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Home My WebLink About2009-08-05 Business and Economic Development Committee Minutes � � BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMtTTEE � August 5,2009 Minutes � In Councilor Hawes absence,Counciior D'Errico chaired the meeting. � Councilors: Blanchette, Bronson, D'Errico, Neailey, Palmer Staff: McKay, Bolduc,Caruso Others: Gary Dearborn and Lt.lordan of the Maine Air National Guard � 1.Amendment to a Lease Agree�nent with Hannaford Bros.Co. �� Economic Development O�cer,Steve Bolduc presented to the Committee a request from Hannafard Bros.to lease additional office space at 39 Florida Ave. Three additional offices have become available at this location; Hannaford Bros.current lease gives them the option to have�rst�efusal on � renta!of these 3 offices,which they have exercised. In total they will have 11 office units in the building. Other terms and conditions of the lease wiil remain the same,other then the monthly rent which will be � adjusted pro-rata. . Councilor Nealley moved to accept staff recomrrmendation of the Amendment to the Lease Agreement with Hannaford Bros.Co.for additional office space at 39 Florida Ave. Seconded by � Councilor Palmer. This will go to the full City Councii at their 8/10/09 meeting. 2. Request from Maine Air National Guard � Tony Caruso,Asst.Director at BIA, presented two requests f�om The Maine Air National Guard for the committee's consideration. The first request is to extend the existing Joint Use Agreement for one year that the City's Airport has with the Air National Guard. The existing agreement expires on � Sept.30,2009. Due to deployments and changes in command, it will be very difficult for the Air National Guard to get everything in place before the current agreement expires. There is a potential issue that relates to the aircraft rescuing and fire fighting where there is a national policy discrepancy � between the Dept.of Defense and the FAA as to the requirements to inspect. Locally,the Air National - Guard is in compliance with the FAA Pa�t 139. The Maine Air National Guard is requesting committee's approval to grant them a year extension in order that these issues can be worked out. � Councilor Blanchette moved to accept staff recommendation that Maine Air National Guard's � request to extend their existing Joint Use Agreement for one year beyond the current Sept.30,2009 � expiration date be approved. Seconded by Councilor Nealley. This will go to the full Council at their 8/10/09 meeting. . The second request is fo�the leasing of an additional .67 acres of land to the Guard so that they can expand their existing 16,000 sq.ft.aircraft/rescue fire fighting station by another 10,500 sq.ft. The � value of the addition will be approximately$7 million;construction is scheduled to begin at the end of 2010. The building along with the addition will be on air force owned land but the setback for anti- terrorism requires vehicle parking be 82 feet away from the building. The current land area does not � allow them to do that. The Guard is requesting a no-cost lease for 50 years similar to their other lease agreements with the Airpert. The 50 year lease is a requirement for the ANG to be able to invest federal funds in the construction of the facility. The Airport recommends,along with the City's Legal Dept.'s � approval,to wo�k on an amendment to the existing lease with the Maine Air National Guard. �� Councilor Nealley moved to accept staff recommendation for the approval of the lease amendment for an additionai .67 acres of land as requested by the Maine Air Nationai Guard. Seconded. This will go to the full City Council at their 8/10/09 meeting. �. 3. Ordinance,Amending Article.III of the Code of the City of Bango�,Section 23-22,Cultural Commission � Subcommittees ltod McKay,Director of Community,&Economic Development, reviewed this item for the � committee stating that the City Code requires that there be two standing subcommittees of the Cultural Commission,the"Art in Public Spaces Subcommittee"and the"Programs and Grants Subcommittee". - At the Commission's July 30,2009 meeting,they voted to not utilize subcommittees except - when deemed appropriate by the Commission. They find that the majority of the time they're � duplicating the efforts of these subcommittees and that they can perform their responsibilities without the subcommittees. Staff recommends.approval of the Cultural Cammission's request to eliminate the � requirement for the Commission ta have an Art in Public Spaces Subcommittee and the Programs and Grants Subcommittee as sta�ding subcommittees of the Commission but allows the Commission to have the subcommittees when needed. Councilor Nealley moved to accept staff recommendation of Ordinance Amending Article III of � the Code of the City of Bangor,Section 23-22 Cultural Commission Subcommittees.Seconded. This will go to the full City Councit at their 8/10/09 meeting. . � 4.Cultural Commission—Approving G�ant Request from Penobscot Theatre for$15,000 in Support of � the Production Spunk. As the applicant of this grant request was not available to attend today's meeting,this item was � postponed until the next B&ED meeting scheduled for Wed.,August 19,2009 at 5 pm. . � Councilor D'Errico asked Rod McKay what was the total amount transferred to the Cuftural � Commission. Rod replied that the City Council included in their FY 2010 budget an appropriation of $85,000 for the Cultural Commission and with that added to the$11,950 that was carried over from last year,makes for a total of$96,95d available to the Commission. Out of that amount the appropriation � included the grant from the City to the Folk Festivaf. There are 4 funding cycles in the year whereby interested parties from the City who would like funding have to submit applications to the Cultural Commission.They're considered every quarter;the Cuttural Commission then makes a recommendation � to the BED Committee which makes a recommendation to the City Council and the City Cauncil has final decision to approve those expenditures. � Meeting adjourned. � � � �