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26-284 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed for Real Estate Located at 117 Buck Street Carson
This Order will authorize the execution of a municipal quitclaim deed for real estate located at 117 Buck Street. Tax liens have matured on the property owned by Frederick E. Gilbert, at 117 Buck Street. The outstanding charges due the City have been paid. Because the liens matured, a municipal
26-285 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed for Real Estate Located at 137 Main Street Fish
This Order will authorize the execution of a municipal quitclaim deed for real estate located at 137 Main Street. Tax liens have matured on the property owned by Frederick E. Gilbert, at 137 Main Street. The outstanding charges due the City have been paid. The liens matured and as a result, a
26-286 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed for Real Estate Located at 267 Pine Street Beck
This Order will authorize the execution of a municipal quitclaim deed for real estate located at 267 Pine Street. Sewer and stormwater liens have matured on the property owned by Alexander Matthew Tobias Reger, at 267 Pine Street. The outstanding charges due the City have been paid. Because
26-287 ORDER Authorizing the Appointment of Constables for the Year 2026 Beck
This Order would authorize appointment of Bailey Beers and Scott Sawyer as Code Enforcement Officers and Constables. Appointment as Code Enforcement Officers and Constables both strengthens the Code Enforcement Department's ability to perform inspections for safe and decent housing
26-288 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Samsara for Telematic Equipment for Public Works Fleet Mallar
This Order will authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract with Samsara for telematic equipment for the Public Works fleet in the amount of $295,968.96. This purchase was previously approved in the DPW FY27 Budget. This procurement is also eligible under Cooperative Purchasing
26-289 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Design- Build Contract with Gordon Contracting, Inc. for Design and Construction Services for the Replacement of a Portion of the Kenduskeag Stream Retaining Wall Mallar
This Order will authorize the City Manager to enter into a design-build contract with Gordon Contracting, Inc, to provide design and construction services associated with replacement of a portion of the Kenduskeag Stream retaining wall in the amount of #3,871,720.00. This work is intended to replace a
26-290 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Subcontract with Northern Light Mayo Hospital in the Amount of $468,197 to Provide Prevention Services in Piscataquis County as Part of the State of Maine's Maine Prevention Network Walker
This Order will authorize the City Manager to execute a subcontract with Northern Light Mayo Hospital in the amount of $468,197 to provide substance use and tobacco prevention services, and healthy eating active living promotion services in Piscataquis County as part of the Maine Prevention
26-291 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Contract with Roof Systems of Maine in the Amount of $595,374 for Roof Renovations Carson
This Order will authorize the execution of a contract with Roof Systems of Maine to renovate the roof on Dock 11 and 13 (C&L Lease Facilities), at the Bangor International Airport. With a cost of $595,374, Roof Systems of Maine was the lowest qualified bidder. This purchase was budgeted in FY26 and FY27 in the amounts of $375,965 and $200,000. Additional funds are available
26-292 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Construction Contract with C&C Lynch Excavation, LLC for Sewer and Stormwater Improvements in the Amount of $454,342 Deane
This Order will authorize the execution of a construction contract with C&C Lynch Excavation, LLC, to install a portion of new sewer main, make new connections to existing sewer laterals, and replace a portion of existing storm drain. This work is intended to lay a portion of the new sewer main along the northeast edge of the property

Referrals To Committee And First Reading

26-293 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165, Land Development, Attachment 2 - Schedule A, Urban Developed Area to Remove Floor Area Ratio from the Downtown Development District (First Reading and Referral to Planning Board meeting on October 20, 2026) Mallar
This Ordinance amendment would remove Floor Area Ratio (FAR) from the Downtown Development District (DDD) to provide flexibility for growth in downtown and promote infill development. Floor area ratio is the floor area of a building on a lot divided by the horizontal area of the lot.
26-294 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating $823,851 for the Nourish ME Rural Nutrition Education Program From the University of New England (First Reading) Deane
This Resolve will accept and appropriate $823,851 from the University of New England (UNE) to implement the Nourish ME nutrition education program in fiscal years 2027 and 2028 in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties. Maine's Rural Health Transformation Program provides the funds for the Nourish ME program statewide,
26-295 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating Up to $6,000 from Johns Hopkins University as Partners on a National Institutes for Health ARISE Grant to Increase Access to PrEP (First Reading and Referral to Government Operations Committee Meeting on October 19, 2026) Walker
This Order will accept and appropriate up to $6,000 from Johns Hopkins University as partners on a National Institutes for Health (NIH) ARISE grant to increase access to PrEP. For the past year, Bangor Public Health and Community Services has been exploring opportunities to expand access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP is an effective medication to prevent the

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26-296 ORDER Authorizing the Appointment of Student Election Clerks for the November 3, 2026 Election Mallar
This Order will authorize the appointment of Student Election Clerks for the

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26-270 ORDINANCE MoratoriumExtensionOrdinanceonDataCenters Action: Motionmadeandsecondedfor Passage Vote: 8 - 0 CouncilorsVotingYes: Beck, Deane, Faloon, Fish, Leonard, Mallar, Walker, Carson CouncilorsVotingNo: None Passed Carson
26-271 RESOLVE AcceptingandAppropriatinganAirportImprovementGrant UndertheBipartisanInfrastructureLawProgramin the Amountof $5,534,795fromtheFAA, $145,652.50from MDOT, and $575,578.50LocalMatchfor theRehabilitation of TaxiwayA andTaxiwayM atBangorInternationalAirport Action: Motionmadeandsecondedfor Passage Passed Leonard
26-272 RESOLVE Appropriating $7,000fromBangorOpioidSettlementUnspent FundstotheTogetherPlace It waspreviouslydeterminedthatCouncilorBeckhasa conflictof interest. CouncilorBeckleftthemeeting. Hilari SimmonsquestionedwhetherTogetherPlace’s applicationfollowedthesamerulesandstandardsasother applicantsfor thisfunding. Leonard

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26-281 ORDER AppointingNomineestoVariousBoards, Commissionsand Committees Action: Motionmadeandsecondedfor Passage Passed Deane
26-282 ORDER ApprovingtheYellenPinesAffordableHousingTax IncrementFinancingApplication, DevelopmentProgram, and CreditEnhancementAgreement JacquelineSmallwoodandSuzetteFurrowrequestedthisbepostponedtocorrect errorsin theenvironmentalreportregardingpropertyaddresses. MichaelFurrowwasopposedtothetaxbreak. RichTrottspokein opposition. AdamBakerandAttorneyJoeBethanyspokein favor. Motionmadeandsecondedto AmendbySubstitution PassedtoAmend MotionmadeandsecondedtopostponetotheOctober5, 2026, CouncilWorkshop. Vote: 4 - 4 CouncilorsVotingYes: Fish, Mallar, Walker, Carson CouncilorsVotingNo: Beck, Deane, Faloon, Leonard MotionFailed MotionmadeandsecondedtoPostponeIndefinitely Vote: 3 - 5 CouncilorsVotingYes: Fish, Mallar, Walker Carson

Attest.
2. Produce the Environmental Review Record that at least two Council members have already requested;
3. Provide written confirmation, supported by a title overlay andthe subdivision documentation showing how and when Map/Lot R25-001-A was created,that 205 Corporate Drive is actually fully covered by a federal release- not simply that a releaseexists somewherein the samegeneral area; supportedby licensed professionals.
4. Require the developer to produce the missing downstream pipe elevation and slope calculation, verified independently by City engineering staff, before this agreementis finalized; and
5. Explain, on the record, why the City' s own Planning Board packet for this project contains a deedthat has never been documentedascovering this parcel, and produce the subdivision paperwork connecting it to Map/Lot R25-001-A if one exists. If theseitems cannot be resolved satisfactorily, I intend to pursue this directly with HUD, including through the formal objection processunder 24 CFR 58.76 and, if warranted, a referral to HUD' s Office of Inspector General. The HUD objection window is limited and runs 15 days from your Sept. 16 submission. I am preparedto file within that window if there is no immediate responseback. Thank you for your time and attention to this. RspeiineSmallwood"-Q"hd tflly
1. City of Bangor Combined Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact andNotice of Intent to Request Release of Funds( Last Updated September 1, 2026)
2. Independent engineering review of Yellen Pines stormwater plans
3. FAA Deed of Release, Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 6164, Page 301 ( 1996)
4. Deed, Penobscot County Registry of Deeds, Book 8107, Page 215 ( 2002)- from the City' s own Planning Board packet for this project Summary and Analysis Environmental Assessment- Bangor- Housing- Authority- Home- For- Good( Yellen Pines) HEROS Number 900000010534971
Background
Key Findings
1. The document' s own" Project Location" field lists the wrong address. Page2 states" Project Location:
2. The document contradicts itself internally. Despite the Project Location field above, the substantive analysis throughout the same document repeatedly identifies the site as 205 Corporate Drive: the Conformance with Plans" fmding( page 10), the" Summary of Findings and Conclusions"( page 16), the Historic Preservation Area of Potential Effect( page 47), and the filename of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment itself(" Phase 1 ESA- Corporate Drive Bangor ME"). The substantive technical work appears to have been conducted for the correct site; the formal location field- the onethat generatedthe public notice- was not corrected to match.
3. A new, unexplained acquisition date. Page3 statesthe site" was acquired by the City from the U.S. government in 1964." This date matchesnone of the four deedsidentified in this project's chain of title 1968, 1969, 1996, or 2002), and is not reconciled anywhere in the document.
4. The document never addresses the FAA/ aviation land- restriction question. The" Additional Location Information" section( page 2) describes the site' s history in detail- a pump station, Air Force base operations, military housing, barracks buildings, hangars- and states plainly that" recognized environmental conditions( RECs) associated with the historical use of the site were identified." Despite this, the document never once addresseswhether the site remains subject to FAA use restrictions or grant assuranceobligations tied to that samehistory. The reviewer clearly knew enough about the military/ aviation history to write about it at length, but never connectedit to the federal land-use question.
5. Total project cost does not match other City- published figures. This document lists" Estimated Total Project Cost: $ 12, 122, 745. 00"- different from the$ 11, 185, 881 figure in the FONSI/ Release of Funds notice and the approximately$ 11.2 million figure reported by the Bangor Daily News.
6. Disclosed soil contamination, mitigated but real. A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and follow- up soil testing identified PFOS, arsenic, and chromium at levels exceeding residential screening guidelines( though below construction-worker action levels). The document attributes the arsenicto natural background conditions and proposesmitigation through soil removal and clean fill, to be self- documented by Bangor Housing and monitored by the City reviewing that same documentation.
7. Tribal historic preservation consultation shows no response, not agreement. The Mi' kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy,and PenobscotNation are eachmarked" ResponsePeriod Elapsed" under Section 106 consultation. Under the regulation, non-responseafter the required period may be treated asno objection but this is not the same as affirmative concurrence.

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