Gaithersburg West Master Plan

Community Meeting
October 29, 2008

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Community Meetings
Focus: The Life Sciences Center in the 21st Century

October 29 Presentations by Planning Department

with Break-out Groups
November 6 Presentations by Property Owners &
Stakeholders with Q&A
November 12 Presentations on LSC, CCT with
Break-out Groups
December 2 Discuss future LSC Districts, CCT
Stations with Break-out Groups

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Master Plan Schedule - 2009

January 2009 Draft Master Plan to Planning Board

February Planning Board Public Hearing

March – April Planning Board Worksessions

May Planning Board Draft to Executive

June – July County Executive Review of Master Plan

July Executive Transmits Plan to County Council

September County Council Public Hearing

Oct. – Dec. County Council Worksessions

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Agenda for October 29 Community Meeting

Staff Presentations

Nancy Sturgeon Master Plan Overview

Eric Graye Transportation Analysis

Steve Findley Environmental Analysis

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Break-out Group Stations:

Life Sciences Center Land Use

Road Network

Corridor Cities Transitway Alignment and Stations

Environment/Open Space/Bikeways

Areas and Enclaves: Quince Orchard,

Oakmont/Walnut Hill, Rosemont, Washingtonian
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Montgomery
County’s
General Plan

Gaithersburg West
Centrally Located
within the County
and the I-270
Corridor

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93,000 acres in
the Agricultural
Reserve

33,900 acres of
Parkland with
408 Parks

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The General Plan’s
Corridor Vision:

• Mixed Use, transit-

oriented

• Dense centers,
decreasing toward
edge

• Varied transportation
options

• Public/Private
Investment
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I-270 Corridor Context

I-270 Master Plans

Completed: Germantown
Shady Grove Sector Plan
Gaithersburg West

Underway: Shady Grove

Twinbrook
Germantown Twinbrook
White Flint White Flint

Gaithersburg West

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GWMP Geography
Municipalities

Road Network
• I-270
• I-370
• MD 355

Transit
• Shady Grove Metro
• CSX
• CCT
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Areas and Enclaves
GWMP Geography Planning Board Status Report
Enclaves:
• NIST/Londonderry
• Oakmont
• Rosemont
• Washingtonian
Industrial & Residential

Areas:
• Quince Orchard;
McGown
• Life Sciences Center

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Areas and Enclaves

• McGown Property
• Johnson Property
• Londonderry/Hoyles
Addition
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Origins of the Life Sciences Center
• Created on 300 acres
of County-owned
land in the Core area

• Prime I-270 Location

• Focus on Medical,
Academic, Biotech

• 1990 Shady Grove

Study Area Master
Plan

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Origins of the Life Sciences Center

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Origins of the Life Sciences Center

1971 Gaithersburg Plan proposes Medical Center

1973 PSTA complex built
1976 Land to State for RICA
1979 Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Opens
1980s County Creates LSC Vision for Medical,
Academic, Biotech
1986 Land conveyed to JHU and UMD

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Life Sciences Center Today
Planning Board Status Report
Existing Land
Use

LSC Core:
Medical
and Biotech

Housing:
• Washingtonian
• Decoverly
• Traville

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Shady Grove
Life Sciences Center

Existing Zoning
• Prohibits mix of uses

• Creates single-purpose
destination

• Car-oriented

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Life Sciences Center
County’s Premier Planning Board Status Report
Location for and
Largest
Concentration of
Biotech companies

LSC Districts:
• LSC Central Core
• LSC South
• LSC West
• LSC Belward
• LSC North

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Corridor Cities Transitway: Current MTA Study
Planning Board Status Report
• CCT Begins at:
Shady Grove Metro
Station

• CCT Ends at:

Comsat in Clarksburg

• 14-mile Transit Line

with 13 stations

• Mode: LRT or BRT

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Corridor Cities Transitway
Planning Board Status Report
CCT Phase 1:
Shady Grove to
Metropolitan Grove

Current CCT
Alignment and
Station Locations

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Corridor Cities Transitway
Planning Board Status Report
CCT Phase 1 Stations:
• Shady Grove
Metro/CCT Station
• King Farm East
• King Farm West
• Crown Farm
• DANAC
• Decoverly
• Kentlands
• NIST
• Metropolitan Grove

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CCT in the LSC

Current CCT Alignment

with 2 LSC Stations

Alternate CCT
Alignment with 3 LSC
Stations:
• LSC Central
• LSC West (PSTA)
• LSC Belward

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Linking Land Uses/Connecting Communities

CCT Transit
10. Stations
1. Shady Grove
2. King Farm East
9.
3. King Farm West
4. Crown Farm/
8. 1. Washingtonian/
1. 5. LSC Core
6. LSC West/PSTA
2. 7. LSC/Belward
4. 3. 8. Quince Orchard/
Kentlands
5.
7. 9. NIST
6.
10. Metropolitan
Grove
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1.5 – 2.0 FAR
6,340 DUs 200,000 SF
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City of Rockville
0.4 FAR
3,200 DUs 3,125,000 SF
Crown Farm CCT Station
City of Gaithersburg
0.5 FAR
2,250 DUs 320,000 SF
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CCT Station – City of Gaithersburg
500 DUs 655,000 SF
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NIST CCT Station
0.15 FAR
500 Dus 3,400,000 SF
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CCT Station – City of Gaithersburg
0.5 FAR
1,457 Dus 4,500,000 SF
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Build on Today’s LSC to Create a Vibrant Future

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JHU Property/Belward Historic Farm

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“It’s heading right
at us, but we never
see it coming. The
most important things
happening in the
world today won’t
make tomorrow’s
front page. They’ll be
happening in labs –
out of sight and
unhyped until they
change life as we
know it.”
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“Even smart people

are pretty incapable
of envisioning a
situation that’s
substantially different
from what they’re in.”
Christine Peterson
VP of Foresight Nanotech
Institute

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“We have built into us

an idea that
tomorrow is going
to be pretty much
like today, which is
very wrong.”
Joel Achenbach,
Washington Post

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• Renewal

• Redevelop

• Rethink

• Revitalize

• Retrofit

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“The two things

we hate the
most are
sprawl
and density.”

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LSC in the 21st Century

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LSC in the 21st Century

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The LSC in the 21st Century
Development in the
Right Places
• Vibrant Places
• TOD
• R&D Growth
• Mix of Uses
• Live/Work/Play

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Gaithersburg Environment

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Green Infrastructure

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Gaithersburg Watersheds

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Life Sciences Center

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Geology

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Steep Slopes and Erodible Soils

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Streams and Buffers

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Wetlands and Buffers

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Parks, Forest and Forest Easements

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Environmental Constraints

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Water Quality 2005

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Water Quality 2007

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Environmental Recommentations

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Enclave Environmental Recommendations

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Enclave Environmental Recommendations

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Enclave Environmental Recommendations

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Areas and Enclaves
Outreach Strategy
• Enclave areas

• LSC Property Owners

• Citizens in and
around LSC

• Community-wide
meetings

• Coordination with
Municipalities
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