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The first application requests state UPI funds to build about 2,550 linear feet of new six-foot-wide, ADA-accessible paved sidewalk along Alban Road from Hammond Street to the area in front of the former Ground Round restaurant. Staff estimated the project cost at $335,000; the UPI program requires a 50 percent local match, leaving a local share of $167,500 proposed from the city’s FY 2026 pedestrian-safety improvements account.

The second application covers roughly 4,200 linear feet of new six-foot-wide ADA sidewalk connecting streets in the business park area — described as Northeast/Corporate Drive, connecting Hamlet Street to Main Avenue. Staff estimated that project at $450,000 with a $225,000 local match. The presenter said individual projects under the UPI program are capped at $750,000 in state funds and that the program’s roughly $3 million annual appropriation is split among four metropolitan planning organizations serving the region.

Councilors and staff asked several questions before the committee moved to advance the applications. One councilor said the administration should provide a prioritized list of sidewalk projects; staff said the city uses a prioritization approach that considers where people walk, school walking routes and major arteries. The Mountain Hope Avenue sidewalk project was referenced as already in design with construction funding timing described as not specified for this discussion.

Public Works Director Aaron Hootery told the committee that adding sidewalks does not automatically mean the city will plow them and described sidewalk maintenance as part of the public-works prioritization and resource planning. Hootery said sidewalks are prioritized by school walking routes first, then major arteries; he said Corporate Drive likely would not be a high priority for plowing but Main Avenue might be, because of its connections.

A committee member moved and another seconded to advance the two UPI grant applications to the full council for consideration; the committee chair said the items will appear on the council agenda next week. The committee recorded no committee vote tally in the transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Infrastructure Committee 3.17.25","oneSentenceSummary","City staff told the Infrastructure Committee Monday that the city submitted two Urban Partnership Initiative grant applications seeking state funds to build new sidewalks on Alban Road and in the Northeast/Corporate Drive business area.","taxTitle","Bangor City, Penobscot County, Maine","taxId",2586,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633515,"Bangor staff update committee on compensation-fee plans for urban impaired streams",209,74000,283000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2664314-a18a174e01e7753de704c20a1cc72487&start=74&end=283","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2664314-a18a174e01e7753de704c20a1cc72487/thumbnail_74000.jpg","/articles/6633515/Bangor-City/Penobscot-County/Maine/Bangor-staff-update-committee-on-compensation-fee-plans-for-urban-impaired-streams","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633515-101873080bf0caab4af1f6c64d6ded54/orig.mp4?Expires=1776064760&Signature=UWerfe192edkXaP3wksbGFXLmrOlnALzMgjw0~rzihi~0bKNIfEIndVKws1PESmCBtOH9Brv4tENKh7s2RBvcrZNJ~jhEHOuK9pznfVQ4iEoQL0MQOROpA6W-I8yylV0l32018oeh9IKCaiGP0c~n0ueKS3kZclae1vi6lxqqzoOnZAnv3xW2vPXPOwWycYY-RJhEzFKMWrRv9CRT0wnRNge~OntD3bYekV33YKgzGcAzBXxU8FEuUCw~JCHmGXYJtSi54PxdhPiE8MkZr9VpFKdA~c7dUXomgAXJAbPp9WM1nEhS~-pumFMxzJ641wCKGD3yMiB4GyXf-xxRcNCrw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Richard May, stormwater manager in the City of Bangor engineering department, updated the Infrastructure Committee Monday on the city’s use of developer ‘‘compensation fee’’ funds to mitigate impacts to urban-impaired stream watersheds.

May told committee members that the city has had three separate compensation-fee funds for urban impaired streams that are collected from developers who choose to pay into the fund instead of completing off-site mitigation. He said the compensation plans act as a project list for each watershed and noted the plans have not been comprehensively updated since February 2006 in some watersheds.

May said the three watersheds with compensation-fee plans are Benjagerwok Stream (near the Bangor Mall area), Birch Stream (near the airport), and Arctic Brook (a corridor through the Broadway area to Kunduzkegg Stream). He added that the city recently completed a watershed management plan for a stream he referred to as Pinjaduwak; that plan will provide project lists the compensation-fee program can fund.

May told the committee that the Shawbrook watershed, on the west side of the airport and partly within the towns of Hermon and Hampden, now has an active compensation-fee utilization plan. He said the city drafted that plan, checked with the neighboring towns, and submitted it for review; he reported receiving approval from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection last week.

May said Arctic Brook’s compensation-fee plan was updated in February 2016 and that the city has completed several improvement projects in that watershed, though additional projects could be added. He said Birch Stream’s watershed plan is slated for an update during the coming year.

The committee did not take formal action on the report. The committee chair invited members to offer input; no substantive policy direction or votes were recorded during the update.","City stormwater manager outlined pending updates to compensation-fee utilization plans for multiple impaired urban streams and said the Shawbrook plan was submitted to and approved by Maine DEP.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633505,"Bangor staff review EPA annual compliance report, highlight sewer projects and post-construction monitoring",482,863000,1345000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2664314-a18a174e01e7753de704c20a1cc72487&start=863&end=1345","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2664314-a18a174e01e7753de704c20a1cc72487/thumbnail_863000.jpg","/articles/6633505/Bangor-City/Penobscot-County/Maine/Bangor-staff-review-EPA-annual-compliance-report-highlight-sewer-projects-and-post-construction-monitoring","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633505-1951c12d4b24e5ea371b4434b70f2023/orig.mp4?Expires=1776064760&Signature=ceJeDKaEyeRCyR3oW1YA6OevIYSqAUmULmSWUKEkLGJGHpXxSfy9-1O~IEZzPLmSUJ~JIDkNzvzHBamRKdKBh0ZX2KZDR8Enqfxh~ObkmuxjTxlhjkUGtUWZhEzBMJrqmk1X9o61ID90dwjJLuzPEewf3NNvCnyrgepImGK5~zdT9efQzwBP8q~1PV6zf2NTOtjko4MjbYDYd4yfu3zPKWx793JJBbq8yulpk3f~q~wOMeklpgRQ4JRgnq9LahD6fo1v6Fh-V4E1E4XuTEw2E0kaC~YeDQF0ks9nXoAwa0hKKyh2eh4PQh-JFHOrDKp7yXp7ytGkgPcde8dhZRt00Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Engineering and water-quality management staff told the Infrastructure Committee Monday that they submitted the City of Bangor’s calendar-year 2024 annual compliance report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as required under the city’s consent decree.

Staff said the consent decree—described in the meeting as ‘‘United States and State of Maine versus the City of Bangor’’—was entered on Nov. 13, 2015, and requires annual reporting on combined sewer overflows (CSOs), sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), collection-system assessment and maintenance, and the long-term control plan.

The report lists a series of projects and ongoing activities. Staff said AECOM is conducting post-construction monitoring of the Davis Brook CSO storage tank to compare actual performance with the computer model used for the long-term control plan; staff reported preliminary results show the tank is performing better than the original model anticipated. The report also documents an ongoing Meadowbrook sewer-separation project that will remove stormwater from the sanitary sewer; staff said the project is currently waiting on construction funding with a hope to proceed in FY 2026.

Other items staff cited include an asset-management program restart after GIS staff turnover and new personnel (John Miller) joining the team; Haley Ward’s pump-station study for Arrow and Kmart stations and subsequent design planning; an airport-area sewer replacement of about 900 linear feet of clay pipe and four manholes to address infiltration; and Randolph Drive Sewer Replacement Phase 3, now in construction and replacing roughly 2,000 linear feet of sewer main.

Staff said the city inspected and videotaped a substantial portion of the sewer system in 2024. They reported the system comprises about 35 miles of inspectable sewer and that crews videoed approximately 145,523 linear feet of pipe during the year — nearly 20 percent of the system. Staff noted the video and inspection work supports informed planning and that the sewer division reached full staffing last month for the first time since 2018.

Staff said the U.S. EPA has requested a meeting about the report in April. Committee members thanked staff for the work and the update; the committee did not take further action during the presentation.","Engineering and water-quality staff summarized the city’s calendar‑year 2024 compliance report submitted to the U.S. EPA under a consent decree, noting post-construction monitoring on a CSO tank, sewer replacement projects underway, and increased inspection activity.","actionData","errors"]

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