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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-02-07 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF February 7, 2017 MINUTES Board Members Present: John Kenney, Chairman Pete Parizo Dora McCarthy Nelson Durgin Phyllis Guerette Steve Hicks Chuck LeBlanc, Alternate Member City Staff Present: David G. Gould John Theriault Paul Nicklas CONSENT AGENDA Chair Kenney reviewed the Consent Agenda and asked if any Board Members had any concerns. Hearing none he asked for a motion. Member Parizo moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Member Durgin seconded the motion and the Board voted unanimously to approve the Consent Agenda. The Item approved was as follows. Item No. 1: Site Development Plan – 175 Fruit Street – Cameron Stadium – City of Bangor to construct an addition to Cameron Stadium’s existing facilities building originally approved in 2013. The final structure is to be 48’ x 140’ in a Government & Institutional Service District and s Parks & Open Space District. City of Bangor School Department, applicant. ANNUAL TRAINING Assistant City Solicitor Paul Nicklas provided the Board with numerous procedural issues they will run across in the conduct of their meetings. He noted in some instances the Ordinance requires a minimum of four affirmative votes to approve a project. If there are five members present and three are in favor and two opposed the item does not pass. 2 All meetings of the Board are public, which means people have the ability to attend, hear the discussion and sometimes have input. Being public meetings, discussion should not take place outside of a public meeting. That can occur if neighbors contact members directly, via email or other means. The Board members should refrain from any discussion of applications outside of the meeting with each other. Members should be careful not to preview items in discussion prior to the meeting. Board members may have familiarity with a site or a building, any information which you would bring to the decision should be disclosed at the meeting. Board members should disclose any conflicts or potential conflicts for the remainder of the board to vote as to whether a conflict exists. The Chairman of the Board should run the meeting making sure everyone has a fair opportunity to speak and have input. The Chair can assist in directing applicants to the microphone such that their comments will get recorded for the record. If there are many speakers the Chair can set parameters as to time and content to avoid repetition. Should the Board find it applicable to have a visit to a site, such a session must be conducted with notice and be open to all parties to attend as a public meeting. Where members may find an application does not meet all the standards in the Code the Members should note the specific details of the standards they fail to meet. Mr. Gould noted the Code of Ethics has specific language dealing with the Planning Board’s Consent Agenda. Mr. Nicklas noted that anytime a Board member has a question they should feel free to contact the Legal Office. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Item No. 3: PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL OF MINUTES. th Member Durgin moved to approve the Minutes of January 17. Member Guerette seconded the motion and the Board voted unanimously to approve the Minutes of January 17th. There being no further items before the Board the meeting adjourned at 7:28 pm.