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Home My WebLink About2025-02-10 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—FEBRUARY 10, 2025 Meeting called to order at 7:03 PM Chaired by Councilor Tremble Councilors Absent:Fish,Hawes,Pelletier Meeting adjourned at 8:02 PM PUBLIC COMMENT Mark Greenleaf requested that an electric vehicle charger be placed where he did not also have to pay to park.He also asked for justification in raising taxes when there is a surplus Kevin Dufresne wondered why a tax reassessment had not been done in 33 years. He was concerned with mistakes in home building that should have been caught by inspectors. Steve Santiago wanted the bus driver positions to be full time bringing them in line with other communities. 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. Any member of the public may request that the Council remove an item fi�om the Consent Agenda for discussion. An item will only be removed if a City Councilor requests its removal to New Business. MINUTES OF: City Council Meeting of January 27,2025, Finance Committee Meetings of January 6,2025,January 20,2025 and February 3,2025 Action: Approved 25-063 ORDER Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding with Maine DEANE Mental Health Connection's Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center to Receive Up to$SO,OOO from the State of Maine Overdose Response Pilot Grant to Employ a Recovery Coach to Support the Project Action: Passed 25-064 ORDER Authorizing a Grant Application to the Maine Fire MALLAR Protection Services Commission for the Construction of a New Fire Live Training Building in the Amount of $679,000 Action: Passed 25-065 ORDER Accepting the 2024 Annual Report fro`rz the Advisory BECK Committee on Racial Equity,Inclusion,and Human Rights Action: Passed Page 1 MINUTES OFREGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—FEBRUARY 10, 2025 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 25-066 ORDER Accepting$I,S00 in Funds from the Energy Efficiency and HAWES Conservation Block Grant Program for Installation of an Electric Vehicle Charger Action: Passed REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 25-067 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter I65,Land Development Code,District LEONARD Map to Re-zone a Property Located at 861 Broadway from Contract Industry&Service District(I&S) and Low- Density Residential District(LDR)to Shopping&Personal Service District(S&PS). Action: First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting on February 18,2025 25-068 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland LEONARD Security Grant Program Fu�tding from the Maine Emergency Management Agency for the Potice and Fire Departments in the Total Amount of$96,247 Action: First Reading and Referral to Finance Committee Meeting on February I9, 2025 25-069 RESOL VE Accepting and Appropriating a Grant Award from the FOURNIER Northern Border Regional Commission in the Amount of $500,000 for the Construction Costs for the Bangor Central Kitchen Project • Action: First Reading and Referral to Business and Economic Development Committee Meeting on February 19, 2025 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 25-059 RESOLVE Accepting andAppropriating$40,000 in Fundsfroin FOURNIER Efficiency Maine for the Purchase and Installation of Electric Vehicle Chargers at the Pickering Square Parking Garage Action: Motion`rzade and seconded for Passage Passed 25-060 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating$I50,000 in Grant Funds DEANE from Maine Department of Health and Human Services for an Overdose Response Prograrn Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed Page 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—FESRUARY 10, 2025 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR PUBLIC HEARING: 25-070 ORDER Amending the Downtown Tax Increment Financing District LEONARD to Include Additional Allowable Project Costs Action: Motion made and seconded to open Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened Motion made and seconded to close Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed 25-071 ORDER Adopting a Written Public Comment Policy MALLAR Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed 25-072 ORDER Directing the City Manager to Take Possession of the FDURNIER Property Located at 299 Esse�e Street Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed 25-073 ORDER Directing the Ciry Manager to Take Possession of the DEANE Property Located at 450 Ohio Street Action: Motion rrtade and seconded for Passage Passed 25-074 RESOL T�E Reaffirming Bangor's Commitment To Be a Welcoming, BECK Open, and Supportive Community for All Justin Cartier cautioned that they needed to be careful of the verbiage so as not to infringe on free speech. Katie Brydon,Mike Gendreau,Brendan Davison,Shane Boyes,Marwa Hassanien,Kimberly Boucher, Tim Surrette, Gabrielle Wiley, and Pamela Proulx-Curry spoke in favor of the resolve. Colleen 0'Neal and Suzette Furrow spoke against the resolve. Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed '�,. � ATTEST: Lisa J. Goo in,MMC, City Clerk Page 3