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Montgomery County Thursday, November
17, 2005, 8:30 A.M.
8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3760 301-495-4600, http://www.montgomeryplanningboard.org |
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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. Generally, government officials have seven minutes to testify, organizations have five minutes and individuals have three minutes. 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 Comission's web site. |
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| 8:30 A.M. | | GENERAL MEETING (Third Floor
Conference Room, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring) |
| B.
Mooney B.
Gries M.
Rosenfeld | |
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| 9:30 A.M. | | |
| | | Roll Call Approval of Minutes Commissioners’ Report Director’s Report Reconsideration Requests |
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9:45 A.M. B.
Gries |
1. |
POSTPONED
Circle Manor/Carroll Place Historic Site |
| R.
Krasnow Combine
2 & 3 | *2. | Threshold Hearing:
Failure to Comply (building setbacks) with respect to Site Plan No. 8-03005
Goodwill Property (Bethesda Crest); located on Wisconsin Avenue, approximately
400 feet north of Cedar Lane, Bethesda - Finding of Violation. |
| | *3. | Enforcement
and Plan of Compliance: (in the event that violations are found with respect
to Site Plan 82003005A – Goodwill Property) R-60 Zone; 4.97 acres; 28 dwelling
units, including 4 MPDUs; on Wisconsin Avenue, approximately 400 feet north of
Cedar Lane; Bethesda/Chevy Chase – Adopt Plan of Compliance. |
| 12:00 P.M. | | |
| 1:00 P.M. | | |
| J.
Daniel | 4. | Agricultural
Initiatives - Approve the following action items: l
Transmit
zoning text amendments to the County Council to: (1) reduce development potential
in the RDT Zone by creating incentives to sell “buildable” TDRs; and (2) increase
the use of TDR receiving sites by eliminating the minimum 2/3 use requirement
for development with TDRs. l
Support policy
guidelines designed to: (1) address the incursion of large private institutional
facilities (PIFs) in the RDT Zone by limiting the use of multi-use septic systems;
(2) limit development potential in the RDT Zone by limiting the use of sand mound
septic treatment systems; and (3) increasing the potential for new TDR receiving
areas by allowing TDR potential in rezoning requests outside a master plan process. l
Support for
completing five research initiatives: (1) TDR program maintenance, (2) regulation
of child lots in the RDT Zone, (3) expansion of TDR receiving capacity beyond
the residential zones, (4) study area agricultural economics, and (5) expand the
mission of the Agricultural Farm Park. l
Authorize three new initiatives
that (1) evaluate requiring the use of “development rights” for all non-agricultural
uses in the RDT Zone, (2) address agricultural awareness and education, and (3)
map equestrian trail easements. |
| K.
Nelson | 5. | Previously
Deferred Water and Sewer Service Area Category Change Requests – November 2004
County Council Amendments to the Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems
Plan – Discussion and action. |
| N.
Baig | 6. | Review
and Comment on Amendment to "FY 2003-2012 Comprehensive Water Supply and
Sewerage Systems Plan"-WSCCR 00A-URC-01, Casey Property, Upper Rock Creek
- Approval of staff recommendations. |
| G.
Russ Combine
7 & 8 | 7. | Zoning Text
Amendment No. 05-16 Introduced by Councilmembers Silverman, Floreen and Subin;
amend the Zoning Ordinance to define the term “workforce housing unit; require
any residential development at or above a certain density, located in a metro
station policy area, to include a certain percentage of workforce housing units;
and generally provide standards for the development of workforce housing units
– Approval with modifications. |
| S.
Suarez/ K.
Moritz | 8. | Bill No. 30-05 Introduced by Councilmember Silverman, to establish
a County Workforce Housing Program to be administered by the Department of Housing
and Community Affairs - Approval to transmit comments. |
| 3:00 P.M. | | PLANNING BOARD MEETING CONTINUES |
| C.
Conlon Combine
9 & 10 | *9. | Preliminary
Plan Review No. 120050940 (Formerly 1-05094) - 836 Bonifant Street: CBD-0.5
Zone; 0.125 acres; 5,445 gross square feet of commercial development of which
2,036 square feet is existing and 3,409 is new construction; on the south side
of Bonifant Street, approximately 500 feet east of the intersection with Fenton
Street; Silver Spring CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan - Approval with conditions. |
| | *10. | Site Plan Review
No. 820050360 (Formerly 8-05036), 836 Bonifant Street, CBD-0.5 Zone; 0.125
acres; 5,445 gross square feet of commercial development of which 2,036 square
feet is existing and 3,409 is new construction; on the south side of Bonifant
Street, approximately 500 feet east of the intersection with Fenton Street; Silver
Spring CBD and Vicinity Sector Plan - Approval with conditions. |
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D.
Kinney |
*11. |
Preliminary Plan and Final Water Quality Plan No. 120050960 (Formerly 1-05096), James Property: R-200 Zone; 3.55 acres; 2 lots, 1 parcel and 1 outlot requested; located on the south side of Briggs Chaney Road, approximately 450 feet west of the intersection with Old Columbia Pike; Fairland - Approval with conditions. |
| R.
Weaver | *12. | Record
Plats |
| 5:15 P.M. | | DINNER |
| 7:00 P.M. | | PLANNING BOARD
MEETING (MRO Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring) |
| 13. | Response and
Reaction to the Implications of Planning in a Maturing County; Framework Report;
Revitalizing Centers and Boulevards – Discussion. | |
| D.
Quattrocchi- | 14. | Serpentine Oaks
Conservation Park: Management Plan, and
Public Access Element – Approval. |
| 8:30 P.M. | | ADJOURN |
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*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.
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Notices and Reminders | |||
November |
11 - |
HOLIDAY |
Veterans Day |
| | 14 - | 7:00 p.m., | Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, AFI Silver
Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring |
| | 15 - | 7:45 a.m., | Bethesda Urban Partnership, 7700 Old Georgetown Road,
Lobby, Bethesda |
| | 15 - | 7:00 p.m., | Mid County Citizens Advisory Board, Mid-County Services
Center, 2424 Reedie Drive, 1st Floor Conference Room, Wheaton |
| | 16 - | 9:30 a.m., | Full Commission Meeting, MRO, 8787 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring |
| | 16 - | 7:00 p.m., | Upcounty Region Recreation Advisory Board, Upcounty
Region Recreation Office, Suite 1600, 12900 Middlebook Road, Germantown |
| | 16 - | 7:30 p.m., | Historic Preservation Commission, MRO Auditorium,
8787 Georgia venue, Silver Spring |
Save
$$$ on Your Heating Bills This Winter! Free
Information!! Tuesday,
November 15 and Thursday, November 17, 7:30 p.m. With
winter energy costs predicted to reach all-time highs, learn how to save fuel,
stay warm, protect our environment and save money!
Be sure to participate in M-NCPPC’s upcoming “Going Green at Home” workshops
to learn about practical alternative energy
systems and find relief from the high cost of heating and cooling. Hear first hand from community members
who have benefited from alternative energy. Discover cost cutting incentives to help you put your system
into place. You’ll enjoy discussions by
Charles Garlow, JD, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Board member and Bill DiEnna, Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium. Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 7:30- 9 p.m. M-NCPPC Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD and Thursday, November 17, 2005, 7:30- 9 p.m. Bohrer Park Activity Center at Summit Hall Farm Park 506 S. Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD For
more information, click on www.goinggreenathome.org
or call 301-495-4540.
Alternative Energy Systems
Planning Board Seeks Public
Comment on A Planning Framework Report, “Revitalizing Centers,
Reshaping Boulevards, and Creating Great Public Spaces” Thursday, November 17,
7 P.M. Please sign up in advance
to testify The Planning Board has created an opportunity for
the public to present their opinions about the Planning Framework Report on Thursday,
November 17, 7 P.M. in the M-NCPPC Auditorium, 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring,
MD 20910. The report may be found on the web at http://www.mc-mncppc.org
or please call Melissa Banach 301-495-4509 or Roselle George at 301-495-1327
for a copy of the report or for more information. To sign up in advance
to testify in person, please all 301-495-4600. Written testimony may be sent
to the Planning Board Chairman, Derick Berlage at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver
Spring, Maryland, 20910, faxed to 301-495-1320, or e-mailed to mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org.
The Planning Board seeks public comment, Thursday, November
17, on the amendment to FY 2003-2012 Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems
Plan, Water and Sewer Category Change Request, WSCCR 00A-URC-01, Casey Property,
Upper Rock Creek Master Plan area. The staff report for this item will be
available online after 5 p.m. Monday, November 14 at the Commission web site.
Written testimony may be sent to the Planning
Board Chairman Derick Berlage at 8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland,
20910, or faxed to 301/495-1320 or emailed to mcp-chairman@mncppc-mc.org. For more information on testifying or an approximate time, please
call 301/495-4600. The Planning Board seeks public comment, Thursday, November
17, on three previously deferred Water and Sewer Category Change Requests: WSCCR 04A-GWC-01 Seneca Creek Community Church WSCCR 01A-GWC-O2 TWS Land Barons, LLP WSCCR 01A-GWC-03 Bethel
World Outreach Church The staff report for this item will be available online,
barring technical difficulties, after 5 p.m. Monday, November 14 at Commission web site.
Planning Board Seeks Public Comment on
Water and Sewer System
Plan
Thursday,
November 17
Planning Board Seeks Public Comment on
Previously Deferred Water
and Sewer Service Area Category Change Requests
Thursday,
November 17