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Introduced by Councilor Henderson, May 14, 1973
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Mrjtgr,--Brcepti' g. city.. bngineer,.a. Report Milford. street_ Extension
By the City Comax, of the Cfty ofBawgor:
ORDERED,
THAT the attached report from the City Engineer relative to
the extension of Milford Street from Essex Street to the Mary
Snow School property be and hereby is accepted, and be it further
oRDEEED, that said street be accepted as a public way, to be
named and known as Milford Street.
In CTW COUNCIL
May 14, 1973
PASSED
129 A
ORDER
Title,
Enyineex's Reeort - Mi lfoxd St. Ext.
Introduced filed by
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C/%/ Councilman
CITY of BANGOR,
To the City Counedl:
Pursuant to an order of the City Cos d,Order 190. AA _,_ passed M r h 26,,_ 19]3
directing the City Engineer to lay out.. an
right-pf-waybetweettEssex Street, and May Sn„ow_S hoof. ,,,,,,
the City Engineer bega leave to report:
That of his intention to lay out said Milford Stroet alteration
the City Engineer gave written notice by palaces attached to copies of said order ported for seven
days prior Is the._, 11th day of April, 1973.
in two public places in the City of Burger and in See vicinity of aid street, to wR:
n bulletin t City Ha
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one
at corner of Milford Street and Essex Street
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one at Broadway opposite Milford Street
and also gave notice by causing the same to be published in the BANGOR DAILY MRws, newspaper
printed in mid city, for one week game re the...11tla._af_Apri1,19T3. copy of aid order and
notices, so gaited and published, u hereto annexed and made part of this report.
And that the maid City Engineer met at the time and plate of meeting specified in Hue urtica
and prmweded to IV out said Milfo d Street alteration as follows:
LINE
Beginning at a point on the northwesterly right-of-way line of
Essex Street at the southeasterly property line of land owned by
the Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, said point being on the
northeasterly right-of-way line of Milford Street as previously
established by the City Council on September 9, 1929, and recorded
n City Road Book No. 4, Page 99; thence in
a northwesterly dir-
ection, at a angle of 1011-10'-00" with thenortheasterly exten-
sion
e£ the Essex Street right-of-way, for a distance of 548.96
feet to a point; thence deflecting north at an angle of 330-11'-15"
for a distance of 27.36 feet to a point; thence deflecting east
at an angle of 331-11'-15" for a distance of 133.33 feet to the
southwesterly property line of Mary Snow School; thence deflecting
90P-00'-00" west along the southwesterly line of Mary Snow School
for a distance of 50.00 feet to the northeasterly corner of land
caned by Eugene and Arline Brown; thence deflecting 900-00'-00"
south along the southeasterly line of said Brown property, and
continuing along the southeasterly line of land owned by Gordon
and Hazel Hope for a distance of 102.39 feet to a point, said
point being at the northeasterly corner of land owned by Robert W,
Brooks; thence deflecting 661-22'-30" to the southeast for a dis-
tance of 588.15 feet to the northwesterly sight -Of -way line of
Essex Street; thence deflecting 781-50'-00" northeast along the
northwesterly right-of-way line of Essex Street for a distance
of 50.96 feet to the point of begining. Meaning and intending to
describe a right-of-way having a width of 50 feet, extending be-
tween Essex Street and the Mary Snow School property along the
approximate lines of the right-of-way shown on a plan made by
David S. NdsOn, C. E., dated November 1920, for E. H. Dakin, and
recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 12, Page 21.
The remaining portion of said Milford Street a shown on said
Nason Plan, which extends from the northeasterly end of the above
described right-of-way and Broadway is hereby discontinued, to be
retained as part of the Mary Snow School property.
GRADE
The City Engineer proceeded to lay out a grade for said road as
follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of said road with
the southwesterly property line of Mary Snow School at elevation
151.63; thence descending o slope of -3.50,% for a distance of
00 feet to elevation 148.907 thence continuing to descend along a
WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made studies of the
location, physical condition of structures; land use; environmental
influences, and social, cultural, and economic conditions of
the urban renewal area or areas comprising the Program and has
determined that the area is a blighted area and that it i
detrimental and aee to the safety, health and welfare of
the inhabitants and u s thereof and of the locality at large,
because of a predominance of buildings or improvements which, by
reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence,
inadequate provision for ventilation, light, ar,nutation,
or open spaces; high density of population and overcrowding;
existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire
and other causes;
and the combination of such factors i conducive
to ill health or transmission of disease, infant mortality,
juvenile delinquency and crime, and is detrimental to the public
health, safety, morals or welfare. Said area, by r of a
predominance of inadequate street layouts, is
insanitary and unsafe
conditions, r e to the public health, safety, morals i
its present conditions and use, and the members of this Governing
Body have been fully apprised by the Local Public Agency and are
aware of these facts and conditions; and
WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the Governing
Body Of the City of Bangor (herein called the "Governing Body")
for review and approval an Urban Renewal Plan for the urban
renewal area, dated April 10, 1973 and consisting of
22 pages and 5 exhibits; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan has been approved by the
Governing Body of the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the
copy of said Body's duly certified resolution approving the
Urban Renewal Plan, which is attached thereto; and
WHEREAS, a general plan has been prepared and isrecognized
and used a a guide for the general development of Locality
as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board, which is the duly designated and
acting official planning body for the Locality, has submitted to
the Local Public Agency its report and recommendations respecting
the Urban Renewal Plan for the urban renewal a
a comprising the
Program and has certified that the Urban RenewalPlan conforms to
the general plan for the Locality a whole, and the Governing
Body has duly considered the report, recommendations, and
certification of the planning body; and
WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted
a program for the relocation of individuals and families that
may be displaced as a result of carrying out the Program in
accordance with the Urban RenewalPlan; and
WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body
information and data respecting the relocation program which
has been prepared by the Local Public Agency as a result of
studies, surveys, and inspections in the areas
comprising
the program and the assembling and analysis of the data and
information obtained from such studies, surveys, and inspections;
and
WHEREAS, the members of the Governing Body have general knowledge
of the conditions prevailing in the urban renewal area and of
the availability of proper housing in the Locality for the
relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced
by the Program and, in the light of such knowledge of local
housing conditions, have carefully considered and reviewed
such proposals for relocations; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate
official action respecting the relocation program and the Urban
Renewal Plan for the Program, in onformity with the contract for
financial assistance between the Local Public Agency and the
United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the conditions that
are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal
activities and undertaking with Federal financial assistance under
Title r, including those prohibiting discrimination because of
race, color, creed or national origin;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BANGOR
1. That it is hereby found and determined that the urban renewal
e
comprising the Program i a blighted a and qualifies as
an eeligible a under Chapter 168 of the Private and Special
Laws of Maine 1957, as amended.
2. That the Urban Renewal Plan for the Program, having been
duly reviewed and considered, is hereby approved, and the City
Clerk be and is hereby directed to file said copy of the Urban
Renewal Plan with the m nutes of this meeting.
3. That it is hereby found and determined that where clearance
is proposed that the objectives of the Urban Renewal Plan cannot
be achieved through rehabilitation of portions of the urban
renewal area comprising the Program.
4. That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban
Renewal Plan for the Program conforms to the general plan of the
Locality.
5. That it is hereby found and determined that the financial aid
to be provided pursuant to the contract for Federal financial
assistance pertaining to the Program isnecessary to enable the
Program to b, undertaken in accordance withthe Urban Renewal
Plan for the area comprising the Program.
6. That it is hereby found and determined that, in
addition to
the elimination of alone and blight from the urban renewal area,
the undertaking of the Program in such area will further promote
the public welfare and the proper development of the community by
making land in such area available for disposition, for c uses in
accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan.
7. That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal
Plan for the urban renewal area comprising the Program wrll
afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of
the locality as a whole, for the renewal of the area by private
enterprise.
S. That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal
Plan for the urban renewal area gives due consideration to the
provision of adequate park and recreational area and facilities,
as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special
consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children
residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan
9. That it is hereby assured that within asnable time prior
to displacement there will available iareas not generally less
desirable i regard to public utilities and Public and commercial
facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means
of
the families and individuals displaced, decent, safe, and sanitary
dwellings, as defined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development,. equal in number to the number of and available to
such displaced persons who require such dwellings and reasonably
accessible to their places of employment.
10. That it is hereby found and determined that the Program for
the proper relocation of individuals and families displaced i
carrying out the Urban Renewal Plan in decent, safe, sanitary
dwellings in conformity with acceptable standards is feasible
and can be reasonably and timely effected to permit the proper
prosecution and completion -of the Plan; and that such dwellings
r dwelling units available or to be made available to such
displaced individuals and families are at least equal in number
Co the number of displaced individuals and families, are not
generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public
and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced
individuals and families in the a comprising the Program, are
available at rents or prices within the financial means of the
displaced individuals and families in the axes
comprising the
Program, and are reasonably accessible to theirplaces of
employment.
11. That in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation
of the Urban Renewal Plan hereby approved, it is found and
determined that certain official action must be taken by this
Body with reference, among other things, to changes inzoning,
the vacating and removal of streets, alleys and other public ways,
the establishment of new street patterns, the location and
relocation of sewer and water maims and other public facilities
and other public action, and accordingly, this Body hereby (a)
pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the Urban
Renewal Plan, (b) requests the various officials, departments,
boards, and agencies of the Locality having administrative
responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to
such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers
mannerin a
consistent with the Urban Renewal Plan, and (c)
standsready to consider to take appropriate action upon
proposals and measures designed to effectuate the Urban Renewal
Plan.
12. That financial assistance under the provisions Of Title i
of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended, is
necessary to enable
a
the land in the a comprising the Programto renewed i
accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan for the Program, and
accordingly, the Proposed Program and the second annual increment
are approved and the Local Public Agency is authorized to file
an application for financial assistance under Title I.
Exhibit "A"
1. Description of NOP Urban Renewal Area Boundary
A. Anundaries of the Urban Renewal Area as Shown on Mao NO 401-1.
Tne Bangor NDP Renewal area is situated in the City of Bangor, County
of Penobscot, State of Maine, bounded as follows,
Beginning at the northwest corner of the intersection of Pine and State
Streets; Thence in a southerly direction along the west sideline of Pine
Street to the northwest corner of the intersection of Pine and York
Streets; Thence continuing in a southerly direction to said lines inter-
section with the southwest corner of the intersection of Pine and York
Streets; Thence southerly along the west line of Pine Street to said
lines intersection with the Kenduskeag Stream Urban Renewal Project
(Maine R-7) Boundary line; Thence easterly, following along said Renewal
Project boundary line to a point, said point being one hundred forty seven
(147) feet more or less easterly and distant from the northwest corner of
Pine and Hancock Streets; Thence at about right angles to Hancock Street
and continuing along said boundary line in a Southerly direction across
Hancock Street and following the east boundary line of that land now o
formerly owned by the Urban Renewal Authority of the City of Baryor, four
hundred fifteen (415) feat more
a or less to the northerly sideline of
Washington Street, said Point being one hundred ten (110) feet more or less
est of the northeast corner of the intersection of Pine and Washington
Streets; Thence continuing along said renewal boundary line fifty (50)
feet more or less to an angle Point in the southerly side of Washington
Street; Thence easterly following along said renewal boundary line, said
line also being the southerly line of Washington Street three hundred
twenty (320) feet more or less to the northeast corner of land now or
formerly owned by the Urban Renewal Authority of the City of Bangor;
.hence southwesterly along the east line of said property and its extension
to said lines intersection with the centerline of the Penobscot River.
Thence in a generally easterly direction along said centerline to said
lines intersection with east sideline of Newbury Street extended; Thence
rthwesterly along said east sideline and its extention to said lines
intersection with the northerly sideline of State Street; Thence south-
westerly along the northerly sideline of State Street returning to the
point of beginning.