HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-07-13 15-249 RESOLVECOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 15-249
Date: 7-13-2015
Item/Subject: Resolve Ratifying staff action for submitting grant applications to the Maine
Department of Transportation to Fund Sidewalk Improvement Projects along a
portion of Broadway (Route 15) and Union Street (Route 222)
Responsible Department: Engineering
Commentary: If approved, this resolve will ratify staff action to apply to Maine DOT to add
sidewalks on Broadway and Union Streets. On June 23, the infrastructure Committee reviewed
a staff proposal to apply for sidewalks grant to design and construct sidewalks along a portion of
Broadway (Route 15) from Grandview to Burleigh Road and Union Street (Route 222) from
Vermont to the driveway at Penobscot Community Healthcare. Each Grant, if approved, will
require a 20 percent local match from the City of Bangor which is estimated at $173,610 for the
Broadway project and $65,260 for the Union Street project. The Grant Applications were
reviewed and recommended for approval at the June 23, 2015 Infrastructure Committee
Meeting. Because the application deadline for the grants was June 30, 2015, this resolve will
ratify the staff action for submission.
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CI`T'Y OF BANGOR
15-249
JULY 13, 2015
(TITLE.) Resolve, Ratification of Staff Actions to submit Grant Applications to the Maine Department
of Transportation for Sidewalk Improvement. Projects along Broadway (Route 15)
and Union Street (Route 222).
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR:
BE IT RESOLVED,
That the actions of John Theriault, City Engineer, for the submission of Grant Applications to the Maine
Department of Transportation for Sidewalk Improvement Projects along a portion of Broadway (Route
15) and Union Street (Route 222) are hereby ratified and affirmed..
IN CITY COUNCIL
JULY 13, 2015
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
PASSED
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CITY CLERK