Bowie Mill Road Property Timeline and Process to Submit Comments

• Planning Board staff makes recommendation to Planning Board.  Letters can be sent and you can testify but are not part of the Hearing Examiner’s record.  Everything sent to the Hearing Examiner is shared with the Planning Board and staff.  (Estimate: early Dec)
• Chairman of Planning Board makes recommendation to Hearing Examiner
• Hearing Examiner Public Hearing

          Currently scheduled for 9:30 am on January 22, 2010 (can change to a later date)

          County Council is NOT present

          Testimony by individual can be in person, by fax, or by mail.  Email testimony is NOT considered.  All testimony MUST have a signature.

          Testimony on behalf of a group MUST submit a pre-hearing package to Hearing Examiner and Applicant.  I can give more information to those in this category.

• Record closes (Hearing Examiner decides how long after hearing to keep the file open).  Within 45 days of record closing, Hearing Examiner submits report to full Council.  Those who participate in the hearing will be sent a copy of the report
• Anyone can request oral arguments (in front of the County Council) within the 10 days after the report is submitted.  No new information can be presented.  Other rules apply.

Mailing address for Hearing Examiner:

Hearing Examiner for G-885                                        

100 Maryland Avenue                                 

Room 200

Rockville, MD 20850

The 2005 Olney Master Plan recommends the R200 and PD3 zoning for this property.  The increase in units must be approved by the County Council because it was not obvious that 118 units (PD3 zoning) would be the best recommendation at the time.  Therefore, a site plan must be submitted as part of the re-zoning application.  This increase is likely but not automatic.  If the County Council hears from hundreds of community members that R200 is the correct zoning for this property, then perhaps the Council will listen and vote to keep the property R200.  Be sure to have your voice heard the week before the Council votes on this.  You can request to be sent an email notification when this happens if you send your email, name, and address to bfalcigno at goca.org (I did not write the @ in the email properly so it is less likely to get picked up for spam).

The developer is meeting separately with adjacent area Homeowner Association Board of Directors and with the immediate property owners on Bowie Mill Road, Daly Manor Place, Darnell Drive, and Ivy Lane to share the current plan that will be submitted as part of the application to increase the number of units from 78 to 118 units.  The developer wants community feedback and will be at the September 8, 2009 GOCA meeting to share plan with the entire Olney community.  Be sure to mark you calendars.  You can also sign up to receive meeting updates at www.goca.org.  You can receive updates just about this property by emailing your name and address to OlneyCoalition@gmail.com.  It is a great way to see what is happening around town.

The 32 acres property is along Bowie Mill Road bound by Daly Manor Dr, Darnell Drive, and Ivy Lane.  The property is zoned in the Master Plan for 2 units per acre (called R-200) with the possibility of 3 units per acre (PD3).  Two units per acre has a maximum of 78 housing units (it is not 64 since there is a MPDU bonus density).  Three units per acre has a maximum of 118 units.  The increase from 78 to 118 units must be approved by the County Council and it is expected to be before the Council sometime this fall.

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