Thursday, November 15, 2001, 9:30 A.M.

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760

(301) 495-4600, www.mc-mncppc.org

The following time schedule is an estimate subject to change without notice, depending on the circumstances affecting each item. On individual agenda items, public testimony is accepted unless otherwise noted and italics indicate staff’s recommendation for Board action. For information about meetings in progress, call (301) 495-1333. For other information, call (301) 495-4600 or the TTY (teletypewriter used by people with hearing or speech impairments) at (301) 495-1331. The Planning Board encourages the participation of individuals with disabilities in all its programs and services. Meeting agendas and other planning and parks information are available on the Internet – www.mc-mncppc.org

Staff Recommendations (Blue Agenda)

9:30 a.m.		Roll Call Approval of Minutes Commissioners’ Reports Directors’ Reports Reconsideration Requests
9:45 a.m.	*1.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-01017 – Snider Estates (Including Approval of Upper Paint Branch Special Protection Area Water Quality Plan); RE-1 Zone; 7 lots (single-family detached dwelling units); 8.10 acres; on the north and south sides of Snider Lane, approximately 1,500 feet east of New Hampshire Avenue; Cloverly – Approval with conditions.
	*2.	Record Plats – Approval.
12:45 p.m.		GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room) Program Coordination, Legal, Legislation, and Administrative Items
2:00 p.m.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUED (Auditorium)
	3.	Poplar Hill Open Space – Authorization to acquire Lots 1 through 10 and Parcels “A” and “B,” Poplar Hill Subdivision; Takoma Park; containing 2.9 acres, more or less, unimproved, from Curtis L. Marts and Roland A. Staana – Approval.
	4.	Consent Item: Preservation easement donation by the property owners, James Graham and Victoria Clarke, for 4728 Dorset Avenue, Chevy Chase, in the Somerset Historic District, to retain in unity the 0.746-acre parcel – Approval.
	5.	Abandonment AB 649 – Portion of a 20-foot alley, Block B, Wheaton Forest – Approval with conditions.
	6.	Brookside Gardens Master Plan (Public Hearing Draft) – Public Hearing.
	7.	Forest Conservation Regulations Amendments – Public Hearing continued.
	*8.	Site Plan Review No. 8-02004 – Springview; RNC Zone; 73.4 acres; 33 one-family detached units; on Hidden Garden Lane, 800 feet south of MD 108 and on Norwood Road, 1,500 feet south of MD 108; Cloverly-Norwood PA-28 – Approval with conditions.
	9.	Board of Appeals Petition No. S-2487 (Special Exception) – Orchard Development Corporation, applicant, requests a special exception for a 2-story, 80-unit senior independent living facility; 4.79 acres; R-200 Zone; 12621 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring - Approval with conditions.
	10.	Board of Appeals Petition No. S-1944-B (Special Exception Modification) – Four Streams Golf Associates, LLC, applicant, requests a modification to its existing private golf course (construct a lodging facility; relocate and modify the approved but unbuilt learning center and the existing cart path near the center); 299 acres; RDT Zone; 19501 Darnestown Road, Beallsville – Denial.
	11.	Board of Appeals Petition No. S-2477/OZAH-14 (Special Exception) – AT&T Wireless Services, applicant, requests a special exception for a telecommunication facility (including a 134-foot monopole, 12 antennas, and a 12’x28’ shelter); 175 acres; RDT Zone, Hawkins Creamery Road at Laytonsville Road (MD 108), Laytonsville - Denial.
6:00 p.m.		DINNER
7:30 p.m.	12.	Draft Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation – Canada Dry Bottling Plant (#36/44); located at 1201 East-West Highway, Silver Spring – Public Hearing.

*Maryland law and the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure regarding ex parte (outside the record) communications require all discussion, review, and consideration of this matter take place only during the Board’s public hearing. Telephone calls and meetings with Board members in advance of the hearing are not permitted. Written communications will be directed to appropriate staff members for response.

Notices and Reminders
Nov.	12 -	Holiday,	VETERAN’S DAY
	13 -	4:30 p.m.,	Wheaton Urban District Committee Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	14 -	7:00 p.m.,	Transportation Policy Report Task Force Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	14 -	7:00 p.m.,	Northern Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Up-County Services Center (Monocacy Room-Conference Room #3; 2^nd floor), 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	14 -	7:15 p.m.,	Eastern Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring
	14 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	15 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	15 -	2:00 p.m.,	MCPB Public Hearing Continued on Forest Conservation Regulations – Amendments, MRO Auditorium
	15 -	2:00 p.m.,	MCPB Public Hearing on Brookside Gardens Master Plan, MRO Auditorium
Notices and Reminders - Continued
Nov.	15 -	4:00 p.m.,	Downtown Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee Meeting, 2^nd Floor Conference Room, 8435 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	15 -	7:30 p.m.,	MCPB Public Hearing on Canada Dry Bottling Plant, MRO Auditorium
	19 -	7:00 p.m.,	Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, 2^nd Floor, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	19 -	7:15 p.m.,	UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	20 -	7:45 a.m.,	Bethesda Urban Partnership Board of Directors Meeting, 7906 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda
	20 -	7:15 p.m.,	Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	21 -	9:30 a.m.,	Full Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	21 -	7:00 p.m.,	Wheaton Redevelopment Steering Committee Meeting, #403, Redevelopment Office, 11501 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	22 -	Holiday,	THANKSGIVING DAY
	23 -	Holiday,	Employee Appreciation Day
	29 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	29 -	________,	MCPB Public Hearing on Woodstock Equestrian Park Master Plan, MRO Auditorium
	29 -	7:30 p.m.,	MCPB, Transportation Policy Task Force Presentation by Task Force, MRO Auditorium

Brookside Gardens Master Plan Public Hearing

November 15, 2001, 2:00 p.m.

Please Sign Up in Advance to Testify

The Montgomery County Planning Board is inviting the public to testify on the staff draft of the Brookside Gardens Master Plan, Thursday, November 15 at M-NCPPC’s auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. To sign up in advance to testify, please call the Board’s Community Relations Office, (301) 495-4600. Organizations have five minutes to speak, and individuals have three minutes.

Copies of the staff draft plan are available free at the Brookside Gardens Library, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, and at M-NCPPC’s information section, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring. For more information, call (301) 962-1411. To submit written comments in advance, please write to Arthur Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or fax to (301) 495-1320.

Public Hearing Announced for

Woodstock Equestrian Park

November 29, 2001

The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s (M-NCPPC) Montgomery County Planning Board is inviting the public to testify on the plans for the Woodstock Equestrian Park, Thursday, November 29, 2001 at M-NCPPC’s Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.

The Woodstock Equestrian Park is a 772-acre park located in Beallsville. It is comprised of land that was donated to the Commission from Mr. Hermen Greenberg of Washington, D.C. and Mr. William Rickman, Sr. of Potomac, Maryland specifically for equestrian use. The development will include the Moritz Greenberg Equestrian Center named for Hermen’s father and the Dr. William Rickman Equestrian Center, named for Bill Rickman’s great-great grandfather. Phase one development includes maintaining the agricultural fields, installing fencing along the Rt. 28 property frontage, creation of equestrian trails within the park, and stabilization of the historic structures on the property. Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Rickman have offered to build the entrances to the park. Future phases for development may include competition and schooling rings, cross-country courses for eventing, an indoor arena and polo field. A future Route 28 underpass is also being recommended for safe passage from one side of the road to the other and to replace a proposed temporary at – grade trail crossing on Route 28.

Copies of the plans are available at the Information Desk at Park and Planning Headquarters in Silver Spring, 8787 Georgia Avenue, the Poolesville Library at 19633 Fisher Lane in the Poolesville Town Center, or at the Linden Barn, Home of Sugarloaf Citizens Association, 20900 Martinsburg Road in Dickerson.

To sign up in advance to testify, please call the Board’s Community Relations Office, (301) 495-4600. Organizations have five minutes to speak and individuals have three minutes. To submit written comments in advance, please write to Mr. Arthur Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or fax to (301) 495-1320.

NOTICE

Planning Board ON THE INTERNET

Due to technical difficulties, live audio of Planning Board meetings will not be available on the Board’s website until further notice. Please visit the website, www.mc-mncppc.org, for the current week’s agenda and staff reports, news releases, statistical data, calendar of events and meetings, information on the Board and its work in Montgomery County, and much more.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC COMMENT

ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY REPORT

TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Thursday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.

Montgomery Regional Office Auditorium

8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring

Please Sign Up in Advance to Speak

The Montgomery County Planning Board is inviting the public to comment on the Transportation Policy Report Task Force’s recommendations for Montgomery County’s future transportation network, Thursday, December 6, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at M-NCPPC’s auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. To sign up in advance to testify, please call the Board’s Community Relations Office, (301) 495-4600. Organizations have five minutes to speak, and individuals have three minutes.

On Thursday, November 29, the Task Force will present its final recommendations to the Planning Board. Copies of their report will be available at that time. For more information, call (301) 495-2118.

To submit written comments in advance, please write to Arthur Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or fax to (301) 495-1320.

NOTICE TO CIVIC AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS

Help Us Update Our Database!

Please Call (301) 495-4600

The Planning Board’s Community Relations Office is updating the extensive civic and homeowners association database, and you can help by calling (301) 495-4600 any time of the day or night with the current president’s name, address, and phone number. Thanks so much for your cooperation.

DEER DAMAGE CONTROL WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE FREE

To Homeowners Associations, Civic Organizations, And Garden Clubs

Increased deer populations have had a number of impacts on suburban Montgomery County. Deer have added aesthetic value to the area, but the increasing deer population has had undesirable effects as well including damage to home landscapes and gardens, and increased risks of Lyme disease.

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Office are co-sponsoring educational workshops to help homeowners cope with and minimize deer damage to their landscapes and gardens. Workshops stress an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach and provide homeowners with proven strategies to reduce deer problems.

Workshops are 1 ½ to 2 hours in length and offered free of charge. A minimum of 20 attendees is required. To schedule a workshop for your Homeowners/Civic Association or Garden Club, please call the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Office at (301) 590-2809.

Free Slide Presentation on County Parks

Now Available to Civic Groups

The Montgomery Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports unmet park needs in Montgomery County, is offering a fascinating PowerPoint slide presentation on the evolution of Montgomery County’s nationally acclaimed park and open space system.

This one-half hour program features slides of the early development of Rock Creek and Sligo Creek parks, a review of the “wedges and corridors” concept that led to protecting county stream valleys and the concentration of development in certain areas, the highly successful Agricultural Reserve program, and the newest initiative for acquiring parkland and open space -- the Legacy Open Space program.

In addition to providing an historical perspective on Montgomery County’s development, this program provides viewers with an armchair look at the breathtaking beauty and first class facilities offered in our county parks. Volunteer projects and private-public partnerships are highlighted to demonstrate how community groups and area businesses can get involved in preserving this outstanding legacy.

For further information, call (301) 767-0002 or e-mail info@montgomeryparksfnd.org. The Foundation’s web site is www.montgomeryparksfnd.org.