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9:00 AM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING - MRO AUDITORIUM
	For more details about the Planning Board’s action on any item, you may link to the videotaped hearing after noon on the day following the meeting and select the item you wish to hear.
item 1	Consent Agenda
	*A. Adoption of Resolutions
	1. Dennis Avenue Health Center FCP No. MR201301 - MCPB No. 12-112 Planning Board Action/Decision: Adopted.

	*B. Record Plats
	1. Subdivision Plat No. 220110960, Clarksburg Village R-200/TDR zone; Road dedication; located at the intersection of Snowden Farm Parkway and Winding Woods Way; Clarksburg Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 2. Subdivision Plat No. 220120950-220121050, Clarksburg Village - POSTPONED R-200/TDR zone; 111 lots, 17 parcels; located on the north and south sides of Snowden Farm Parkway, approximately 650 feet southeast of Winding Woods Way; Clarksburg Master Plan. Staff Recommendation: Approval 3. Subdivision Plat No. 220122010, Crestview R-60 zone; 1 lot; located on the north side of Bayard Boulevard, across from the intersection of Leroy Place. Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. 4. Subdivision Plat No. 220130850, Battery Park, Section 3 R-60 zone; 1 lot; located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Goddard Road and Maple Ridge Road; Bethesda-Chevy Chase Master Plan. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

	*C. Other Consent Items
	Site Plan Amendment 82006025C, Ripley Street North, CBD-2, 1.8 acres, Provide flexibility to allow live-work units within approved development levels and make minor modifications to the landscape and lighting plans; Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

	*D. Approval of Minutes
	Minutes of January 17, 2013 and January 24, 2013 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 2	Zoning Code Revision
P. Dunn	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion.

Item *8	Site Plan 820130020 - Town & Country Movers - TIME CHANGED
L. Shirley/L. Knaggs	Construction of a 31,820 square foot, long-term storage/warehouse building on 2.13 gross acres in the I-4 zone, located at 7591 Rickenbacker Drive, Gaithersburg in the Gaithersburg Vicinity Master Plan area. Proposal includes a Final Forest Conservation Plan with variance request for critical root zone impacts to one specimen tree on adjacent property. Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions.

Item 9	Mandatory Referral MR 2013019: Stringtown Road - TIME CHANGED
K. Nelson	The Montgomery County Department of Transportation will reconstruct the existing ¾-mile, two-lane section of Stringtown Road as a four-lane divided roadway between Saint Clair Road/Overlook Park Drive and to a point 500 feet west of Snowden Farm Pkwy, Clarksburg Master Plan A. Final Water Quality Plan MR 2013019: Mandatory Referral For Stringtown Road Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Condition. B. Forest Conservation Plan MR 2013019: Mandatory Referral for Stringtown Road Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions. C. Forest Conservation Plan Amendment 820020220: Highlands at Clarksburg Stringtown Road Construction Encroachments Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Conditions. D. Forest Conservation Plan Amendment 820030020: Clarksburg Village, Phase I Stringtown Road Construction Encroachments Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved with Condition. E. Mandatory Referral MR 2013019: Stringtown Road Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved and Transmit Comments to MCDOT.

Item *3	Fenton Street - REVISED
J. Marcolin	A. Preliminary Plan Review No. 120120130, Fenton Street, CBD-1, CBD-0.5, Fenton Village Overlay Zone & R-60, 2.7 acres, 2 lots for a mixed-use development of 260,921 square feet, including 259 multi-family dwelling units, 18,650 square feet of retail and 29,228 square feet of institutional use (church), located in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Fenton Street and Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan & North and West Silver Spring Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved. B. Site Plan Review No. 820130050, Fenton Street, CBD-1, CBD-0.5, Fenton Village Overlay Zone & R-60, 2.7 acres, 2 lots for a mixed-use development of 260,921 square feet, including 259 multi-family dwelling units, 18,650 square feet of retail and 29,228 square feet of institutional use (church), located in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Fenton Street and Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring CBD Sector Plan & North and West Silver Spring Master Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 5	Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, Unit 3
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 5.547 acres, more or less, improved, from The Leonard L. Deitz and Esther L. Deitz Revocable Living Trust at 24 Crest Park Court, Silver Spring, MD 20903 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 11	Agricultural History Farm Park - ADDED
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 0.75 acres, more or less, unimproved, from The Bussard Family Revocable Living Trust at 18208 Muncaster Road, Derwood, MD 20855 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

Item 12	Agricultural History Farm Park - ADDED
B. Gries	Authorization to acquire 0.75 acres, more or less, unimproved, from Mildred G. Bussard and Mary Frances Bussard at 18204 Muncaster Road, Derwood, MD 20855 Planning Board Action/Decision: Approved.

12:30 pm	LUNCH

Item 6	Closed Session - REMOVED
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508 (a) (3) to consider the acquisition of real property for a Commission purpose and matters relating thereto.

2:00 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 7	Briefing - Purple Line Project Coordination
D. Anspacher	Staff update on Purple Line including (1) summary of major outstanding issues for Chevy Chase Lake, Long Branch and Lyttonsville plan areas as well as the Capital Crescent Trail and the Silver Spring Green Trail, (2) MTA Concept Preliminary Engineering Submittal, and (3) the project review process going forward. Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion.

Item 2	Zoning Code Revision - CONTINUED
P. Dunn	Planning Board Action/Decision: Discussion.

Item 4	Roundtable Discussion - (IF TIME PERMITS)
R. DeBose	A. Round 8.2 Small Area Forecast allocation of jobs, households, and population

Item 10	Board of Appeals Case No. S-2863, Costco
R. Kamen	Attachments Supplemental Report - ADDED Request for a special exception for an automobile filling station; C-2 Zone; 37,754 square feet; Located at 11160 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton CBD & Vicinity Sector Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Denied. (Action required for the hearing by the Hearing Examiner on March 11, 2013)

6:30 pm	DINNER

Item 13	Closed Session - ADDED
	Pursuant to State Government Article Annotated Code of Maryland 10-508(a)(1) to discuss the appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, compensation, removal, resignation, or performance evaluation of Commission appointees, employees, or officials; or to discuss any other personnel matter that affects 1 or more specific employees.

7:30 PM	PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES - MRO AUDITORIUM

Item 10	Board of Appeals Case No. S-2863, Costco - Continued
R. Kamen	Attachments Supplemental Report - ADDED Request for a special exception for an automobile filling station; C-2 Zone; 37,754 square feet; Located at 11160 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton CBD & Vicinity Sector Plan Planning Board Action/Decision: Denied. (Action required for the hearing by the Hearing Examiner on March 11, 2013)


9:30 pm	ADJOURN

The Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda

Thursday, February 28, 2013

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