Bangor Planning Board approves two major final subdivisions

[0:24] Janet Sanborn Jonas: To get started, do we want to check your audio, Stephen Bushey and Michael Lynn? Can you hear us? [0:31] Kenneth Huhn: Fine, I can hear you. Yes, thanks. Okay. [0:37] Janet Sanborn Jonas: I heard, I heard you, Michael, and then Stephen, looks like you're coming on the video. I can hear you fine. Yeah, I hear you too. Thank you. Let's try that again. Good evening and welcome to the applicants, staff, board members, and members of the public. This is the August 18, 2026 meeting of the City of Bangor's Planning Board. It's 7 o'clock, and my name is Jonathan Boucher. I'm the chair of the board. Board members or volunteers from the Bangor community and other board members in attendance this evening include Ted Brush, Trisha Hayes, Greg Hobson. We have Ken Huynh, who's absent this evening, and Vice Chair Janet Jonas and Russ Whitford. City staff members in attendance this evening include Planning Officer Anya Collette. Assistant Solicitor Grace Ennis, City Engineer Jefferson Davis, Planning Analyst Matthew Altiero, and Planning Analyst Matthew Altiero. We thank them all for their help in preparation for tonight's meeting. We're going to start off with Old Business, which includes the minutes, the review of the minutes from August 4th, from the August 4th meeting. Are there any modifications or comments? Not, I'd look to hear a motion to accept the minutes. Oh, remember Brush. Yeah, move to approve. And a second for Jonas. And a roll call vote. Member Brush? Yes. Number, hey, excuse me, real [2:22] Greg Hobson: quick ken hewn's on zoom sorry we didn't oh yeah ken hewn i'm sorry oh i didn't see you i was [2:29] Janet Sanborn Jonas: having trouble connecting. Looks like your audio is fine. You can hear us fine? Yeah, I can hear you. Great. Okay, we were just, I don't know if you were able to catch the last couple minutes, but we were just talking over the meeting minutes. Any modifications or comments? No. All right, we had a motion in a second and we were in the middle of, I was about to start the roll call vote, which I'll start now. That's fine. Okay. Remember Brush? Yes. Remember Hayes? Yes. Remember Hobson? Yes. Member Huynh? Yes. Member Jonas? Yes. Member Woodford? Yes. And the Chair votes yes. So that concludes our old business. Next I have our introduction for the new business. The Planning Board has two main roles. First, we review amendments to the Land Development Code, which typically include either changes to zoning districts or changes to text within the Code. There are no amendment changes on tonight's agenda. Agenda. Secondly, the board serves as the regulatory authority for land development permits, commonly known as site plan review. Site plans are reviewed to ensure compliance with city code as the parking, driveways, storm water management, lighting, landscaping and buffering, building location, environmental impacts, and shoreline zoning as may be applicable. We also ensure the plan meets the dimensional requirements for the project zoning district. We review larger site plans that trigger site location. Development for the main dep as well under their requirements. Some uses are conditional uses that have specific conditions and requirements to be used to review the project. State statute also outlines the requirements for subdivision review, and the city has additional standards as to roadway and utility specifications. The board ultimately endorses a plan that will go to the registry of deeds if the plan is approved. There are two items on the agenda that are land development permits and further. Information on the city's codes and standards as well as the comprehensive plan may be found on the city's website or the land development permits. This evening we'll first consider and vote on the applicant's applications readiness for review and any concerns for conflicts of interest. And for all items, the applicant or their representative should come forward to the podium or on zoom as applicable and provide a brief introduction of the proposal. Then they should stay at the podium while we. Consider any questions from the staff and or board members for code, for code amendments which is not applicable tonight. Staff may make the presentation. Once the item has been presented, the applicant may be seated. We'll allow time for public comment, for public comment the person should come forward to the podium, introduce themselves, introduce themselves, state if they're, they are a Bangor resident and or an abutter to the property, and indicate if they are for against the proposal. It is also. Helpful if you present your thoughts based upon the city's codes and standards and the comprehensive plan as these are the primary documents used by the board to make our decision. All comments and discussions should remain respectful and considerate to others. Once the public comment is completed, we'll close the item to public comment. The board will then deliberate on the proposal using the applicable standards. And for clarity, when considering land development proposals, the code standards are. Typically read and voted on separately, individually, and the final decision is then read and voted on. And if the applicant disagrees with the land development permit decision that the board has made, then they may appeal the decision to the Superior Court of Maine, Superior Court of Maine. Once a project you're interested in has been reviewed, you may leave the meeting, but please be respectfully quiet so as not to disturb the review of other agenda the items. And that brings us to the new business. Our first item is a land development permit application for a major final subdivision for a multi-phase development of 62 residential units. Phase one will include the construction of 14 single family units on a proposed residential street, and phase two will include the construction of two 24, excuse me, two 24 unit multi-family buildings with associated parking. And the project is located on Grandview Ave, map lot R41-023-A, in the multi-family and multi-service district MNSD. The applicant is the Developers Collaborative Pre-Development LLC, and the owner is the City of Bangor. So staff have indicated the completeness of this application and that it's ready for board review. Fees are documented and paid. The applicant standing is confirmed. Does the board have any concerns about our conflicts of interest? And if not, I'd like to hear a motion on the completeness. [7:25] Edwin Brush: Remember Jonas chair, I moved the board finds the application was deemed complete on today, August 18th, 2026, that all applicable fees for the project have been paid, and that the proposed [7:36] Kenneth Huhn: proposed project as a final subdivision. Thank you. In a second, I'll second member [7:44] Janet Sanborn Jonas: Hobson, and a roll call vote. Member Brush, yes. Member Hayes, yes. Number Hobson, yes. Number Huynh, yes. Member Jonas, yes. Member Woodford, yes. The chair votes yes. We have a full board tonight. All right, so that brings us to the present presentation. The applicant or their representative is available in the room or on Zoom. You're on the Zoom. Is the applicant on the Zoom? Will you raise your hand, or are you unmuted? [8:22] Steve Bushey: Yeah, this is Steve Bushy with LJB Engineering in South Portland. We appreciate the opportunity. Mike Line from Developers Collaborative Pre-Development is with me online as well. And we appreciate the opportunity to present without having being in person with you folks tonight, so thank you for that opportunity. Here we had presented the project here in July, and substantive changes have not necessarily taken place at all, but we have had a number of cleanup items working with staff, and we appreciate the staff's assistance in that process of cleaning a few things up. If you'd like, I can present a few plans and walk you through some of the updates to the plan documents unless Mike, you had something beforehand that you wanted to touch [9:17] Kenneth Huhn: base on, I don't have anything new to add, Steve, if you just want to walk through the changes since the last meeting so [9:29] Steve Bushey: Can you see my screen? I hope. Yep, let me see your screen. So this is the overall site layout plan as described initially. Here we have 14 single family house lots off of a new Arboretum Drive street that we're calling it, that would ultimately become a public way, 24 foot wide, curved with sidewalk on one side of the street with 14 house lots, driveways. Each of the houses would be a modular style home that we had presented earlier, and nothing's really changed with that. Garages to the front or to the sides of these footprint areas. Phase two of the project being defined by two 24 unit multi-story multi-unit buildings with a adjoining parking lot, and one of the items that we had worked through with staff included the intent and idea that the street would be constructed and ultimately have a connection point for emergency vehicles and so forth. We've shown here on the plan there to be a gate of sorts, and that would for allow for emergency access. This street does also contain a turnaround that traditionally for snow plows for example, they'd be able to turn around without having to go through the gate in the winter time when they're conducting snow removal snow plowing activity. A couple of things that were updated based on staff input and all good comments and glad we were able to incorporate them included noted for example a sidewalk connection here on Grandview Ave. Today there is a crosswalk with flashing beacons across Grandview Avenue, and I think our plan in July had neglected to include a sidewalk connection Here, so obviously we've added that now to the plan, and the proposal includes a new sidewalk running the full length of the site frontage to another crosswalk. There wouldn't be any flashing beacons at this crosswalk, but staff had suggested and wanted us to provide a crosswalk here so we could connect to an existing trail as well. I don't know the names, if there are names for the trails here to the public park area to the north of Grandview, but we have that connection now and access along the street front. Small esplanade space between what would be brand new curbing along Grandview Ave. Today that's just an uncurbed street section with water running off of the road into the into the side here, so we've added in some drainage measures and so forth for the collection of that. Staff had also made a comment on our phase two parking lot area. What you're looking at here in the lower area is a solid waste collection area, loading area for folks who might be going into the apartment buildings, and as per your code, you need to have a designated loading area. So we've shown on the plan, traditional crosswalk type striping, indicating the opportunity and ability for folks to not only use the sidewalk on Grandview Ave, but to be able to take a sidewalk system that would run here on the west side of the property in front of the multi-unit buildings down through to connect through to a stone dust pathway trail that would go down to the shopping center, and that basically is following an old tote road of sorts that goes down through the property and basically lies within the versant overhead power line transmission corridor here as well, so we have that connection point. That for the sidewalk within the single family house lots there would be that sidewalk system as well connecting down through, so fairly robust pedestrian access condition for the total of 62 units. Down through the middle of the site we're envisioning a bit of a common space that would be constructed in between the single families and the multi-units that too would have connectivity to the sidewalk walk up front and then down through the middle of the site and to Arboretum Drive and its sidewalk. So again, trying to be fairly robust with pedestrian accommodations. It's a little over 10 acres for the property size, and we're using up about four acres. And my cursor, if you can see it, is basically going around the perimeter of the various lots here. 14 single family lots, and then lot 15 would be the multi-unit lot, and then ultimately lot 16, which is identified and shown on the next plan I'm I'm going to show you here, the subdivision plan for which we're seeking your approval tonight. That is about an area of six acres, so we're using up four acres, open space to remain would be about six acres. We think that's that's a fairly nice way of use using this property. As i had explained in our july presentation, the site has a natural drainage course here arctic brook that runs north to south through the property, another drainage running somewhat west to east, arctic brook, and that basically makes it very difficult to try to do development either near the brook or to the opposite side of the brook. We've made accommodations recommendations as well, and I'll show you in a moment the grading plan to try to make sure that we stay back as much as possible from Arctic Brook. That was a staff suggestion, and they had input to that as well as the state and federal regulatory agencies, both of which we've made applications to, the DEP and Army Corps of Engineers, for some wetland impacts that we have associated with the property. The next plan here is a subdivision plan. This has been worked through with the surveyors from pliska and day, and we've added the traditional common things as required by your code for subdivision plans, for example property pins, and all the meets and bounds here are described on the plan, and the survey has gone through all of those things. We're We're showing some easements here that would be to the city of Bangor for drainage rights, because ultimately if the city, as is our desire and plan now, ultimately accepts this Arboretum Drive as a public way and public street, there would be some drainage measures, as is fairly common. common we have a underdrained soil filter over here in this area if you can see my cursor between lots four and five, another one to the far end of the street down by lot eight, there's some drainage happening over by this lot 12, and then a little drainage for a street catch Basin that would discharge out onto the corner of lot one, and those would be dedicated easement spaces to the city. Other remaining easements that already encumber the property include that 80 foot wide overhead transmission Line to Versant, I think we had provided the record for your benefit. The fact that there's a memorandum of understanding with Versant, we're working through the process of a lot them allowing us to have activity within their easement, but they've been quite supportive of the project, so working through that with them. And then the city has a sanitary sewer interceptor for which a 30 foot wide easement would be maintained, basically extending from Grandview Ave. That sewer line, fairly old sewer line, I couldn't tell you how many years it's been in, but quite a few, given the amount of vegetation growth over it. But a 30 foot wide easement would be maintained down through all the way to the southerly property line adjacent to the shopping center. So this is the subdivision plan, fairly traditional and straightforward in that ultimately if you folks see fit to give us an approval, be signing it, and then we'll get it recorded in the registry. This is a grading and drainage plan. I alluded to some grading changes based on staff input, primarily making sure that we keep our grading in the back of the houses that are closest to Arctic Brook fairly tight to the rear of the building and the rear of the house so that we can maintain a the existing buffer of mature trees and so forth up against the brook. So we've made a few updates and heads back of course with the city staff on that regard. They'd also provided input and recommendations requirements for, as I said, some drainage up on Grand View Avenue. We're changing that from basically a non-curved open Street section where water just shoots off the edge of the street into the adjacent land to a curb section, so we have to have some means of collecting water basically along Grandview Avenue and then discharging it out onto the various properties. We have storm water systems here that are compliant with the local Bangor code as well as so-called chapter 500 rules of the Main Department of Environmental Protection for stormwater management. It's not a really big site here and our impervious area is less than three acres in size, about four acres of total development area, much of which is or some of which is landscaped area, and less than three acres of impervious area out of the total of 10 acres. Here's our utility plan and staff had also had some comments, we worked through various things, for example the water system consists of a connection on Grandview Ave, there's a 16 inch water main there and We would extend an eight inch, traditional eight inch public water main through the property or through the, street, and then that would loop and reconnect back up to Grandview Avenue as well, so it would be a looped, dual connected type water supply system. So that's, you know, in the sense of design aspects, having some redundancy for connectivity is obviously highly positive. Each of the 14 houses will have water and sewer connections. We'll connect to the sewer, that interceptor sewer just south of lots five and six, I think it is here. Underground power would extend from Grandview Avenue, single phase power for these single family homes. And we'll have a number of just pad mount, traditional pad mount transformers in front of a number of the house lots. There'd be some communication pedestals as well, but everything underground basically running along the side of the road. And then the two multi-unit buildings would be expected to probably have a three-phase circuit. Now, there is both single and three-phase power along Grand View, so that's a plus in that respect. And so we're working with Versant on that. One of the items that Versant has come up with respect to their transmission line going through the property they are looking to replace three poles with taller poles to provide adequate clearances over our parking lot so nothing dramatic there but obviously a little bit of work to take care of relative utilities staff had made mention of traditional sewer connections from each of the 14 homes and how they should connect into the sanitary sewer we had a few of those service connections tying directly into manholes and the local requirement, which is fairly common with many communities. Typically, they like to have a connect Y or T connection into a sanitary sewer run. So we did some updates to that on the plan here in the last few weeks to satisfy city staff. I'll note we have, whoops, a couple of new fire hydrants or three new fire hydrants identified on the plan. One up by Grandview Ave here on the new street, another one at the end of the street, and then a new hydrant over by the multi-units, which the multi-units would also have full sprinkler and NFPA sprinkler systems with this hydrant. So fairly robust fire protection system, I'd call it, for the development overall. And then we have the landscape plan that's been made part, and staff had made comments with respect to some of the positioning of trees, street trees in particular. As you can see here, we've got street trees along Grandview Ave, but staff had made comments about trees. The original plans that we had here a month ago had a fairly high number of trees out behind the houses when, in fact, there's a really robust existing forested area there that will remain. And staff said, let's focus on the street rather than the back of these houses where there's a pretty big buffer already. So that's how we've updated that plan. Those are the five drawings that I thought were most relevant and had seen most of the changes and updates that staff had given us. So that's pretty much concludes my presentation for you folks tonight unless you have any particular questions. Mike, do you have anything else you'd like to add? Maybe I [23:48] Kenneth Huhn: think you have covered it really well. We're here to really ask, or excuse me, answer questions as needed tonight. Well [23:56] Janet Sanborn Jonas: thank you, that was very thorough, great presentation. Any questions or comments from staff? [24:07] Greg Hobson: Just wanna comment on the conditions that I wrote in your memo. Two of them are from the preliminary approval just because they're not probably gonna be done till they're close to construction. But one of the new conditions we added was that they complete the trail prior to the final CO being issued. And then also that the open space deed and easement deeds are approved by the city and the water district executed and recorded at the registry before building permits are issued. Are there any questions on those? Is there any [24:42] Janet Sanborn Jonas: signage? Oh, I'm sorry, I should, are the question I was going to ask is, are there any signage requirements for the trail? No, it's just like an open. Okay. Yeah, it's just the nice. Does it connect to Brown? It's the Brown Forest bind, is that what it is? The no [25:00] Greg Hobson: Prentice Woods is across the street from it. That's it. Where this trail would connect to is a parcel that's owned by the people who own the Broadway shopping plaza, and there's like a very short segment there, and then it would connect down to the Hannaford, right, and then it cuts [25:16] Janet Sanborn Jonas: through the property across the sidewalk and then I guess they could cross from there to Prentice this is that yeah the idea okay any questions from board members well thank you very much for the presentation I'll open it up for public comment is there anyone in the in the room or on the zoom that would like to speak to this project and seeing no one will close the public comment and then I'd return back to the board members to see if there's any discussion or comments and questions before we move forward with the with the requirements the applicable provisions and findings so I'd bring your attention to page three of six with the applicable provisions and findings we're going to start with part one that the project meets requirements of section 165-128g look for a motion on item one member Brush Mr. Chairman the [26:25] Edwin Brush: the board finds that based on exhibit 2 the applicant satisfied land development code section 165-128g1 requirements by providing a final plot for a major subdivision with the necessary contents of section 165-128e4 thank you and a second I'll second member Hobson and a roll call [26:52] Janet Sanborn Jonas: call vote member Brush yes number Hayes yes number Hobson yes member Jonas yes number Whitford yes the chair votes yes item number two member Hobson chair I move that the board finds [27:07] Kenneth Huhn: it based on exhibit two the applicant satisfied land development section 165-128g twos requirements that the final plaque contain all the changes or modifications required by the planning board thank [27:21] Janet Sanborn Jonas: you in a second for Hayes oh sorry I'll get I'll go to you next member so member Hayes with the second and a roll call vote member Brush yes number Hayes yes number Hobson yes number Jonas yes number Whitford yes chair votes yes and item number three [27:46] Kenneth Huhn: Ken do you want to read that one sure chair I moved it the board finds that the base based on exhibits 13 and 14, the applicant satisfied land development code section 165-128G-3's requirement for the plan to be reviewed by the city engineer for compliance with health safety, health sanitation and engineering standards, and for receiving written approval from the city engineer. [28:13] Janet Sanborn Jonas: In a second, Member Brush and a roll call vote. Member Brush. Yes. Member Hobson. Yes. Member Hayes. Yes. remember hewn yes remember Jonas yes remember Whitford yes chair votes yes item number four [28:27] Edwin Brush: Number brush. Mr. Chair, I move the board finds that based on exhibits 2 and 15, the after and satisfied land development code section 165 at 128 g4's requirement for meeting the standards for preliminary plot approval. Thank you. In a second, member. [28:47] Janet Sanborn Jonas: Jonas and a roll call vote. Member Brush? Yes. Number Hayes? Yes. For Hobson? Yes. Member Jonas? Yes. Number Woodford? Yes. The chair votes yes. Item number five. Chair member Jonas, chairman of the. [29:00] Edwin Brush: Board finds that based on exhibits 2 and 15, the applicant satisfied land development code section 165-128g part 5's requirement that the plan not be substantively changed from the preliminary. [29:11] Kenneth Huhn: Subdivision Platte. Thank you. In a second? I'll second. [29:14] Janet Sanborn Jonas: Member Hobson, a roll call vote. Member Brush? Yes. Member Hayes? Yes. Member Hobson? Yes. Member Huynh? Yes. Member Jonas? Yes. Member Woodford? Yes. Chair votes yes. That concludes part one. That brings us to the decision. And before we do that, any final questions about these additional provisions here? Or the phrasing everyone's happy and content with that? Yeah, so I'd look for someone to read it for the decision. Chair. [29:53] Edwin Brush: Jonas, chair, I move the board finds that the project meets the requirements for a land development permit for a major final subdivision and therefore the board grants the land development permit for the proposed project with the following conditions. The first, deed restrictions are created for lots one through six and lot eight to minimize disturbance within the 75 foot setback from wetlands of special significance outside of that required for home construction. Second, before building permits are. Issued the project receives wetland permitting approval from the main department of environmental protection and army corps of engineers, including permitting for activity within the 75 foot setback from wetlands of specific special significance. Thirdly, the trail shown on the plan will be constructed prior to the final certificate of occupancy or co being issued. And finally, number four, the open space deed and easement deeds will be approved by the appropriate city departments and the Bangor. Water district executed and recorded at the registry of deeds prior to any building permits being issued. [30:56] Janet Sanborn Jonas: thank you and before i go for a second can we just get confirmation that from the applicant that you've seen these and are agreeable to these conditions had a chance to discuss them already yes we're good with it all right thank you i would have liked to in retrospect i would have liked to have asked that earlier but before we go for the second number rush and a roll call vote remember brush yes remember hayes yes remember hobson yes remember hewn yes remember jonas yes number whitford yes Chair votes yes. Thank you. This item is passed as has had passage, and the application is approved, and the applicant can reach out to the code enforcement office. More guidance. This will bring us to our next item, which is the land development permit application for land development. And excuse me for a major final subdivision for the creation of, I think I'm reading the wrong one, it's a bit of paper here, one second, get myself situated for the next item. Yes, I'm ready to proceed. The land development permanent application for a major final subdivision for the creation of a cluster subdivision of 22 lots located at 375 Pusha Road, map lot are 30-00 6-D, and the rural residents and agricultural district are RNA. The applicant owner is TNT Property Management LLC. Staff has indicated the completeness of this application and that it is ready for board review. These are documented paid. The applicant standing is confirmed. Does the board have any concerns or issues around conflicts of interest? Otherwise I'd look to for a motion on to accept the completeness of this application. Chair Hobson. Chair, I move that the [33:05] Kenneth Huhn: board finds that the application was deemed complete on August 18th, 2026. The applicant paid all applicable fees listed in exhibit three, and the proposed project is a major final major [33:17] Janet Sanborn Jonas: subdivision. Thank you. In a second, number Brush. With a second. And a roll call vote. Remember Member Brush? Yes. Member Hayes? Yes. Member Hobson? Yes. Member Huynh? Yes. Member Jonas? Yes. Member Woodford? Yes. And the chair votes yes. That brings us to the applicant, if they'd like to make their presentation. [33:41] Jim Kaiser: Good evening. My name is Jim Kaiser. I'm here representing T&T on this project, Rose Ledge Subdivision. The project obtained preliminary approval back in May 19th of 2026 for preliminary subdivision application development permit, along with a site location amendment that was required because this parcel is portioned that conjoined with Church Road Estates, I think is the name of it. So that included a amendment or required an amendment of the site location act. The project is located near the corner of Poochah Road and Church Road. The development consists of 22 lots on approximately 46 and a half acres of land. It's a cluster subdivision as mentioned, and so the open space will be generated at 16.3 approximately acres, and the proposal is to have that deeded to the city, and we understand the council has agreed to that prior to this meeting. The lots are approximately one and a quarter acre in size, and the applicant will still retain approximately 53 acres in adjacent to this subdivision, and we are providing at the recommendation of staff a right of way through that so that there can be a connector road into any further development of that retained land. We're here with final application completed, and we've addressed staff concerns, and we do have no issues with the conditions proposed by staff at this time. [35:38] Janet Sanborn Jonas: Be more than happy to answer any questions, thank you. Any comments or questions from staff? [35:44] Greg Hobson: Just to clarify on the fire pond, council hasn't agreed to that yet. We're going to take it to them in early September, but that's why we put the first condition on here, requested condition, that if council does end up rejecting the maintenance of the fire pond that they would, the applicant would revise the open space deed to reflect that, and that also the consent agreement that they provided originally would be approved by city legal, executed, and also recorded at the registry. It will be staff's recommendation though that the city does maintain the fire pond just to ensure that it is maintained correctly in the future. We also requested the conditions that the fire pond is built to NFPA standards and approved by the fire department, the same condition on the open space and stormwater easement deeds that we that we had for Grandview, and then that the deeds for each lot have their any buffers shown on the plans revert back to natural conditions, and then that the letter of credit which is their improvement guarantee is signed by the vice president of Bangor Savings Bank or their designee. Also just wanted to clarify, I should have caught this or said this earlier, but final major subdivision doesn't require public hearing, so you don't have to take public comment, not that there's anyone here from the public anyway, but just want to let you know that, so thank [37:12] Janet Sanborn Jonas: You too. I have any questions for city staff? Any questions for the applicant? I have a question for Anya and a question. I have a question about the you mentioned that if the city council rejects maintenance this condition is there any conditional language needed for if they do accept maintenance? [37:35] Greg Hobson: And so the fire pod that we need to spell out here no because the open space deed in your packet reflects the city maintaining it so that's our default mode so this condition is just a provision [37:48] Janet Sanborn Jonas: in case things change. Thank you and then my second question is about the public comment and then I do we need any input from our assistant solicitor about whether or not public comment I think we're just gonna I'll do it just out of you mean opening public comment yeah any no you can go just to keep it consistent even though it's not strictly required so any final questions or comments thank you for your presentation I'm going to open up public comment at this point would you guys like to do we have anyone in the zoom and we're going to close public comment and bring it back for any final discussion before we move on to our review of the provisions and findings with that we'll start on part one that the project needs the requirements of section 165-128g look for a motion on the first item [38:54] Edwin Brush: Member Brush so chair I move the board finds that based on exhibit two the applicant satisfied land development code section 165-128g1's requirements by providing a final plat for a major subdivision with the necessary contents of section 165-128e4 you in a second remember Hayes and a roll call [39:21] Janet Sanborn Jonas: vote number Brush yes remember Hayes yes for Hobson yes number Whitford yes and the chair votes yes that brings us to item two remember Hobson chair I move that the board finds [39:35] Kenneth Huhn: that based on exhibit 22 the applicant satisfied land development code section 165-128g3's requirements for the plan to be reviewed by the city engineer for compliance with health sanitation and engineering standards and for receiving written approval from the city engineer [39:53] Janet Sanborn Jonas: thank you in a second number Woodford and a roll call vote member Brush yes number Hayes yes number Hobson yes number Hewn yes number Jonas yes number Woodford yes the chair votes yes item three member Hayes I move the board finds that based on exhibits [40:14] Kenneth Huhn: Exhibits 2 and 24, the applicant satisfied land development code section 165-128G4's requirements for meeting the standards for preliminary plat approval and section 165-128G5's requirement that the plan not be substantially changed from the preliminary subdivision plat. [40:42] Janet Sanborn Jonas: That I shouldn't practice what do you say? Second, we have a second. Member Jonas, and a roll call vote. Member Brush? Yes. Remember Hayes? Yes. Remember Hobson? Yes. Remember Heen? Yes. Remember Jonas? Yes. Number Woodford? Yes. And the chair votes yes. That concludes part one and brings us to the decision. Do we have someone who'd like to read the, I'll do it, remember Jonas? [41:09] Edwin Brush: Chair, I move the board finds that the project meets the requirements for a final major subdivision and therefore the board grants the land development permit for the proposed project with the following conditions. First, if the city council rejects maintenance of the fire pond, the open space deed will be revised to reflect that TNT Property Management LLC is responsible for maintenance and the consent agreement that was provided in the original project submissions detailing that T&T Property Management LLC will maintain the fire pond will need to be approved by the City Legal Department, executed and recorded at the Registry of Deeds before any building permits are issued. Secondly, the fire pond will be built to NFPA standards and will be inspected and approved by the City Fire Department prior to any building permits being issued. Third, the open space and stormwater easement deeds will be executed and the deeds and subdivision plan will be recorded at the registry of deeds prior to any building permit being issued. Fourth, the deeds for each lot in the subdivision as applicable will contain restrictions that the buffer areas shown on the subdivision plan will be allowed to revert to a natural undisturbed state. And finally, the letter of credit dated July 2nd, 2026 from Bangor Savings Bank will be signed by the vice president of Bangor Savings Bank or their designee before any building permit is issued. [42:26] Janet Sanborn Jonas: Thank you, and a second? Second. Member Hobson, and a roll call vote. Member Brush? Yes. Member Hayes? Yes. Member Hobson? Yes. Member Huynh? Yes. Member Jonas? Yes. Member Woodford? Yes. And the Chair votes yes. So, with that, the application is approved, and the applicant can reach out to Code Enforcement Office for more guidance. That concludes our new business for tonight, and brings us to other business. Are there any detail any thoughts on land developers like to [42:58] Jim Kaiser: Thank the board if you don't mind for oh of course patience and attention to this matter thank you [43:03] Janet Sanborn Jonas: And thank you that brings us to our other business about land development code updates about land use planning [43:22] Greg Hobson: You asked about other business so just as a status update on the land development code update I am I've been working through the map and just trying to gather my thoughts on what the zoning should look like in different places and I'm making good progress on that and we do have some sessions scheduled with the consultants at the end of the month in early September to talk about all of our comments we sent them so things are moving along with that. Yeah any questions thank [43:58] Janet Sanborn Jonas: You any discussion any other items is there looks like there's some documents to sign yeah the I don't think the decision [44:09] Greg Hobson: Letter is just the maps for tonight for the subdivision plans when he was reported there's two copies of each one that need to be signed and make sure you use black ink so all right [44:20] Janet Sanborn Jonas: Any other items before we close all right thank you everyone it is 7 44 and