Planning Board Sept. 17 Agenda Highlights

SILVER SPRING, MD - The Montgomery County Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17 to discuss forest conservation and master planning in a special work session.

The board has added a number of Monday evening meetings to its usual weekly Thursday schedule to discuss non-regulatory issues with its professional planning staff. During the work sessions, the board does not plan to accept testimony, although the public is welcome to attend.

On Monday, the board is scheduled to discuss:

* Proposed revisions to the county’s Forest Conservation Law, which aims to save, maintain and plant forested areas in the county. The Planning Board will send its recommendations for a new version of the law to the County Council this fall. Previously, the board held a series of public meetings and collected input from staff and the community on the proposed revisions.

* An evaluation of the agency’s master plans. The board will provide input on future content, process and outreach for master plans, which forecast 20 years of land use trends and future growth in every community in the county.

The board will work on the I-270/Route 355 corridor study on a subsequent Monday night work session.

For a full Planning Board schedule, see www.mcparkandplanning.org/board/agenda.