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Penjajawoc Marsh/Bangor Mall Management Commission
Meeting Summary – December 2, 2005
The second meeting of the Marsh/Mall Management Commission was held on Friday, December
2 in the City Hall Council Chambers. Commission members in attendance included Hope
Brogunier, Tom Davis, Cindy DeBeck, Sandi Duschesne, Shep Harris, Jim Hinds, and Lucy
Quimby, plus staff members David Gould and Jim Ring. Jackie Hewett and Jim Parker also
attended, representing Carol Epstein and Mark Conley, respectively. Also in attendance were
George Elliot and Kathy Guerin.
Chair Shep Harris called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. A motion made by Tom and
seconded by Sandi to approve the November 9th meeting minutes was approved. Sandi
Duschesne announced that she would be resigning from the Commission due to a change in
jobs. She introduced George Elliot, who is a Bangor resident and a member of the Penobscot
Valley Chapter of Maine Audubon. George has attended past meetings of the Task Force and
Sandi requested that he be considered for her vacated position. Filling of vacated positions will
be considered in the near future.
David Gould presented draft revisions to the Bangor Land Development Code that are intended
to capture the Land Use Recommendations contained in the Task Force Final Report. The
group discussed the changes and several members focused on issues of placement of open
space, interconnection of street, pedestrian and wildlife corridors with respect to future
development projects. Given the Commission’s authority to review preliminary projects and
proposals, such issues may be identified and addressed through that process. Staff will develop
additional draft Ordinance language for consideration at the next meeting.
Jim Ring provided information regarding transportation priorities in the Marsh/Mall area,
outlining recent improvements on Stillwater Avenue in conjunction with the Parkade
development and focus of future improvements to improve capacity on Stillwater with respect
to the latter, funding to undertake design work is included in the next BACTS Biennial Program.
Jim also updated the Commission on DEP’s Penjajawoc Watershed Management Plan Project.
That project is about 6 months behind schedule and work in 2005 has primarily been technical
in nature, involving data gathering and modeling. Public involvement and development of
recommendations will start in the first quarter of 2006 and the project should be fully completed
next year.
The group discussed future meeting schedules and indicated a goal of meeting on the first
Friday of each month, depending on need. The next meeting will be 1:00 p.m., Friday,
December 16 in the Council Chambers.
The meeting was adjourned at about 2:45.