File #: 17-171    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 9/6/2017 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 9/12/2017 Final action: 9/12/2017
Title: To adopt a resolution designating the five mile section of the Presumpscot River between Mallison Falls and Sacarappa Falls a "Presumpscot Historic and Natural River Corridor" as an important local historical and natural resource.
Attachments: 1. 17-171 Cover Sheet, 2. Resolution 17-171 Presumpscot Historic and Natural River Corridor, 3. Presumpscot Resolution ORIGINAL, 4. Presumpscot Resolution Revised 20170906 Mark-up

I.                     Council Action Requested.

Title

To adopt a resolution designating the five mile section of the Presumpscot River between Mallison Falls and Sacarappa Falls a “Presumpscot Historic and Natural River Corridor” as an important local historical and natural resource.

Body

II.                     Basis for Council Action.

 

Council approval of this item is required because;

 

a.                     Pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter, the Town Council shall "[e]xercise 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.

 

A copy of the proposed resolution following discussion at the Council meeting of September 5, 2017 (item CD 17-259) along with the original and a mark-up of the original are attached.