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
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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
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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
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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
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