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PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR
MEETING OF JANUARY 2, 2001
MINUTES
Board Members Present: Mary Ann Bostwick, Chairman
Frederick Costlow
Richard Fournier
Robert Guerette
Robert Kreitzer
Robert Lingley
City Staff Present: Katherine Weber
David Gould
News Media Present: None
Chairman Bostwick called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. In the absence of Board
Member Burgoyne, Associate Members Kreitzer and Guerette alternated voting.
Item No. 1: The Chair moved the Planning Board Election of Officers to the end of the
meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA
Chairman Bostwick asked if any member wished any items be removed from the Consent
Agenda. Being none, Mr. Lingley moved that the consent agenda be approved. The Board voted
5- 0 to approved the Consent Agenda. The item approved was:
Item No. 2: Site Development Plan Approval for construction of a 27,950 sq. ft addition to
Bangor High School located at 885 Broadway in a Government and Institutional
Service District. Bangor School Department, applicant.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Item No. 3: Planning Board Approval of Minutes of December 19, 2000 Meeting.
The approval of minutes was continued.
Item No. 1: Election of Officers for 2001
Chairman Bostwick indicated she was going to relocate and would have to step down
from the Board in May and therefor would not seek to serve as chairman. After a brief discussion,
Chairman Bostwick nominated Richard Fournier as Chairman. Robert Lingley seconded. There
were no other nominations, nominations ceased. The Board voted 6-0 in favor of the motion to
elect Richard Fournier as Chairman for 2001. Mrs. Bostwick then moved to nominate Fred
Costlow as Vice Chairman. The motion was seconded by Robert Lingley. As there were no other
nominations, nominations ceased. The Board voted 6-0 in favor of the motion to elect Fred
Costlow as Vice Chairman. The Board moved to direct Planning Officer Weber to act as
secretary. That motion was seconded and also passed 6 to 0.
NEW BUSINESS
Item No. 4: Site Development Plan Approval for construction of a one story 20,000 square
foot medical office building and a two story 15,800 square foot medical building at
1010 Union Street in a Shopping & Personal Service District. Hilltop Inc,
applicant.
Ray Bolduc, PE of WBRC Architects and Engineers, representing the applicant gave a
brief overview of the history of the project. The applicant is seeking site plan approval and Site
Location of Development approval from the Board. The project consists of two medical office
buildings and associated parking. The buildings will be served by existing on-site utilities. The
storm water will be collected by catch basins within the parking lot and discharged to two
different locations. Robert Lingley asked about the existing gate constructed in the last phase.
Mr. Tony Valley, of Eremita & Valley indicated the gate was constructed at the request
of the City Engineer to limit cross traffic from Maine Avenue to Union Street. Mr. Valley
indicated they were not in favor of the gate but were willing to abide by the City Engineers
recommendation. Mr. Lingley asked if the gate limited access by emergency vehicles. Mr. Valley
noted they would be happy to provide the City with the access code or a transmitter to open the
gate as needed. Chairman Bostwick noted that there were other access points to the development
from Maine Avenue other than that one. Planning Officer Weber noted that the concerns of cross
traffic impacted pedestrian movements, parking circulation, and potentially Union Street flows.
Mr. Michael Waugh, of Surry Engineering Associates noted that the original traffic study
for this project had estimated the trip generation characteristics of this project slightly higher than
what is now proposed so he was comfortable with their assumptions. He did note the project had
planned on the three access points at Union Street with the primary one being signalized and the
two others being right turn only in and out. He noted that so far in operation the right turn
only access has not adversely impacted Union Street traffic flows.
Planning Officer Weber explained that David Gould had returned to the City Planning
Staff and assisted in the review of the project. The Planning Staff found the plans consistent with
the Ordinance criteria and the City Engineers had found the plans acceptable as well. Staff
recommended approval of the site plan as well as the Site Location of Development Application.
Mr. Fournier moved to approve the Site Location of Development Application. Mr.
Lingley seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor. Mr. Fournier then moved to
approve the site plan. Mr. Lingley seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor.
Item No. 5: Planning Board Discussion of Comprehensive Plan Implementation Grant.
Planning Officer Weber advised the Board that the Planning Office was going to resubmit
their application for an implementation grant. The grant would provide funding to complete four
specific tasks:
1. Develop an executive summary of the Comprehensive Plan
2. Develop various ordinance amendments as described in the plan
3. Develop specific planning strategies for certain areas of the City
4. Provide funds for printing the plan.
The grant application is for approximately $10,000 with the city providing $11,300
of matching funds. Mary Ann Bostwick moved to recommend that the Staff submit the
application. Robert Lingley, seconded the motion. Richard Fournier inquired if the City would be
hiring outside consultants or having existing staff do the tasks. Planning Officer Weber indicated
the Planning Staff assisted by other departments would do the majority of the tasks.
Fred Costlow indicated he had a few areas he would like improved in the Land
Development Code, specifically, protection of unique environmental areas.
The Board voted 6-0 to recommend that the Staff submit the application as prepared.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
Item No. 6: Planning Board Review of Correspondence and Other Communications From the
Planning Office.
There being no further items for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 7:32 p.m.