HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-09-28 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—SEPTEMBER 28,2020 VIA ZOOM
Meeting Called to Order at 7:30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Davitt
Councilors Present.Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Absent:None
Meeting adjourned at 8:07 PM
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PUBLIC COMMENT None.
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
MINUTES OF. Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of September 14,2020,Bangor School
Committee Special Meetings of August 11,2020 and August 13,2020, and Regular
Meeting of August 19, 2020, Government Operations Committee Meetings of July,20,
2020,August 17,2020,September 8,2020, and September 21,2020, Finance Committee
Meeting of September 21,2020,Airport Committee Meeting of September 8,2020, and
Business and Economic Development Committee Meeting of September 22, 2020
LIQUOR LICENSE Application for Liquor License Renewal Malt and Vinous of TREMBLE
RENEWALS. 2 Feet Brewing,INC d/b/a 2 Feet Brewing, 80 Columbia
Street
Application for Liquor License Renewal Malt,Spirituous, TREMBLE
Vinous of Bangor Hotel Management LLC d1b/a Bangor
Courtyard Marriot, 236 Sylvan Road
Application for Liquor License Renewal Malt,Spirituous, TREMBLE
Vinous of Apple New England LLC d/bla Applebee's
Neighborhood Grill&Bar, 718 Hogan Road
Application for Liquor License Renewal Malt and Vinous of TREMBLE
Kumar INC d/b/a Taste of India, 68 Main Street
20-309 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed—Real HAWES
Estate Located at 149 Warren Street
20-310 ORDER Appointing Nominees to Various Boards, Commissions and SUPICA
Committees
20-311 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Contract with BWE,LLC to SCHAEFER
Supply Lubricant& Oil Products
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CONSENTAGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
20-312 RESOLVE Ratifying the City Manager's Action in Signing an SPRAGUE
Agreement with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical
Center for the Use of the Airport Shuttle Lot for a COVID-19
Testing Site
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage of Consent Agenda
Vote: 9- 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
20-313 ORDINANCE Amending the Code of the City of Bangor, Chapter 195, SUPICA
Non-Discrimination,to Prohibit Discrimination on the
Basis of Gender Identity
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading
Vote: 9-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-314 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District TREMBLE
Map by Changing the Parcel of Land addressed at 82
Second Street,Map 35 Lot 165,from Urban Residence 2
(URD-2) to Multi-Family and Service District(M&SD)
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Planning Board Meeting of October 6,2020
Vote: 9- 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-315 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District HAWES
Map by Changing the Parcel of Land addressed at 95 Fruit
Street,Map 53 Lot 217,from Urban Residence 1 (URD-1)to
Urban Residence 2(URD-2)
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REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Planning Board Meeting of October 6,2020
Vote: 9- 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-316 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District FOURNIER
Map by Changing the Parcels of Land addressed at 424
Hancock Street,Map 55 Lots 136 and 136 A, respectively,
from Urban Residence KURD-1) to Urban Residence 2
(URD-2)
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Planning Board Meeting of October 6, 2020
Vote: 9- 0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-317 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District NICHOLS
Map by Changing the Parcel of Land at Map R33 Lot 14
from High Density Residential(HDR)to Urban Industry
District(UID)
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Planning Board Meeting of October 6, 2020
Vote: 9- 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-318 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate OKAFOR
$1,286,000 in FY 19-5339(b)Bus and Bus Facilities
Competitive for the future construction of the new transit
center
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading
Vote: 9- 0
Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
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REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
20-319 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate a SPRAGUE
$272,104.25 COVID-19 Response Grant from the Center for
Tech and Civic Life(CTCL) (First Reading and Referral to
Finance Committee Meeting of October 5,2020)
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Finance Committee Meeting of October 5, 2020
Vote: 9-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-320 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate SCHAEFER
$600,000 in Grant Funds from Maine Department of Health
and Human Services for an Overdose Response Program
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Government Operations Committee Meeting of October 5,
2020
Vote: 9- 0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
20-302 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 23,Boards, Committees and OKAFOR
Commissions, by Adding Article V,Advisory Committee on
Racial Equity,Inclusion, and Human Rights
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Motion made and seconded to Postpone to the next City
Council meeting
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes. Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed to Postpone
20-303 RESOLVE Appropriating a Grant in the Amount of$3,321,487from TREMBLE
the Federal Aviation Administration under the Airport
Improvement Plan (AIP)Program, Grant# 76 at Bangor
International Airport(BGR)
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO, COUNCILOR
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,David
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-304 RESOLVE Appropriating$41,595 in City Construction Reserve Funds HAWES
within the Capital Fund to Fund Purchase of Post Lift for
Fleet Maintenance
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-305 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate SUPICA
$2,318,586 in Grant Funds from the Maine Department of
Health and Human Services- WIC Nutrition Program.
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-306 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate SPRAGUE
$358,399 for the Supplemental Nutrition Education (SNAP
ED) Grant Program from the University of New England
for a One Year Period Beginning October 1,2020
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
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NEWBUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
20-321 ORDER Authorizing Disposition and Development Agreement of a SUPICA
Multi-Family Home Located on 16 Everett Street
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
20-322 ORDER Authorizing the Disposition of City Owned Vacant Property HAWES
Located at 59 Market Street
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
ATTEST:
Lia . Good in, C, City Clerk
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