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Home My WebLink About2008-03-24 City Council Minutes I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 24,2008 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Called to Order at 7:30 p.m. Chaired by Council Chair Hawes Councilors Present: All Except Greene Adjourned at 9:05p.m. Council Chair Hawes distributed Troop Greeters'Commemorative Coins to the Councilors, City Manager Barrett and Assistant City Manager Farrar PUBLIC COMMENTS: Dennis Marble invited the City Councilors to participate in The annual Hike for the Homeless. Town Councilor Andre Cushing of Hampden,Mayor DeBeck and Councilor Celli of Brewer challenged the Councilors to a friendly competition to see which community could have more walkers participate. Council Chair Hawes accepted the challenge and urged city employees and their friends and families to join in. MINUTES OF: Bangor School Committee Regular Meeting of February 27, 2008,Regular Meeting of the Bangor City Council of March 10, 2008, &Finance Committee Meeting of March 3, 2008. ACTION Approved I 08-119 RESOLVE Ratifying the Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed to PALMER Robert L.MacDonald—9 Heather Road ACTION Passed 08-120 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municzpal Quitclaim Deed—Real FARRINGTON Estate Located at 29 Dillingham Street ACTION Passed 111 08-121 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Accept$512.50 in U.S. D'ERRICO Currency, or a Portion Thereof as a result of a State Criminal Forfeiture I ACTION Passed 08-122 ORDER Granting Utility Location Permit to Bangor Hydro Electric GRATWICK I Company for Underground Cable&Manhole—Main Street ACTION Passed 08-123 ORDER Authorizing Support of the Camp Bangor Program in an STONE Amount not to exceed$570 ACTION Passed 08-124 ORDER Appointing Harbor Master BLANCHE I IE 1 ACTION Passed 08-125 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement and WHEELER I Consent of Landlord—Dorks R Us—240 Odlin Road ACTION Passed I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 24,2008 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 08-126 ORDINANCE Amending Land Development Code—Zone Change—24 Larkin GRATWICK Street from General Commercial and Service District to Neighborhood Service District ACTION First Reading&Referred to Planning Board Meeting of 4/1/08 I08-127 RESOLVE Appropriating Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the PALMER Amount of$450,000 ACTION First Reading 08-128 RESOLVE Appropriating$200,000 from the General Fund's Undesignated STONE Fund Balance ACTION First Reading I I I I I I I I I I II I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 24,2008 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 08-080 ORDER Adopting Amendment to the Designated and Undesignated Fund FARRINGTON I Balance Policy—Eliminating the MSRS Reserve and Establishing a Benefit Reserve ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 08-104 ORDINANCE Amending the Code of the City of Bangor, Chapter 165, GRATWICK Land Development Code, by Enacting§165-80.1, Cellular Telecommunications Towers and Equipment, and Amending §165-59,Exemptions, §165-60, Conditional Uses, §165-95, 111 Airport Development District(ADD), §165-96, Urban Industry District(UID), §165-97, Government and Institutional Service District(G&ISD),§165-102, General Commercial and Service District(GC&S), §165-103, Industry and Service District(I&S), §165-105, and Rural Residence and Agricultural District(RR&A), to Change Requirements Pertaining to the Siting of Towers ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Residents Steve Daniels,Barb Weiss, Tessa Weiss urged council support. Vote: 8-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette,D'Errico,Farrington, Gratwick, Hawes, Palmer, Stone and Wheeler Councilors Voting No: None Councilors Absent: Greene Passed Amendingtheof Bangor, Chapter 165,Land PALMER 08 105 ORDINANCE Code of the City g p Development Code, §165-105,Rural Residence and Agricultural District(RR&A), as Enacted by the City Council On February 25, 2008 ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Motion Made and Seconded to Amend by Substitution Passed Residents Jim Davitt and Brad Swett urged support. Motion Made and Seconded for Passage As Amended Motion Doubted Vote: 6-2 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette,D'Errico, Gratwick, 111 Hawes,Palmer and Stone Councilors Voting No: ,Farrington and Wheeler Councilors Absent: Greene Passed 08-115 ORDINANCE Amending the Code of the City of Bangor, Chapter 165,Land GRATWICK Development Code,Section 165-13,Definitions ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 8-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette,D'Errico,Farrington, Gratwick, Hawes,Palmer, Stone and Wheeler Councilors Voting No: None Councilors Absent: Greene Passed MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 24,2008 UNFINISHED BUSINESS continued ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR I 08-116 RESOLVE Authorizing Application for and Acceptance of a Grant from BLANCHETTE the Maine Department of Health of Human Services, Center For Disease Control and Prevention,for the Maine Women's and Children's Preventive Health Services Program (Public Health Nursing) ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 08-117 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating Grant Funds from the U.S. PALMER Department of Housing and Urban Development—HMIS System ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed I I I I I I I I 1 * I I I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 24,2008 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 08-129 ORDER Accepting Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant—Aerial STONE Equipment Replacement ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed I 08-130 ORDER Waiving Bid Requirements for Purchase of Aerial Unit for FARRINGTON Fire Department ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 08-131 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Amendments to the D'ERRICO Development Agreement and Lease with Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems and Affiliated Healthcare Management ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Miles Theeman commended the City Council on its'hard work. Passed I 08-132 ORDER Appointing Members and Directors to the Board of the Bangor WHEELER Airport Civic Development Corporation ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Passed 1 At the end of the meeting, City Engineer Ring announced that there was a public hearing scheduled on March 25, 2008 regarding the replacement of the Hammond Street bridge. I I I I I I