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Home My WebLink About2009-08-24 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – AUGUST 24, 2009 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Called to Order at 7:30 p.m. Chaired by Council Chair Palmer Councilors Present: All except Councilors Nealley & Stone Adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Proclamation: Proclaiming September Alcohol and Drug Addiction HAWES Recovery Month Proclamation: Recognizing the Contributions of the Maine Air National Guard to D’ERRICO Our Country, Our Region, and Our Community PUBLIC COMMENT: Colonel Doug Farnham thanked the Council for their Support of the Senior League World Series. MINUTES OF: Infrastructure Committee Meeting of May 5, 2009, May 19, 2009 & June 2, 2009, Regular Meeting of the Bangor City Council of August 10, 2009, Recycling Committee Meeting of July 29, 2009, Business and Economic Development Committee Meeting of June 17, 2009 and August 5, 2009, & Finance Committee Meeting of August 3, 2009. ACTION Approved Liquor License Renewals Application for Liquor License Renewal, Malt, Spirituous, Vinous, New Waverly Restaurant, Inc. 36 Merchants Plaza ACTION Approved 09-273 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed – Real STONE Estate Located at 166 Warren Street ACTION Passed 09-274 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Easement Deed to BRONSON Bangor Hydro-Electric Company for Bangor Waterfront Construction Project ACTION Passed 09-275 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Accept Donations in Support of WHEELER the Second Annual Conference on Addiction Recovery ACTION Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – AUGUST 24, 2009 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 09-276 ORDINANCE Amending Map Entitled “Downtown Parking Management WHEELER District” by designating spaces 100 through 151, 218 through 223, 1400 through 1409, 1430 through 1434 and 1300 through 1341 as “Ninety Minute Parking” ACTION First Reading & Referral to Downtown Parking Advisory & Business &Economic Development of 9/9/09 at 5 p.m. 09-277 ORDINANCE Amending the Map of the Downtown Parking Management HAWES District by Adding Ten (10) 2-Hour Parking Spaces on Hancock Street ACTION First Reading & Referral to Downtown Parking Advisory and Business & Economic Development of 9/9/09 at 5 p.m. 09-278 ORDINANCE Amending Map Entitled “Downtown Parking Management D’ERRICO District” , Chapter 291, Section 37-B of the Code of the City of Bangor, by Deleting Space #2245 on Exchange Street ACTION First Reading & Referral to Business & Economic Development of 9/9/09 at 5 p.m. 09-279 RESOLVE Appropriating $221,689 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance BLANCHETTE (BJA) to be shared between Five Area Municipalities ACTION First Reading & Referral to Finance Committee of 9/9/09 09-280 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a $38,690 Addition to the FY09 GRATWICK WIC Nutrition Program Grant ACTION First Reading & Referral to Finance Committee of 9/9/09 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – AUGUST 24, 2009 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 09-264 ORDINANCE Enacting Chapter 268, Stormwater, of the Code of Ordinances BLANCHETTE Requiring Stormwater System Inspection and Maintenance and Annual Reports, and Amending Chapter 165, Section 165-43, Stormwater Runoff ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Amend by Substitution Passed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage as Amended Vote: 7-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, D’Errico, Gratwick, Hawes, Palmer & Wheeler Councilors Voting No: None Councilors Absent: Nealley & Stone Passed As Amended 09-265 ORDINANCE Amending the Code of the City of Bangor, Chapter 23, Boards D’ERRICO Committees and Commissions, by Amending §23-22, Subcommittees Authorized to Provide for Subcommittees as Needed Instead of Standing Subcommittees ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 7-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, D’Errico, Gratwick, Hawes, Palmer & Wheeler Councilors Voting No: None Councilors Absent: Nealley & Stone Passed 09-266 RESOLVE Appropriating a $278,574 Grant from the Community Development STONE Block Grant Program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 09-270 ORDER Appointing a Chair and Vice-Chair of the Penjajawoc Watershed WHEELER Citizen Review Panel ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Amend by Substitution to Add the Names of John Cashwell as Chair and Joyce Hedlund As Vice-Chair Motion Doubted Vote: 5-2 Councilors Voting Yes: Bronson, D’Errico, Gratwick, Hawes, Palmer Councilors Voting No: Blanchette and Wheeler Councilor Absent: Nealley and Stone Passed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage as Amended Motion Doubted Vote: 5-2 Councilors Voting Yes: Bronson, D’Errico, Gratwick, Hawes, Palmer Councilors Voting No: Blanchette and Wheeler Councilor Absent: Nealley and Stone Passed As Amended MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – AUGUST 24, 2009 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 09-281 ORDER Approving Grant Request from Penobscot Theatre for $15,000 HAWES To Fund the Production of SPUNK ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 09-282 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Accept a $1,050 Donation from GRATWICK The Town of Orono in Support of the Health & Community Services Department ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 09-283 ORDER Amending Policy on Performance Review of Council Appointees STONE ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Postpone Indefinitely Vote: 4-3 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, D’Errico & Wheeler Councilors Voting No: Gratwick, Hawes & Palmer Postponed Indefinitely