I. Council Action Requested.
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To endorse a letter to the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation petitioning for the establishment of a Rail Corridor Use Advisory Council to review the joint community request to allow an interim regional recreation trail within the 5-mile section of the rail system rather than beside the rail thereby reducing the project cost by 50% and making the project viable.
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II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. 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
b. 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.