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Date January 13, 1997 Item No. 97-84
Item/Subject: Approving and Adopting Community Development
Program Penobscot Riverfront Redevelopment Plan
Responsible Department: Community and Economic Development
This Plan isrevision to a prior waterfront plan which
encompasses the recently acquired rail yard area. The Plan has
been r ewed by the Community and Economic Development Committee
and the City's Planning Board (as required under State Statutes).
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City Manager
Associated Information: OA4M, MOt
Budget Approval:
Approval:
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City Solicitor VU
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CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE) VIirbtr, Approving and Adopting Community Development Program
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Penobscot Riverfront Redevelopment Plan
By tse City CnuuM of Sit City ofBanyor.
THAT WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1999, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development is authorized to provide financial as istance to
local governments for undertaking and carrying outCommunity
Development Programs; and
'WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City
Council of the City of Bangor for approval and adoption
-Penobscot Riverfront Redevelopment Plan,' a copy of which is on
file in the Office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, a Comprehensive Plan has been prepared and i
Cicognized and used as a guide for the general development of the
ty of Bangor as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board of the City of Bangor has
reviewed the Plan and has submitted to the City Council in writing
its report and recommendations respecting the Plan indicating that
the Plan conforms with the City of Bangor Comprehensive Plan and
applicable zoning ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bangor has made studies of the
location, physical conditions of structures; land use;
environmental influences, and social, cultural, and economic
conditions of the Penobscot Riverfront Project Area and has
determined that the area is a blighted area as defined in 30
M.R.S.A. Sec. 9852 (1) and that the Conditions herein fall within
the "findings and declaration of necessity" as set forth in 30
M.R.S.A. Sec. 9851; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that
the City of Bangor, as part of its Community Development Program
having as its primary objective the development of a viable
community by providing decent housing, a suitable living
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environment and the expansion of a opportunity, principally
for persons of low and moderate income undertake and carry out the
Penobscot Riverfront Redevelopment Plan encompassing the areas as
described in the Plan.
IN CITY COONCIt
January 13, 1997
Passed
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ORDER
Title, Appybving and Adopting
Community Development Program =-
'Penobscot Rive it a[ Redevllo ant Plan
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DATE: January 7, 1997
TO: The City Council
FROM: John Lord, Planning Officer
SUBJECT: Planning Board Review of Penobscot Riverf ont Redevelopment Plan
The Planning Board reviewed the Plan at its regular meeting of January 6, 1997
and the Board voted unanimously to advise the City Council lnat the Penobscot
RivedreM Redevelopment Plan was consistent with the City's Compreherwive Plan