HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-05-10 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MAY 10, 2021 VIA ZOOM
Meeting Called to Order at 7:30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Tremble
Councilors Present.Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Hawes,
Nichols, Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Absent: None
Meeting Adjourned at 7.56 PM
Note: Councilor Hawes lost connection after the roll call
and was unable to reconnect for the remainder of the
meeting.
PROCLAMATION Proclaimed May as Mental Health Awareness Month
PUBLIC COMMENT None.
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. 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 April 26,2021,Bangor School Committee
Meetings of April 12,2021,April 13, 2021 and April 14,2021, Government Operations
Committee Meeting of April 21,2021,Infrastructure Committee Meetings of February
16,2021 and March 16,2021, and Finance Committee Meeting of May 3,2021
LIQUOR LICENSE Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine and HAWES
RENEWALS. Spirits of Las Palapas Mexican Restaurant LLC d1b/a Las
Palapas Mexican Restaurant, 8 Bangor Mall Boulevard
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine and HAWES
Spirits of GMRI,Inc. d/b/a The Olive Garden Italian
Restaurant#1430, 741 Hogan Road
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine and HAWES
Spirits of Pepper Dining Inc. d/b/a Chili's Grill&Bar, 638
Stillwater Avenue
21-170 ORDER Authorizing Amendment of a Development Agreement with DUBAY
Cressey,Butler& Cohen,LLC,for Property at 29 Franklin
Street
21-171 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Second Amendment to the Lease SPRAGUE
Agreement with Nate Holyoke Builders,Inc.
21-172 ORDER Authorizing the City to Apply for and Accept a 319 Grant NICHOLS
Application to the Maine Department of Environmental
Protection for Fluvial Geomorphic Improvements on Arctic
Brook above Grandview Avenue
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CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
21-173 ORDER Appointing the City Manager as Responsible Federal Official FOURNIER
21-174 ORDER Assuring and Certifying the City's Compliance with Certain DUBAY
Requirements for Community Development Block Grant
Funds
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage of Consent Agenda
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
21-175 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District FOURNIER
Map Amendment rezoning the property addressed at 21 East
Street from Urban Residence 1 to Urban Residence 2
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Planning Board Meeting of May 18,2021
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davin,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-176 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District DUBAY
Map Amendment, Contract Zone Modification in the
Downtown Development District for property addressed at
183 Harlow Street
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Planning Board Meeting of May 18,2021
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-177 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District SPRAGUE
Map Amendment rezoning the property addressed at 1012
Broadway from Low Density Residential(LDR) to General
Commercial and Service(GC&S)
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REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Planning Board Meeting of May 18,2021
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:David,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-178 RESOLVE Appropriating Funds in the Amount of$1,085,900 from DAVITT
Airport Reserves to Purchase and Install a Replacement
Passenger Boarding Bridge
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading
Vote: 8- 0
Councilors Voting Yes.Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-179 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating$69,000 of Grant Amendment NICHOLS
Funds for the Overdose Prevention and Naloxone
Distribution Program
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral
to Government Operations Committee Meeting of May 17,
2021
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
21-168 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code, by OKAFOR
adjusting locations for some allowed uses to the
Shopping&Personal Service District(S&PS)
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8- 0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
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NEWBUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
21-180 ORDER Authorizing Waiving the RFP Process to Purchase a HAWES
Replacement Passenger Boarding Bridge from HERO
Bridgeworks,Inc.for$730,900.
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8- 0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-181 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Contract with Eurovia Atlantic DAVITT
dba Northeast Paving in the Amount of$1,344,314 for the
Taxiway A and M Repairs
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-182 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Contract with Eurovia Atlantic SPRAGUE
dba Northeast Paving in the Amount of$631,988 for Runway
15133 Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR)Relief and Repairs
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8- 0
Councilors Voting Yes.Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-183 ORDER Authorizing the City to Execute and File the FY21 Annual FOURNIER
Housing and Community Development Plan with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development for
Community Development Entitlement Funds under the Title I
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
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NEWBUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
21-184 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager To Execute a Settlement DUBAY
Agreement in the United States District Court Case of Merrill,
et. al v. Bellows,et. al, Case No. 1:20-cv-00248-JAW("the
Case")
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8- 0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-185 RESOLVE Supporting Efforts for Recycling Reform in Maine NICHOLS
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes:Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
21-186 RESOLVE Raging the City Is Action to Submit a Grant Application SCHAEFER
through Member Designated Transportation&Infrastructure
Projects in the Amount of$327,600 in Support of the New
Transit Center Hub in Pickering Square
Councilor Davitt disclosed that she worked for Congressman
Golden in case the Council felt there was a conflict of interest.
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8-0
Councilors Voting Yes.Davitt,Dubay, Fournier,Nichols,
Okafor,Schaefer,Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
ATTEST.•
Lisa J. Good an,MMC, City Clerk
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