BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Town Council will enter executive session at 6:30 p.m. at Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave., to meet with the town’s legal counsel and to discuss tax increment financing districts related to the Midcoast Redevelopment Authority’s work at Brunswick Landing and the Brunswick Executive Airport.
At 7 p.m., the council will convene in public session. to consider the following items:
Manager’s report
— Financial update
— Council committee updates
— Presentation of new town webpage
— Update on Amtrak conference
Public hearings
— Consideration of a liquor license for Xue Hua Zhang and Xu Hang Zhang, doing business as China Rose, 42 Bath Road.
Tabled item
— Consideration of a proposed fireworks ordinance prohibiting the sale and use of fireworks in Brunswick and an amendment to that ordinance that would allow the use of fireworks through a town-issued permit.
New business
— Consideration of setting a Jan. 17 public hearing on zoning ordinance amendments that would allow municipal facilities to exceed impervious cover and maximum building footprint standards by not more than 40 percent.
— Consideration of setting a Jan. 17 public hearing to make changes to clarify the authority of the parking enforcement officer, restrict parking near the new Harriet Beecher Stowe School, create a no parking zone on Noble Street near the Inn at Brunswick Station, allow moped parking in yellow striped no parking zones on Maine Street, provide all day parking on Elm Street, and remove bus stops on Station Avenue and on Maine Street near Potter Street.
— Consider adding a citizen member with an interest in sustainability to the Police Station Building Committee.
— Hear a report on a proposed Capital Improvement Plan process.
— Consider appointments to municipal boards and committees.
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