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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-02 Planning Board Minutes 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 Engineers 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.