BRUNSWICK

Speak now or forever hold your peace.

Tonight’s the night for the public to voice their opinion about funding for a new road connecting Admiral Fitch Avenue and Gurnet Road in Cook’s Corner.

The Brunswick Town Council will hold a public hearing on authorizing up to $2.55 million for planning and construction.

According to a memo from Town Manager John Eldridge, the ordinance would authorize the issuance of up to $1.2 million in bonds to finance construction.

Tax increment financing revenue from the two Brunswick Landing TIF districts, as well as from the recently adopted Cook’s Corner TIF, would be used to fund the debt service on the bonds.

Eldridge added that the Maine Department of Transportation would provide up to $815,850 via a Business Partnership Initiative grant.

The remaining funds would come from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Cook’s Corner big box fees, and the value of the land contributions.

The project is expected to cost slightly more than $2.5 million.

The council will also consider:

• Approving an agreement between the town and the owner of 2 Charles Court that would remove encroachments on the Jordan Acres elementary school site;

• An order to give the town manager the authority to submit Community Development Block Grant letters of intent — a step municipalities must take before the state Department of Economic and Community Development can decide a proposed project is eligible and invite them to apply for grants;

• A request for a Sellers of Prepared Food on Public Ways license for The Great Impasta, located at 42 Maine St., for outdoor seating;

• A Brunswick Police Department request to accept and spend grant money from the 2018 Seatbelt Enforcement Grant from the Bureau of Highway Safety;

• Adopting a “Resolution Urging Action to Curb Gun Violence,” sponsored by Councilor Jane Millett.

Eldridge also has several updates on which he is scheduled to report, including a controlled burn of a section of Captain Fitzgerald Recreation Area planned for April. He will also update the council on town finances and the March 28 public meeting on the Frank J. Wood Bridge environmental assessment.

Margaret Wilson, who recently retired from the planning board, will be recognized for her many years of service on the board as well as the Comprehensive Plan Committee and the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Committee.

The council meets at 6:30 p.m. in its chambers at Town Hall, located at 85 Union St.

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