENT C- Transportation Models Review Narrative ATTACHMENT D- Transportation Models Review Tabular Summary E. Graye |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion. |
| 12:00 NOON | LUNCH | |
| Item 8 | CLOSED SESSION According to MD ANN Code, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(13), to comply with a specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter. The topic to be discussed are: Approval of Closed Session Minutes J. Parsons |
ADDED |
| 1:00 pm | PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES | MRO AUDITORIUM |
| Item 5 | Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) - Update
Project update and staff comments on CCT Preliminary Engineering Plans T. Autrey |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved Comments. |
| Item 6 | Amendment to the 2010 Urban Design Guidelines for the Great Seneca Science Corridor Master Plan S. Findley |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. |
| Item 7 |
D. Anspacher |
Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion. |
| 5:00 PM | ADJOURN | |
| 5:30 pm | DINNER MEETING | HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION - 10400 DETRICK AVENUE - KENSINGTON, MD |
| Joint meeting with the Housing Opportunities Commission |
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