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Home My WebLink About2009-09-30 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Called to Order at 7:30 p.m. Chaired by Council Chair Palmer Councilors Present: All Adjourned at 9:00 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None Minutes of: Regular Meeting of the Bangor City Council of September 14, 2009, Special Meeting of the Bangor City Council of September 21, 2009, Bangor School Committee Regular Meeting of September 9, 2009, Government Operations Committee Meeting of August 11, 2009, Bangor Water District Trustees Meeting Of August 18, 2009, Bangor School Committee Regular Meeting of August 20, 2009, Housing Authority of the City of Bangor Meeting of August 27, 2009, Council Workshop Session of August 31, 2009 and September 14, 2009, Personnel Committee Meeting of August 31, 2009, & Business & Economic Development Committee Meeting of September 9, 2009. ACTION Approved Liquor License Renewals Application for Liquor License Renewal For Malt, Spirituous, Vinous, of Chou Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Chopsticks, 167 Center Street ACTION Approved Application for Liquor License Renewal For Malt, Spirituous, Vinous, of Dorks R Us, d/b/a Bangor Courtyard, 236 Sylvan Road ACTION Approved Application for Liquor License Renewal For Malt, Spirituous, Vinous, of Maria E. Rave & Juan Santiago Rave, d/b/a Thistles Restaurant, 175 Exchange Street ACTION Approved Application for Liquor License Renewal For Malt, Spirituous, Vinous, of Lisa Reider & Michael Reider MLD Inc., d/b/a Perrihouse, 135 Main Street ACTION Approved 09-299A RESOLVE Ratifying Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed for Real NEALLEY Estate Located at 55 Manners Avenue ACTION Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 CONSENT AGENDA continued ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 09-300A ORDER Awarding Contract for Lower Hogan Road Water Quality STONE Improvements ACTION Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 09-301 RESOLVE Accepting & Appropriating $70,000 in ARRA Grant Funds BLANCHETTE Provided by Maine DEP to Fund a Two Year Stormwater Utility Feasibility & Planning Project ACTION First Reading &Referral to Finance Committee of 10/5/09 at 5 p.m. 09-302 ORDINANCE Amending Schedule XVIII, Chapter 291, Section 30 of the GRATWICK Code of the City of Bangor – Vehicle and Traffic, Certain Streets – No Through Trucks ACTION First Reading 09-303 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 265, Section 265-1 of the Code of BRONSON Ordinances, Solid Waste Collection and Disposal, to Require Licensing of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpster Providers ACTION First Reading 09-304 RESOLVE Appropriating Up to $18,000 of Racino Fund Balance to STONE Replace Bass Park Vehicle ACTION First Reading MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 09-276 ORDINANCE Amending Map Entitled “Downtown Parking Management WHEELER District” by designating spaces 100 through 151, 218 through 233, 1400 through 1409, 1430 through 1434 and 1300 through 1341 as “Ninety Minute Parking” ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Amend By Substitution Passed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage As Amended Ron Goddard, of Downeast Coins, spoke in opposition to this. Peter Ramsay stated that this would not address the people who shuffle their cars every hour, and suggested we ticket the lots too. Brad Ryder suggested that the Council listen to the Parking Advisory Committee. Marsha McGrath, Parking Enforcement, stated that it would be Easier to enforce a two hour limit, rather than 90 minutes. Andrea Stark of the Discovery Museum suggested that we work To correct the issues with the parking garage and the atmosphere In Pickering Square. Vote: 6-3 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, D’Errico, Hawes, Nealley, & Wheeler Councilors Voting No: Gratwick, Palmer & Stone Passed 09-291 ORDER Authorizing Issuance of $1,365,878 of the City’s General BRONSON Obligation Bonds and a Tax Levy Therefor ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened 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 09-292 ORDER Authorizing Refinancing of Certain of the City of Bangor’s STONE Existing Bond and Lease Obligations and the Issuance of the City’s General Obligation Bonds and a Tax Levy Therefor ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened 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 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 UNFINISHED BUSINESS continued ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 09-293 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 231, Public Parks – Section 231-7, Alcoholic NEALLEY Beverage; Fires, Use of Closed Areas to Permit Sale of Malt Liquor on Golf Course ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 9-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, D’Errico, Gratwick, Hawes, Nealley, Palmer, Stone & Wheeler Councilors Voting No: None Passed 09-294 RESOLVE Appropriating Grants of $2,430,000 from the Federal Aviation BLANCHETTE Administration and $60,750 from the Maine Department of Transportation for Phase I of the Cargo Aircraft Parking Apron Reconstruction Project Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 09-295 RESOLVE Appropriating a Hazard Mitigation Grant from the Maine HAWES Emergency Management Agency – Stream Flow Gauges – Penobscot River and Kenduskeag Stream Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 09-296 ORDINANCE Amending Schedule IV of Chapter 291, Article III, Section 39 WHEELER Of the Code of the City of Bangor – Parking Prohibited Except For Limited Times – Broadway ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 9-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, D’Errico, Gratwick, Hawes, Nealley, Palmer, Stone & Wheeler Councilors Voting No: None Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Public Hearing: Application for Liquor License, Malt, Spirituous Vinous, Quinn Paradis & John J. Barnard, d/b/a Hero’s Sports Grill, LLC, and A Shot Above 268 Odlin Road ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened 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 09-305 ORDER Authorizing Purchase Option Agreement With Bangor Gas Co. HAWES For Sale and Development of Property at the Intersection of Maine Avenue and Florida Avenue for Use as a New Bangor Natural Gas Complex Motion Made and Seconded to Refer to Business & Economic Development Committee Referred 09-306 ORDER Authorizing the Business & Economic Development Committee D’ERRICO And Director of Community & Economic Development to take Certain Actions to Implement the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 09-307 ORDER Authorizing the Airport to Enter into a Contract with Thibodeau GRATWICK Construction in the Amount of $2,226,795.00 for the Construction Of Phase II of the Cargo Aircraft Parking Apron Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 09-308 ORDER Awarding Contract for Hogan Road Stormwater Treatment NEALLEY Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed