Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Status Report to the Planning Board
October 18, 2007
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Contents
• Relationship to the I270/MD 355
Germantown Study
• Land Use Alternatives
Gaithersburg West
Shady Grove • Community Outreach
Twinbrook
White Flint
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General Plan
I270 Corridor
• Germanton as Corridor City
• Mixed use Town Centers
• Employment Resource
• Surrounded by Residential
Communities
• Variety of Housing Types
• Transit Service
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Population 2005
Population 20052030
County Germantown
2005 Population
Gain 2005 to 2030
Losses, 2005
Losses, 20052030
Round 7.1 Cooperative Forecast, Population in Households
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Germantown Study Area
• I270/MD 355
• Transit service
• Town Center
• Employment reserve
• Stable residential areas
• Urban Land Institute study
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Themes
• Introduce mixeduse
development
• Strengthen a lively Town Center
• Develop healthy communities
• Celebrate historic character
• Plan for transit land use and
design
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Land Use Concept
• Increase housing closer to jobs and
transit
• Create mixeduse communities
• Create transit oriented, walkable
neighborhoods
• Expand and strengthen the Town
Center
• Celebrate the Historic District and
historic sites
• Introduce urban parks and improve
access to countywide trails
• Promote Germantown as the
Cultural Center for the UpCounty
area
• Integrate new public facilities into
new development
• Protect existing neighborhoods
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Jobs and Housing Comparison of Alternatives
Likely Build Out, Existing, and Land Use Alternatives
In the Germantown Study Area
In the Germantown Study Area
80,000
+ 8,000 jobs
70,000
+ 0 jobs
‐ 9,600 jobs
60,000
50,000
26,850 jobs
40,000 Jobs (per job)
Housing (per DU)
+ 5,640 DUs
30,000
+ 4,000 DUs
+ 1,700 DUs
20,000
+ 0 DUs
10,000
0
Development
Likely Build
Alternative 2
Alternative 3
Alternative 1
1989 MP
Out from
Existing
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Alternative 1
Shift to Housing
• Maintains same level of development
as Master Plan
• Increases housing
• Reduces level of jobs from Master
Plan
• 45 story building height
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Alternative 2
Maintains Jobs
with Housing on West Side
• Increases development along west
side of I270
• Increases housing
• Maintains jobs
• Expands Town Center toward I270
• 4 stories in Town Center, 810 stories
along I270
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Alternative 3
Increases Jobs and Housing
• Increases development levels along
both sides of I270
• Increases housing
• Increases jobs
• 4 stories in Town Center, 810 stories
along I270
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Community Advisory
Committee
• Members
• Affiliations
• Information Night
• Community Charrette
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Outreach Posters
• ESOL
• Middle School
• Seniors
• Oktoberfest
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Successes and Challenges
• Poster for nontraditional outreach
• Leadership training via Community
Advisory Committee
• Experts from within the Community
Advisory Committee
• High school constituency
• Faithbased community
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Next Steps
• Capacity analysis
• Retail Analysis
• Housing Needs
• Zoning recommendations
• CCT alignment
• Planning Board status report #2 in
December
• Staff Draft in February
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