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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-02-17 Community and Economic Development Committee MinutesCOMMUNITY R ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Wednesday, February 17, 1993 MINUTES MEMBERS PRESENT: Councilor Charles Sullivan, Chair Councilor 450. Shubert OTHERS PRESENT: Councilor John Bragg Kenneth R. Gibb, Director of Community 6 Economic Des. Rodney G. McKay, Community Development Director T.J. Martsial, C.D. Housing Resources Coordinator John Lord, Planning Officer Dale Theriault, Director of Parke b Recreation Gary Jewell, Parking Supervisor Randy Harriman, Police Chief Don Winslow, Police Officer AGENDA ITEM Yla - Co®unity Develoiment Property Rehabilitation Loan - 34 Jessie Street, Single Family The Consittee approved a loan request for $10,043.00. There is Plenty Of equity in the property; credit of Owners is good. AGENDA ITEM %Ib - Community Development Property Rehabilitation Loan - 30 So. Park Street, Single Family The Committee approved a loan for $4,214 and a deferred loan in the amount of $10,000. This loan will be used primarily to make the home handicap accessible for the owner. The applicants have good credit; plenty of equity in the property - no mortgage on the Property so the City will be in first position on the loan. AGENDA ITEM fib - Sign Ordinance Amendment - Industrial/Commercial Park Signs The Planning staff presented a request to add the name of Longview Park, which bad been originally named Longmeadow Park, to the list of commercial and industrial Park signs. The sign will be placed at Stillwater Avenue and Longview Drive. Included also within this amendment is a corrective amendment to the reference to Longmeadow Park. As there is already an existing Longmeadow Drive in Veasie the City has asked that it be amended to read - Longview Park (Hogan Road and Longview Drive). A motion was made and seconded to forward this item back to Council for final approval. So voted. 2 AGENDA ITEM #2 &_U - Parking Ordinance Amendment - Chapter III, Article 6, Schedule I 6 II Item #2 is a request by the Bangor Police Dept. on behalf of the fire department located on Barker Street that a 'No Parking" sign be designated the entire length of Barker Street (one aide only). This request is a result of the increased volume of business conducted by the Counseling Center. Cars are parking so close to the fire dept's. back driveway that it is making access with the fire equipment very difficult. A motion was made to recommend forwarding of this amendment to the full City Council for first reading; seconded. So voted. Item #3 is concerned with this same area. It is a request for 30 -minute parking in front of the Big Bed Redemption Center on Barker Street. It is requested that the area directly across the street be posted "No Parking`. A motion was made and seconded to approve this request. So voted. AGENDA ITEM #B - Hammond Street Sewer Extension The City's Engineering Dept. has recommended that the 210 foot extension for this sewer extension be 360 feet because of grade problems and access problems for the parcel that is to be serviced by this sewer extension. Due to recent changes in the language of the Land Development Code, no sewers can be extended without Council approval. The Developer of the parcel will be paying for costs of the extension. A motion was made to approve this sewer extension and seconded. So voted. AGENDA ITEM #4 - Parking Ordinance Amendment - No Parking, Valley Ave. This item came to the Committee at the request of 23 residents in the Valley Ave. and Bruce Rd. areas after meeting with the Bangor Police Dept. Due to recent criminal activity taking place in this arms the residents are very concerned with how to approach the problem. Due idea that both the residents and police dept. agreed on was to ban parking which would eliminate cars in the park after dark. The park currently closes at 10:00 pa. It is suggested that -No Barking" signs state that parking will not be allowed between sunset and sunrise; violators will be fined according to City Ordinance. The hope is that this will be a first step in the right direction to help solve the problem. With regard to Bruce Bead at the intersection onto Valley Ave. it was requested that posting of parking (more than the present required 15 feet back from intersection) be looked into in order to discourage care being parked and obscuring the intersection for motorists. A motion was made and seconded to approve amending Chapter III, Article 6 Schedule I of Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor - No Parking- Valley Avenue; So Voted. A motion was made and seconded to approve emending Chapter VI, Article 12, Section 5 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor - Night Parking - Denduskeag Stream Park; So Voted. These recommendations will go to full City Council on Pebruary 22, 1993 for their approval. If passed by the Council, it will be ten days thereafter that the new signs can be posted and enforcement begun. AGENDA ITEM YO - Public Street S Sewer Amendment - Collection of Impact Pees This smendeent will establish the procedures for the collection and/or deferral of impact fees during the course of construction which are assessed in accordance with the Land Development Code. There is a state statute that allows for the assessment of impact fees due to infrastructure improvements which directly pertain to a geographic area upon which a project is located. Specifically, impact fees must be paid prior to the issuing of building permits unless they are deferred; no building permits or certificates of occupancy or temporary certificates of occupancy can be issued for Partial development of a site until a pro -rata payment of the deferred Impact fees have been paid. Them is a four-year limit on deferrals. Impact fees collected can be used only for the infrastructure improvements for which they have been collected for; it is not permissible to use funds from one project towards another project. Any funds which have not been expended within a ten year period must be returned to the applicant. A motion was made and seconded to recommend the change requested by Staff to the full City Council for their approval. So voted. With no further business at hand, the meeting was adjourned at 6:15 PM. M