HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-08-25 333 AC RESOLVE333 AC
Introduced by Councilor Bigney, August 25, 1975
CITY OF BANGOR
(TIRE)¢8p(be, Cla ifyina,and 0 Laxtmg_che city C ncil'e Da fni n co
Build a New Fire Station: Authorizing the Acquisition of Land for Such
purposes; and Clarifying the Funding for Such Acquisition
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MCMAS, the City must Mwme its Central Fire Station from the present
Union Street location for purposes of permitting the Urban Renewal
Authority to complete its project within the downtown area, and
NNSPLAS, the increased traffic congestion on said Union Street impairs
the ability of the Fire Department to properly and promptly reapandito
firm from said location, thus jeopardizing the safety and welfare Of
the person and property of the inhabitauts and taxpayers of the City
of Bangor; and
CUBUTAS, the existing Central Fire Station is in need of considerable
repair, and lacks adequate facilities to provide for the storage and
maintenance of Fire Department equipment and vehicles; and
wCBMS, the City Council onral previous occasions has expressed its.
intent to provide for a pfire station, and has further taken action
(1) to provide for the removal of the Central Fire Station on Union
Street to a new location; (2) to provide for studies for purposes of
determining the most proper location within the City for the new facility;
and (3) to provide financing for purposes of acquisition of land for such
facility,
NOW, MUMPS, BY the City Council of the City Of Bangor:
RESOLVED, That the City Council does hereby determine and declare that a
a building is bath roasary and advisable for purposes of. providing
adequate facilities for the housing and maintenance of Fire Department
vehicles and equipment, and that the legislative decision of the Council
to provide for such new facilities is hereby clarified and declared; and
RESOLVED, That the City Council does hereby determine and declare it
necessary and advisable for purposes Of pram iding adequate fire protection
.for the person and property of the inhabitants and taxpayers of the City of
Bangor that said new facilities be relocated to a use site within the City
of Danaor; and that the legislative decision to provide for such relocation
is hereby clarified and declared; end
RESOLVED, That the necessary funding for the acquisition of land for the
w facilities shall not exceed the total amount of Three Hundred Fifty
Thousand ($350,000.00) Dollars; said funding to be provided from authorized
hones previously issued for such purposes; and that the legislative decision
to provide for the acquisition of land for such purposes is hereby clarified
and declared; and be it further
RESOLVED, That funds from bonds in the total amount of One Hundred Tbousand
Dollars ($100,000.00) authorized by virtue of Council Order No. 136-X,
designated for the acquisition of Sand in the Kendua4eag Stream Urban Renewal
Area for such purposes, and previously issued, are hereby authorised and
dedicated by said Council for purposes of providing a portion of said total
land acquisition funding.
STATEMENT OF FACT: Since 1969 both the Administration and the Council
have been nsidering. the relocation of the Central Fire Station to a new
site. in, 1970, by virtue of Council order No. 136-X, the Council authorized
the issuance of $100,000 in bonds for purposes of land acquisition, purposes
of a possible site within the Kendutheag Stream Urban Renewal Area:. Later
in 1974, by virtue of Council Order No. 251 AS, the Council authorized the
issuance of an additional $250,000 in bonds for land acquisition for such
purposes. The parpaamof this Resolve a - to clarify and declare the
Council's policy decisions to relocate the City's central .Tire protection
facility; to authorize the acquisition of land for the new facllity;'and
to clean up a technical problem with Council Order No. 136-K which appears,
n its face, to limit the me of the initial $100,000 to land acquisition
within the Urban Renewal Area.
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