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Home My WebLink About2007-08-13 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 13.2007 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Called to Order at 7:30 p.m. Chaired by Council Chair Greene Councilors Present: All Except Stone(Allen arrived during referrals)) Adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Presentation to Council Chair Greene by Hazuki Asai,a student from Toyota,Japan Proclamation: Proclaiming Saturday,August 18,2007 as"Dog Day" BLANCHEITL PUBLIC COMMENTS: Ms.Lucy Quimby, 1230 Kenduskeag Avenue& President of the Bangor Land Trust,announced a 20 mile Road Race called Frogs,Logs&Bogs was being held on October 14. MINUTES OF: Harbor Committee Meeting of June 13, &July 11, 2007,Regular D'ERRICO . Meeting of the Bangor City Council ofJuly 23,2007,Bangor School Committee Regular Meeting of June 27,2007,Finance Committee Meeting of July 2,2007&July 16, 2007, Government Operations Committee Meeting of July 10, 2007, &Commission for Cultural Development Meeting of July 27,2007. ACTION Approved 07-253 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed—Real ALLEN Estate Located at 585 Main Street ACTION Passed 07-254 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of D'ERRICO Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to Consolidate Ten Leases ACTION Passed 07-255 ORDER Accepting Streets in Stillwater Gardens Subdivision—Garden BLANCHETTE Way,Jennifer Lane,Molly Lane Extension ACTION Passed 07-256 ORDER Authorizing$2,000 for Use by the Commission for Cultural PALMER Development for City Participation in the Second Annual New Year's Eve Celebration in Downtown Bangor ACTION Passed 07-257 ORDER Authorizing Grant of$5,000 to Penobscot Theatre Company to FARRINGTON Restore Heating Capacity in Space Leased for Administrative, Storage, and Carpentry Functions ACTION Passed 07-258 ORDER Authorizing Grant of$5,000 to Bangor Book Festival,Bangor GRATWICK Public Library,Fiscal Agent ACTION Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 13.2007 CONSENT AGENDA continued ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-259 ORDER Authorizing Grant to the Maine Discovery Museum for$10,000 HAWES in Partial Support for a Public Awareness Campaign to Promote Major New Museum Exhibits Opening in 2008 ACTION Passed 07-260 ORDER Authorizing Grant to Bangor Symphony Orchestra for$15,000 PALMER For Lighting and Sound Equipment Costs for Producing Four Events at the Bangor Auditorium ACTION Passed 07-261 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the West Site/Howl BLANCHEIT Corner Superfund Site Tolling Agreement and Plymouth Site Tolling Escrow Memorandum ACTION Passed 07-262 ORDER Amending City Policy on "Guidelines and Procedures for GRATWICK Evaluating and Accepting Public Art and Monuments to be Located on City Property" ACTION Passed 07-263 ORDER Authorizing Contract Award for Parking Garage Repairs FARRINGTON ACTION Passed 07-264 ORDER Award of Bid—Dump Truck Cab&Chassis Units D'ERRICO ACTION Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 13.2007 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-265 ORDER Authorizing the Issuance of$770,122 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 8/20/07 at 5 p.m. 07-266 ORDER Authorizing the Issuance of$2,000,000 Aggregate Principal BLANCHE I n Amount of General Obligation Bonds,Notes in Anticipation Thereof and a Tax Levy Therefor for Combined Sewer Overflow(CSO)Projects ACTION First Reading&Referred to Finance Committee of 8/20/07 at 5 p.m. 07-267 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code—Contract Zone Change- GRATWICK 125 Fern Street and 166 Pearl Street from Urban Residence One District to Contract Multi-Family and Service District ACTION First Reading&Referred to Planning Board of Thursday, 8/23/07 at 7 p.m. 07-268 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code—Griffin Road—from PALMER Government and Institutional Service District to Shopping And Personal Service District and High Density Residential District ACTION First Reading&Referred to Planning Board of Thursday, 8/23/07 at 7 p.m. 07-269 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code— Washington and D'ERRICO Exchange Streets adjacent to the Kenduskeag Stream— From Government and Institutional Service District to Downtown Development ACTION First Reading&Referred to Planning Board of Thursday, 8/23/07 at 7 p.m. 07-270 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for,Accept and HAWES Appropriate a Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Substance Abuse for an Overdose Prevention Program ACTION First Reading&Referred to Government Operations Committee of 8/14/07 at S p.m. COUNCILOR ALLEN JOINED THE MEETING AT THIS TIME MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 13.2007 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-249 ORDINANCE Enactinga Moratorium on Development in the Waterfront STONE P rI" Area ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote:8-0 Councilors Voting Yes:Allen,Blanchette,D'Errico,Farrington, Gratwick, Greene,Hawes&Palmer Councilors Voting No:None Councilors Absent: Stone Passed 07-250 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to execute a grant agreement with D'ERRICO The Department of Health &Human Services Maine Center for Disease Control to address tobacco,substance use, chronic disease, Nutrition, and physical health through prevention strategies ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 13.2007 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 07-271 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Collective BLANCHEI7L Bargaining Agreement between the City of Bangor and The Bangor Firefighters Association,Local 772,IAFF, AFL-CIO ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 07-272 ORDER Adopting a Policy Requiring that All New Construction and GRATWICK Major Renovations of City Owned or Funded Buildings Meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) Certification ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage . Passed 07-273 ORDER Amending the Firearms Discharge Map HAWES ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed