Name of Body: City Council
Tentative Agenda for the Meeting of: April 20, 2016
Meeting Begins: 7:00 P.M.
Location: City Hall Council Chambers
A. Acceptance of Minutes
B. Communications from City Manager
C. Petitions and Communications
Business Licenses - New Renewals
Code Enforcement - Reports
Arts & Historic Preservation Minutes
Civil Service Minutes
Economic Development Minutes
D. Appointment Calendar
1. ORDER #86-14/15 – Conservation Commission, District Two (Smith), for an unexpired term which expires on 11/20/17. Postponed since 02/18/15. Passage requires majority vote.
2. ORDER #114-14/15 – Conservation Commission, District One (Morgan), for an unexpired term which expires on 3/3/18. Postponed since 4/22/15. Passage requires majority vote.
3. ORDER #41-15/16 – Arts & Historic Preservation Committee, District Two (Smith), appointing Liz Salamone for an unexpired term which expires on 10/20/18. Postponed since 10/19/15. Passage requires majority vote.
4. ORDER #58-15/16 - Conservation Commission, District Two (Smith), for an unexpired term which expires on 11/20/18. Postponed since 12/21/15. Passage requires majority vote.
5. ORDER #71-15/16- Library Advisory Board, District One (Morgan), for an unexpired term which expires on 01/01/18. Postponed since 01/04/16. Passage requires majority vote.
6. ORDER #72-15/16 - Library Advisory Board, District Five (Fox), for an unexpired term which expires on 01/01/18. ostponed since 01/04/16. Passage requires majority vote.
7. ORDER #91-15/16 - Energy & Recycling Committee, District Two (Smith), for an unexpired term which expires on 05/05/18. Postponed since 02/01/16. Passage requires majority vote.
8. ORDER #104-15/16 - Energy & Recycling Committee, District Three (Rose), appointing Tyler Gleason for an unexpired term which expires on 05/05/16. Postponed since 03/07/16. Passage requires majority vote.
9. ORDER #114-15/16 - Board of Assessment Review, District Two (Smith), for an unexpired term which expires on 03/16/19. Postponed since 03/21/16. Passage requires majority vote.
10. ORDER #115-15/16 - Energy & Recycling Committee, District Three (Rose), for an unexpired term which expires on 05/05/16. Postponed since 03/21/16. Passage requires majority vote.
11. ORDER #127-15/16 - Planning Board, District Two (Smith), for an unexpired term which expires on 04/01/19. Passage requires majority vote.
12. ORDER #128-15/16 - Appointment of Democratic, Republican, Green Independent and Unenrolled Election Clerks. Passage requires majority vote.
E. Consent Calendar
F. Citizen Discussion (First Part)
G. Public Hearings and Action
13. ORDINANCE #9-15/16 – Amending the Code of Ordinances establishing Chapter 32, “Pesticide Use Ordinance”. Passed first reading 04/04/16. ROLL CALL VOTE. Passage requires majority vote.
H. Action on Old and New Business
14. ORDER #129-15/16 - Accepting miscellaneous donations. Passage requires majority vote.
15. RESOLVE #8-15/16 – Endorsing Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System (PACTS) projects for traffic signal improvements at the intersections of Broadway at Evans Street and Broadway at Lincoln Street and constructing a multi-use path extension on Main Street through Cash Corner. Passage requires majority vote.
16. ORDER #130-15/16 – Appropriating $53,665 from Undesignated Fund Balance and award of Bid #25-16 to Freightliner of Maine, of Portland, ME, for the purchase of a roll off truck to be used by the Public Works Department. Passage requires majority vote.
17. ORDER #131-15/16 – Authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety under the 2016 Young Driver Safety Mini Grant Program and accepting awarded funds to be used by the Police Department. Passage requires majority vote
18. ORDER #132-15/16 – Authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety under the 2016 Distracted Driving Enforcement Program and accepting awarded funds to be used by the Police Department. Passage requires majority vote.
19. ORDER #133-15/16 – Authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety under the 2016 Click It or Ticket/Buckle Up No Excuses Enforcement and Education Program and accepting awarded funds to be used by the Police Department. Passage requires majority vote.
20. ORDER #134-15/16 - Authorizing the City Manager to execute and deliver to Northern Utilities, Inc. d/b/a Unitil a temporary construction access easement agreement and a permanent easement agreement for gas facilities within a portion of Thomas Knight Park (a portion of Assessor’s Map 15, Lot 89-A). Passage requires majority vote.
21. ORDER #135-15/16 – Accepting a grant in the amount of $1,500 from the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) under its 2016 Casco Bay Community Program to be used by the South Portland Conservation Commission. Passage requires majority vote.
22. ORDER #136-15/16 - Authorizing the City Manager to accept delivery of an easement deed from Central Maine Power Company (CMP) for a 25 foot wide roadway access on CMP’s land off Broadway (a portion of Assessor’s Map 19, Lot 157A) . Passage requires majority vote.
I. Citizen Discussion (Second Part)
J. Councilor’s Round Robin
K. Executive Session
A motion may be made to go into executive session pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(a), evaluation of City Clerk.
Note: Items may be added to or deleted from the tentative agenda. Copies of amended agenda may be obtained from the City Clerk. Amendments, if any, appear on attachments to the tentative agenda.
In the event the Council determines that it may not reach all agenda items by 11:00 P.M., it may postpone some items to a subsequent meeting. Postponement is not required, and the Council may take up agenda items after 11:00 P.M. Any items postponed to the next meeting will normally be scheduled ahead of subsequently scheduled agenda items.