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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-04-18 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR MEETING OF APRIL 18, 2000 MINUTES Board Members Present: Mary Ann Bostwick, Chairman Robert Kreitzer George Burgoyne Frederick Costlow Robert Lingley City Staff Present: Katherine Weber Robert Osborne News Media Present: None Chairman Bostwick opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. In the absence of Member Costlow, Associate Member Kreitzer voted. CONSENT AGENDA As no one wished to remove any of the items for discussion, Chairman Bostwick asked for a motion. Mr. Burgoyne moved to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion was seconded by Mr. Fournier, and it passed unanimously. The items approved were: Item No. 1: Site Development Plan reapproval for the existing Denny’s restaurant located at 109 Haskell Road in a General Commercial and Service District. Realty Resources Hospitality, applicant. Item No. 2: Site Development Plan modification to construct a 7,560 sq. ft. addition for mail order use located at 22 Target Circle in a General Commercial and Service District. TIG, Incorporated, applicant. Item No. 3: Site Location of Development Act/Site Development Plan modification to construct parking lot expansion located off Hildreth Street North in an Airport Development District. Maine Army National Guard, applicant. Item No. 4: Site Development Plan approval to construct a 3,348 sq. ft. accessory use garage located at 35 Hildreth Street in a Industry and Service District. Community Broadcasting Service, applicant. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Item No 5: Planning Board Approval of Minutes of March 21, and April 4, 2000 Meetings. The minutes of the March 21, 2000 Planning Board meeting were unanimously approved as printed. The April 4, 2000 meeting was postponed because a quorum was unavailable. NEW BUSINESS Item No. 6: Site Development Plan approval to modify the existing plan by constructing an 8,000 sq. ft. addition to the existing Shop n’ Save located at 609 Broadway in a Shopping and Personal Service District. Hannaford Brothers, applicant. Chairman Bostwick asked for Staff comments. Mr. Osborne indicated that at this time applicant had satisfied all Ordinance and submittal requirements except that no easements had been submitted for the sewer and water lines that were to be relocated as a part of this project. He also indicated that Mr. Burgoyne had contacted Staff to express his longstanding concerns relating to the safety and operation of the Broadway Shopping Center’s uncontrolled parking area. Mr. Burgoyne indicated that he wanted to discuss these issues with the applicant but since they were not present at that time he would propose to table the item. Councilor Patricia Blanchette spoke as a local representative of Hannaford Brothers and asked the Board to not table the item. Tim Doody representing Campanelli Investments, the owner of the shopping center, spoke briefly with the Board about safety issues, and conceded that the parking lot has had it’s share of traffic accidents. Representatives from Hannaford Brothers corporate office in Scarborough arrived shortly thereafter to discuss the project in more detail. Mary Gammage of Shop n’ Save spoke with the Board about the proposal in general and the site improvements proposed. She indicated that the only improvements indicated on the plan received by the City were located in the area of School Street which had been recently discontinued. John Ienaco, P.E. of DeLuca Hoffman Engineering indicated that the applicant had looked at making modest improvements to the shopping center’s parking lot, including end islands on the Broadway side of the lot. Planning Officer Weber indicated that the Board could add a condition to the approval calling for parking lot improvements to be submitted for review and approval by the City Engineer. Member Lingley indicated that he did not feel that it would be appropriate to ask the applicant to correct the shopping center’s circulation problems and asked the Chairman if a motion for approval would be appropriate at this time. Mr. Kreitzer moved to approve the 2 current site development plan with the condition that the noted easements be submitted. Mr. Lingley seconded the motion which passed 4 to 1. Item No. 7: Planning Board Discussion of Comprehensive Plan Implementation Grant Planning Officer Weber informed the Planning Board that the City’s Implementation Grant application has been submitted to the State Planning Office, along with supplements for housing, historic and archeological resources, and implementation strategies for the Comprehensive Plan. She indicated the City would be notified about the grant competition later this month . Item No. 8: Planning Board Discussion of Waterfront Rezoning project. Planning Officer Weber updated the Planning Board on the waterfront redevelopment project. She informed the Board that the potential developers who responded to the Request for Qualifications will be invited to come the Bangor for a site visit; and that Planning Board members were encouraged to participate in these meetings. Planning Officer Weber also informed the Board that she and Councilor Rohman had given a presentation on the Waterfront project to the Bangor High School Honor Society. A number of the same questions, issues, and concerns raised in the January Neighborhood meetings were raised by BHS students, particularly with respect to open space and recreation opportunities on the waterfront. The students enthusiastically supported the overall concept of redeveloping the City’s waterfront property. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Item No. 9: Planning Board Review of correspondence and other communications from Planning Office. There was no other correspondence or communication to come before the Planning Board. Item No. 10: Open Discussion. Chairman Bostwick asked the Civil Engineering students from the University of Maine if they had enjoyed the meeting that they came to observe as part of a class assignment. The Board talked with the students about their class project to develop a site plan for a future commercial- industrial park in Orono. The students indicated that they would be presenting their site plan to the Orono Planning Board in May; and that attending Bangor’s Board meeting had been helpful to them. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM. 3