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Home My WebLink About2026-01-28 26-074 Resolve *��a�$qH a CITY COUNCIL ACTION / !,�/' 1�,, Council Meeting Date: 01/26/2026 If��-' �'� Item No: 26-074 _ - _ . -,,n, `�n�= � '��A��ti Responsible Dept: Stormwater ren,� Requested Action: Resolve Map/Lot: 035-174 Title, Resolve Authorizing $450,000 from the Stormwater Unassigned Funds Account for Construction of a Stormwater Trunk Line for the Sanford Brook Drainage Area Summary The City of Bangor has been working to reduce Combined Sewer Overflows for many decades.The Maine DEP and US EPA administer a consent decree to the City to reduce CSOs. Sewer separation,the process of discharging stormwater to a nearby waterbody, instead of to the sanitary sewer system, has always been a prevalent method to reduce CSOs in the City. The City has the opportunity to make progress on sewer separation with the YMCA development project on Main Street. Currently,the City's combined sewer line runs from Main Street, behind Shaw's,to Second Street through Second Street Park,which is within the YMCA's site development.This line is the Sanford Brook combined sewer"trunk"line and it services the street areas of Second,Sanford, Cedar,Third, Fourth, Fifth, Union and West Broadway.The YMCA is proposing a partial relocation of the City's sewer line as part of their development project,as well as an onsite stormwater collection system. Building a stormwater trunk line adjacent to the relocated sewer line,would allow for future separation in the Sanford Brook drainage area by connecting the existing storm drain system on Main Street to Second Street.The cost to construct this stormwater line will be greatly reduced because the site is being totally redeveloped and that allows for significantly cheaper construction as compared to disturbing a fully developed site that also requires site restoration.There is no other practical route to locate a gravity storm sewer now or in the future to service the Sanford Brook area other than through the YMCA site.The YMCA is willing to work with us on this project,and they will be installing a portion of the line as part of their project. This work will be completed on an active construction site on private property that is being managed by an existing contractor.The existing project contractor has provided a preauthorized list of contractors that it is willing to work with for the completion of the City's portion of the storm drain construction project.As a result the City's sole source procurement policies are applicable to this project. The Director of Engineering requested and received bids from contractors that are pre-authorized by the site owner and contractor to complete this work ranging from$436,982.00 to$486,270.The City intends to work with the low bidder,Sargent Corporation of Stillwater, Maine and requests Council to designate$450,000 of unassigned Stormwater Utility fund balance to construct this project. If approved, Engineering will present a construction contract to both the Finance Committee and the City Council for approval. Committee Action Committee: Finance Committee Meeting Date: 01/21/2026 Action: Recommend for passage For: 5 Against: 0 Staff Comments &Approvals o��`-�� City Manager City Solicitor Finance Director Introduced for: First Reading �-art_aa;y�� CITY OF BANGOR RESOLVE c�*�'; ,°�+ i%�m��;� ��m Date: 01/26/2026 f��. ,n�_:-.... _.=�;M �,v�. .� Item No: 26-074 'AJ°�'�`�� `4 °Rar�n,��-�� Assigned to Councilor: Beck Authorizing $450,000 from the Stormwater Unassigned Funds Account for Construction of a Stormwater Trunk Line for the Sanford Brook Drainage Area Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Bangor that, $450,000 of unassigned Stormwater Utility fund balance is designated for construction of a Stormwater trunk line for the Sanford Brook drainage area. IN CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 28, 206 CR 26-074 First Reading � �.� ,�..� � �� :,w�,�N � ��.� . � ��;�� ,, CITY CLERK IN CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 9, 2026 COrd 26-074 Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes: Beck, Carson, Deane, Faloon, Fish, Leonard, Mallar, Walker, Hawes Councilors Voting No: None Passed � �.� ,�..� � �� :,w�,�N � ��.� . � ��;�� ,, CITY CLERK