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Home My WebLink About2018-01-08 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8, 2018 Meeting Called to Order at 7:30 PM Chaired by Council Chair Sprague Councilors Absent:None Meeting Adjourned at 9:20 PM RECOGNITION Recognized Eastern Area Agency on Aging PROCLAMATION Proclaimed January 2018 a Time for "Bangor Reads" City Clerk,Lisa Goodwin, administered the oath of office to new Sub- Committee Members PUBLIC COMMENT Timothy McGuire of Health Equity Alliance thanked the City Council for participating in the opiate law suit. John York asked what the status of the manning study was for the Bangor Fire Department. City Manager, Catherine Conlow, responded that the Fire Chief is working with Human Resources to get an RFP done. CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR Note:Item 18-077 was moved from the Consent Agenda to New Business as it had been previously determined that Councilor Davitt has a conflict of interest with this item. MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of December 27,2017,Business and Economic Development Committee Meetings of December 19,2017 and January 2,2018, Finance Committee Meeting of December 27,2017 Action: Approved Liquor Licenses: Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt,Spirituous, GRAHAM Vinous of Blaze Bangor LLC d/b/a Blaze Restaurant, 18 Broad Street Action: Approved Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt,Spirituous, GRAHAM Vinous of China Harbor Restaurant,Inc d/b/a China Harbor Restaurant, 547 Main Street Action: Approved Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt,Spirituous, GRAHAM Vinous of Hero's Sports Grill,LLC d/b/a Hero's Sports Grill, 41 Washington Street Action: Approved Page 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8, 2018 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 18-070 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed-Real NEALLEY Estate Located at 34 Shepherd Drive Action: Passed 18-071 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed-Real WESTON Estate Located at 519 Davis Road Action: Passed 18-072 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to accept$1,105.00 in funds as GRAHAM the result of a State Criminal Forfeiture-Case Name Abreu Action: Passed 18-073 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to accept$9,394.50 in funds as SUPICA the result of a State Criminal Forfeiture-Case Name Perrone Action: Passed 18-074 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to accept$1,561.00 in funds as NICHOLS the result of a State Criminal Forfeiture-Case Name White Action: Passed 18-075 ORDER Authorizing a Cultural Commission Grant of$1,500 to the GRAHAM Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine to support their Civil Rights Mural Series Action: Passed 18-076 ORDER Authorizing a Cultural Commission Grant of$2,000 to the DA VITT Penobscot Theatre Company to Support their Production of "Ugly Lies The Bone" Action: Passed 18-078 ORDER Authorizing Grant of$750 to the Downtown Bangor PERRY Partnership Beautification Committee to Support its Downtown Wheatpaste Mural Project Action: Passed Page 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8, 2018 CONSENTAGEND �� " ITEM NO. r 18-079 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for and Accept up to DA VITT $3,000 in Grant Funds from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission for Staff and Historic Preservation Commission Members to Attend a National Conference. Action: Passed 18-080 ORDER Authorize the City Engineer to Begin the Process of NICHOLS Discontinuance of a Portion of Ridgewood Drive Right-Of-Way Action: Passed 18-081 ORDER Amending the Schedule of Fees-Parking Lot Rates GRAHAM Action: Passed REFERRALS TO C4ital1TTEr FIRST EADIN6 ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. .. COUNCILOR 18-082 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,Section 165- TREMBLE 116, by Allowing Reductions in the Number of Parking Spaces as Minor Revisions to Existing Land Development Permit Plans Action: First Reading and Referral to Business and Economic Development Committee and Planning Board Meetings of January 16, 2018 18-083 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 291, Vehicles and Traffic,Article III, Section GRAHAM 40,Schedules IV and XVI, of the Code of the City of Bangor— Two Hour Parking and Permit Parking—Main St Action: First Reading Page 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8, 2018 UNFINISH t . ¢: ‘ . a 44441 ASSIGNED TO ! xl✓ EEff�,a ' s it E ITEMNU COUNCILOR 18-063 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 260,Signs,Regarding the Size of Signs in the NEALLEY Waterfront Development District Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt, Graham,Nealley,Nichols,Perry, Supica, Tremble, Weston,Sprague Councilors Voting No:None Passed 18-064 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,Section 165- PERRY 72, by Removing the Requirement that Neighborhood Service District Parcels be Previously Established in Order to Benefit from Relaxed Parking Restrictions Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt, Graham,Nealley,Nichols,Perry, Supica, Tremble, Weston,Sprague Councilors Voting No:None Passed 18-065 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 223,Property Maintenance, of the Code of TREMBLE the City of Bangor,Regarding the City Process for Demolishing Buildings Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt, Graham,Nealley,Nichols,Perry, Supica, Tremble, Weston,Sprague Councilors Voting No:None Passed 18-066 RESOLVE Appropriating$11,160 from the Broadway Traffic Improvement WESTON Account for the Purchase of Traffic Signal Detection for the Intersection of Broadway and Falvey Street Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed 18-067 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate SUPICA $107,281 in (FTA) Federal Transit Administration 5307 Grant Funds and$7,180.42 from the Town of Hampden as the local share to Fund the Acquisition and Rehabilitation of One Bus Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed Page 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JANUARY 8, 2018 NEW BUSINESS. ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 18-077 ORDER Authorizing a Cultural Commission Grant in the amount of TREMBLE $1,500 to Bangor Celtic Crossroads Inc. to Support Marketing and Communications for the 2018 Festival Councilor Davitt left the meeting. Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed Councilor Davitt returned to the meeting. 18-084 ORDER Authorizing the Award of Contract to Camden National Bank for WESTON Banking and Related Services Councilor Sprague indicated that he had a conflict of interest as his employer was one of the bidders. Councilor Sprague left the room. Councilor Nichols chaired the meeting. Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passage Councilor Sprague returned to the meeting and resumed his position of Chairman 18-085 ORDER Referring the Matter of Councilor Cary Weston's Failure to PERRY Disclose Financial Relationship Between His Firm of Sutherland Weston and the Convention and Visitors Bureau to the Board of Ethics Action: Motion made and seconded that Councilor Weston had a conflict of interest with Order 18-085 Motion Doubted Vote:3—5 Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt, Graham,Sprague Councilors Voting No:Nealley,Nichols,Perry,Supica, Tremble Motion Failed Motion made and seconded for Passage Motion Doubted Vote: 7—2 Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt, Graham,Nichols,Perry,Supica, Tremble,Sprague Councilors Voting No:Nealley, Weston Passed Attest: ' Lisa J. Goodwi-,MMC, CityClerk Page 5