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21-229
JUNE 14, 2021
Bangor Center Development District
Municipal Development Program and Financial Plan
Fiscal Year 2022
Downtown Bangor Partnership
Executive Summary
The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive yet succinct look at the programs and
projects the Downtown Bangor Partnership (DBP) undertook in FY2021 and to outline the plans and
proposed budget for FY2022 so that the City Council may consider the DBP's contributions and essential
functions in the Downtown District and look favorably on continuing its support.
The Downtown Bangor Partnership continues to focus on its mission to promote and market activities that
enhance the distinctive identity of Downtown Bangor, encouraging retention and growth of commercial,
residential, and cultural life within the downtown district.
We continue to focus our efforts on marketing to those outside of Downtown Bangor, connectivity
between stakeholders within Downtown Bangor, promotion and creation of events happening in
Downtown Bangor, adding amenities to enhance the look and feel of Downtown Bangor, and gathering
consensus on and advocating for issues that affect Downtown Bangor stakeholders.
We commend the City Council's continuing initiatives to promote Downtown's economic vitality and cultural
excellence, and we hope you agree that the Downtown Bangor Partnership has made a positive
contribution to Downtown development over the past year. We are pleased to be involved with the
transformation of Downtown Bangor to a more vibrant and engaged economic center and we are focused
on maintaining this momentum.
FY2021 Review (July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021)
The fiscal year 2020-2021 presented unprecedented challenges because of the prolonged COVID-19
pandemic. Carefully laid plans were exchanged for creative responses to the rapidly changing needs of
Downtown stakeholders.
DBP COVID-19 RESPONSE
Providing support to Downtown businesses was our first priority during the spring and summer of 2020.
Actions included:
1. Communicating support resources to stakeholders
2. Creating a webpage dedicated to showing how consumers could shop/dine/support stakeholders,
updated daily, with links and information to each business
3. Multi -pronged marketing campaign to drive local traffic to the resource page
4. Working with the City to establish 15 minute parking spots to facilitate easy order pickup
When businesses began to reopen, we shifted focus to help attract visitors and shoppers to safely return
downtown. Actions included:
1. Creating a consumer campaign that emphasized safe shopping and dining with the creation of a
video welcoming people back into downtown
2. Distributing masks and Mask Up for Me signage and sidewalk stickers to businesses
3. Providing self watering planters to enhance street closures and parklets
4. Remaining in constant communication with stakeholders about their experience and how we
could best serve their needs, including conducting detailed surveys that were shared with the
Business and Economic Development Committee.
STATE OF DOWNTOWN
Despite everyone's best efforts, this was still a year that challenged businesses of every kind. We are
relieved to report that though Downtown Bangor did lose individual business, each was replaced by a
new business and Downtown Bangor has faced no net loss in service oriented (retail/restaurant/salon)
businesses this year.
We saw new investment and development in Downtown from outside investors and the overall valuation
of Downtown grew from $151,700,000 to $157,000,000, a 4.6% growth. Engaged property owners,
improving properties Downtown, bodes well for the recovery process.
Downtown continued to see extensive growth in the residential market bolstering estimated residential to
nearly 1,000 residents in under one square mile. The continued expansion of residential development
downtown opens a host of new opportunities as well as exposes new pressure points to be considered.
The Downtown commercial office space market continued to improve with upgrades to several office
buildings and relatively low vacancy rates given the pandemic. Our current estimated daytime population
is 5,867.
New spaces and new tenants come with high expectations of services and amenities, and the surge in
the unsheltered homeless population has impacted the experience of employees, residents and visitors to
downtown. The Downtown Bangor Partnership has advocated for and will continue to advocate for both a
seat at the table in discussing how to improve cohabitation in Bangor's most densely populated, high
traffic, visible neighborhood.
EVENTS
Last year the Events Committee had a tough roll to fill given that gathering for events was not safe. Still,
the committee created timely promotions and activities that could be executed safely while attracting
visitors downtown. Events included:
• An outdoor curbside art crawl
• Festival of Lights collaboration with The Rotary Club, Fusion and City of Bangor to enhance
holiday lighting displays Downtown
• Outdoor scavenger hunt for Valentine's Day, a 2-week long event that included a shopping and
experience guide to promote stakeholder events and offers.
BEAUTIFICATION
The pride of the Downtown Bangor community continued to be exemplified by the DBP's Beautification
committee and its volunteer -fueled base. During the pandemic, the committee has gone into overdrive to
make Bangor's outdoor spaces feel more inspiring than ever in order to attract visitors and enhance the
efforts of local businesses to draw patrons back downtown. Their efforts this year focused on three areas:
Gardens
a. 150 garden plots were adopted and planted by volunteers, organized by the
Beautification committee
b. 35 flower boxes along the Kenduskeag Stream were planted
c. 22 existing large flower planters were planted
d. 16 self -watering planters were purchased and used to help enliven newly created
restaurant parklets
Lighting
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3. Art
a. Cafe lighting installation in Norumbega Parkway was upgraded to be made permanent
and to allow us to change the colors for special events throughout the year.
b. At the end of fall, all 100+ lights that are wrapped around the lamp posts for the holidays
were replaced with commercial grade, warm led lights and hung by DBP volunteers.
c. The 16 new planters, which contain evergreen shrubs, were re -positioned along State
Street and wrapped in solar lighting to provide year-round color and draw people from the
center of Downtown to the newly renovated Exchange Street.
a. Painted 20 highly visible cement barriers with pride flags to communicate welcoming
message and inclusivity in Downtown Bangor in late Summer 2020
b. Painted 3 wooden benches in Norumbega Parkway that were severely deteriorated in
Spring 2021
c. Collaborated with Launchpad to bring back wheatpaste murals by local artists to
downtown
MARKETING
The Marketing Committee focused efforts on advertising the shopping and dining experiences in
Downtown, creating and placing videos that highlighted modes of engagement, enhanced outdoor
seating, masked shoppers, takeout, delivery and other safety protocols. Ad buys promoting Downtown
were placed across print, digital, TV, and radio, with extensive efforts also placed on creating and
promoting unique social media content. As a baseline, the DBP Facebook page has over 15,000
followers, and the Instagram page has over 2,500 followers.
Two highlights in this area are worth mentioning:
1. Holiday Shopping Video Series:
a. Through a partnership with Buoy Local, 8 holiday shopping videos were released on
Facebook, emphasizing safety and unique opportunities in Downtown.
i. Results: Over 38,000 views and mention from the National Downtown
Association!
2. Destination Downtown Bangor Talk Show:
a. To highlight the interplay of different business sectors and factors that make Downtown
Bangor an exciting place to live, work, and visit, the DBP launched its own Facebook Live
Talk show during the pandemic, hosted by Summer Allen and Eric Mihan.
i. Results: Over 23 episodes released, average 1,000 views per video!
In addition, the Marketing Committee has continued extensive updates to its website,
Downtown Bangor.com. The committee uses Google Analytics to identify how customers are reaching our
page, where they are going and how they are engaging. Notable metrics from our annual summary for
2020 revealed that 52% of visitors engage with our site on mobile devices, 81 % of visitors are new to the
site and after our homepage, the Downtown Directory is the most visited page. The Marketing Committee
also hired a photographer to gather updated images of people shopping and dining Downtown to
enhance those pages as they are the 3rd and 4th most visited pages.
Because the residential and commercial markets are integral to the growth of Downtown Bangor, the
Marketing Committee enhanced the pages of both the "Live" and "Work" Downtown pages with updated
images of spaces at a variety of price points and launched a social media campaign to drive traffic to new
content.
ORGANIZATION
Fiscal year 2021 saw the Downtown Bangor Partnership return to hosting its staff independently outside
of City Hall. This allows both organizations the opportunity to more clearly delineate their identities while
maintaining a strong partnership that helps Downtown Bangor and The City of Bangor grow. As part of
this transition, Betsy Lundy was hired as the organization's Executive Director in April 2021, after 3 years
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serving as the Downtown Coordinator for the City of Bangor. DBP offices are now located on Main Street
in the COE building.
In addition to navigating this structural change and the challenges of COVID-19, key issues for the board
of directors and the organization during the last fiscal year have included:
• Evaluating and proposing the option of a Street Plus team to help with downtown's unsheltered
population and resulting challenges to safety and cleanliness
• Collecting data from downtown stakeholders and visitors on issues such as Broad Street closure
and COVID-19 response, DBP programming priorities, and downtown infrastructure priorities to
aid in goal setting
• Establishing attractive sponsorship opportunities to help the organization grow and expand its
impact
Lastly, the DBP welcomed a new Downtown walking patrol officer, Officer Violet, in the fall. The DBP
continues to underwrite a portion of the position as stakeholders welcome the added presence in
Downtown. This summer Officer Violet returns to a 5 day/week schedule.
FY2022 Work Plan Overview (July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022)
While this past year has been focused on survival, the DBP looks to the new fiscal year as a time for
recovery and growth.
MARKETING
In FY2022 the Marketing Committee plans to expand on last year's stakeholder surveying which revealed
that 49% of respondents would like to see more retail downtown. New surveying will be conducted to
focus on more specific data that can be used to further evaluate and hone our activities and attract new
businesses downtown. The committee will work with local organizations to create a "Shark Tank" like
competition to provide funding and resources to new retail businesses.
The Marketing committee also seeks to update the content of the website making it easier for prospective
businesses, tenants, and investors to find information about the benefits of being Downtown. DBP will use
its annual analytics summary to target areas of the website that need further cultivation, namely making
the website more mobile friendly as 52% of our website visitors engage with the website on mobile
devices. Most importantly we need to update the directory to be searchable by category on mobile
devices as it has become the primary engagement point for website traffic. We also plan to integrate the
directory into the shopping, dining and arts and culture pages of the website so visitors can more readily
access the specific information they seek.
Marketing efforts through traditional and digital ad buys will continue to focus on drawing from a 30 mile
radius with a specific focus on strengthening ties with local colleges and universities. As with all of
Marketing's efforts, this will endorse Downtown Bangor as a viable and attractive work space, live space,
and play space to future investors and stakeholders.
Please Note: In addition to the marketing dollars allocated in the full FY22 organizational budget below,
the DBP has attached an addendum proposing a special one-time grant of additional marketing funds to
further enhance the above described efforts and address pandemic -specific marketing needs.
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The Networking & Outreach committee will continue outreach efforts to underserved stakeholders in the
service sector, property owners, and tenants, creating ties that will help the DBP better understand and
meet their needs. The DBP will make the property owner lunch and listening session an annual event to
ensure we meet and advocate for this sector.
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Networking & Outreach will continue with its popular Quarterly Retail meetings, creating more B2B
opportunities within those meetings to help business owners connect and continue to support each other.
Networking & Outreach will also continue to hold meetings and public forums to engage stakeholders
including an annual social and town hall event to promote both formal and informal channels of
networking and communication. We have seen a tremendous change in the perception of Downtown over
the years, as well as the synergy between stakeholders. Ensuring feedback from those stakeholders, and
providing platforms in which feedback can be delivered and heard, will be essential to our retention of
residents, workers, and property owners, as well as our forward momentum.
EVENTS
The Events Committee will bring back the Sidewalk Arts Festival for a second year, positioning it in
October when public health is projected to be even more stable and bringing it into alignment with
ARTober, the City's month -long celebration of arts and culture and enhancing Downtown's image as a
cultural center for Central Maine. Events Committee will roll out new retail focused events during the
holiday season to maximize the success of Downtown retailers and restaurateurs in their busiest season.
The Events Committee will continue to seek out and support the many events already happening within
the District, whether it is bringing additional entertainment and attraction to the Bangor Farmers Market,
or assisting in promotion of high density "umbrella" opportunities like Valentine's Day, Halloween and
Mother's Day.
BEAUTIFICATION
The Beautification Committee will focus its energy on gardens, lighting, and art. New permanent murals
on buildings and Versant owned utility boxes are planned for the summer of 2021, which will likely
become recognizable and beautiful landmarks. The committee seeks to create mural crosswalks, as has
been done in other Maine downtowns, to calm traffic, make pedestrian infrastructure more visible, and
create beautiful public art in everyday public spaces.
Existing seasonal and year-round planters and flower boxes will continue to bring colorful blossoms to
Downtown. Adopt -A -Garden, which now has over 155 gardens throughout downtown, will continue to
grow as new potential garden spaces are created or identified. Hundreds of new perennials and spring
bulbs will be planted to make each year's growing season more beautiful than the last.
Lighting during the holidays will continue to brighten the darkest part of the year and the Norumbega
Parkway lights will mark special holidays and occasions such as Pride Month and St. Patrick's Day to
ensure Downtown is a community center for shopping, gathering, and celebration.
ORGANIZATION
In addition to ongoing internal priorities such as increasing organizational capacity and monitoring and
advocating on issues that affect stakeholders, a focus of the board in the following year will be to oversee
a new strategic planning process.
This process is anticipated to kick-off in fall 2021 with 2 public forums to collect community feedback,
coupled with an online survey on the future of downtown. From there, the board will dedicate a portion of
each board meeting to strategic planning for four months. Key tenet of this process will be transparency
and inclusivity.
Proposed Budget FY2022
FY 2022
FY Levy FY Sponsor TOTAL
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Tax Levy $80,070 $80,070
Sponsorships $19,500 $19,500
Total Revenue $80,070 $19,500 $99,570
Marketing
$29,566
$3,000
$32,566
Beautification
$4,124
$9,000
$13,124
Events
$4,124
$3,000
$7,124
Networking & Outreach
$4,124
$2,500
$6,624
Public Safety
$10,000
$0
$10,000
General & Admin
$28,132
$2,000
$30,132
Total Expenses
Net Income
$80,070 $19,500 $99,570
$0 $0 $0
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Legal Notices
CITY OF BANGOR 21-229 & 21-230
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 14, 2021
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Bangor City Council, Municipal Officers ofthe Cityof Bangor, will hold a public hearing, in accordance with 30-A
M.R.S.A. Section 5224 and Section 5228, forpurposes of receiving public comment on a proposed program, budget and implementation assessments
to be assessed against properties for the Municipal Development District located in the downtown area, known as the Bangor Center Development
District:
A. Date of Hearing: June 14, 2021
Time of Hearing: 7:30 PM
Place of Hearing: City Council Chambers, Bangor City Hall
Bangor, Maine 04401
Participation: Public participation in the hearing is expected to be through remote means that will include Zoom, the government
channel, the City's Facebook page, and the City's website. Anyone who wants to offer public comment is encouraged to attend the meeting
through Zoom. Information on the Zoom meeting can be found by going to the calendar feature of City's website at
-banaormaine.aov/calendar and then clicking on the meeting that you wish to attend. Alinkto the Zoom meeting will be present on or
before the day of the meeting. If there are any issues or if you want to email comment prior to the hearing, please reach out to
comm.dev(olbanaormaine.aov or call Community & Economic Development at (207) 992-4280. You may also mail comment, through U.S.
Mail, to Community & Economic Development, 73 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401, but, to allow for processing, such mailed comment
should be received by the City at least two days in advance ofthe meeting. More information on remote meetings, including links to the
live -stream features ofthe City's website and Facebook page, can be found at-bangormaine.gov/video.
B. Legal Description of Bangor Center Development District: Beginning at a point on the northerly bank ofthe Penobscot River
at the southwesterly corner of land now or formerly owned by Coal Energy of Maine, Inc. as described in a Deed recorded in Penobscot Registry of
Deeds in Volume 3058, Page 249, said property being located southwesterly from the intersection of Railroad Street and Front Street; thence N
54°09'59" W, by and along the southwesterly line of said Coal Energy property, ninety-one (91) feet, more or less, to a point on the high water mark of
the Penobscot River; thence S 41 50' 54" W a distance of 116.44' along said high water mark to a point, thence N 45 23' 00" W a distance of 25.58' still
along same to a point, thence S 4523'05" W a distance of 126.35' still along same to a point, thence S 3920'40" W a distance of 92.55' still along same
to a point, thence S 4816'47" W a distance of 96.12' still along same to a point, thence S 425645" W a distance of 108.57' still along same to a point,
thence S 3642'31" W a distance of 93.65' still along same to a point, thence S 2241'31" W a distance of 90.71' still along same to a point, thence S
211 TOY W a distance of 103.76' still along same to a point, thence S 1528'44" W a distance of 98.25' still along same to a point, thence S 0616'26" W
a distance of 99.42' still along same to a point, thence S 1958'37" W a distance of 110.80' still along same to a point, thence S 2915'42" W a distance
of 100.04' still along same to a point, thence S 2427'47" W a distance of 105.08' still along same to a point, thence S 1526'33" W a distance of 94.60'
still along same to a point, thence S 120712" W a distance of 91.13' still along same to a point, thence S 1015'34" W a distance of 196.56' still along
same to a point, thence S 0924'26" W a distance of 298.19' still along same to a point, thence S 0333'16" W a distance of 113.49' still along same to a
point, thence S 2140'54" E a distance of 133.73' still along same to an iron pin on the northerly sideline of Barrett Paving Materials, Inc., thence N
8400'25" W a distance of 99.00' along said lands of Barrett Paving Materials, Inc. to a point, thence N 4354'25" W a distance of 28.58' still along same
to a point, thence S 03°34'35" W a distance of 612.67' still along same to a point, thence S 7350'25" E a distance of 62.64' still along same to an iron
pin on the high water mark of said Penobscot River; thence S 2219'46' W a distance of357.79' along said high water mark to a point, thence S 1740'56"
W a distance of 382.50' still along same to a point on curve on the northerly sideline of Interstate Route 395, thence by and along the right of way of
Interstate Route 395 along a curve to the right having a radius of 2764.79' a distance of 135.10' , the same having a chord bearing and distance of N
68 45' 59" W and 135.09', along said easterly sideline to a point on curve on the southerly sideline of lands remaining to the Maine Central Railroad
Company, its successors, heirs and assigns, thence by and along the same curve to the right 50.01' to the north side of Maine Central Railroad
Company; thence along a curve to the right having a radius of 2764.79' a distance of87.99', the same having a chord bearing and distance ofN 65 25'
O6" W and 87.98', along said northerly sideline to a point on tangent on the northeasterly sideline ofthe Main Street exit ramp from said Interstate Rte.
395 northbound, thence N 3253'27" W a distance of 66.00' along said exit ramp to a point, thence N 57'22'14" W a distance of 144.00' still along same
to and along the face of a concrete wall to a point, thence N 1909'20" W a distance of 111.89' still along said exit ramp to a point, thence N 0050'40" E
a distance of 76.65' still along same to a point, thence N 2050'40" E a distance of 105.29' still along same to a point, thence N 405040" E a distance
of 78.88' still along same to a point on curve, thence along a curve to the left having a radius of 300.00' a distance of 28.00', the same having a chord
bearing and distance ofN 061217" E and 27.99', still along same to an iron pin and point on tangent on the southerly sideline of lands now or formerly
of Lafayette Bangor, Inc. as conveyed to it by deed of Conjon, Inc. dated December 1, 1995 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds,
Book 6003, Page 001, thence N 651011" E a distance of 280.40' along said southerly sideline to an iron pin, thence N 3323'11" E a distance of 319.59'
still along said southerly sideline and continuing along the easterly terminus of Dutton Street and continuing still along the easterly sideline of lands now
or formerly of Erin, Inc. as conveyed to it by deed of Stanley E. Macmillan dated March 2, 1989 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of
Deeds, Book 4402, Page 079 to a point, thence N 0745'40" E a distance of 294.10'still along said southerly sideline of Erin, Inc. and continuing along
the easterly terminus of Emerson Street and continuing still along the easterly sideline of lands now orformerly of Bangor Metals, Inc. as conveyed to
it by deed of Isadore E. Dresner dated March 30, 1979 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 2963, Page 127, to a point,
thence N 3302'40" E a distance of 39.32' still along said easterly sideline of Bangor Metals, Inc. to a point, thence N 0703'38" E a distance of 30.20'
still along same to a point on the southerly sideline of Buck Street, ifextended, thence N 56°57'20" W a distance of 23.06' along said southerly sideline,
if extended, to a point on the easterly terminus of Buck Street, thence N 0140'49" E a distance of 70.10' along said easterly terminus to a point on the
northerly sideline of Buck Street, thence N 5657'20" W a distance of 14.90' along said northerly sideline to a point on the easterly sideline oflands now
or formerly of Erin, Inc. as conveyed to it by deed of Dorothy H. Titus dated March 7, 1990 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds,
Book 4621, Page 032, thence N 3302'40" E a distance of 24.44' along said easterly sideline to a point, thence N 0140'49" E a distance of 368.11' still
along same and continuing along the easterly sideline of lands now orformerly of L & C Corporation as conveyed to it by deed ofthe Newport Company
dated November 8, 1985 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, book 3746, Page 129 and continuing still along the easterly
terminus of Lincoln Street and continuing still along the easterly sideline of lands now or formerly of Neal N. Carter as conveyed to him by deed of
Leanne Davis Mohammed dated January 15, 1987 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 3963, Page 56, to a point, thence
N 5646'29'. W a distance of 156.94' along the rear lot line of said Leanne Davis Mohammed and continuing along the rear lot line of lands now or
formerly of Bangor Twenty -Four Club as conveyed to it by deed of United Pentecostal Church dated January 13, 1978 and recorded at the Penobscot
County Registry of Deeds, Book 2828, Page 117 to a point on the rear lot line of lands now or formerly of Texaco, Inc. as conveyed to it by deed of
Statewide Stations, Inc. dated November 20, 1981 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 3283, Page 63, thence N 2034'00"
E a distance of221.04' along said rear lot line of Texaco, Inc. and continuing along lands now orformerly of Eugene L. Richardson as conveyed to him
by deed of New England Equipment Rental, Inc. dated December 24, 1987 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 4161, Page
030 to a point, thence N 5758'00" W a distance of45.50' still along lands of said Eugene L. Richardson to a point on the rear lot line of lands now or
formerly of Dewey B. Gosselin and Lorraine M. Gosselin as conveyed to them by deed of Robert E. Con dated April 24, 1987 and recorded at the
Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 4007, Page 114, thence N 2034'00" E a distance of 123.00' along said rear lot line of Dewey B. Gosselin
and Loraine M. Gosselin and continuing along the rear lot line of lands now or formerly of Dewey B. Gosselin II and Lorraine M. Gosselin as conveyed
to them by deed of James W. Vardamis and Judith L. Vardamis dated 1988 and recorded at the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 4260, Page
166 to a point, thence N 5758'00" W a distance of44.38' still along lands of said Dewey B. Gosselin II and Loraine M. Gosselin to a point, thence N
2034'01" E a distance of 101.16' still along same to a point, thence N 6926'00" W a distance of 55.00' still along same to a point on the aforesaid
easterly sideline of Main Street, thence N 2034'00" E a distance of 1482.06' along said easterly sideline of Main Street to the southerly line of Railroad
Street; thence N 20°34'00" E, by and along said Main Street to the center line of Cedar Street; thence in a northwesterly direction along the centerline
of Cedar Street to the centerline of First Street; thence in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of First Street to the northwesterly prolongation
of the northeasterly line of Davenport Park; thence southeast along said northeasterly line of Davenport Park to the westerly comer of land now or
formerly owned by the Maine Savings Bank as described in Deeds recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 1722, Page 54 and in Volume
2839, Page 93; thence in a northeasterly direction along the northwesterly line of said Maine Savings Bank property to the southwesterly line of land
now or formerly owned by the Unitarian Church of Bangor as described in a Deed recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 223, Page 121;
thence in a northwesterly direction along the southwesterly line of said Unitarian Church property extended to the centerline of First Street; thence in
a northeasterly direction along the centerline of First Street to the centerline of Union Street; thence in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of
Union Street to the centerline of Columbia Street; thence in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Columbia Street to the centerline of Middle
Street; thence in a northwesterly direction along the centerline of Middle Street to the centerline of High Street; thence in a northeasterly direction along
the centerline of High Street to the intersection with the centerline of North High Street; thence in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of North
High Street to the centerline of Hammond Street; thence in a westerly direction along the centerline of Hammond Street to the southerly prolongation
ofthe westerly line ofthe YMCA property; thence in a northeasterly direction along the westerly and northerly lines of said YMCA property extended to
the centerline of Court Street; thence crossing Court Street to the northwesterly line of land now or formerly owned by the City of Bangor, being the
parcel occupied by the Bangor Police Department building; thence in a northerly direction along the northwesterly and southwesterly lines of said City
of Bangor land to the Kenduskeag Stream; thence continuing along the same course to the easterly shore of Kenduskeag Stream; thence in a
northwesterly direction along the easterly shore of Kenduskeag Stream to the centerline of Harlow Court extended; thence in a northeasterly direction
along the centerline of Harlow Court to the centerline of Harlow Street; thence to the northeasterly right-of-way line of said Harlow Street at the
intersection with the centerline of Cumberland Street; thence in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Cumberland Street to the intersection
with the northwesterly prolongation ofthe northeasterly line of property now orformerly owned by Danny L. Rauch as described in Deeds recorded in
Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 3604, Page 162 and in Volume 3636, Page 143; thence southeast along the northeasterly line and southwest
along the southeasterly line of said Rauch property to the southerly corner, being on the northeasterly line of land now orformerly owned by the City
of Bangor as described in Deeds recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 1410, Pages 24 and 256, and in Volume 3206, Page 28, said
land occupied by the Adler Parking Lot, so-called; thence southeast along the northeasterly line of said Alter Lot extended to the centerline of Spring
Street; thence east to the southeasterly line of Spring Street at the point of intersection with the northeasterly line of land now or formerly owned by
Bangor Development Associates as described in a Deed recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 3530, Page 239; thence southeast along
the northeasterly line and southwest along the southeasterly line of said Bangor Development Associates property to the northerly corner of land now
or formerly owned by the City of Bangor occupied by the Bangor Public Library as described in Deeds recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in
Volume 957, Page 218 and in Volume 1920, Page 262; thence southeast along the northeasterly line of said Library lot to the easterly corner of said
lot, being on the northerly line of City of Bangor land described in a Deed recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 839, Page 136 which is
occupied by the Peirce Memorial Park; thence in an easterly direction along the northerly line of said Peirce Memorial Park land to the westerly
right-of-way line of Center Street; thence in a southeasterly direction across Center Street to the intersection ofthe easterly right-of-way line of Center
Street with the northerly line of land now orformerly owned by the First Universalist Society of Bangor as described in a Deed recorded in Penobscot
Registry of Deeds in Volume 903, Page 295; thence east along the northerly line of said Universalist lot extended to the centerline of Park Street;
thence southeast to the easterly right-of-way line of Park Street at the point of intersection with the centerline of Penobscot Street; thence in an easterly
direction along the centerline of Penobscot Street to a northerly prolongation ofthe easterly line of land now orformerly owned by Tarratine Club, Inc.
as described in Deeds recorded in the Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 747, Page 63 and in Volume 941, Page 369; thence in a southerly
direction along the easterly line of the Tarratine Club property to the northerly line of land now or formerly owned by the New England Telephone
Company as described in Deeds recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 919, Page 471, Volume 1033, Page 36 and Volume 1034, Page
379; thence in an easterly direction along the northerly line of said New England Telephone Company property extended to the centerline of French
Street; thence in a southerly direction along the centerline of French Street to the intersection with a westerly extension ofthe northerly line of land now
orformerly owned by Shaun and Janet P. Dowd as described in a Deed recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 2480, Page 86; thence in
an easterly direction along the northerly line of said Dowd property to the westerly right-of-way line of Broadway; thence in a southerly direction along
the westerly right-of-way line of Broadway, and continuing along the westerly line of Stetson Square and the westerly line of Oak Street to the centerline
of Hancock Street; thence in an easterly direction along the centerline of Hancock Street to the northerly prolongation ofthe westerly line of land now
or formerly owned by Brake Service & Parts, Inc. as described in Deeds recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 2153, Page 345 and in
Volume 3558, Page 14; thence in a southerly direction along the westerly line of said Brake Service property to the northerly right-of-way line of
Washington Street; thence in an easterly direction along the northerly line of Washington Street to a point opposite the easterly line of a parcel of land
now or formerly owned by the City of Bangor which is located south of the southerly right-of-way line of Washington Street, said land described in
Deeds recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Volume 2077, Page 157 and in Volume 2135, Page 448; thence in a southerly direction along the
easterly line of said City land and extending along a southerly prolongation of said line to the bank of the Penobscot River; thence in a generally
southwesterly direction along the northerly shoreline ofthe Penobscot River to the southwesterly corner ofthe property formerly owned by Coal Energy
of Maine, Inc. and the point of beginning.
C. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS OWNING REAL ESTATE OR TAXABLE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT
WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT THE HEARING AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILE
OBJECTIONS TO THE AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENT.
D. Maximum Rate of Assessments to be Extended in Any One Year: $0.53 perthousand dollars of assessed value as of April
1, 2021. This assessment will be levied for a one-year program commencing on July 1, 2021 and ending on June 30, 2022.
E. Proposed List of Properties to be Assessed and the Estimated Assessments Against Those Properties is available for review at
the City Assessor's Office, City Hall, 73 Harlow Street, Bangor, Maine.
Lisa Goodwin, City Clerk
June 2, 2021
IN CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 14,2021
CO 21-229
Motion made and seconded for Passage.
Passed
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