In accordance with Title 28A Section 653 MRSA 1964 a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall to hear an application by Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides located at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine for a renewal Malt, Spirituous and Vinous Class A Lounge liquor license, interior and exterior decks.
Pursuant to the Special Amusement Ordinance of the City of Belfast and the provision of Title 28-A Section 1054 MRSA a public hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall on August 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter on an application for a Special Amusement Permit for Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides for live entertainment, music, vocals - Karaoke, DJ and dancing at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine, interior and exterior decks.
The Belfast City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016, at 7:00 PM, immediately prior to its regularly-scheduled City Council meeting, in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall, 131 Church Street, Belfast, Maine, to report on the progress and receive questions regarding the Community Development Block Grant Business Assistance Grant that assisted OnProcess Technology. These grant funds, in the amount of $800,000, provided funding to OnProcess Technology to be used as working capital, and to purchase telephony, computer, and other equipment. OnProcess Technology has met the grant’s requirement of creating a minimum of 50 new full-time equivalent jobs, with at least 51% of these jobs being taken by qualified low-to-moderate income individuals.
The City of Belfast City Council, at its meeting of Tuesday, August 16, 2016, beginning at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as practical thereafter, in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall, which is located at 131 Church Street, shall conduct a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 86, Signs. A prime purpose of the amendments is to 'codify' the current Sign Ordinance so it is in the same format as other City Ordinances. The amendments also establish new standards to allow the display of temporary political signs in the public right-of-way, and to make limited changes to the current sign standards.
1) Call to order 2) Roll call: Mayor Walter Ash, Jr.; Councilors Mary Mortier, Neal Harkness, Eric Sanders, Michael Hurley and John Arrison, City Manager Joseph Slocum, and Admin. Assistant Manda Cushman. 3) Pledge of Allegiance
Adoption of the Agenda
Acceptance of the minutes Special Council Meeting of July 12, 2016 and Regular Council Meeting of August 3 i, 2016.
Open to the public Please state your name and town you are from when addressing the City Council.
Communications
Permits, Petitions and Licenses - Consent Agenda A. Request to approve an application by Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides located at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine for a renewal Malt, Spirituous and Vinous Class A Lounge liquor license, interior and exterior decks. B. Request to approve an application for a Special Amusement Permit for Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides for live entertainment, music, vocals - Karaoke, DJ and dancing at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine, interior and exterior deck. C. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides located at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine at Steamboat Landing on August 19, 2016 from 6 PM to midnight. D. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for the Otis group 18 Salmon St., Belfast me for a catering permit to be used at Belfast city dock on August 10, 2016 from 5 PM to 6 PM E. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for the Otis group 18 Psalm and street Belfast Maine for a catering permit to be used at the Hutchinson Center on Route three in Belfast on August 11, 2016 from 4 PM to 7 PM. F. Request to approve a catered function by Trillium events Inc. PO Box 60, Belfast, ME at the Front Street Shipyard building #5 on September 9, 2016 from 6 to 8 PM. G. Request David and Sarah Carlson under Pinchy Inc Inc. doing business as Three Tides and Marshall Wharf Brewing Company to permit live music be performed at Steamboat Landing until midnight on the evening of Friday 19th for the Harbor Festival launch party. H. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for American Legion Frank D Hazeltine Post # 43 located at 143 Church St., Belfast Maine to another portion of their premises at 143 Church St. on August 27, 2016 from noon until 11 PM.
Business Consideration of a recommendation to change the method and design of access to the shore at Highview Terrace.
Request the Public Health Nurse Samantha Paradis for the City to serve as sponsor for a grant application to AARP to create a designation for AARP age friendly status.
Discussion on the enforcement of speeding in the City of Belfast.
Request from the Harbormaster, Katherine Pickering, to purchase a new outboard motor for the harbor boat.
Presentation from Our Town Belfast and the Friends of Midcoast Maine on what we can do in regard to attracting and retaining younger people in our communities.
Request from the Library to appoint Gemma Scott as a full-time library assistant.
Request to make additional committee appointments.
Request to temporarily close the Fahey Street Rangeway.
Update from the Deputy City Planner, Sadie Lloyd, on the LED lighting project and the streetlight replacement program.
Second reading on amendments to the Belfast sign ordinance.
Additional Item
Additional Item
Request the City Manager to transfer $120,191.23 from the Wastewater Treatment’s Undesignated Fund Account to its Debt Service Account 990-608.
Request from the City Manager to transfer up to $14,200 from Wastewater Equipment Reserves for the purchase of pump parts in the amount of up to $13,000 and computer replacement in the amount of $1,189.
Request from the City Manager to transfer $3,636 from the Road Construction Reserves Account to Public Works Budget line 450-577, to cover the cost of the new asphalt in front of First Church.
Request to go into executive session to discuss a Real Estate matter pursuant to 1MRSA 505 6 C.
Consideration of a proposal to purchase land for a new City Public Works Facility.
Signing of Council Orders
Additional Item
In accordance with Title 28A Section 653 MRSA 1964 a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall to hear an application by Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides located at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine for a renewal Malt, Spirituous and Vinous Class A Lounge liquor license, interior and exterior decks.
Pursuant to the Special Amusement Ordinance of the City of Belfast and the provision of Title 28-A Section 1054 MRSA a public hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall on August 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter on an application for a Special Amusement Permit for Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides for live entertainment, music, vocals - Karaoke, DJ and dancing at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine, interior and exterior decks.
The Belfast City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016, at 7:00 PM, immediately prior to its regularly-scheduled City Council meeting, in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall, 131 Church Street, Belfast, Maine, to report on the progress and receive questions regarding the Community Development Block Grant Business Assistance Grant that assisted OnProcess Technology. These grant funds, in the amount of $800,000, provided funding to OnProcess Technology to be used as working capital, and to purchase telephony, computer, and other equipment. OnProcess Technology has met the grant’s requirement of creating a minimum of 50 new full-time equivalent jobs, with at least 51% of these jobs being taken by qualified low-to-moderate income individuals.
The City of Belfast City Council, at its meeting of Tuesday, August 16, 2016, beginning at 7:00 p.m. or as soon as practical thereafter, in the Council Chambers of Belfast City Hall, which is located at 131 Church Street, shall conduct a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 86, Signs. A prime purpose of the amendments is to 'codify' the current Sign Ordinance so it is in the same format as other City Ordinances. The amendments also establish new standards to allow the display of temporary political signs in the public right-of-way, and to make limited changes to the current sign standards.
1) Call to order 2) Roll call: Mayor Walter Ash, Jr.; Councilors Mary Mortier, Neal Harkness, Eric Sanders, Michael Hurley and John Arrison, City Manager Joseph Slocum, and Admin. Assistant Manda Cushman. 3) Pledge of Allegiance
Adoption of the Agenda
Acceptance of the minutes Special Council Meeting of July 12, 2016 and Regular Council Meeting of August 3 i, 2016.
Open to the public Please state your name and town you are from when addressing the City Council.
Communications
Permits, Petitions and Licenses - Consent Agenda A. Request to approve an application by Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides located at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine for a renewal Malt, Spirituous and Vinous Class A Lounge liquor license, interior and exterior decks. B. Request to approve an application for a Special Amusement Permit for Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides for live entertainment, music, vocals - Karaoke, DJ and dancing at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine, interior and exterior deck. C. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for Pinchy, Inc. d/b/a Three Tides located at 2 Pinchy Lane, Belfast, Maine at Steamboat Landing on August 19, 2016 from 6 PM to midnight. D. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for the Otis group 18 Salmon St., Belfast me for a catering permit to be used at Belfast city dock on August 10, 2016 from 5 PM to 6 PM E. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for the Otis group 18 Psalm and street Belfast Maine for a catering permit to be used at the Hutchinson Center on Route three in Belfast on August 11, 2016 from 4 PM to 7 PM. F. Request to approve a catered function by Trillium events Inc. PO Box 60, Belfast, ME at the Front Street Shipyard building #5 on September 9, 2016 from 6 to 8 PM. G. Request David and Sarah Carlson under Pinchy Inc Inc. doing business as Three Tides and Marshall Wharf Brewing Company to permit live music be performed at Steamboat Landing until midnight on the evening of Friday 19th for the Harbor Festival launch party. H. Request to approve an off premises catering permit for American Legion Frank D Hazeltine Post # 43 located at 143 Church St., Belfast Maine to another portion of their premises at 143 Church St. on August 27, 2016 from noon until 11 PM.
Business Consideration of a recommendation to change the method and design of access to the shore at Highview Terrace.
Request the Public Health Nurse Samantha Paradis for the City to serve as sponsor for a grant application to AARP to create a designation for AARP age friendly status.
Discussion on the enforcement of speeding in the City of Belfast.
Request from the Harbormaster, Katherine Pickering, to purchase a new outboard motor for the harbor boat.
Presentation from Our Town Belfast and the Friends of Midcoast Maine on what we can do in regard to attracting and retaining younger people in our communities.
Request from the Library to appoint Gemma Scott as a full-time library assistant.
Request to make additional committee appointments.
Request to temporarily close the Fahey Street Rangeway.
Update from the Deputy City Planner, Sadie Lloyd, on the LED lighting project and the streetlight replacement program.
Second reading on amendments to the Belfast sign ordinance.
Additional Item
Additional Item
Request the City Manager to transfer $120,191.23 from the Wastewater Treatment’s Undesignated Fund Account to its Debt Service Account 990-608.
Request from the City Manager to transfer up to $14,200 from Wastewater Equipment Reserves for the purchase of pump parts in the amount of up to $13,000 and computer replacement in the amount of $1,189.
Request from the City Manager to transfer $3,636 from the Road Construction Reserves Account to Public Works Budget line 450-577, to cover the cost of the new asphalt in front of First Church.
Request to go into executive session to discuss a Real Estate matter pursuant to 1MRSA 505 6 C.
Consideration of a proposal to purchase land for a new City Public Works Facility.
Signing of Council Orders
Additional Item