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Home My WebLink About2005-09-26 City Council Minutes I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL- SEPTEMBER 26,2005 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Convened at 7:30p.m. Chaired by Mayor Farrington 111 Councilors Present: All Except Stone&Hawes Meeting Adjourned at 10:10p.m. PROCLAMATION: Recognizing the Efforts of Captain Matt Costello and D'ERRICO Firefighter Bruce Johnson,Recipients of a Firehouse Magazine Award for Heroism and Community Service PUBLIC COMMENTS: Kent Ziegfried,106 First Street,complemented the organizers of the Folk Festival,stating that he felt it was the best ever.,but added that there should be some further attempts to secure more corporate sponsorship. Mr.Ziegfried also stated that he felt that he had been a victim of age discrimination,and questioned what might be a solution to this type of discrimination. MINUTES OF: Finance Committee Meeting of September 7,2005, Regular CASHWELL Meeting of the Bangor City Council of September 12, 2005,Government Operations Committee Meeting of September 13,2005 &August 23, 2005, Parks&Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting of September 12, 2005, & Bangor School Committee Meeting of September 6,2005. ACTION Approved 111 05-303 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Quitclaim Deeds to CASHWELL 49 and 51 Seventh Street to the Abutting Property Owners ACTION Passed 05-304 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed-Real D'ERRICO Estate Located at 222 Howard Street ACTION Passed 05-305 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager and Fire Chief to Execute a GREENS Memorandum of Understanding-Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Bangor and 10151 Maine Air National Guard(MeANG) ACTION Passed 05-306 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager and Fire Chief to Execute an HAWES Ambulance Billing Service Agreement with the Town of Lincoln ACTION Passed 05-307 ORDER Designating Sunbury Medical Properties,LLC Tentative ALLENII Developer of Lot 8-Maine Business Enterprise Park ACTION Passed 05-308 ORDER Authorizing Contract Award for Installation of an Access GRATWICK Control System and a CCTV System at Bangor International Airport I ACTION Passed 1 I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL— SEPTEMBER 26,2005 ICONSENT AGENDA continued ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 1 05-309 ORDER Designating Voting Delegate and Alternate Voting Delegate D'ERRICO for the Annual Maine Municipal Association Business IMeeting ACTION Passed I 05-310 RESOLVE Ratifying Execution of Consent to Sublease and Consent to TREMBLE Alterations and Improvements—Bangor Water District Lease ACTION Passed S I I I I I I I I a 1 i MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—SEPTEMBER 26,2005 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO 111 ITEM NO, COUNCILOR 05-311 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code—To Rezone Property GRATWICK I At 1528V Ohio Street from Rural Residence and Agricultural District to Low Density Residential District ACTION First Reading& Referred to Planning Board of Wednesday, 10/05/05 05-312 ORDINANCE Amending Schedule I of Chapter 291,Article III, Sec. 38(A4) ALLEN of the Code of the City of Bangor—Parking Prohibited at All Times—Otis Street ACTION First Reading I 05-313 RESOLVE Appropriating Funds for Waterfront Improvements CASH WELL ACTION First Reading&Referred to Finance Committee of 10/3/05 at 5 p.m. 05-314 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating Grant Funds from the U.S. STONE Department of Housing and Urban Development ACTION First Reading&Referred to Finance Committee of 10/3/05 at 5 p.m. I 1 I I I I I I I I I I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—SEPTEMBER 26,2005 IUNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 05-292 ORDER Authorizing the Issuance of$6,568,831 Aggregate CASHWELL Principal Amount of General Obligation Bonds,Notes IIn Anticipation Thereof and a Tax Levy Therefor ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing I Public Hearing Opened No one from the public came forward to speak Motion Made and Seconded to Close the Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed I Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 05-293 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code—Rezoning of PropertyI GRATWICK Located off of B Street in Birch Hill Estates from Low Density Residential District to High Density Residential I District ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 7-0 I Councilors Voting Yes:Allen, Cashwell,D'Errico, Farrington, Gratwick, Greene, Tremble Councilors voting no:None Absent: Hawes, Stone IPassed 05-294 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 278, Taxicabs,Sections 6 A and 6 E, TREMBLE IRates of Fares ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Amend by Substitution I Amendment Passed Mark Dalton,Joseph Baker&Joe Briggs all spoke in favor of a fuel surcharge,rather than a meter increase I Motion Made and Seconded to Postpone to next meeting Vote:4-3 Councilors voting yes:Cashwell,D'Errico,Farrington, Gratwick Councilors voting no:Allen, Greene, Tremble I Absent:Hawes&Stone Postponed to Next Council Meeting 05-295 RESOLVE Appropriating$425,000 in Funds as part of the Fiscal Year STONE I2004 Department of Homeland Security Grant Program ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage IPassed 05-296 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating$198,000 in Department of GREENE Homeland Security—Assistance to Firefighters Grant Funds I ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed HI I I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—SEPTEMBER 26,2005 UNFINISHED BUSINESS continued ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR I 05-297 RESOLVE Appropriating$22,000 from the General Fund's Improvement GRATWICK Reserve for the Purpose of Purchasing a Heavy Rescue Vehicle ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 05-298 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a Grant Agreement with the GREENE 11 Maine Department of Health and Human Services— WIC Program ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 05-299 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a Homeless Continuum of Care CASHWELL Grant from HUD ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed I I I I I I I I I I I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 26,2005 111 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Public Hearing:Applicaton for Liquor License, Malt,Spirituous, Vinous TREMBLE Brothers, Inc., d/b/a West Side Restaurant, 1575 Hammond Street 1 ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened No one from the public came forward to speak Motion Made and Seconded to Close the Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion Made and Seconded for Approval Approved Public Hearing: Application for Liquor License,Malt,Spirituous, Vinous, TREMBLE Constance Boivin, d/b/a The Charles Inn,20 Broad Street ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened No one from the public came forward to speak Motion Made and Seconded to Close the Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion Made and Seconded for Approval Approved 111 05-315 ORDER Adopting Policy Governing Distribution of Written Materials GREENE in City Buildings ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Gerry Palmer, Victor Kossoy, Carolyn Simpson, Jim Labrecque and Zachary Hyden spoke against this Proposed policy Alex Hammer spoke in favor of this proposed policy Motion Doubted I Vote:2-5 Councilors voting yes:Farrington, Greene Councilors voting no:Allen, Cashwell,D'Errico, Gratwick, Tremble R Absent: Hawes&Stone Failed 05-316 RESOLVE Calling Upon the Legislative and Executive Branches of the D'ERRICO State of Maine to Support a Three-Year Moratorium on Any Changes to the Existing State Legislation Governing the Operation of Slot Machines in Maine ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 05-317 ORDER Accepting the Recommendations of the Council's Personnel TREMBLE Committee and Appointing Its Nominees to Various Boards, Commissions, and Committees 111 ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Amend by Subsituting Alice Brown, with a term to expire in 2007&Miles Theeman, with a term to expire in 2006 as Associate Members of the Planning Board, and Leslie Dickinson to the Board of Ethics Amendment Passed Passed