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Home My WebLink About2000-10-18 Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes COMMCTNITY&ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMTTTEE � Wednesday, C?ctaber 1$, 2400 @S:OQ PM MINUTES CQR�INIITTEE IVIEMBERS ' PRESENT: Counciior Rohman i Councilor Crowley Councilor Vardamis ', Councilor 1'almer � OTHER COUNCILORS , PRESENT: Councilar Blanchette i Counciior Trembie j ST.AFF � PRESENT: Edward A. Barrett, City Manager Rodney G. McKay,Directar of Community & Economic Developme�lt T.J. Martzial, C.D. Housing Programs Manager " Sally Burgess,Busin.ess and Economic Development Officer Kate Weber, Planning O�cer Jim R.ing, City Engineer Lee Umphrey, Comrz�.unity&Intergovernmental Affairs Chip Hadges, Parking � OTHERS: Parking Advisory Caznmittee Members— Maria.nna Reed—Hammond Street Senior Center Rep., Jacl� Donovan, and Parke Clexnons Andy Hamilton, Esq. Represen.tatives from AII Souls Church The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM by Coun.cilor Crowley who sat in for Committee Chair, Councilor Baldacci. CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Sale af 81 Randolph Drive—FuII Price Offer Action Taken: A motion was made and seconded ta approve this offer as pxesented. Sa voted. REGULAR AGENDA: It�vas a�reed by Committee to take Item#5 and#4 out of arder at this time. �. Dawntown Parking Advisary Committee Report--Further Consideration of Recomrnendatians � Rod McKay, Directar of Community &Ecanomic T}evelopment, stated that the ' charge of the Downtown Parking Advisozy Cornmittee was to make a recommendation to , � �" __... . . ..._____.__ _""" � the City Council Caznmunity & Economic Development Committee. The Cammittee then makes a recorn�nendation to the fizll Council. Council Orders should be prepared to implement the recoznmendations of the Cornmittee. Cauncil Orders put on the Council Agenda would then be referred back to the Committee for consideration and recammendatian. Rod then reviewed the various recammendatians of the parking carrunittee. Committee discussed and acted an each xecommendation as follaws: 1) On-street parking on Hammond Street Action Taken: A motion was made and secanded to recornmend approval to the fiz11 City Council of the on-street parkin� on Hammond Street be changed from 2-hour to 1-hour parking. So voted. 2) Park and Ride Shuttle Action Taken: A motzon was made and seconded to accept the recommenaation of the parking coznmittee not to establish a park and ride shuttle af this time in fihe downtown area. Sa voted. - 3) Adding parking capacity of 2 Ievels ta Pickering Square Parkzng Garage Action Taken: A motion was made and seconded to accept the parking committee's recommerzdation ta add paxking capacity to the Pickering Square Parking Garage. So voted. � � 4) Fines for overtime parking Action Taken: A motion was made and seconded that the parki.ng fzne rate of$7.50 remain as is and not be increased to $10 as recommended by the Farking Committee. So voted. 5} Implementation of Republic's price praposals axad C&ED review of parking prices annually Action Taken: A motion was made and seconded to table this item until the next C&ED meeting. This information to be updated with the RPS data attached to it. So voted. 4. Downtown Development District—Proposed Amendment to Land Development Code to Allow Churches as a Permitted Use K.ate Weber, Plannin� 4ff cer,reviewed this item sfating that zt pertains to two issues: 1) should churches be a permitted use in the downtown development district; and, zf so, 2) rezoning would be required ta allocv currentiy 3 qualifying churches ta be part of the downtown developnnent district. Action Taken: A motian was made and secanded to explore and pursue Staff recommendations with respect to the Proposed Amendm.ent ta Land Development Code to Allow Churches as a Permitted Use. So ti�oted. � � I � . . _ � 2. University of Maine Museum of Art Challenge Grant City Manager Edward Barrett briefed the Coznmittee on the outline ofthe variaus agreements and expressions that the university has made aver time, A draft of tkiis list was faxed out today to those involved with this project (Wa11y Mason of the U.M. Art Dept., U.M. Dean Rebecca Eilers, Chief Financial Officer Robert Duringer, and Ted & Sandra Leonard of the Maine Museum of Art Advisory Baard). Some feedback has been received. This item will be on the City Council Agenda for their i OJ23 meeting. The terms outiined are. 1)the City of Bangor would commit to a$400,000 Challenge Grant to the Univexsity for the purpose of Iocating the University of Maine Museum of Art and Visual Arts Center in dawntown Bangor. This wanld be conditioned upon that on or � before April 1, 2001,the university wauld raise $400,000 frazn other people to m.atch the city's contribution; 2) on ar before 7uly 1, 2001 there would be a lease agreem.ent in place; 3)the university will arrange for a lease with optian fronn The Couri Foundation for a minimum period of 10 years; 4}they alsa agree ta renovate the premises by December 30, 2001; and S)they would also operate in conjunetion with the museum a visual arts center in the downtown which may be Iocated at the Haminond Street Seniar Center rather then the Noxumbega Hall; 6) that they will agree that the museum of art and visual arts center combined will be apen from 54-60 hours per week; 7}that they ' would put the permanent location downtown in Norumbega Hali; 8}that the university '' wiil provide the f xtures for this facility at an estiznate of$75,000; 9)provide the annual ' operating budget that is not Iess then$2QO,OOQ; 10} employ 4 Il2 fu11-tizne emplayees and � 1.5 work study students; I I)that�aey will be responsibie for all af the operating costs af the facility; 12)that they would make$30,000 in annual scholarships available far resident-Bangor students for not less then 10 years. Such schoiarships to be awarded by the trustees of the I�irstein-Student fund, 13}that they wi11 da their best to be apened by Deceznber 31, 2001; and 14}that they wili aperate in the downtown for a minimum of 10 ' years. Diseussion continued on the issue of granting a specific number o�"scholarships i over a period of 10 years and ta cansider flexibility of the number c�f scholarships that are i awarded—perhaps instead of 8, ozaly 6 fizll-time schalarships to be awarded. Action Taken: A matian was made and secanded to for�,vard staf�s recammendations ta the fizll City Council as presented. So voted. 3. Downtown Development District—Proposed Amendment to Land Development Code to Aliow Broadeasting Studios as a Permitted Use Action Taken: A motion was made and secanded to recon�mend approval af the Proposed Amendment to Land Development Code ta Allow Broadcasting Studios as a Pezmztted Use. So voted. 6. Staff Update an Dawntown Area—Recamrrzendatians for Capital Iznprovements and Annual Maintenance Pragram Rod McKay briefed the Committee on the staf'f's intent to revie�v the Committee soine of the capital impravements that need ta be made in the downtown area and to � recoznmend an annual maintenance program whereby public works wauld assist u•ith in the spring of every year by daina a tl�orou�h clean-up of the downtawn. Due to time � Iimitations, it was decided staff would present a mare detailed review of what this wauld involve at a future C&ED rneeting. 7. Update—State Conference and Meeting Study Ran Heller, Finance Director, reviewed the State Conference and Meeting Study report, which looks at the potential market from out-of-state. The final report will be issued on Noveznber 13 and will be presented to the C'xovernor on December 6. There are six regions that Maine has been divided up.into—Portland, Augusta, Lewiston, Auburn, Bangor, and AroostooklNorthern Maine/eoastallMauntain areas. Ron reviewed the report's findings on the Bangor area, xeviewing such things as the strengths and weaknesses of the Bangor market; surveys showing the percentage of national associatians' and carporations interest in where and if they hold their meetings in Maine for primary even#s and secondary events. The report stated that Bangor cauld support a 3Q,000 sq. ft. space facility tied to a 250-300 roorn conference hotel. In Bangor,the rough faciliiy cast is about$10,9b5,000 - $9.9 m�illion of this is for a new convention facility. Ron indicated that the next part of the report will be the financing section which will be available on November 13. � Meeting adjaurned at 7:00 PM. � �