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Staff Recommendation / Next Steps
• Staff Recommendation
Approve Attachment A – with revisions - as Planning Board Draft
Forward Planning Board Draft to County Council and County Executive
• Next Steps
April – Forward Planning Board Draft Plan
May and June – County Executive Fiscal Review of Plan
June – County Council Hearing Notice Period
July – County Council Review and Adoption of Plan
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Revisions to Planning Board Draft
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Maps 1 & 13 – add dot denoting location of “Potential Future Station” at Dale Dr.
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Revisions to Planning Board Draft
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Maps 1 & 13 – add dot denoting location of “Potential Future Station” at Dale Dr.
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Revisions to Planning Board Draft
• On page 9 – indicate the ramp providing access from Elm Street Park is in
the segment from the “west end of the tunnel to the east end of the
tunnel”
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Staff Recommendation / Next Steps
• Staff Recommendation
Approve Attachment A – with revisions - as Planning Board Draft
Forward Planning Board Draft to County Council and County Executive
• Next Steps
April – Forward Planning Board Draft Plan
May and June – County Executive Fiscal Review of Plan
June – County Council Hearing Notice Period
July – County Council Review and Adoption of Plan
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Concept Plan – Bethesda Station
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Maryland
Transit
Administration
Purple Line
Functional
Plan
Takoma-Langley
Crossroads
Long Branch
Chevy Chase Lake
Plan Coordination
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Locally Preferred Alternative
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Purple Line in Montgomery County
Exclusive Right of Way - 1990 Plan & New Plan Shared or Dedicated Lanes – New Plan
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Purpose / Approach / Next Steps
• Purpose
Get Planning Board Guidance on Key Issues Raised During PublicComment Period
• Approach
Briefly review staff recommendations
Examine each key issue with staff and MTAProvide direction to staff on proceeding with finalizing Planning BoardDraft Plan
• Next Steps
April 8 – Hold Worksession Two
April – Forward Planning Board Draft Plan
May and June – County Executive Fiscal Review of Plan
June – County Council Hearing Notice Period
July – County Council Review and Adoption of Plan
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Area of Discussion
#1: Trail Location
(North/South)
#3: Double Track
#8: Technical Edits
#9: Formatting/Editorial#2: Lynn Dr Access
#4: Silver Spring Trails
#5: Bonifant St
#6: Green Trail
#7: Dale Dr Station
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Staff Recommendations
1. Retain Draft Plan trail location on north side
2. Retain Draft Plan at-grade crossing at Lynn Drive with understanding that
active warning devices may be required. Request MTA to review
alternatives to this at-grade crossing
3. Retain Draft Plan double track configuration
4. Confirm objectives to Capital Crescent Trail and Met Branch Trail
connection at Silver Spring Transit Center
5. Confirm status of design and analysis underway related to Bonifant
Street.
6. Clarify Draft Plan width of Silver Spring Green Trail
7. Confirm Draft Plan recommendation that design will incorporate space
necessary for possible future station in vicinity of Dale Drive.
8. Approve selected technical edits
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1. Retain Trail On North Side Between
Bethesda & Jones Mill Road
Element FavorsNorth
FavorsSouth
Access / Buffer –
Density
Access / Buffer-Town
Topography/
Trail Separation
from Train
Noise Neither
Side
Neither
Side
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Retain Trail On North Side Between
Bethesda & Jones Mill Road
Within Town of Chevy
Chase …
More north side
residences (multi- family) closer
Along entire segment
from Bethesda to
Jones Mill Road …
No significant
difference
Proximity to Center of Right of Way – North vs. South
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Trail – Typical Section for 66’ ROW
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Retain Trail On North Side Between
Bethesda & Jones Mill Road
North Side is
higher along
Town
boundary –
Affording
Better
Opportunity
for both
Vertical and
Horizontal
SeparationWith Fewer
and Lower
Retaining
Walls
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Retain Trail On North Side Between
Bethesda & Jones Mill Road
MTA drawing of
separation of
trail and train.Location is just
west of East
West Highway
bridge.
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Retain Trail On North Side Between
Bethesda & Jones Mill Road
Little difference
in elevation
going east after
East West
Highway untilyou cross
Connecticut
Avenue where
north side is
again higher
than south.
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Retain Trail On North Side Between
Bethesda & Jones Mill Road
North side remains
higher until you
reach Hamlet Place
where it isessentially level
crossing Jones Mill
Road.
Staff Memo pages 4-9
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2. Retain Draft Plan at-grade crossing at
Lynn Drive but look for alternatives
First – a look
at trail access
west of Lynn
Drive
Elm Street Park on
South Side
Pearl Street on NorthSide
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Retain Draft Plan at-grade crossing at
Lynn Drive but look for alternatives
Lynn Drive
trail access is
about 1,500
feet east of
Pearl Street
Sleaford Road
trail access is
about 1,000
feet east of
Lynn Driveand on other
side of East
West Highway
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Retain Draft Plan at-grade crossing at
Lynn Drive but look for alternatives
Staff Memo pages 10-14
Eliminate hazardwhere feasible
Mitigate
unavoidable
risks with safetytreatments
Provide warning
devices
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3. Retain Double Track Configuration
Exclusive Right of Way - 1990 Plan & New Plan Shared or Dedicated Lanes – New Plan
Staff Memo page 14
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4. Connecting the Trails at the Transit Center
Objective is
connection that ….
Does not require a person to get off a bike, climb stairs, etc.
Does not conflict with transit
passengersStaff Memo pages 14-18
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5. Making Sure Bonifant Street Works
West of Georgia
Ave – on south side
of Bonifant Street
East of Georgia Ave
– on north side of
Bonifant Street
Options on east
side:
On-street parking
and one lane of traffic or
No on-street
parking and two
lanes of traffic
Staff Memo pages 19-21
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6. Silver Spring Green Trail
Design objective – combined trailand buffer of minimum 13 feet
with minimum 8 foot wide trail.
MTA examining areas where up
to ten foot path could beprovided.
Staff Memo pages 21-23
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7. Dale Drive Station
•Community remains divided on issue
•More supporters have come forward
•No station planning effort in work program
•Double ridership of Fenton Street?
Need to clarify LPA drawings
Staff Memo pages 23-26
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8. and 9. Approvals
Approve selected technical editsApprove selected formatting and editorial changes
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Other Worksession Items
Executive Branch Comments and Staff Responses – Staff
Memo pages 26 – 29
MTA Comments – Attachments B and E and in separate
memo dated 03/03/10
Comments Related to wording and suggested changes of a
technical nature – Staff memo page 29
Additional staff recommended changes – Staff Memo
pages 29-30.
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Connecticut Ave. Station
Trail and Platform Connection
Train and trail on their own overpass over Connecticut Ave.
Trail is about 8-12 feet below platform
Will you be able to get from one to the other without walking
down to the surface?
Staff Memo Attachment B – comment 82, (item 17)
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Anticipated Project Schedule
• Request Permission to Enter Winter/Spring 2010Preliminary Engineering
• PE and Final Environmental Spring 2010
Impact Statement Begin
• PE and Final Environmental Winter 2011/12
Impact Statement Completed
• Begin Final Design Spring 2012
• Final Design Completed 2013
• Construction Begins 2013/2014
• Complete Construction 2016/2017
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The Following AreAdditional Slides That
Were Used forIllustrative PurposesOnly
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Purple Line and Silver Spring Library Site
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TLC Transit Center
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Rosemary Hills Elementary School
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Rosemary Hills Elementary School
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Revisions to Planning Board Draft
• Add a Map 18
to coincide with
Table 18
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Revisions to Planning Board Draft
• Replace therepresentative
master plan of
highways map
with a more
current (also
representative)
map
