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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-09 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 9, 2020 Meeting Called to Order at 7:30 PM Chaired by Council Chair Davitt Councilors Absent.Nichols Meeting Adjourned at 9:00 PM PROCLAMATION Proclaimed March 18, 2020 as Transit Driver Appreciation Day PUBLIC COMMENT Patty Hamilton and Chief Higgins gave an update on Covid- 19 and what the city is doing to prepare. John Theriault gave an update on the Ohio Street bridge repair. Shannon Denbow expressed her concerns with the homelessness in Bangor. CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR *Explanatory Note:All items listed in the Consent Agenda are considered routine and are proposed for adoption by the City Council by one motion without discussion or deliberation. If discussion on any item is desired any member of the Council or public may merely request removal of the item to its normal sequence in the regular agenda prior to a motion for passage of the Consent Agenda. MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of February 24,2020,Bangor School Committee Regular Meeting of February 12,2020, Finance Committee Meetings of March 2,2020 and March 3, 2020, Government Operations Committee Meeting of March 2,2020, and Business and Economic Development Committee Meeting of March 3,2020 Action: Accepted and Approved 20-088 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed—Real HAWES Estate Located at 331 Broadway Action: Passed 20-089 ORDER Accepting the City of Bangor's Comprehensive Annual HAWES Financial Report for the Year Ended June 30,2019 Action: Passed 20-090 ORDER Authorizing Option and Development Agreement with Timka, FOURNIER Inc., and Rescinding Council Order 20-076 Action: Passed Page I MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 9, 2020 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 20-091 ORDER Authorizing a Grant Application to the Maine Historic SCHAEFER Preservation Commission Certified Local Government Grant Program in the Amount of$48,000 to Update Historic Building Survey Action: Passed 20-092 ORDER Appointing Local Health Officers in Accordance with Maine SUPICA Center for Disease Control and Prevention Requirements Action: Passed 20-093 ORDER Authorizing execution of a contract with American Ramp SPRAGUE Company to Design and Construct a New Skate Park in Hayford Park in an Amount not to Exceed$125,000 Action: Passed 20-094 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for$7,500 in Project NICHOLS Canopy Grant Funds from the Department of Agriculture and Conservation and the Maine Forest Service. Action: Passed 20-095 RESOLVE Acknowledging Receipt of the Official Results and the OKAFOR Declaration Results of the March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary and Special Referendum Election Action: Passed Page 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 9, 2020 REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 20-096 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 266,Polystyrene,Section 165-72, by TREMBLE Removing Exemptions for Hospitals and Meals on Wheels Programs Action: First Reading 20-097 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,Section FOURNIER 165-15 Extension or Increase in Intensity, to Remove a Restriction on the Development of Nonconforming Lots Action: First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting of March 17, 2020 20-098 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,Section 165 NICHOLS by Defining,Regulating and Allowing for a New Use Called Solar Array Action: First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting of March 17,2020 20-099 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District SCHAEFFER Map by Changing the Parcel of Land at Map 41 Lot 128 from Urban Residential Development—2(URD-2)to Government and Institutional Service District Contract Zone(G&ISD- contract) Action: First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting of March 17, 2020 20-100 RESOL VE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate SUPICA $42,596 in Grant Funds from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services for Community Health Nursing Maternal and Child Health Nursing Services Action: First Reading 20-101 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate SPRAGUE $6,700 in Innovation Funding from MaineIlealth for the Let's Go Healthy Eating and Active Living Program Action: First Reading Page 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 9, 2020 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 19-363 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,to Allow NICHOLS Tenting and Camping Areas to be Located on Stillwater Avenue in the Rural Residence and Agricultural Zone Action: Motion made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 7—1 Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes, Okafor,Schaefer, Sprague, Tremble,Davitt Councilors Voting No:Supica Passed 20-078 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to have a Structure at 2220 HAWES Ohio Street Demolished and the Property Liened. Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Motion made and seconded to Postpone to the first City Council meeting in July. Passed to Postpone NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 20-102 RESOL VE Raging Finance Director's Actions to Sign a Contract with OKAFOR Dysart Is for Diesel Fuel for Fiscal Year 2021 Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed ATTEST: Lis J Goodw n, C, City Clerk Page 4