VILLAGE AT OAK HILL  
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
Vacant Lot Information
Last updated 05/05/2008
ZONING APPLICATION

• Email from Fisher to Vanguard (Sent 5/23/06)

  Nancy,  Last Thursday we were approved by the MNCPPC
  Planning Board.  Thank you for all of your assistance.  Please
  pass on to the board and the HOA my thanks for their cooperation.  Contact me if any questions come up.   I do not foresee any development occurring until the end of this year or early next.  I
  will still keep you informed as we proceed through this process. 
  The preparation of detailed plans take time and the
  review process is even longer.

  Thanks again, Michael Fisher
   

• Email from Fisher to Vanguard (Sent 4/26/06)
  
  Re: Update of Property on Lullaby Road
  
  Nancy, Our scheduled May 4th Site Plan Hearing has been
  pushed back 2 weeks to May 18th. MNCPPC planners are being
  very careful and want to be extra thorough before they take a
  project to the Planning Board. I still want to reiterate to you and
  the HOA that we intend to annex our project into the Village of
  Oak Hill Community Association. If you could send me a
  confirmation that this is still the intent of the Association (and
  forward a copy to MNCPPC) we can offer this as part of the record. Also, MNCPPC is now looking for confirmation that HOA’s
  adjacent to proposed projects are aware of the proposed plans
  and of their proposed MPDU (Moderately Priced Dwelling Units)
  units. If this could be included in a letter along with the HOA’s
  overall opinion of the project (support or otherwise) that would be appreciated.  Please let me know if there are any questions
  that the HOA may have in regards to our plan. Again, I will
  keep you posted of Hearing information.
  
  Thank you,
  Michael Fisher, Partner
   

• Email from Fisher to Vanguard (Sent 4/6/06)

  Nancy,

   
  Good afternoon.  We have a tentative date of May 4th for the
  MNCPPC Planning Board hearing for both the Preliminary and
  Final Site plans.  Nothing has changed on the plans since I last delivered them to you.
   
  As we get closer to the date, I will send a confirmation of the
  hearing.  You may also go to Weekly Agenda tab on the MNCPPC website ) for the schedule and other information.  If you or any
  members of the HOA have any questions or comments, please
  have them contact me by e-mail or phone.
   
  Thank you,
   Michael Fisher
   

• Email from Vanguard to the Board of Directors (Sent 6/23/05)
  
  BOD,
  
  Mike Fisher called and said the June 17th hearing went well with 
  the Hearing Examiner.  No one in attendance was in opposition to 
  the plan.  The report will take 30-60 days to complete and then the report will go before the County Council for approval.
  
  Nancy
  

• Article in the Gazette (6/8/2005)....
  Board recommends changing business park into townhouses
  
  County Council to decide zoning request
  The Planning Board recommended allowing an exchange of jobs
  for townhouses Thursday in the reclassification of 4.5 Germantown acres. The land, located at the intersection of Lullaby Road and
  Father Hurley Boulevard, is currently zoned for technology/
  business park development and was expected to provide about
  100 new jobs. However a developer has submitted plans for 29 townhouses on the site instead.  The long, narrow piece of land
  was once part of the B&O Railroad alignment and is near the
  CSX railroad line. It is proposed to be developed as part of the Kinsgview Ridge subdivision. The property would feed into
  Northwest cluster schools. Joe Lavorgna, director of school
  planning, estimated 16 additional students from the townhouses
  and said the cluster was capable of accommodating the change.
  The board's recommendation was forwarded to the hearing
  examiner who will hold a hearing June 17. The final decision on reclassification will be made by the County Council.  The Planning Board received several letters from the community about the development, including one from Germantown Alliance expressing support and one from Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of
  Commerce expressing concern.  There were also two letters
  from the leadership of nearby Village at Oak Hill Association. Community manager Nancy Keen wrote May 19 that while the association supported the development, there were concerns
  about parking, traffic, landscaping and other issues. Keen said the association would like to annex the new development to "allow for continuity and a sense of community."
  
   

• The Office Of Zoning and Administrative Hearings has rescheduled 
  the Hearing regarding the Lullaby Rd. (Germantown Station) lot.  
  The new date and time will be June 17, 2005 at 9:30 am.  This 
  date was rescheduled because the staff did not have an adequate amount of time to complete its technical staff report and recommendation.  The complete file in this matter is available for 
  review at the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, 2nd 
  Floor, Werner Office Building, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, 
  Md.  M-F between 8:30am and 5:00pm.
  
  

• Meeting with Planning Board re: Vacant Lot, THIS MEETING
  HAS BEEN CHANGED TO JUNE 2nd (10:15am-12pm at 8787
  Georgia Ave. Silver Spring, MD in the Planning Board Auditorium) 

  Planning Boards' decision (Item #6 Local Map Amendment)
  

• Email from Michael Fisher of Fisher Companies to Vanguard
  (Sent 5/28/05)

          Nancy,

          I just received in the mail Thursday's (June 2nd) MNCPPC agenda, 
          and we are Item 6.  It is scheduled to be heard between 10:15 and 
          12:00 in the morning.  It is recommended for approval by the 
          planners with a maximum density of 29 units.  This is for the 
          rezoning request.  After this will come the Hearing Examiner on 
          June 17th and then the County Council (to be determined later).  
          After that we still have the site plan approval process with  
          MNCPPC.

          Thank you,
          Michael Fisher

• Many thanks to all of the homeowners who attended the February 
  14th meeting, regarding the construction on the Lullaby Road 
  Vacant Lot.  With such tremendous turnout, we were able to 
  voice our concerns about the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission's view that condominiums be erected on the property, rather than the town homes as originally presented by the developer.
  
  Follow-up memo that David Sapoznick, President of the
  Germantown Citizens Association, sent to the VAOH Board of Directors.