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Item No. 15-259
Date: July 27, 2015
Item/Subject: Order, Acceptance of the City Engineer's Report to Discontinue a Portion of Kittredge
Road.
Responsible Department: Engineering
Commentary: This order will accept the City Engineer's report to discontinue a portion of Kittredge
Road. In accordance with 23 M.R.S.A. § 3026, the City provided notice of proposed discontinuance to
abutters. Further, a public hearing was held by the City Engineer on February 27, 2014 at 10:00 p.m.,
Engineering Conference Room, second floor, City Hall, 73 Harlow Street, Bangor. At that time no one
appeared to speak on the proposed discontinuance and no responses or communications have been
received related to this matter. This order would accept the City Engineering's Report for the
discontinuance of a portion of Kittredge Road with retention of a public easement for the purpose of
public utilities. The portion of the road in question is not used as a right-of-way nor is it needed for
public purposes.
Manager's Comments:
Associated Information: Council Order, Report, Location Map
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
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(TITLE.) Order, Acceptance of the Director of Public Services, City Engineer's Report to
Discontinue a Portion of Kittredge Road.
ORDERED, THAT the attached City Engineer's Report of the Director of Public Services relative
to the discontinuance of said portion of Kittredge Road be and hereby is accepted
and the City Manager to execute a release deed,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR
THAT said portion of Kittredge Road right-of-way be discontinued as a public way, and
removed from the official City map. In accordance with 23 M.R.S.A. § 3026, a public easement
shall be retained for public utilities.
IN CITY COUNCIL
JULY 27, 2015
PASSED
CITY CLERK
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CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT
DISCONTINUANCE OF A PORTION OF KITTREDGE ROAD
March 25, 2014
City of Bangor
To the City Council:
Pursuant to Council Order 14-078, passed on February 10, 2014 directing the City Engineer,. Arthur B. Morgan
to begin the process to discontinue a portion of Kittredge Road in its entirety and in ,accordance with 23
M.R.S.A. §3026, the. City Engineer reports:
That of his intention to discontinue said portion of Kittredge Road, the former City Engineer gave written
notice to the following:
NOTIFICATION LIST
Stillridge, LLC Epstein Rhode Island; LLC
2402 Route 2, Suite PO Box 2400
Hermon, ME 04401 Bangor, ME 04402
Fairpoint Communications Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust
ATTN: Bill Francini PO Box 8050
615 Oldin Road Mail. Stop #0555
Bangor, ME 04401 Bentonville, AR 72716
Time Warner .Cable C.M.I., Inc
444 Perry Road 11 Bangor Mail Boulevard, Suite 1
Bangor, ME 04401 Bangor, ME 04401
Bangor Gas
Austin Hotels, Inc.
ATTN* Jerry Livengood
199 Pleasant Street
498 Maine Avenue
Brunswick, ME 04011
Bangor, ME 04401
Bangor Hydro Electric, Co.
NYNEX/New England Telephone, Co..
ATTN: Bruce .Smith
770 Elm Street
P.O. Box 932
Manchester, NH 03101
Bangor, ME 04402
Bangor Water District
Fredrick Gallant or Current Resident
ATTN: Greg Reed
272 Eastern Avenue
P.O. Box 1129
Brewer; ME 04412
Bangor, ME 04402
Daigle Oil Company Target Coportation
P.O Box 328 C/O Property Tax Dept,
Fort Kent, ME. 04743 PO Box 9456
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Donald or Dianne French
74 Kittredge Road
Bangor, ME 04401
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Said notice with a detailed plan was also posted on the. public bulletin board at City Hall and on two utility
poles in the vicinity of the proposed discontinuance.
In accordance with the notification given, the former City Engineer conducted a public hearing on February 27,
2014 relative to the intention of the Municipal Officers of the City of Bangor to discontinue a portion of
Kittredge Road.
Interested attendees to the public hearing totaled zero..
The City Engineer concluded and made the following determinations:
1. There is no longer any public interest or need to retain the portion of Kittredge road as a public
right :of way.
2. The property encompassed by the .discontinuance of the portion of Kittredge Road shall revert to
the adjacent property owners as provided by law.
3. In accordance with 23 M.R.S.A. § 3020, abutting property owners are entitled to $0.00 damages.
It is recommended that,the portion of Kittredge Road be discontinued and vacated in its entirety, and removed
from the Official City Map, with the. retention of a public easement for public utilities.
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