HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-05-10 99-175 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Date: o5/lo/1999 Item No.:99-U5
BeMSubjech Accepting City Engineer's Report- Widening Haynes Court
Responsible Department: Engineering
Commentary:
The attached order pertains to &a widening of Haynes Court to include dl of the adjacent
property previously owned by "Beater Roma" which was recently acquired by the City.
The proposed widening will allow greater roadway width and provide ma opportunity to
create additional parking. Council Order 99-91 passed February 22, 1999 directed the
City Engineer to take necessary actions required by State Statutes and report back to the
City Council for final action. The Planning Board hes also reviewed the proposed
widening and recommends approval.
Passage of the attached Council Order would accept the City Engineer's Report and
recommendation for widening Bayous Court and is the final step in this process.
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Mf CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.)�TDTTa Accepting city EngioeeraReport Wdee gHaymCourt
BY the CstY (nYXail6Jtke Ci{y oJBanYOr:
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TEAT the attached report of the City Engineer relative to the widening of Haynes Court
along the northwesterly right-of-way Use be and hereby is accepted; and be it
further
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That the widening of Haynes Court, as described in the City Engineer's report be
established as a public way and added to the official City map.
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Assigned to Councilor Rohnut February 22, 1999
CITY OF BANGOR
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By the City Gbaaeil Of the 0910 efBaxyor
ORDERED,
TW WHEREAS, Haynes Court is currently a public way from Harlow Street to lower
Abbott Square with a right -of --way width of 20 feet, and;
WHEREAS, widening the existing right-of-way is necessary and desirable to
provide sufficient space for improving the existing traveled way and creating
additional parking, and;
WHEREAS, the City of Bangor has recently acquired land on the northerly side of
Haynes Court which is available to widen said right-of-way;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
ORDERED, THAT the City Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to provide
public notice in accordance with 23 M.R.S.A. § 3022 of the intention to widen
Haynes Court and to submit a written report to the City Council for final action.
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CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT
May 5, 1999
CITY OF BANGOR
TO THE CITY COUNCIL:
Haynes Court is a public way which was accepted on September 10, 1956 which
consists of a 20 foot wide rigboof-way extending from Harlow Street to Lower Abbott
Square parking lot Become of limited right-of-way the thrvelet way is extremely
narrow. Until recently, there has been no practical way to widen the existing roadway.
Upper Abbott Square puking lot, which abuts Haynes Court on the southerly side is a[ a
much higher elevation, sepammd by a retaining wall. The abutting property on the
northerly side of Haynes Court has historically been Franey awned, and most recently
occupied by the `Better Homes" building which was situated in close proximity In the
Haynes; Court right-of-way. Several months ago the City of Bangor acquired the Better
Homes property and demolished the building, thereby cresting room for widening the
Haytms Color right-of-way.
Council Order 99-91, passed February 22, 1999 directed the City Engincer to
provide required public notice in accordance with 23 M.RS.A. § 3022 of the intention to
widen Haynes Court along the northerly right-of-way line for the purpose of widening the
existing Gaveled way and creating additional parking, end to submit a written report to
the City Council for final action.
Pursuant to Counted Order 99-91, the City Engineer has provided public notice.
consistent with 23 URS.A. § 3022 as follows:
Public Notices of proposed Haynes Court widening:
• PostedonbulleGnboardat City M.
• Posted on light pole on Harlow Stere[ mar entrance to Haynes Corot.
• Posted on Mourning wall on southerly aide of Haynes Court.
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Copies of the Public Notice were also provided to the Planning Board and utility
companies with facilities located within Haynes Court.
Although the City of Bangor owns all of the property involved in the proposed
widening, a copy of the Notice was also provided to Presort Express, which is the only
privately owned property abutting the proposed widening.
In accordance with the above notifications, the City Engineer held a Public
hearing on Tuesday, April 27,1999 to outline the proposed widening, which includes the
area described as follows:
A certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Bangor, County of
Penobscot; State of Maine, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the
intersection of the noMweaterly line of Haynes Corot and the southwesterly live
of Harlow Strep, thence northwesterly on and by said line of Harlow Street forty
seven and five tenths (47.5) feet to a point, thence southwesterly two hundred
twenty-nine and seventeen hundredths (229.17) feet in the northeasterly line of
Lower Abbott Square parking lot, thence southeasterly by and along said parking
lot line forty-six and twelve hundredths (46.12) feet b the northwesterly line of
Haynes Court, thence northeasterly by and along said has of Haynes Court two
hundred twenty-nine and eighty-three hundredths (229.83) feet to the point of
beginning. Meaning and intending to include all of the land described in deed of
George L. Tsoulas m the oily of Bangor recorded in the Penobscot Registry of
Deeds Volume 6880, Page 132.
No one appeared at the Public Hearing to speak relative to the proposed widening.
The City Engineer was contacted on April 28, 1999 by Mr. Edward Armstrong, owner of
Presort Express (adjacent property) who expressed support for the proposed widening.
Gn Tuesday May 4, 1999, the City of Bangor Planning Board reviewed the
proposed widening of Haynes Corot and voted to recommend that the proposed widening
be approved by the City Council.
The City Engineer recommends that the Haynes Court Right -of -Way be widened
to include the area described above as pan of the accepted public way. Since the
widening will serve the public need and interest with na detrimental impact to adjoining
property, it is furter recommended thin no damages be paid as a result of the widening.
Respectfully submitted
James
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City Engineer
Copia of Notices Attached
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PUBLIC NOTICE
PROPOSED WIDENING
HAYNESCOURT
Notice is hereby given that in pressures of City Council Otdw No. 99-91 passed
February 22, 1999 directing the City Engineer to provide notification of the City of
Bangor's intent to widen the existing right.of-way, to provide sufficient space for
improving the existing traveled way and creating additional parking, and the City of
Bangor has remntly acquired land on the northerly side of Haynes Corot which is
available to widen said right-of-way, the City Engineer will hold a public meeting on
Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 3:00 P.M. E.D.T. in the third floor conference room, City
Hall, 73 Harlow Sireet, lievgor, Maine or review the proposed widening of said portion
of said street and apportion such damages or benefits soy person will sustain by reason
thereof and apportion such damages or benefits, if my, according to law, upon the lots or
protests of land damaged or benefited by such widening.
Notice is hereby given to all Persons interested in the premises to appear A the
above mentioned time and place of meeting, if they we cause then and there to be heard
Won the subject. I
James D. ping, P.E.
City Engineer
City of Burger
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NOTICE:
PROPOSED WIDENING
HAYNES COURT
Dear Interested Party:
I am writing to notify abutting property and business owners, the Planing Board,
and utility companies that the City of Bangor intends to widen the misting right-of-way
to provide sufficient space for improving the existing traveled way and creating
additional parsing, and The City of Bangor has recently acquired land on the northerly
side of Haynes Court which is available to widen said right-of-way. I will be holding a
public hearing relative to this matter in the third conference room rot City Han, 73 Harlow
grant, on Tuesday, 27,1999 at 3:00 P.M. E.D.T.
Enclosed is a copy of a recent Council Order directing the City Engineer to begin
the necessary actions to accomplish the proposed discontinuance and a copy fm the
formal public aorice. The public homing is the first step in the discontinuance gotten.
At the hearing I will outline the proposal in further detail and explain the additional steps
in the process for widening a public way.
1 would encourage you to attend next the public hearing if at all possible, as it
provides an opportunity for you to offer continent and input relative to the proposed
action. Your input will be considered in developing my recommendation on the City
Commit for final action on this matter.
.In thomeaefime, please feel fire to winner me a N5-0400, mt. 200 if you have
my questions.
)Sincerely,
JrD. Rio DP.E.
City Engineer