The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, October 20, 2011

FINAL

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 5:00 pm

8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760
301-495-4600
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9:00 AM PLANNING BOARD MEETING - (MRO Auditorium)
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item 1 Consent Agenda
 

*A. Adoption of Resolutions
  SPA Combined Preliminary and Final Water Quality Plan No. S-2807, J.B. Kline, Jr. Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance, Inc.– MCPB No. 11-91
Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.
   
 

*B. Record Plats
   
 

*C. Other Consent Items

   
  *D. Approval of Minutes
   
Item 2 Approval of Montgomery Parks Foundation Board Nomination

D. Rankin

Approval of Montgomery Parks Foundation Board nomination of Tom Hucker - As per Item 3 of the Memorandum of Understanding between M-NCPPC and the Montgomery Parks Foundation, "the Planning Board shall have the right to approve members of the Foundation Board of Trustees (Board)"

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
   
item 3 Subdivision Regulations Waiver Discussion

C. Conlon

Discussion and determination of whether, under certain instances not currently detailed in the Subdivision Regulations, applicants should be permitted to use the waiver provisions of Section 50-38(a)(1) in order to be able to go through only the minor subdivision approval procedure prior to recording a plat, rather than being required to go through the preliminary plan process.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion no vote taken.

   
item 4 Roundtable Discussion - REVISED
R. Stanley/R. Cashion

A. Planning Director's Report

B. Clarksburg Town Center, Quarterly Update

C. East County Science Center Plan Update - ADDITION

   
Item 5 Montgomery College Germantown Campus for Holy Cross Hospital - REVISED

J. Penn/K. Kim/R. Weaver/M. Smith

*A. Forest Conservation Plan Amendment MR2009720: Montgomery College Germantown Campus for the East/West Extension of Observation Drive - Revise the approved Forest Conservation Plan for the entire 224.13 acre Montgomery College Germantown Campus for the extension of Observation Drive, LSC Zone, Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.


B. Mandatory Referral 2011308-M-1: East/West Extension of Observation Drive - Located on the Montgomery College Germantown Campus, LSC Zone, Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved to Transmit Comments to Montgomery College


*C. Preliminary Plan 120110380: Montgomery College Germantown Campus for Holy Cross Hospital -- Supplemental Information/ADDITION

Located on approximately 18.27 acres of the Science and Technology Park on the Montgomery College Germantown Campus along the east side of Observation Drive near the intersection with Middlebrook Road, hospital building of 237,200 square feet and a medical office building (MOB) of approximately 80,000 square feet, and 8.54 acres to be dedicated for Observation Drive, LSC Zone, Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.


*D. Site Plan 820110110: Holy Cross Hospital -- Supplemental Information/ADDITION

Located on approximately 18.27 acres of the Science and Technology Park on the Montgomery College Germantown Campus along the east side of Observation Drive near the intersection with Middlebrook Road, hospital building of approximately 237,200 square feet, medical office building (MOB) of approximately 80,000 square feet, and associated landscape and parking facilities within the LSC Zone, Germantown Employment Area Sector Plan.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

   
item *6 Preliminary Plan 120100080: St. Jude AME Church

P. Butler

Record a parcel approximately 83,898 square feet in size and construct a 3,200 square foot church with twenty five parking spaces, located on Brink Road approximately 1000 feet east of the intersection with Wildcat Road, RE-2 Zone, Agriculture and Rural Open Space Master Plan.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

   
12:45 PM LUNCH
   
Item 9 Closed Session - ADDITION
 

Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(13) to comply with specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement that prevents public disclosures about a particular proceeding or matter; TOPIC: Closed Session Minutes

   
2:15 PM PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
Item *7 10914 Georgia Avenue

P. Butler/J. Sloan

A. Preliminary Plan 120110320, 10914 Georgia Avenue; TS-R Zone; 2.36 acres; request to assemble one (1) recorded parcel and two (2) parcels into one (1) lot for a multi-family residential building containing up to 245 multi-family dwelling units including 31 MPDUs, in accordance with approved Local Map Amendment G876; located on the southwest side of the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Georgia Avenue in the Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan Area.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

B. Site Plan 820110100, 10914 Georgia Avenue; TS-R Zone; 2.36 acres; request for a six-story multi-family residential building containing up to 245 multi-family dwelling units including 31 MPDUs, underground parking & associated public use space, and active & passive recreational space in accordance with approved Local Map Amendment G876; located on the southwest side of the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Georgia Avenue in the Wheaton CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan Area.
Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with conditions.

   
Item 8 Briefing: Retrofitting Montgomery County to Better Accommodate Stormwater, Pedestrians and Bicycles

M. Dolan

As part of a Complete Streets effort, Peg Staeheli of SvR Design Company will describe interagency workshops held to further improve the Road Code to comply with water quality requirements.

Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.
   
  ADJOURN
   
7:30 PM SPEAKER SERIES - MRO AUDITORIUM
   
  Complete Streets: Redefining Expectations for Our Public Investment
 

Our public right-of-ways are valuable real estate. As we continue to urbanize and our horizontal spaces become more confined and constrained, communities are re-considering how we use this land to create more value with a fuller return on investment. Speaker: Peg Staeheli, president of SvR Design Company, a Seattle-based civil engineering and landscape architecture firm.