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PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF BANGOR
MEETING OF DECEMBER 21, 1999
MINUTES
Board Members Present: Mary Ann Bostwick, Chairman
Ray Bolduc
Richard Fournier
Robert Kreitzer
Robert Lingley
City Staff Present: Robert Osborne
Katherine Weber
News Media Present: None
Chairman Bostwick called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. In the absence of Board
Members Burgoyne and Costlow, Associate Members Bolduc and Kreitzer voted.
CONSENT AGENDA
Mr. Bolduc abstained from voting on the Consent Agenda as his employer did the site
plan for the applicant under Item No. 2.
As no one wished to remove any of the items for discussion, Chairman Bostwick asked
for a motion. Mr. Lingley moved to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion was seconded,
and it passed by a vote of 4 to 0. The items approved were:
Item No. 1: Site Development Plan approval to construct 16 parking spaces for the Parks and
Recreation building located at 647 Main Street in a Government and Institutional
Service District. City of Bangor, applicant.
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Item No. 2: Site Development Plan approval to construct 13 parking spaces located at 77
Exchange Street in a Downtown Development District. Finard and Company,
applicant.
Item No. 3: Site Development Plan approval to modify the previously approved plan by
rearranging the parking lots and bufferyards, and revising the completion date of
a previously approved 24,000 sq. ft. medical building, 1,344 sq. ft. maintenance
building, and an associated parking lot located at 1 Ridgewood Drive in a General
Commercial and Service District. Visioncare of Maine, applicant.
Item No. 4: Site Development Plan approval to revise the previously approved plan by adding
a 160 sq. ft. walk-in freezer addition to the existing 19,400 sq. ft. building for
catering service use located at 395 Griffin Road in a General Commercial and
Service District. Spectacular Event Center/Stephen Arey, applicant.
Item No. 5: Site Development Plan approval to revise the previously approved 43,680 sq. ft.
building and associated parking area by adding 83 parking spaces for use as a
uniform laundry service located at 70 Godsoe Road in an Industry and Service
District. Unifirst Corporation, applicant.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Item No. 6: Conditional Use/Site Development Plan Approval to construct a 10,500 sq. ft.
building for retail auto service use located at 251V Odlin Road in a General
Commercial and Service District. VIP, Inc., applicant.
Chairman Bostwick opened the public hearing and asked for proponents. Don Becker,
Civil Engineering Services, represented the applicant and spoke in favor of the proposal. No one
spoke in opposition.
Chairman Bostwick asked for Staff comments. Planner Osborne indicated that the
proposed retail auto service use met the specific conditions of the GC&S District as well as the
four standard conditions for a conditional use. Staff recommended in favor of both the
conditional use and the site development plan.
Chairman Bostwick closed the public hearing and asked for a motion. Mr. Fournier
moved to approve the conditional use. Mr. Kreitzer seconded the motion, which carried by a
vote of 5 to 0. Mr. Fournier moved to approve the site development plan as presented. Mr.
Lingley seconded the motion. The Board voted 5 to 0 in favor.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Item No. 7: Planning Board Approval of Minutes of December 7, 1999 Meeting.
The minutes of the December 7, 1999 Planning Board Meeting were unanimously
approved as printed.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
Item No. 8 Planning Board Review of Correspondence and other Communications from the
Planning Office.
Planning Officer Weber distributed a Proposal to Redefine the Waterfront Development
District, and asked the Board to review the document prior to the January 4, 2000 meeting. The
proposal is a “starting point” for discussion and refinement of a proposal to expand and redefine
the Waterfront Development District to encourage and provide for the dynamic reuse of the
City’s Penobscot River waterfront neighborhood. The proposal provides a goal and policy
framework for redevelopment with specific development objectives, expanded district
boundaries, and a new schedule of permitted and conditional uses.
Two joint City Council and Planning Board meetings are planned on the following dates
to discuss waterfront redevelopment issues:
Monday, January 10, 2000 @ 5:30 PM in the Council Chambers;
Tuesday, January 25, 2000 @ 4:00 PM in the Council Chambers.
Three concurrent Neighborhood Meetings will be held on Tuesday, January 11, 2000 at
7:30 PM at the Mary Snow, Downeast, and Fairmount Schools to gather citizen input on
waterfront redevelopment plans, and the Council’s priorities for the future.
Item No. 9: Open Discussion
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
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