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Infrastructure Committee Minutes
June 6, 2022
ATTENDEES
Councilors: Gretchen Shaefer, Dina Yacoubagha, Jonathan Sprague, Rick Fournier, Dan Tremble,
Clare Davitt
Staff: John Theriault, Richard May
AGENDA
1. Stormwater Credits Update
Richard May provided an update from his submitted memo:
The City’s Stormwater Utility Fee for each property is based on the amount of impervious area on each property.
The method used by the Engineering Department to measure the impervious area is aerial photography and GIS
mapping. Engineering updates the mapping and measurements approximately every five years. As part of this
process, Stormwater Utility Credits are also reviewed.
The City’s Stormwater Utility allows for property owners to receive credits to their bill if they retain and treat
stormwater on their property with an approved Stormwater Management Practice (SMP). These SMPs must be
maintained by the property owner for continued credit to their bill. City of Bangor Code of Ordinances Chapter §
268-19 E. Maintenance. States: “The property owner must submit evidence of the continued existence and good
working order of all structural controls and nonstructural activities that serve as the basis for a credit in 2020 and
once every five years thereafter.”
There are approximately 200 credits for individual parcels within the City, though many of these were found to be
inactive. Each property with an active credit has been reviewed and compared to the 2019 aerial photograph
being used to determine the current Stormwater Utility fee. Most credits will continue without interruption or
action. Obvious changes visible in the aerial photo were closely reviewed to determine is these changes affect
the stormwater credit. A summary of this review can be found in the table below.
Many of the properties receiving credits are required to submit annual maintenance reports as required under §
268-7. These reports also satisfy the requirement of § 268-19 E. Other commercial properties that are receiving
credits may not be required to submit annual inspections under § 268-7, but are required to submit inspections
for § 268-19 E. to continue their Stormwater Utility credit. The Engineering Department believes that this
requirement should be upheld due to the complexity of commercial properties.
Residential Properties are also subject to the same requirement in § 268-19 E. to continue their Stormwater
Utility credit. However, since these credits are most commonly based on topography and/or vegetation, they are
easily reviewed using aerial photography and GIS mapping which includes updated topography. For this reason,
the Engineering Department has completed such a review and believes that waiving this process will be the most
efficient use of Staff time at this point.
The review of stormwater credits will ensure that credits are still as accurate as possible. It also ensures that the
systems used to reduce stormwater impacts, and therefore qualify for a fee credit, are still working properly.
2
Credit Status
Recommended
Notification to owner Credit Category Number of
Properties
in Category
Remarks
Continue with
updated Credit
areas
Not necessary Updated Credit based on
aerial photo
16 Obvious changes in
Impervious areas or to
Credit areas
Eliminate Not necessary Credit Eliminated - Inactive
or obsolete
48 31 never activated,
others were applied to
adjust Impervious
Surfaces after ground
truthing
Suspend 90 days
after notice
Yes - Credit reviewed,
determined ineligible
Credit Elimination Notice -
No Treatment
6 Reactivate upon receipt
of maintenance reports
Suspend 90 days
after notice
Yes - Credit Reviewed,
will be suspended
without maintenance
records from owner
submitted
Credit Elimination Notice -
Maintenance Records
Needed
2 Reactivate upon receipt
of maintenance reports
Suspend 90 days
after notice
Yes - Credit Reviewed,
will be suspended
without maintenance
records from owner
submitted
Commercial Property
Credit - Maintenance
records needed
14 Reactivate upon receipt
of maintenance reports
Continue Not necessary Residential Property Credit
- aerial photo review
completed, credit
continued
64 No obvious changes to
credit areas, mostly
vegetated buffers
Continue Not necessary Conservation Property
Credit - aerial photo
review completed, credit
continued
4 Bangor Land Trust
properties
Continue Not necessary Maintenance Records
already on file at City
Engineering
47 In compliance with 268-7
Vote: No vote, informational only.
2.Ratify Staff Action: Execution of Agreement with MDOT WIN #024131.00 Hogan Road Resurfacing
John Theriault stated the Resolve would ratify the City Manager's action to execute an agreement with Maine
Department of Transportation for WIN #24131.00 for the Hogan Road Resurfacing Project.
The project consist of mill and fill starting at the intersection of Route 2, extending north about 0.44 of a mile.
The estimated project cost is $477,000.00, of which the Federal Share is $381,600.00. And the State share is
#95,400.00.
Vote: Motion Made and seconded, unanimous.
Meeting Adjourned