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PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR
MEETING OF AUGUST 4, 2009
MINUTES
Board Members Present: Allie Brown, Chairman
Jeff Barnes
Doug Damon
John Miller
Nathaniel Rosenblatt
Andrew Sturgeon
Miles Theeman
City Staff Present: David Gould
James Ring
Peter Witham
Bud Knickerbocker
Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
CONSENT AGENDA
Chairman Brown introduced the Consent Agenda containing one item. Mr. Theeman
indicated that he had a conflict of interest in that the applicant is an associated
organization of his employer. Mr. Rosenblatt made a motion that Mr. Theeman had a
conflict of interest and it was seconded by Mr. Barnes. The Board voted to unanimously to
recuse Mr. Theeman on Item No. 1.
As no one wished to remove the item for discussion, Chairman Brown asked for a
motion. Mr. Rosenblatt moved to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion was
seconded by Mr. Barnes and passed unanimously, 6-0. The item approved is as follows:
Item No. 1: Site Development Plan and Site Location of Development Act
Modification approvals to construct a 612 sq. ft. addition for
materials receiving, construct a 1,680 sq. ft. addition for
E.C.T. (Patient Treatment), modify the Ambulance entrance,
construct a basketball court and other parking and site
revisions located at 268 Stillwater Avenue in a Government
and Institutional Service District. Acadia Hospital, applicant.
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NEW BUSINESS
Item No. 2: Site Development Plan approval to relocate a driveway,
construct new parking spaces and walkways and plant new
landscaping at 77 Exchange Street in a Downtown
Development District (DDD), 75-77 Exchange, LLC, applicant.
Chairman Brown asked for the applicant or representative to speak on the
application. Mr. Timothy Woodcock, representing the applicant, 75-77 Exchange, LLC,
introduced the item and related that the note in the memorandum regarding the City Fire
Inspector’s concerns had been addressed since the Staff Memorandum had been sent. He
introduced the site engineer, Mr. Andrew Johnston, to explain the details of the proposed
plan.
Mr. Johnston explained that the new owner, realizing new pavement was needed
throughout the site, decided to take the opportunity to increase the number of parking
spaces, improve pedestrian access, and re-landscape the site as well. He pointed out that
the Fire Inspector’s request was to remove a parking space that projected too far into the
travel aisle. The revised plan before the Board now shows the proposed dumpster
location swapped with that parking space and accomplishes the Fire Inspector’s request.
Mr. Theeman asked Mr. Johnston to point out those locations on the plan which he
did. Mr. Rosenblatt asked if the drive-thru lanes and queuing will be able to exist with the
parking spaces as laid out. Mr. Johnston said that it would be no different than what
currently exists and did not think it would be any worse. Mr. Rosenblatt asked how many
drive-thru lanes there are and Mr. Johnston responded that there are three.
There being no more questions Chairman Brown asked Mr. Gould for the Staff
report. Mr. Gould reported that the plan for site rehabilitation has gone through several
iterations since Staff first looked at it. He noted the engineer’s patience with each request
even that of exploring a layout with only one curb cut that would allow complete on-site
circulation around the building. In the revisions, the plan has lost several of the proposed
spaces through each of Staff’s requests to arrive at the plan before the Board. He also
explained the change in the applicant from Cross Insurance, Inc., as written in the agenda
and memorandum, to 75-77 Exchange, LLC, the property owner. As all items indicated in
the memo were addressed, the application was ready for approval.
Chairman Brown asked for a motion. Mr. Barnes moved approval for the application
by 75-77 Exchange, LLC to relocate a driveway, construct new parking spaces and
walkways, and plant new landscaping at 77 Exchange Street in a Downtown Development
District. Mr. Theeman seconded the motion. The Board voted unanimously to approve the
application.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Item No. 3: Planning Board Approval of Minutes.
There were no minutes of previous meetings to approve.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. because there were no other items for
discussion.