I. Council Action Requested.
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To endorse an application to the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System’s (PACTS) requesting an allocation of $400,000 state funds programmed from the Municipal Partnership Initiative (MPI)’s capital allocation for a proposed new sidewalk with a closed drainage system to be constructed along Gray Road (Rte. 202) from Swett Road to the main entrance to R.S.U. #14 for a total distance of 4,300-ft. at an estimated project cost of $2,400,000.
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II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. PACTS applications require endorsement by the local governing body, or “municipal officers,” and
b. Pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Charter “the Town Council, hereinafter called the ‘Council’, shall be and constitute the municipal officers of the Town,” and
c. Pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter the Council has the authority to exercise all the legislative, financial, borrowing and other powers now or hereafter given by statute to inhabitants of towns acting in Town Meeting except as otherwise provided herein, and also exercise all the powers now or hereafter given by statute to municipal officers of towns.
III. Issue Summary.
Please see the attached materials.