City Council 9/5 Meeting Notes 

Chief Andersen promoted officers Colleen Adams, Everett Allen, Matthew Begin, and Christopher Brown (pictured left to right) to the rank of sergeant.   By Zendelle Bouchard  The Sanford City Council met September 5, 2023. All members were present.  Mayor’s Report  Mayor Becky Brink reported on the recent passing of former Police Chief Tom Jones. She outlined some of his accomplishments as Chief, which included the formation of the Strategic Response Team and institution of the SPD’s partnership with the Maine Drug…
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New Initiatives Will Assist City’s Unhoused 

By Zendelle Bouchard  At the City Council meeting on September 5, 2023, City Manager Steve Buck gave an update on the recent meeting of the Homeless Task Force. Highlights included:  The Sanford Police Department’s Mental Health Unit (MHU) is currently tracking 106 known unhoused individuals in our community. 30 of them have a high probability of obtaining housing, and are being assisted in that, while the other 76 have “very uncertain pathways” to housing, Buck said.   MaineHealth has donated ten…
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Sunset Tower and East Side Acres to Change to Voucher Program 

Part of the Eastside Acres complex on Emery Street Photo: Google By Zendelle Bouchard  At the City Council meeting on September 5, 2023, Plummer Potter, Project Director for the Sanford Housing Authority, made a presentation on the SHA’s proposal to convert its low-income public housing units at Sunset Tower and East Side Acres to a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) subsidy program, also known as Section 8. SHA already administers 593 vouchers in Sanford and surrounding communities.  Plummer said the biggest…
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City Seeks to Regulate RVs Used as Temporary Housing 

Photo credit: Paul Brennan from Pixabay By Zendelle Bouchard  At the City Council meeting on September 5, 2023, a public hearing was held on a proposed ordinance establishing remedial residential regulation for recreational vehicles being used as temporary living quarters. Community Development Director Ian Houseal said the ordinance was developed in cooperation with the Land Bank Authority and reviewed by the Zoning Subcommittee. He noted that over the last winter, the City documented at least seven instances of people living…
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Photo of the Week: September 1, 2023

View from Number One Pond Courtesy of News and History of Sanford Springvale Facebook page.
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