Thursday, May 2, 2002, 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.montgomeryplanningboard.org

Summary of Staff Findings (Blue Sheet)

Board Agenda Item 6, Stormwater Management Policy for Paint Branch Special Protection Area, has been postponed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

9:30 a.m.		GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		A. Administrative Items B. Proposed Closed Session: Land Acquisition C. Proposed Closed Session: Land Acquisition D. Proposed Closed Session: POS Land Acquisition Allocation for FY03
10:05 a.m.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
		Roll Call Approval of Minutes Commissioners’ Reports Directors’ Reports Reconsideration Requests
10:20 a.m.	1.	Red Door Store/Sandy Spring Open Space – Authorization to acquire 78.91 acres, more or less, improved at the intersection of Layhill Road and Norwood Road from Robert E. L. Smith and Shirley A. Smith as a Legacy Open Space Heritage Site – Approval.
	2.	Woodstock Equestrian Park (96KB) – Authorization to exchange 10.85 acres, more or less, unimproved, with Stewart, Bravo, Greenberg Partnership – Approval.
	3.	Revisions to the Local Area Transportation Review (LATR) Guidelines (1.95MB) – Approval of staff draft for public comment period.

	4.	Board of Appeals Petition No. S-411-C (Special Exception Modification) (1.02MB)- The French International School, applicant, requests modifications to the existing private educational institution; R-60 Zone; 9600 Forest Road, Bethesda - Approval with conditions.
	5.	FY03 Annual Growth Policy Ceiling Element (1.86MB)– Transmit to County Council.
	6.	Stormwater Management Policy for Paint Branch Special Protection Area (176KB)(has been postponed; sorry for the inconvenience) – Approval of policy change.
1:15 p.m.		PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUED (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring)
	7.	Black Hill Regional Park Master Plan (602KB) – Public Hearing.
	8.	Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts Blair Senior High School Baseball Stadium – Phase II (1.58MB)– Proposal – Approval.
	9.	Hearing Examiner Petition No. SE-02-2 (Special Exception) – (597KB) Hira More and Jalindar Mahabare, applicants, request a special exception for a child day care center up to 30 children; R-200 Zone; 170 Randolph Road, Silver Spring – Approval with conditions.
	10.	Hearing on Administrative Civil Penalty No. 02-01 and Administrative Order in Accordance with Chapter 22A of the Montgomery County Code (Forest Conservation Law) (1.19MB) - Lot 1, Block C, Potomac Farm Estates, Potomac – Impose administrative civil penalty in accordance with Section 22A-16(d) of the Montgomery County Code (Administrative Civil Penalty under the Forest Conservation Law).
	*11.	Pre-Preliminary Plan Review No. 7-02048 – Browningsville (Part I (337KB), PartII (143KB)); Proposed Lot 5; RDT Zone; 1 lot (1 single-family detached dwelling unit); 2.39 acres; on east side of Kemptown Church Road, approximately 1,000 feet north of Bethesda Church Road; Bennett & Vicinity – No objection to the submission of a preliminary plan application.
	*12.	Preliminary Plan Review No. 1-02050 – The McWhorter Property (438KB); RE2C/RC Zone; 22 lots (22 single-family detached dwelling units); 64.57 acres; on the west side of Woodfield School Road, approximately 2,300 feet northeast of Woodfield Road; Damascus – Approval with conditions.
	*13.	Record Plats – Approval.

*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
May	1 -	8:30 a.m.,	Task Force Meeting on Keep Montgomery County Beautiful, EOB, 101 Monroe Street, 10^th Floor Conference Room, Rockville
	1 -	7:15 p.m.,	East County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Eastern Montgomery Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring
	2 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	2 -	1:15 p.m.,	MCPB, Public Hearing on Black Hill Regional Park Master Plan, MRO Auditorium
	2 -	7:30 p.m.,	Bethesda Action Group, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, Conference Room A, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	2 -	7:30 p.m.,	Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission discussion on sewer project to convey flows to Seneca Wastewater Treatment at Our Lady of Visitation Parish, 14139 Seneca Road, Darnestown. For more information, contact Pearl D. Laufer, WSSC Community Relations Coordinator, at (301) 206-8184.
	8 -	7:15 p.m.,	Eastern Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Parkside Headquarters, 9500 Brunett Avenue, Silver Spring
	8 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	9 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	9 -	7:30 p.m.,	Western Area Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac
	13 -	7:00 p.m.,	Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Health and Human Services Building, 8818 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	14 -	4:30 p.m.,	Wheaton Urban District Committee Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	15 -	9:30 a.m.,	Full Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	15 -	7:00 p.m.,	UpCounty Regional Recreation Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	15 -	7:00 p.m.,	Wheaton Redevelopment Steering Committee Meeting, #403, Redevelopment Office, 11501 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton
	16 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	16 -	________,	MCPB, Worksession on Black Hill Regional Park Master Plan, MRO Auditorium
	16 -	4:00 p.m.,	Downtown Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Board Meeting, 1^st Floor Conference Room, 8435 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring
	20 -	7:00 p.m.,	Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center, Room A, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda
	20 -	7:15 p.m.,	UpCounty Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, UpCounty Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown
	21 -	7:45 a.m.,	Bethesda Urban Partnership Board of Directors Meeting, 7906 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda
	21 -	7:15 p.m.,	Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Meeting, Mid-County Services Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton
	22 -	7:30 p.m.,	Historic Preservation Commission Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	23 -	9:30 a.m.,	Montgomery County Planning Board Meeting, MRO Auditorium
	27 -	Holiday	Memorial Day

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.

Black Hill Regional Park Master Plan

Public Hearing Continued on Thursday, May 2, 2002

Please sign up in advance to speak

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s (M-NCPPC) Montgomery County Planning Board will continue the public hearing on the Black Hill Regional Park Master Plan, Thursday, May 2, 2002 at the Montgomery County Regional Office Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. To sign up in advance to speak, call 301-495-4600.

During the Montgomery County Planning Board’s January 2000 public hearing on the proposed Master Plan for Black Hill Regional Park, members of the community voiced their concern for a second roadway entrance to the Park. The Planning Board deferred action on the Master Plan pending the completion of a feasibility study for a second roadway entrance. The public is invited to comment on the feasibility study, which addresses three “build” options for the roadway along with the “no-build” option. The project site is located between Crystal Rock Drive and Lake Ridge Drive, which is currently the primary entrance into the Park located at 13440 West Old Baltimore Road, Boyds.

Copies of the Master Plan and the Feasibility Study report are available at the Germantown Library located in the Upcounty Government Services Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, Maryland. To provide written input on the proposal, comments may be addressed to: Arthur Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Montgomery County Planning Board, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. For more information, call Kathy Dearstine, (301) 650-2883, or e-mail Kathy.Dearstine@mncppc-mc.org.

An approximate time for the hearing will be posted on the Commission’s website after April 26. Click on weekly agenda.

DRAFT REVISIONS TO THE

LOCAL AREA TRANSPORTATION REVIEW GUIDELINES

Planning staff are suggesting revisions to the Local Area Transportation Review Guidelines (LATR) to provide revised procedures for conducting traffic studies in recognition of the County Council’s decision to apply Section V to all Central Business District (CBD) and Metro Station Policy Areas, expiration of the Expedited Development Approval procedure and “loophole” legislation, the Guidelines as the standard to be used for zoning, subdivision, special exception and mandatory referral cases brought before the Planning Board, the Board of Appeals and the Hearing Examiner, elimination of the link volume congestion standard, trip reductions for residential and non-residential development graduated based on the applicable congestion standard, new requirement for all traffic counts to be submitted in digital format; and to clarify the number of intersections to be studied based on maximum peak hour trips generated by a site, the acceptability of traffic counts, that intersections which straddle policy area boundaries will use the higher policy area congestion standard, use of “street peak” to determine peak hour used in a traffic study; and to provide updated trip rates for child day-care centers, and new trip rates for assisted living facilities, mini-storage facilities, and townhouses in the Silver Spring CBD.

We invite you to review the proposed revisions. Copies of the draft LATR Guidelines are available from the Transportation Planning Unit in Room 105 of the Montgomery Regional Office or by calling ((301) 495-4525). Please submit written comments as soon as possible, but no later than June 21, 2002, to:

Ronald C. Welke, Coordinator

Transportation Planning

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

8787 Georgia Avenue

Room 105

Silver Spring, MD 20910

75^th Anniversary Exhibit Opens at

Brookside Gardens

To help celebrate “75 Years, Turning Visions into Reality,” The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) invites local residents, businesses and families to enjoy a “then and now” exhibit on the Commission’s 75-year history. The exhibit will open to the public at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, Friday, April 26 and continue on display daily through Monday, May 27. Located within the 50-acre horticultural display gardens at 1800 Glenallan Avenue in Wheaton, Brookside Gardens Visitors Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In June, the exhibit travels to the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover, for the summer months.

Titled “75 Years, Turning Visions into Reality,” the exhibit features historic and current photos, maps and artwork and depicts projects, programs, facilities and milestones that have impacted residents and communities the Commission serves in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. Exhibit images will be available online at www.mncppc.org in May 2002.