HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-08-22 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 22, 2022
Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Fournier
Councilors Absent.Davitt, Yacoubagha
Meeting adjourned at 9.02 PM
PROCLAMATION Proclaimed August 31, 2022 as Overdose Awareness Day
PUBLIC COMMENT Joe Perry commented on the flavored tobacco ordinance recently enacted He felt there
was alternate solutions if everyone had worked together. He was unclear on what he
could sell and what to do with the product he has already purchased
Robert Belliveau stated he was against the jail expansion, would like to see replanting of
trees when other trees are removed and thought a local tax should be explored
Doug Dunbar thanked the City Council for the proclamation and felt the Cares Act
money could be used to assist with the problems of homelessness,substance abuse and
mental health.
Michael Tuller would like to see bus service in the morning on Saturday to assist the
people behind Hope House to get to treatment.
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 August 8,2022, Bangor School
Committee Meeting of July 20,2022,Airport Committee Meeting of August 1,
2022,Business and Economic Development Committee Meeting of August 15,
2022
Action: Accepted and Approved
LIQUOR LICENSE Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
RENEWAL : The Main Tavern d/bla The Main Tavern, 152 Main Street
Action: Approved
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
DMF International,Inc&b/a Refueler Pub,299 Godfrey
Boulevard
Action: Approved
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
Pictor Enterprises VI,Inc d/b/a Buffalo Wild Wings,461
Stillwater Avenue
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 22, 2022
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
Action: Approved
LIQUOR LICENSE Application for Liquor License New,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
NEW. Tesoro Restaurant,LLC d/b/a Tesoro Restaurant, 118 Harlow
Street
Action: Approved
22-280 ORDER Authorizing City Manager to Execute a MDOT MPO DAVITT
Agreement for WIN#026354.00,Kenduskeag Avenue&
Griffin Road Traffic Safety Intersection Improvements
Action: Passed
22-281 ORDER Authorizing Award of Art Commission for Davis Brook Tank TREMBLE
Stack to Steven Francis Hooke
Action: Passed
22-282 ORDER Accepting a Donation of$10,000 from S.E.MacMillan for LEONARD
Davis Brook Tank Art Installation
Action: Passed
22-283 ORDER Modifying Down Payment and Closing Cost Assistance SPRAGUE
Programs Available Through Community Development Block
Grant Funding
Action: Passed
22-284 ORDER Extending the Lease Agreement with Michael J. Fiori and HAWES
Ronald J. La Vallee d/b/a Econo Storage at 1286 Union Street
Action: Passed
22-285 ORDER Extending the Lease Agreement with Hannaford Bros. Co. SPRAGUE
LLC at 39 Florida Avenue
Action: Passed
22-286 ORDER Authorizing Execution of an Amendment to a Lease Agreement SCHAEFER
with Penquis—120 Venture Way
Action: Passed
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MINUTES OFREGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 22, 2022
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-287 ORDER Amending the Parking Map of the City of Bangor to Change LEONARD
Spaces on Park Street and Rescinding Council Order 22-251
Action: Passed
22-288 RESOL VE Ratifying the City Manager's Action to Submit a Bid to the YACOUBAGHA
Maine Center for Disease Control for Maine's Project to
Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths in
Penobscot County
Action: Passed
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-289 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 28, City Departments,Article 1, YACOUBAGHA
Administrative Services Department,Article VII,Finance
Department,Article Xi,Records Department
Action: First Reading and Referral to Government Operations
Committee Meeting of September 7,2022
22-290 RESOLVE Authorizing the Acceptance and Appropriation of a Grant OKAFOR
Amendment in the Amount of$37,506 for Bangor Public
Health and Community Services'Public Health Infrastructure
Enhancement Grant with Maine Center for Disease Control
Action: First Reading
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-276 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District Map TREMBLE
to Rezone Properties Located on Outer Broadway&North
Bangor Road from Rural Residence&Agriculture(RR&A) to
Shopping&Personal Service(S&PS)District—Contract
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 7—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Hawes,Leonard, Okafor,Schaefer,
Sprague, Tremble, Fournier
Councilors Voting No:No
Passed
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 22, 2022
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-277 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a$14,200,000 Grantfrom the HAWES
Department of Transportation& Federal Aviation
Administration for the Airport Terminal Program, under the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for Terminal
Improvements at Bangor International Airport(BGR)
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
22-278 RESOL VE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate SCHAEFER
$1,010,000for the Bangor Commercial Kitchen Incubatorfrom
the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development
Community Project Funding Award
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
PUBLIC HEARING:
22-257 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Have the Structure at 84 SCHAEFER
Cedar Street Demolished and the Property Liened
Action: Motion made and seconded to Open Public Hearing
Public Hearing Opened
Donna Algere,Bangor Friends of Affordable Housing,stated they were waiting for the
engineer's report and asked for a stay on this order.
Michael Tuller asked that they not destroy this asset and allow them to obtain the report
and get a building permit to remedy the problems.
Deborah Laurie, City Manager, assured that the City would not move forward with
demolition as long as there was action on remediating the property.
Motion made and seconded to Close Public Hearing
Public Hearing Closed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—AUGUST 22, 2022
NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-291 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of a Contract with Sargent OKAFOR
Corporation in the Amount of$242,400 for the Deicing
Stormwater Treatment—Phase II Project at the Airport
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
ATTEST:
Lisa Jk. Good n,MVC, City Clerk
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