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PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR
MEETING OF DECEMBER 16, 2008
MINUTES
Board Members Present: Alice Brown, Chairman
Nathaniel Rosenblatt
Jeffrey Barnes
David Clark
Douglas Damon
City Staff Present: David Gould
Bud Knickerbocker
Peter Witham
Chairman Brown called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
NEW BUSINESS
Item No. 1: Site Development Plan and Site Location of Development
Act Modification approvals for construction of a 25’ x 60’
canopy over the deck for the Mobile PET Scan Unit and
construction of a 10’ x 45’ paper storage building at 489
State Street in a Government and Institutional Service
District. Eastern Maine Medical Center, applicant.
Chairman Brown asked for a representative of the applicant to come forward.
Mr. David Merritt, agent, explained that this request lumps two projects together. The
Mobile PET Scan Unit pad exists and was previously approved by the Board. The canopy
allows patients and staff to avoid bad weather when accessing the PET Scan Unit from
the abutting building. The new storage building will contain recycling bins for paper and
will be located in an existing loading area. The storage building will be constructed next
to an existing wall such that after the structure is built the view from State Street will
remain the same. Currently, the recycling containers are being stored in an adjacent
building.
Mr. David Gould, Planning Officer, noted this application is straight forward.
People entering the PET Scan Unit will access the mobile unit from the abutting building
and the canopy will help protect them from the weather. The application adds no
additional impervious surfaces, requires no new lighting and removes no parking
spaces.
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As no one else spoke, Chairman Brown asked for a motion. Mr. Barnes moved
that the Board grant Site Development Plan and Site Location of Development Act
modification approvals to Eastern Maine Medical Center. After a second by Mr.
Rosenblatt, the motion passed by a vote of 5-0.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. Rosenblatt moved to approve the minutes of the September 16 and
December 2, 2008 Meetings. Mr. Barnes seconded the motion, which passed by of vote
of 5-0.
OTHER BUSINESS
Mr. Gould reminded Board members of the 2009 Schedule of Meetings included
in the member packets and asked members to please check for possible scheduling
conflicts. He noted that also included in the packets were copies of proposed ordinance
changes going before the City Council. These are a preview of future actions which may
come before the Board. One change requires the submission of additional copies of site
plans to address the Fire Department’s request for a copy. The second change
addresses the front yard setback requirement along the Interstate, which will be treated
as a rear yard.
He noted that the Comprehensive Plan Committee is looking at Plan
Implementation and asked that the Board think about elements of the planning process
the Board might want to see changed (public input, notice, ordinance standards etc.).
He asked that Board members to bring any ideas they have to future Board meetings.
The Board agreed to place this on the agenda for a future meeting.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.