2016.04.25 Town Council Agenda

Date: 
Monday, April 25, 2016 - 7:00pm
Agenda ItemSummary
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance

Pledge of Allegiance

Item 1

Public Forum

Item 2 (a) (Consent Agenda)

Order to approve the minutes of the March 14, 2016, Town Council Special Meeting.

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 2 (b) (Consent Agenda)

Order to approve the minutes of the March 28, 2016, Town Council Meeting.

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 3

Report from Council Committees and liaisons regarding updates on assignments.

Item 4

Report from the Appointments Committee and order relative to filling various vacancies on Boards and Committees.

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 5

Order to appoint election workers for the 2016 election.

A public comment period will be included (3 minutes).

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 6

Order to schedule the Budget Validation Referendum's (BVR) statutory budget meeting to be held on Monday, May 16, 2016, as required by M.S.R.A.1485 & 1486.

A public comment period will be included with this item. (3 minutes per person)

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 7

Public Hearing and Order to approve victualers licenses for vendors participating in the Cumberland Farmer's Market Association.

A public comment period will be included (5 minutes).

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 8

Public Hearing and Order to approve a new liquor license for Norumbega Cidery, LLC.

A public comment period will be included (5 minutes).

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 9

Public Hearing on a series of zoning amendments to implement Year 1 Comprehensive Plan strategies as identified by the Town Council.

A public comment period will be included (5 minutes).

ACTION: Schedule order.

Item 10

Order regarding proposed amendments to the West Falmouth Crossing Tax Increment Financing District and related Development Program.

A public comment period will be included with this item (3 minutes).

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 11

Public Hearing and Order regarding the June 14, 2016 referendum question pertaining to the proposed Route 100 Infrastructure Project. This Public Hearing is in accordance with M.R.S.A 30-A § 2525 (5).

A public comment period will be included with this item. (5 minutes per person)

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 12

Order to approve the FY17 Municipal and School Department Budgets in accordance with the Town of Falmouth Charter, Article 5, Sec 502.

A public comment period will  be included (3 minutes per person).

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 13

Order to approve a supplemental appropriation from unassigned fund balance in the amount of $200,000 for transfer to the Open Space CIP Fund.

A public comment period will be included with this item (3 minutes). 

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 14

Order to approve the FY17 Sewer Department Enterprise Budget.

A public comment period will be included with this item (3 minutes). 

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 15

Order to adopt new sewer service rates, effective beginning with the normal billing cycle occurring after July 1, 2016 to fund debt service for the Mill Creek Pump Station and Force Main Upgrade.

A public comment period will be included (3 minutes).

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.

Item 16

Presentation by Princeton Properties of a proposed expansion of the Foreside Estates apartment complex on Clearwater Drive and need for a zoning amendment.

A public comment period will not be included. 

ACTION: Council action is not anticipated.

Item 17

Order to go into Executive Session pursuant to the Laws of Maine to discuss and consider the disposition of real estate rights and economic development, pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. § 405 (6) (C).

A public comment period will not be included with this item.
 
ACTION: Council action is not anticipated.

Adjourn

The Town Council will meet on Monday, April 25, 2016, at 7:00 pm at Town Hall in Council Chambers.  

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