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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-12-17 Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes COMMUNITY&ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Wednesday, December 17, 1997 @5:00 PM � MINUTES COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Councilor Michael Aube, Chair Councilor John Rohman Councilor Joseph Baldacci COUNCILORS PRESENT: Councilor Tim Woodcock STAFF PRESENT: Edward A. Barrett, City Manager Rodney G. McKay, Director of Community & Economic Development Steve Bolduc, Economic Development Officer Peter D'Errico, Economic Development Officer Dan Wellington, Code Enforcement Officer John Lord, Planning Officer Norm Heitmann, Asst. City Solicitor OTHERS PRESENT: Royce Day, Bangor Resident The meeting was called to order by Committee Chair, Councilor Aube, at 5:00 PM. • ITEM#1 - Lease Agreement with Herman J. Miller d/b/a ASCO Corrugated Steve Bolduc, Economic Development Officer,presented a request from ASCO Corrugated to extend their lease agreement for the use of Building#92 at 104 Maine Avenue for 3 years from September 1, 1997 to August 31, 2000. A motion was made and seconded to approve this item as presented. So voted. ITEM#2 - Lease Agreement with the Philtrum Corporation Steve Bolduc, Economic Development Officer, presented a request from Philtrum Corporation to extend their lease agreement for the use of Building#270 at 49 Florida Ave., Bangor for one year until 1998 with an increase in their rate to $1800 per month. A motion was made and seconded to approve this request as presented. So voted. ITEM#3 - Economic Development Update -Assignment of a Purchase and Sale Contract between the City of Bangor and John D. Linnehan, Jr. to John I. Bridges, Jr. This item was presented to the Committee for information purposes only. Steve Bolduc stated that there is a purchase and sale agreement for Lots 4 and 5 in the BanAir Industrial Park • between the City and John D. Linnehan, Jr. He has been advised by his tax attorney/accountant that because of tax matters that title to these lots should be transferred to John I. Bridges, Jr. who is a minority shareholder in Linnehan Leasing, d/b/a Credit Now Auto Company, a Maine 2/ � corporation in which John D. Linnehan, Jr. is the majority shareholder. Mr. Bridges will continue to develop the parcel as agreed upon with the Ciiy. Their purchase and sale contract does give them the right to make some assignments. The Board of Directors of BanAir Corporation at their recent meeting recommended approval of this assignment. This item will be presented to the City Council on Monday, December 22, 1997 for their approval. ITEM#4 - Code Enforcement Update Dan Wellington updated the Committee on several items. 1) on the upcoming City Council agenda at Monday's December 22 meeting for first reading there will be a companion item to the City's sign ordinance which removes a conflicting section from the downtown Revitalization Ordinance. 2) A second item presented by Dan was with respect to a house easement on Gray Street. The foundation was placed too close to the road; there will be a Council Order on Monday's Council agenda to allow 4 feet of the City's right-of-way to meet the requirement. 3) Court hearing results on the issue of a junk yard at 108 Third Street. The owner was fined $100 and given until January 8t''to clean up the materials. 4) Court hearing regarding Kurt Patrick's appeal of condemnation of 30 Highland Ave. has been postponed until March of 1998. Dan will notify the neighbors who are impacted by this issue. 5)Unitarian Church under a purchase and sales agreement with Community Housing of Maine proposes to renovate this building to allow for 22 units of handicap housing. The Bangor Historic Preservation . Commission has met and discussed this design. They voted 3-2 against it. Ed Barrett added that with respect to all of the remaining Tsoulas Trust properties,there will be action on the Council agenda at Monday's meeting. Also, Webb RV is trying to negotiate an agreement with the state that will allow them to lease some of the state right-of-way in front of their business location. The City has no objection to this given the extent of the right- of-way. Rod McKay stated that with respect to the Freese building a Request For Proposals (RFP) has been issued. Proposals are due back to the City by January 14t'' ITEM#5 - Planning Update John Lord, Planning Officer, updated the Committee on the Fire Dept's Training Center at the airport. Language has been added to the ordinance amendment to this district stating that municipal public safety training facilities are a permitted use. The Planning Board has recommended this to the C&ED Committee. ITEM#6 - Residential Rehabilitation Loan Subordination T.J. Martzial, C.D. Housing Resources Coordinator,presented a request to the Committee from Michael and Louise Rolnick for a loan subordination for their properties at 8-36 Spring • Street, Bangor. The request met all of the conditions set forth in the Residential Rehabilitation Loan Program's"Policies & Procedures" guidelines for loan subordination requests. A motion was made and seconded to approve this request as presented. So voted. 3/ � A motion was made and seconded to go into Executive Session to hear Items 7 & 8. So voted. ITEM#7 - EXECUTIVE SESSION-Economic Development ITEM#8 - EXECUTIVE SESSION-Economic Development With no further business at hand,the meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:57 PM. � � _�