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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – APRIL 9, 2012
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
Called to Order at 7:30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Weston
Councilors Present: All Except Gallant
Adjourned at 10:00 PM
Recognition: Recognizing the 2011-2012 Bangor High Boys Swimming and
Diving Team
Presentation: Elks Club presentation of the national Enrique “Kiki” Camarena
Award to Lt. Thomas Reagan of the Bangor Police Department
PUBLIC COMMENT: Shane Woodard informed the City Council that the
Maine People’s Resource Center was canvassing
door-to-door in Bangor educating residents on the National
Care Act. Residents may call 1-800-965-7476 for more
information.
Jeffery Ellis, 178 Ohio Street, thanked the City Council
For its support and assistance while he was a journalist
For the Citizen Journal.
Charles Boothby, 249 Kenduskeag Avenue, asked
that the “Continuity of Community” sculpture not
be placed in the flood plain.
MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of March 26, 2012, BALDACCI
Bangor School Committee Regular Meeting of March 14, 2012, Finance
Committee Meetings of February 6, 2012 and March 5, 2012, Airport
Committee Meeting of March 5, 2012, Infrastructure Committee Meeting of
March 6, 2012, Business & Economic Development Committee Meeting of
March 21, 2012, and Government Operations Committee Meetings of February
14, 2012, March 13, 2012 and March 27, 2012
ACTION Approved
Liquor License Renewal:
Application for Liquor License Renewal, Malt and Vinous of Penobscot BALDACCI
Theatre Company, d/b/a Penobscot Theatre Company, 131 Main Street
ACTION Approved
12-130 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of Documents Necessary to BALDACCI
Purchase Property from Neil Warner – Essex Street
ACTION Passed
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – APRIL 9, 2012
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-131 ORDER Authorizing Execution of an Easement to Bangor DURGIN
Natural Gas – Broad Street
ACTION Passed
12-132 ORDER Amending Employment Agreement Between the City BLANCHETTE
of Bangor and Tracy A. Willette
ACTION Passed
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – APRIL 9, 2012
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-133 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 268, Stormwater, of the Code of the GRATWICK
City of Bangor, By Adding Article II, Stormwater
Utility
ACTION First Reading and Referral to the Infrastructure
Committee Meeting on April 17, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – APRIL 9, 2012
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-125 RESOLVE Appropriating $25,256 in Greater Penobscot Continuum HAWES
of Care Contributions to Fund the Cost of a Personal
Services Agreement to Coordinate the Homeless
Continuum of Care Work
ACTION Motion made and seconded for passage
Passed
12-127 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code- Contract Zone Change - LONGO
63 Sixth Street from urban Residence 1 District and 76 Pier
Street from Urban Residence 2 District to Contract Urban
Residence 2 District
ACTION Motion made and seconded for passage
Gary Saunders of 12 Williams Street, Marie Lopez of 56 Sixth
Street and Katherine Young of 52 Sixth and Larry Barre of Sixth
Street spoke in opposition to the Ordinance amendment.
Brenda Sylvester of Community Housing of Maine explained
the organization’s intended use of the property.
Vote: 0-8
Councilors Voting Yes: None
Councilors Voting No: Baldacci, Blanchette, Durgin, Gratwick,
Longo, Hawes, Sprague, Weston
Councilor Absent: Gallant
Motion failed.
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – APRIL 9, 2012
NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
Public Hearing: Application for Special Amusement Permit of Eugene B. BALDACCI
Beck, Quality Beverages, Inc., d/b/a Nocturnem Draft Haus, 56 Main Street
ACTION Motion made and seconded to Open the Public Hearing
No public comment
Motion made and seconded to Close the Public Hearing
Public Hearing Closed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
12-134 ORDER Authorizing Removal of the Fountain in West Market SPRAGUE
Square and Relocation of “Continuity of community” to the
Bangor Waterfront
ACTION Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 5-3
Councilors Voting Yes: Baldaci, Gratwick, Hawes, Sprague,
Weston
Councilors Voting No: Blanchette, Durgin, Longo
Councilor Absent: Gallant
Passed
ATTEST:_____________________________________
Lisa J. Goodwin, MMC, Bangor City Clerk