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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-11-24 Infrastructure Committee Minutes Infrastructure Committee Minutes November 24, 2015 ATTENDEES Councilors: Gibran Graham Benjamin Sprague Nelson Durgin Sarah Nichols Staff: John Theriault Catherine Conlow Members of the Public: Carrie Agenda 1. Infrastructure Committee Orientation Materials John welcomed the Committee Members and informed them the Committee was scheduled to meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. He provided a brief outline of the topics the Committee would review. Vote: No Action Necessary 2. Street Acceptance: Telcom Drive, Bangor International Airport Commercial Industrial Park This Order will accept an 80 foot wide and 142.28 foot with a 60 foot radius of Telcom Drive (map attached) as a public street and will add it to the Official City Map. Telcom Drive is located in the Bangor International Airport Commercial Industrial Park and is extends southwesterly of Union Street, Telcom Drive includes a 10” sanitary sewer and a 12” storm drain lines. Vote: Moved by Councilor Graham, seconded by Councilor Durgin. Unanimous 3. Street Acceptance: Corporate Drive, from Venture Way to Maine Avenue – Maine Business Enterprise Park This Order will accept an 80 foot wide and approximately 1,061.447 foot section of Corporate Drive, extending Easterly from Venture Way to Maine Avenue (map attached) as a public street and will add it to the Official City Map. The City is owner of property known as the Maine Business Enterprise Park and additional property abutting the Maine Business Enterprise Park. Means of access to Maine Business Enterprise Park and the abutting property includes Corporate Drive. Vote: Moved by Councilor Durgin, seconded by Councilor Graham. Unanimous 1 4. Grant Application: Project Canopy Grant Application Project Canopy is a division of the Maine Forest Service that provides assistance to local municipalities. At this time they have two grants available. 1. A planting/ maintenance grant for a maximum of $8,000. I am proposing applying for this grant to prune city trees with a private contractor. These grants require a 50/50 match and I propose matching the $8,000 with money budgeted for private contracting in my FY 16 budget 2. A planning grant for a maximum of $10,000. I am proposing to match this amount with in kind services utilizing city staff and equipment. With this grant we would hire an intern to perform an inventory of city street trees utilizing our GIS system. Having an accurate inventory will allow us to form a maintenance plan as well as be prepared to take prompt remedial action should invasive pests or disease enter the city. We will be eligible for only one of these grants. If we are successful on both applications I will choose the planning grant to perform the street tree inventory. I request permission to apply for these grants. Vote: Moved by Councilor Graham, seconded by Councilor Durgin. Unanimous 5. Report: City of Bangor Retaining Wall John explained the failing condition and lack of stability of the 100 year, 400 foot by 24 foot high old retaining wall located on Park Street, behind City Hall. Fessenden had completed a report and provided recommendations on repairing the wall 1.3-1.4 million and replacement approximately 2.2 million. It was proposed to be outsourced and placed out to bid for design and construction, with some minimal design in house to determine what would be required for the bid process. Vote: No Action Necessary 6. Discussion: Diverging Diamond Traffic Patterns John explained the process of diverging diamond traffic patterns that MaineDOT is proposing on Hogan Road at the Interstate area. There was some discussion of the addition of pedestrian lane being added and that there would not being any widening of the bridge. John informed the Committee of a presentation by MDOT to take place on December 8, 2015 @ 5:15 and director Committee Members to review a UTube video of the simulation of how diverging diamonds worked. A member of the Public, Carrie with Walk and Roll spoke in favor. Vote: No Action Necessary Meeting Adjourned. 2