SILVER SPRING, MD – The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is pleased to announce its February 2016 calendar of community meetings, work session and public events. These events offer opportunities for the Planning Board and Planning Department staff to discuss policies and engage with the public. Review the full list of events below and go online to www.montgomeryplanning.org for more details on projects and plans.
For any meetings that were postponed in January due to the weather, they will be rescheduled and information will be posted to www.montgomeryplanning.org with updates.
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Montgomery County Planning Department Events in February 2016
February 1 – Attend the property owners forum for the White Flint 2 Sector Plan. Speakers who wish to address specific properties and improvements at the meeting must submit presentation proposals to the Planning Department by January 28, 2016 to be considered. The public forum will be held on Monday, February 1, 2016 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Luxmanor Elementary School (6201 Tilden Lane, Rockville, MD). Learn more about the White Flint 2 Sector Plan.
February 2 – The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing for the Westbard Sector Plan on Tuesday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Office Building (100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD, Council Hearing Room). This meeting was originally scheduled for January 26, but was rescheduled due to the inclement weather. The meeting will be televised live on County Cable Montgomery Channels Comcast 6, RCN 6 and Verizon 30 and streamed live online. View the County Council Agenda webpage.
February 4 – Attend the next Planning Board meeting work session for the Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan. Zoning and building heights in the Arlington North, Arlington South, Battery Lane and South Bethesda Districts will be discussed as time permits. Consult the Planning Board Agenda for the staff report for this item.
February 4 – The Subdivision Staging Policy team will continue its discussion of new ideas for transportation testing with the Planning Board. View the Planning Board Agenda for details about this item.
February 4 – The Montgomery County Council will hold a second public hearing for the Westbard Sector Plan on Tuesday, February 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Office Building (100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD, Council Hearing Room). This meeting was originally scheduled for January 26, but was rescheduled due to the inclement weather. The meeting will be televised live on County Cable Montgomery Channels Comcast 6, RCN 6 and Verizon 30 and streamed live online. View the County Council Agenda webpage.
February 6 – Architectural historian Clare Lise Kelly of the Planning Department’s Historic Preservation Office will talk about the Montgomery Modern initiative and her new book about midcentury design. The event will be held at the B&O train station in Silver Spring and hosted by Montgomery Preservation, Inc. and the Silver Spring Historical Society.
February 11 – Attend, watch or listen live to this Planning Board meeting. View the Planning Board Agenda for details on agenda items.
February 11 – Participate in the Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan public hearing at 6:30 p.m. at the Planning Department headquarters (8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD). Participants will have up to three minutes to testify on the Public Hearing Draft of the plan. Time slots to testify are limited, so in advance of the hearing date, the public is encouraged to go online to sign up to testify: http://www.montgomeryapps.org/planning_board/testify.asp.
February 16 – Attend the second session of the three-part Winter Speakers Series, which is focused on transportation, at 6 p.m. in the MRO Auditorium at 8787 Georgia Avenue. Jennifer Toole, president of the Silver Spring-based Toole Design Group, will discuss local examples of suburban bike lanes as well as case studies from other countries, including the Netherlands. The session is free and members of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) attending the series can earn credit. Learn more about the session and the #smartmoves series.
February 18 – Attend, watch or listen live to this Planning Board meeting. View the Planning Board Agenda for details on agenda items.
February 18 – The Subdivision Staging Policy team will engage in its third discussion of new ideas for transportation testing with the Planning Board. View the Planning Board Agenda for details about this item.
February 18 – Participate in a community meeting on school facilities related to the Subdivision Staging Policy. This discussion starts at 7 p.m. at the Planning Department headquarters (8787 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD). It will focus on the current school tests and school facility funding as they relate to the staging of subdivision development. Feedback from this event will help planners revise the current Subdivision Staging Policy.
February 25 – Participate in a work session for the update to the Subdivision Staging Policy at the regular Planning Board meeting. This session will focus on draft recommendations related to the work of the Transportation Impact Study Technical Working Group. Feedback from this event will help planners revise the current Subdivision Staging Policy.
February 25 – The Planning Board will have another work session on the Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan. View the Planning Board Agenda page for details about this item two weeks prior to this date.