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Home My WebLink About2007-01-08 City Council Minutes I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8.2007 ICONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Called to Order at 7:30 p.m. Chaired by Council Chair Greene Councilors Present: All IAdjourned at 9:40 p.m. Proclamation: Proclaiming January 2007 a Time for"Penobscot Reads" GRATWICK PUBLIC COMMENTS: Diane Merrill, 72 Howard Street, expressed concern Over traffic issues that continue on Howard Street. City Manager Barrett invited her To attend a meeting on Wednesday,January 24 at 7 pm at the Cohen School to Discuss and review the results of a traffic study. MINUTES OF:Finance Committee Meeting of November 20, 2006,Regular BLANCHE!"1 L Meeting of the Bangor City Council of December 27,2006,Bangor Water District Board of Trustees Meeting of November 21,2006, Government Operations Committee Meeting of November 28, 2006. ACTION Approved 07-055 ORDER Appointing Patti Dubois as Registrar of Voters STONE ACTION Passed 07-056 ORDER Establishing Special Committee—Downtown Parking PALMER I Advisory Committee ACTION Passed I07-057 ORDER Authorizing the Settlement of Workers'Compensation BLANCHETTE ACTION Passed I I I I I I I I i MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8.2007 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-058 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code—Zone Change 53 Davis PALMER Road from Rural Residence and Agricultural District to Low Density Residential District ACTION First Reading&Referred to Planning Board Meeting of 1/16/07 at 7 pm 07-059 RESOLVE Appropriating an$80,000 Grant from the Maine Office of FARRINGTON Substance Abuse for the Purpose of Strengthening Substance . Abuse Prevention Systems in Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties ACTION first Reading&Referred to Finance Committee of 1/17/07 at 4 pm 07-060 RESOLVE Accepting&Appropriating Grant Funds from the U.S. ALLEN Department of Housing and Urban Development—Project Based Rental Assistance ACTION First Reading&Referred to Finance Committee of 1/17/07 at 4 pm I 1 I I I 1 I I 1 i I I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL— JANUARY 8.2007 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR I 07-014 ORDINANCE Amending the Land Development Code, Chapter 165§74 B- STONE IDesign Construction and Maintenance ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Postpone Indefinitely Postponed Indefinitely is III 07-050 ORDINANCE Adopting a New Article LY Sections 291-70 and 291-71, GRATWICK of the Code of the City of Bangor—Smoking in Motor IVehicles ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Nelson Durgin,Jonathan Shenkin, Peter Millard,Bob Holmburg, I Carey Weston,Amy Mobius,Robert Hann, and Tanya Prayer Spoke in favor of this proposal. Denise Savoy, Gene Savoy and Aaron Prill spoke in opposition I Motion Made and Seconded to Amend to delete section C Carey Weston and Nelson Durgin spoke in favor of the amendment Alex Hammer,Aaron Prill and Gene Savoy spoke in opposition of the Amendment I Shawn Yardley explained that there would be grant money available For an educational campaign Vote on Amendment: 504 I Councilors Voting Yes:Allen,Blanchette, Gratwick,Palmer&Stone Councilors Voting No:D'Errico,Farrington, Greene&Hawes Amendment Passed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage As Amended I Vote: 6-3 Councilors Voting Yes:Allen,Blanchette, Gratwick, Greene,Palmer& Stone I Councilors Voting No: D'Errico,Farrington&Hawes Passed As Amended I I I 1 I I I I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8.2007 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR I Public Hearing: Application for Special Amusement PALMER Permit of Elks BPO,Bangor Lodge#244, 108 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 Approval Approved 07-061 RESOLVE Reallocating the Designated Area of Bangor's Pine Tree Zone FARRINGTON 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 I I I I I I I I I I