Editor: David Mills
BAR HARBOR, ME - To the residents of Bar Harbor there will be a Town Council Meeting on April 3rd at 7pm. There will be 2 public hearings for the following purposes.
Please note the Bar Harbor Town Council Meeting agenda for April 3rd is included.
Agenda
Bar Harbor Town Council
April 3, 2012
I. CALL TO ORDER – 7:00 p.m.
A. Excused Absence(s)
II. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – The Town Council will allow up to fifteen minutes of open public comment on any subject, for a trial period ending after its May 1 meeting.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. March 20, 2012
B. March 22, 2012
C. March 27, 2012
IV. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
V. CONSENT AGENDA – A single vote has been scheduled to approve the fol-lowing routine items of business without discussion, unless individual agenda item action is requested by a Councilor:
A. MDI Regional School District Budget Validation Referendum – Possi-ble adoption of a motion “to countersign the warrant for the MDIRSD Budget Referendum, per MRSA 20-A§1486”.
B. Taxi Licenses: Possible passage of a motion “to approve one taxi cab li-cense for Bar Harbor Cruise Taxi and one taxi cab license for Bar Harbor Coastal Cab”.
1. Bar Harbor Cruise Taxi - Request of Ronald Baillargeon for one taxi. Approved by Police Chief and proof of insurance provided.
2. Bar Harbor Coastal Cab – Request of Craig Wood for one taxi. Approved by Police Chief and proof of insurance provided.
VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Special Amusement Permit Renewals:
1. Kebo Valley Golf Club, 136 Eagle Lake Road, for a Class 3a, three or more musicians with amplification, as submitted by David Closson.
2. ImprovAcadia, 15 Cottage Street, for a Class 4, any other type of entertainment, as provide by 28A MRSA 1054.1.C, as submitted by Larrance Fingerhut.
VII. REGULAR BUSINESS:
A. Board of Assessment Review Appointment – Application of Michael Blythe for appointment to one of the two vacant seats with an expiring term of June 2012.
B. The Jackson Laboratory – Presentation on the Jackson Lab’s Ellsworth expansion by Jill Goldthwait, Jax Director of Government Relations.
C. Water Division Pump Station Improvements – Request of the Town At-torney for passage of a resolution to authorize the Treasurer and Chair of the Town Council to arrange for $1,754,150 in temporary and permanent financing for the Duck Brook Pump Station project.
D. Public Works Garage Complex – Request of the Treasurer for passage of a bond reimbursement resolution “Declaration of Official Intent” to allow reimbursement of planning expenses from future bond proceeds.
E. Annual Town Meeting:
1. Request of the Town Manager for tentative approval of the explana-tions and recommendations for warrant articles.
2. Request of the Town Manager for tentative approval of the draft war-rant for annual Town Meeting.
3. Warden Appointment – Request of the Town Manager that the Town Clerk be appointed to serve as Warden for the June 12th MDI Re-gional School District Budget Referendum election, pursuant to Title 20-A, and the State Primary.
F. Curb Cut – Request of the Witham Family Partnership on behalf of the Villager Motel, 207 Main Street, to narrow the existing driveway entrance to 24 feet, move the entrance 6 feet to the north and relocate one existing on-street parking space.
G. Sidewalks – Request of Councilor Walsh for discussion of sidewalk ob-structions.
H. MDOT Biennial Capital Work Plan – Request of the Maine Department of Transportation for municipal input on its Biennial Capital Work Plan.
I. Maine Municipal Association – Request for nomination of candidates for the MMA executive committee and president.
J. Treasurer’s Warrant – Request of Treasurer to authorize paid bills.
VIII. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT AGENDA
IX. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
A. Island Explorer Lease – Consideration of the acquisition or disposal of real property or rights therein. (To be held in executive session as permit-ted by 1 MRSA 405.6.C, since premature disclosure of this information would prejudice the competitive or bargaining position of the Town.)
B. Parking Garage – Consideration of the acquisition or disposal of real property or rights therein. (To be held in executive session as permitted by 1 MRSA 405.6.C, since premature disclosure of this information would prejudice the competitive or bargaining position of the Town.)
C. Town Manager’s Contract – (To be held in executive session as permit-ted by 1 MRSA 405.6.A for discussion or consideration of a personnel matter.)
X. ADJOURNMENT
Please send Rocky Coast News the results from this meeting to goodnews@rockycoastnews.com.
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