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Home My WebLink About2011-07-25 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JULY 25, 2011 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Called to Order at 7:30p.m. Solicitor Heitmann opened the meeting and accepte4d nominations for Chair Pro Tem Nomination made and Seconded for Councilor Bronson to serve as Chair Pro Tem Motion Made and Seconded to Cease Nominations Passed Chaired by Council Chair Pro Tem Bronson Councilors Present: All Except Hawes Adjourned at 8:25 p.m. Proclamation: Proclaiming August 1 to 5, 2011 As Responsible Gaming Education Week PALMER Recognition: Recognizing the Retirement of Anne Mundy GRATWICK PUBLIC COMMENT: Mr. Joe Conklin, 15 Mitchell Street, expressed concern regarding Penobscot Job Corp students loitering around the Airport Mall and surrounding neighborhoods and the associated increased crime. Mr. Conklin presented the Council with a petitions with over 100 signatures. Chief Gastia agreed that there are issues in that area but they are handled on a case-by-case basis. this issue will be discussed in more detail at a future date. MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Special Meeting of July 6, 2011, Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of July 11, 2011, Finance Committee Meeting of June 20, 2011 Bangor Water District Regular Meeting of June 21, 2011, Bangor School Committee Regular Meeting of June 22, 2011, Penjajawoc Watershed Citizen Review Panel Meeting of July 12, 2011 and Recycling Workshop Minutes of July 14, 2011 ACTION Approved Liquor License Renewals: Application for Liquor License Renewal, Malt, WESTON Spirituous, Vinous of Bi Jiao Chen, d/b/a Green Tea Restaurant, 11 Bangor Mall Blvd ACTION Approved Application for Liquor License Renewal, Malt, WESTON Spirituous, Vinous of L’Aperitif, d/b/a L’Aperitif Tapas Restaurant and Eurolounge, 193 Broad Street ACTION Approved Application for Liquor License Renewal, Malt, WESTON Spirituous, Vinous of Texas Roadhouse Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Texas Roadhouse, 504 Stillwater Avenue ACTION Approved 11-240 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed for Real Estate BRONSON Located at 830 State Street ACTION Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JULY 25, 2011 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. continued COUNCILOR 11-241 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed for Real Estate BLANCHETTE Located at 410 Mt. Hope Avenue ACTION Passed 11-242 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed – Real Estate NEALLEY Located at 535 Union Street ACTION Passed 11-243 ORDER Authorizing Settlement of Worker’s Compensation Claim – Julie DURGIN Constantine-Ness ACTION Passed 11-244 ORDER Authorizing Bid Award in the Amount of $954,439.40 to Lane WESTON Construction for the 2011 Paving Program ACTION Passed 11-245 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Necessary GRATWICK Documents to Assign an Existing Easement with Mobil Pipe Line Company to Buckeye Pipe Line Transportation ACTION Passed 11-246 ORDER Accepting the Recommendations of the Council’s Personnel PALMER Committee and Appointing Its Nominees to the Bangor Housing Authority ACTION Passed 11-247 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of Consent to Assignment – RMT to BRONSON TRC Environmental Corporation ACTION Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JULY 25, 2011 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 11-248 ORDER Authorizing Issuance of $2,977,700 of the City’s General BRONSON Obligation Bonds and a Tax Levy Therefor ACTION First Reading and Referral to Finance Committee of 8/1/11 11-249 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating $807,596 in Grant Funds from PALMER The Federal Aviation Administration and $21,252 in Grant Funds from the Maine Department of Transportation under The Airport Improvement Program Project 52 ACTION First Reading and Referral to Airport Committee Meeting of July 27, 2011 11-250 RESOLVE Appropriating an Amount not to Exceed $55,000 from the BLANCHETTE Improvement Reserve to Assist with the Relocation of the Skateboard Park ACTION First Reading and Referral to Finance Committee Meeting of August 1, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. 11-251 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 9, City Council, Section 21, Proceedings to PALMER Be Recorded, of the Code of the City of Bangor, to Clarify Recording Proceedings ACTION First Reading and Referral to the Finance Committee of August 1, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JULY 25, 2011 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 11-231 ORDER Authorizing Purchase of Fire/Rescue Boat in the Amount of BLANCHETTE $184,434 ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Postpone to 8/8/11 Postponed 11-235 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code – Zone Change – 63 Sixth WESTON Street from Urban Residence One District to Urban Residence Two District ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Postpone Indefinitely Postponed Indefinitely 11-236 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 134, General Assistance Program, of the Code LONGO of the City of Bangor, by Revising Review Procedures ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 8-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, Durgin, Gratwick, Longo, Nealley, Palmer & Weston Councilors Voting No: None Councilors Absent: Hawes Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JULY 25, 2011 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Public Hearing: Application for Special Amusement WESTON Permit of Dennis Glidden d/b/a L’Aperitif Tapas Restaurant And Eurolounge, 193 Broad Street ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing No one from the public came forward Motion Made and Seconded to Close the Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed Public Hearing: Application for Special Amusement WESTON Permit of Eugene B. Beck, Quality Beverages, Inc., d/b/a Nocturnem Draft Haus, 56 Main Street ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing No one from the public came forward Motion Made and Seconded to Close the Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 11-252 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a One-Year Agreement LONGO in the Amount of $10,000 between the City of Bangor and Husson University to Provide BAT Community Connector Transit Services to the University ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 11-253 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Documents to Acquire Ownership of DURGIN Unit 3, Freese Building Condominium, 74-76 Main Street –JMC Partners, LLC ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 11-254 RESOLVE Declaration of Official Intent to Reimburse Expenditures on the NEALLEY Arena/Meeting Complex Project from Tax-Exempt Obligations ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed