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Home My WebLink About2007-02-26 City Council Minutes 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL— FEBRUARY 26.2007 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 1 Called to Order at 7:30 p.m. Chaired by Council Chair Greene I Councilors Present: All Adjourned at 9:30 p.m. 07-092 ORDER Accepting the Recommendations of the Council's Personnel HAWES Committee and Appointing Its Nominees to Various 11 Boards, Commissions, and Committees ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage 'I 1 Motion Made and Seconded to Amend by Substitution Passed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage As Amended 1 Passed Appointees that were in attendance were called Up to be sworn-in to their respective office. I PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mr. Dan Cassidy presented the Council with a plaque on behalf of Mayor Alan Leslie of Bangor,Ireland. MINUTES OF:Harbor Committee Meeting ofJanuary 10,2007,Regular BLANCHEITL I Meeting of the Bangor City Council of February 12,2007,Finance Committee Meeting of January 18,2007, Government Operations Committee Meeting of January 23,2007, Bangor School Committee Meeting of January 24, 2007& I January 31, 2007, &Parks&Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting of February 5,2007. in II ACTION Approved 07-093 ORDER Accepting City Engineer's Report—Altering and Establishing PALMER the Main Street Right-of-Way from Lincoln Street to IInterstate 395 ACTION Passed I07-094 ORDER Accepting Street in Churchwoods Subdivision, Phase II- STONE Skyline Road I ACTION Passed 07-095 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Cooperative Agreement with MDOT- GRATWICK I Improvements and Construction of US Route 1 and Route 9 at Main Street,Summer Street,and Cedar Street ACTION Passed I II I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—FEBRUARY 26.2007 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-096 ORDER Authorizing the Issuance of$2,375,000 Aggregate Principal FARRINGTON Amount of General Obligation Bonds,Notes in Anticipation Thereof and a Tax Levy Therefor ACTION First Reading&Referred to Finance Committee of 3/5/07 at 5 p.m. I 07-097 ORDINANCE Amending the Land Development Code, Chapter 165-13 STONE Definitions; Chapter 165-66—Zoning District Boundaries; Chapter 165-69 Planned Group Development; Chapter 165-73— Parking Area Location and Screening;Chapter 165-74—Design Construction, and Maintenance;and Chapter 165-135-D— Buffer Yard ACTION First Reading&Referred to Planning Board of 3/20/07 at 7 p.m. &Transportation&Infrastructure of 3/20/07 at 5 p.m. I • I I I I I 1 I I I 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL— FEBRUARY 26.2007 IUNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILORI 07-084 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate ALLEN a National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Grant in the Amount of$42,250 in Support of Dakin Pool ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Amend by Subsitution Passed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage As Amended Passed 07-085 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating$386,500 in Funds as Part of the STONE Fiscal Year 2006 Homeland Security Grant Program ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 07-086 RESOLVE Appropriating$15,000 from the General Fund's Improvement FARRINGTON Reserve for Fire Department Repairs and Maintenance ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed I 11 1 I I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—FEBRUARY 26.2007 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-098 ORDER Directing City Staff to Implement Certain Traffic Calming PALMER Measures on Howard Street—Raised Crosswalk and Traffic Island/Diverter ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 07-099 ORDER Directing City Staff to Implement Left Turn Restrictions at GRATWICK i State and Howard Streets ACTION Motion Made and Secondede or Passage g Motion Made and Seconded to add sunset provision of six months after the no left turn is implemented Motion Doubted Vote:6-3 Councilors Voting Yes:Blanchette,D'Errico, Greene,Hawes, Palmer&Stone Councilors Voting No:Allen,Farrington, Gratwick Passed Motion Made and Seconded for Passage As Amended Motion Doubted Vote: 6-3 Councilors Voting Yes:Blanchette,D'Errico, Greene,Hawes, Palmer&Stone Councilors Voting No:Allen,Farrington, Gratwick PassedI 07-100 ORDER Naming the City Forest Preserve the Rolland F.Perry City GRATWICK Forest ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 07-101 ORDER Designating John H. Sites Tentative Developer of Waterfront FARRINGTON Development Site at Railroad and Front Streets ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 07-102 ORDER Directing the Planning Board to review the City's PALMER Comprehensive Plan,Land Use and Zoning Policy on Gilman Road ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage I Passed 07-103 ORDER Authorizing Contract Award for Renovations to the Avitat D'ERRICO Building at the Airport ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed I 1 IMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL-FEBRUARY 26.2007 NEW BUSINESS continued ASSIGNED TO IITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-104 ORDER Confirming the City Manager's Appointment of Peter Arno HAWES as Acting Chief of Police I ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage iPassed ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Suspend the Rules to take up an Ordinance prohibiting left I Turns onto Howard Street from State Street =' Motion Doubted Vote: 6-3 Councilors Voting Yes:Blanchette,D'Errico, Greene,Hawes, 111 Palmer&Stone Councilors Voting No:Allen,Farrington, Gratwick Motion Passed to Suspend Rules I07-105 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 291 of the Code of Ordinances by Adding a New Section 28 A—Left Turn Prohibited I ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage of First Reading Motion Made and Seconded to Dispense with the Second Reading Motion Doubted I Vote: 6-3 Councilors Voting Yes:Blanchette,D'Errico, Greene,Hawes, Palmer&Stone Councilors Voting No:Allen,Farrington, Gratwick I Motion Passed Vote: 6-3 Councilors Voting Yes:Blanchette,D'Errico, Greene,Hawes, I Palmer&Stone Councilors Voting No:Allen,Farrington, Gratwick Passed I 1 I I I II I