7/8-Below the double red line are som
7/16/13 City Council Meeting http://vimeo.com/70486360 ff 24.30 I stick to them breaking the law and @ 29:44 I request City Manager Joe Slocum, City Planner Wayne Marshall, City Attorney Bill Kelly, Code Officer Todd Rosenberg to be fired and for Council and the Mayor to step down because they are "equally corrupt".
Local ordinance violation- not natural outlet and not in regulation with DEP also corrupt in this investigation.
7/13/13 There's no stopping me now....protesting full steam ahead, big happenings in town, lots of tourists and locals, Art festival, Celtic Festival, Harbor Festival, etc. all summer. Belfast is the cool town, and I'm a colorful attraction with proof. Realtor s and City Wall Hall- do you get me yet? I don't quit- have taken your wrath and am stronger than ever. Click on pages to the left to read those headings. Below are albums 3 in total with proof, pics and letters. So much corruption in the past 2 years this blog is overloaded. Reality Show Anyone? I've got tons more that isn't on here.
Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct, is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties.
Later I'd get to meet the new Chief of Police, Mike McFadden, when my Council calls me in as a threat. Great, no doubt a full background check is done.After a lengthy chat and quite a few laughs, the Chief tells me I was the hi-lite of his day. Ditto.
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:50:47 -0400
Subject: Re: FW: 17 seaview/city storm f/u
From: citymanager@cityofbelfast.org
To: xxxxx
CC: councilors@cityofbelfast.org; planner@cityofbelfast.org; publicworks@cityofbelfast.org
Ms. Allen,
Good afternoon. I regret that I have been away for two weeks because of two family emergencies.
The road could indeed use some work and will be addressed in conjunction with our regular road program which calls for attention in areas about every 10 years. The road has alligator cracking because the ground underneath is wet. The present existence of a couple of culverts underneath the road which transfer some water from the higher land across the street to your land on the North side are an attempt by the City to have the road not act as a dam to the natural flow of gravity and also to preserve the asphalt on the road itself by eliminating standing water on the road edge or underneath it.( Out of quote for me to respond-This is a lie to avoid their stand that the do not do work on private property. The road at my driveway(and many other residents) is a pond at every rain/snow- no culverts, no road side drainage)( back to original quote fro Joe Slocum) We have these culverts all over the City and you will indeed find them all over the State.I will ask my Public Works Director, by copy of this email to let us know in what year your road might see some resurfacing. . It will not be this year. At this time there are no funds or plans to install storm sewers along your road We like many municipalities have have many roads without these amenities. (ME SPEAKING- NO FUNDS?? ARE YOU KIDDING- YOU'RE GIVING 40K TO SOME 24 RESIDENTS FOR FOOT TRAFFIC ON A RAIL TRAIL THAT WILL DRAIN OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE SO BADLY NEEDED ON SEAVIEW TERRACE. THIS WHOLE TRAIL IS ANOTHER CITY SCHEME TO AVOID ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS UNTIL IT WILL BE TOO LATE AND TOO COSTLY BUT COUNCIL IS "DETERMINED" REGARDLESS OF THE SAD SHAPE OF ROADS AND SEWERS. GUESS THEIR HOMES ARE NOT IN DANGER).
BACK TO JOE AND HERE IS WHERE HE DOWN AND OUT LIES ABOUT THE STREAM BEING HERE FOR 100 YEARS- THIS IS ALL TRASH- HE IS NOT CREDIBLE WHATSOEVER
My observation suggests to me that the stream behind your house has been there for a hundred years and has acted as the watershed for everything above it including your entire street. The City is not responsible for changes to the land or for the constructions of buildings, the expansions of lawns or cutting of vegetation done by every home owner- including your predecessor which has had an impact on surface and sub surface water in your neighborhood. The very ditch that is maintained between you and your neighbor is a good example of how you and your neighbor channel your water to the stream behind your house that is the natural drainage way. This stream and the water the water your entire neighborhood adds to it, simply goes behind other peoples houses down grade from you and in fact goes right into our City Park where it empties to the Sea. Some of your neighbors across the street want more surface water drained toward your side.The State suggested allowing more plantings to grow and absorb some of the water. The City noted that if we were ever to get involved we would want the neighbors to be cooperative and provide legal easements to the City so our actions are not seen as improper as you have suggested they were in the past.
While I was away I learned that there was a meeting held on site by Wayne Marshall from the City, and we had State DEP representative Chris Cabot there along with a member of our City Council. I understand that you were there as well. To my knowledge-nothing came from that meeting to suggest that the City has somehow caused all this water to be in your area. Since I do not see the harm caused by the City I have no plan to enter upon your property to do any bank stabilization that Mr. Cabot said he would be receptive to permit if requested by the individual neighbors.
ANOTHER HUGE LIE-THIS IS ILLEGAL AND HE KNOWS IT- FIRST THEY SAID THEY NEVER DID THIS, THEN I PROVED THEY DID, THEN THEY TRIED TO SAY IT WAS 8 YEARS AGO AND OVER THE 7 YEAR LIMIT, THEN I PROVED IT WAS DONE IN 2009 AND NOW HE IS USING ROAD MAINTENANCE, DISGRACEFUL LYING CORRUPT BULLIES
It appears that in the past the City crews did indeed enter upon a neighbors property to clear growth from an existing ditch with permission to get water away from the road. As far as I know this is not a City owned ditch anymore than the one which runs along your property.
As for the drainage:
1. I will come and take pictures to document your concern and I will share them with the State. Please let me know whether you wish to be present when I take them . I am presuming that you are going to allow me access through your property so I can do this properly. If this assumption is incorrect please let me know. Otherwise the pictures will be taken next week.
2. I have not seen anything in the erosion or in City practice which suggest to me that the City is responsible for your erosion so there is no practice for us to terminate. I can not and I do not plan on spending City tax dollars to provide drainage controls for private property.
3. There is indeed some signs of erosion within the stream sidewalls and I did see an area about 2 square feet in size where you placed large stones to fill in a part of your bank where some erosion apparently occurred. I do not see anything in this erosion which would indicate it is anything other than a natural occurrence associated with seasonal and unpredictable weather conditions. It appeared to me to look like every stream bed I have ever walked.
Finally, if you continue to believe that the City is the party responsible for your damage then please send me your reasons and I will present your legal claim to our insurance company to see if they see this matter differently than I do.
Absent new information this is my final response to this matter. I am sorry that I could not find a way to agree with your conclusions.
Most sincerely,
Joseph J. Slocum
City Manager
This map below is from 1965 and shows the stream running through center of homes- City pushed the stream back. It is not natural. See left top quarter section. The old motel is where the Annex is now. My lot is the 3rd up (it's now split- I don't own the garage lot next to me). That stream or whatever it was would run right under my house. City Attorney Bill Kelly tries to say this was to my benefit that the moved it! Are you kidding me? They never should have gotten approval. Then to move it and not stabilize the banks, and to begin the assault. Sending all future developments run off to us from across the highway, up the highway over from the highway, miles and miles of absorbing ground turned into an impervious water slide to our private property. First was probably the Belfast and Hilltop Birches '70's and the last that I am aware of, 2011 with the Annex and Wight St digging and culverting to us.The lots are marked in red and the dark ditch running through is the seasonal stream. They pushed it back to where the tree line is and never stabilized the banks. From there they have been force directing and adding to the stream from miles around for the past 48 years of surrounding development. Forcing it all to the flood zone (that the are bound to protect and divert by ordinance) private property of Seaview Terrace. Now, one event of 5 or 6 inches will wipe us out.
Here is the corruption of Todd, Code Enforcer, the BPD including Chief McFadden witness to CASS and Annex violating You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 2013-03-20 spring2013vio
Here is the fraud with the realtors You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: Real Estate Commission Investigation 42013
11/1/11 First Meeting After 7 months of Lies/Withholding Public Documents/Tossing Me Around like a Pack of Cigarettes...sucking the life out of me
http://vimeo.com/33314014 12/6/11 City Hall Meeting- I speak publicly ff 23 minutes 4 seconds 4th person up for 3 minutes I speak for school. At 26 minutes I go for 20 minutes- in the beginning, I'm tripping, I'm scared, nervous, dry mouth, but I let it rip, with truth and maps.
Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
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http://vimeo.com/53078802 11/7/12 Belfast City Council Meeting ff 40 minutes and watch for 22 minutes 20 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings and Resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened... Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt
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7/2/13 WATER CANNOT LIE OR HIDE! GIVE IT UP ALREADY, CITY HALL DISGRACE. City Hall can speculate, manipulate maps in their possession, with hold documents to lie, create doubt, create smokescreens, they did, they done. Bob Whitely, Belfast City Tax Assessor accepted my invitation to tour the forced water paths. Bob Whitely found the map proving as I have been saying all along that the drainage ditch was NOT a natural stream. Joe Slocum flipped **** on Bob for showing me the map. Split personality. I've heard Joe Slocum went off on some young pool employees as well. I bet there are many more, but they fear for their jobs. Actually, Bob did not intentionally show me the map. On our tour a neighbor that Bob's wife had known since childhood told us that the stream had been moved again in the 70's. I didn't say anything. But, on a hunch, first thing the next morning, I just about flew unannounced to his office in City Hall. Sure enough, he had the original development plans showing the ditch moved in 1965-66. I asked for all history and development documents on my house and Seaview Terrace 7 months prior to Wayne Marshall. Wayne with held them as well as the City Engineer report on my property citing the stream was not a stream but a drainage ditch for my property. NOT A NATURAL OUTLET AS STATED IN STORM WATER ORDINANCE. BELFAST IS BREAKING THE LAW, VIOLATING STORM WATER ORDINANCE AND SITE CONDITION ORDINANCE (TO REMOVE PLOWED SNOW) AND PERFORMING WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR DRAINAGE.
I bet Joe Slocum was not happy, probably busted a vessel, when Bob Whitely accepted my invitation. Council, Sloscum and Marshall refused to attend the tour of destruction with Bob and me. Refused to see for themselves. I took pictures, documenting each culvert, and mapped and labeled from CASS down to Seaview (through Birch St, Congress, Wight St, Tall Pines, Midcoast Mental Health, WCGH Annex and then @ Congress- VOA- across Rte 1 to the National Guard and all the way down back under Rte 1 at 2 area's and into Seaview Terrace. Bob was shocked to say the least. Each member of Council received that detailed packet and NEVER commented, never asked one question, acted like the never got it. That was in 11/2011.
Instead, they claim, this map, that map, the aerial view, 1930, this belief, that opinion, brook,ditch,swale, countering Belfast City Engineer citing my back yard is a private property drainage ditch, Slocum lies saying a natural stream to which he tries to reason this gives him authorization to flood us to death, using the ordinance that runoff can go to a near by natural out with Council approval ! But wait, he is also saying that the City is not sending any water to us. But wait, he lies all the time. Drown and destroy the 12 families on Seaview Terrace. Slocum and Mayor Ash say in the meeting, that's just the way it is, it's unfortunate, he's sorry! We're dispensable-hey Hurley did you tell that to my neighbors as you were back stabbing me. What a waste of skin and organs.
Anyone can follow the forced water paths to private property of Seaview Terrace, a flood zone. Spring thaw of 2009 and 2011 sent water roaring over the huge culvert at the top of Seaview, almost taking a car, tore away over 600 ft of my property and almost flowed over Northport Ave as confirmed by Mike Hogan, Annex architect.I could go on for hours with facts, pictures and the few documents I was able to score while City Planner, Wayne Marshall was out. My drainage ditch is my private property for my drainage ONLY not for over 7 businesses from miles outside of Seaview and those residences in that area (Birch St., Congress St., Wight St, Seaview Terrace opposing neighbors and probably Cedar St. and more) What a disaster, how evil are these City Hall people? Very.
Further disgust is that all the residents, businesses and reputations are hurt by this abuse and burning. Thousands of hours in covering up, we all know the truth.
GLOVES OFF, NO RESPECT EARNED AND CONSISTENT DISRESPECT TO ME. I DIP INTO THEIR CESS POOL BRIEFLY.
Split Personality is on display. City Planner, Wayne Marshall performing the act of true manipulation. After being caught with his pants down in violating residents rights over and over, he goes all out to appear resident friendly, going above and beyond, tenderizing the meat for more slaughter.Preparing the Rte 3 development with preaching of public input, going beyond law with impact studies to decide site approval...all the same tactics for the corrupt construction of CASS and all abutting and watershed residents got corrupt water and lied to and tortured during the entire 3 year planning phase. Only for Wayne to violate and not comply with final approved site plans and conditions. Countless corruption proof in City Planner, Wayne Marshall's projects. Construction begins, it is not as approved. Enter hell as you to prove with every document in Wayne Marshall's office and City Wall Hall taking the 5th. Their motto "Get an attorney and try and sue us with all residents and businesses footing the Carte blanche City Attorney's foot dragging corrupt defense."
CITY MANAGER JOE SLOCUM AND COUNCIL MIKE HURLEY DISGUSTINGLY CONTINUE TO ASSAULT, ABUSE AND ABSCOND WITH PROTECTION OF CITY WALL HALL. Link to the meeting is below. No one responded to my email below. I read it at the meeting and Joe Slocum flips his silence stance. He tells me he will email me the modifications. I tell him no, it is on the agenda and modifications need to be made public. He is cornered and must agree. AGAIN, they try to manipulate the public in communications where I cannot respond. Joe Slocum is leading the public to believe that I'm looking for the City to fix my property for the huge slaughter of water illegally being forced to our NEIGHBORHOOD because of business development. TIF is for this but they only build sewers when they can't force it to private property and lie.
City Manager, Joe Sloscum is trying to make this a one case personal vendetta. It is a stupid, ignorant defense. I have proved time and time and time and so on again and again. I have volumes of incriminating emails, spoke and attended some 20 and counting meetings, endured 3 years of City Wall Hall manipulating, with holding, intent to mentally break, hammering and bullying as the water is flying at us from every runoff event. NEVER, NEVER, DO THEY ADDRESS THE PROVEN PATHS COMING INTO US FROM OUTSIDE OF SEAVIEW TERRACE- HURLEY SAYING IT IS NOT HIS FAULT- HE DIDN'T MOVE THE STREAM, DITCH, SWALE- A BIG MYSTERY AS TO WHAT IT IS! IN 1987 THE CITY ENGINEER INVESTIGATING FLOODING TO SEAVIEW TERRACE BACK THEN RULED IT WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY DRAINAGE DITCH! SEE LETTER IN PICTURE ALBUM AND SOME OF CITY ATTORNEY KELLY'S PROFESSIONAL UNETHICAL LETTERS
SLOCUM GOES ON TO SAY IT'S ALL GRAVITY! Wow gravity digs ditches,culverts, can stop and go across rather than down- Belfast has special Slocum Gravity! LOOK AT THE MAP I MADE ! GRAVITY FROM WAY OVER AND UP TO CASS- GRAVITY FROM ACROSS RTE 1 FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD DOWN AND ACROSS RTE 1 TO US. GRAVITY FROM WIGHT ST WHERE GRAVITY WOULD BE STRAIGHT DOWN TO CITY PARK AND THE BAY. YOU INSTALL DOUBLE CULVERTS(That Tax Assessor Bob Whitley said were new. Now, Slocum says they were replaced, the originals were old...surely another lie) AT PICKERINGS ON WIGHT ST TO SEND IT TO US ACROSS AND OVER AND DOWN. THEN FURTHER DOWN WIGHT ST. YOU STOP THE GRAVITY FROM THE NATURAL PATH AND PROBABLY THE ORIGINAL MORRISEY BROOK PATH INTO CITY PARK. BUT WIGHT ST IS GETTING WIPED OUT EVEN WITH ROAD SIDE DRAINAGE. SEND IT ACROSS TO SEAVIEW TERRACE. AND GRAVITY DIGS ANOTHER TRENCH TO TAKE IT ACROSS-BEHIND THE WCGH ANNEX AND INTO MY PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE NEW RUNOFF FROM THE NEW ANNEX THAT IS ALSO ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT. NEW SITES ARE TO ONSITE DRAIN.
Then Hurley jumps in again saying not responding isn't working because I keep banging the drum. Sloscum jumps in with the corrupt stupid City Attorney letter again, the 12 Commandments of Corruption. Never have they discussed MY findings of fact, my proof, just keep steam rolling over me as THEY keep spouting the same lies over and over as truth, manipulating and manipulating.
Slocum ends with "Can't dress it up or change it" to which Mayor Ash responds "It is what it is!" Nancy Hamilton and Eric Sanders in agreement. He gets stoked up about a bicycle but could give 2 ***** about drowning the residents of Seaview Terrace. Earlier he said people hate him for living in New York for 17? years. No Eric, maybe there's another reason why you may think people hate you.
Which is corruption and the slaughter of Seaview Terrace. How many ego idiots can you fit into one room? Watch the meeting and count.
All the water pouring to us is from BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT- TIF'S ARE FOR SEWERS FROM THEIR RUNOFF. JOE SLOSCUM AND WAYNE MARSHALL SAVE CITY PROPERTY WITH SEWERS AND DESTROY RESIDENTS PROPERTIES WITH MALICE! Slocum defends with proven corrupt City Attorney not finding "credible" evidence. Only if you are an imbecile and that is even an insult to the imbecile. Sloscum goes on to say sewers are to protect the roads- he verified in 8/2011 that Seaview Terrace is crumbling because the City did not provide roadside drainage. Come and see where he says it is not being sent to my private property, where he said they didn't do drainage on private property at 26 and 27 Seaview Terrace, but then I PROVED he was lying and said ooops yes it was done, but 8 years prior...lying again to avoid statutes, refusing to give me City Work Orders for heavy equipment, so caught again, and said ooops, yes, but it was done to save the road. The ditch is nowhere near the road. OK now stay with me, he has finally plead guilty to City work on private property drainage. But, in the last 2 meetings he is condemning himself by stating he and the City are precluded from the work he admitted doing!
In this meeting, 7/2/13 he is now rambling that the City has never done private property drainage and is precluded from doing it. THIS MAN IS CLEARLY DELUSIONAL. HE IS NOT MENTALLY FIT TO MANAGE OUR BELFAST. Ditto with Hurley, Marshall and Kelly. Almost forgot Todd Rosenburg, Code Officer what he did to Dr. Morrow was horrible(see sidebar for video's of actual meeting with summary, cost her thousands to stop his flooding violation). He was nasty to me too, refused to let me look at maps visible on a roller in the planning office. Said he had orders not to help me. See the side bar for that day of hell in City Hall trying to get public documents.
City Wall Hall intended, conscience, repeated violations of site ordinances to remove plowed snow from all the sites from miles outside of Seaview Terrace that are surrounding us, forced channeled to us can result in death/murder. Wild rapids melting after a winter of site snow stock piling, confirmed by the Belfast Police Dept. and Chief of Police. The volume is deadly and has destroyed property, almost swept away cars and destroyed roads-confirmed by City Manager, Joe Slocum when he was forced to a meeting at my home in 8/2011!! His summary of written denial is chock full of lies and manipulation stupidity. Too many of these stupid emails to post.
WE ARE A FLOOD ZONE, FLOOD PLAIN, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DIVERT WATER AND PROTECT. YOU ARE DROWNING US. CORRUPTION OFF THE CHARTS- RIGHT UP TO COMMISSIONER AHO, DEP, CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR DEPARTMENT WIDE CORRUPTION! IN EFFECT AT COMPLIANCE PROCESS- State law ordered an impact study to the watershed residents for the huge Captain Albert Stevens School construction. Belfast City Hall collected fees for the IMPACT STUDY and Joe Slocum refuses to 'SPECULATE" as to why the study was not done. CITY HALL BREAKS THE LAW AGAIN AND SENDS ALL THIS WATER TO US AND COVERS IT UP. Intent to drown and destroy a group of people...what is the word for that? Hurley finds that word-genocide- offensive from his dry City protected perch. It is not if, it is when, and the weather is wild. SAVE US BEFORE WE'RE ARE GONE!!
https://vimeo.com/69643496 7/2 City Council Meeting viewer may ff to times I have provided for agenda's skateboard, TIF approval, Rail Trail and Brooks Preservation Agreement, IMPACT STUDIES Grandstanding BS for Rte 3 business by Wayne Marshall, Parking Harbor Walk, Open to public. I speak at both open to the public-first before the meeting I am hopeful- and after the meeting at the last open to the public- I come back to speak. I announce they are liars, backstabbers, CLARIFY AGAIN my request is to get sewers outside of Seaview Terrace for all the business development runoff the City is forcing to our floodzone private property. And after I leave- they try to manipulate my request AGAIN. Saying I am asking for work on my private property!! Slocum saying I can ask 100x and the answer will be no. This guy is delusional and dangerous. He refuses to deal with reality, truth and facts. Getting the City Attorney, another pea in the evil ego pod, to add to the manipulation and smokescreen of true issues. Wayne Corey advising for Belfast to pull out of RSU20 independent and other towns can join at same tax rate per pupil. He's got merit,tells the City they have worked so hard to let our taxes go so high. Basically that they are incompetent.
ff 7:53-10:42 I ask that this secret TIF modification approval be made public when it is discussed on agenda. Joe Slocum tries to manipulate and avoid public explanation by trying to get me to accept an email later. NOT!
10:43-15:49 Wayne Corey- Have Belfast stand alone with schools and gentle nailing to incompetence. He is a planning board member too. This man has truth.
15:49 Nice young men, Tyler Kindle, Searsport and Devon Johnson, speak for skate boarders. Asking for leniency and for a safe place to board.
30:58 Eric Sanders states that many people hate him for the fact that he lived in New York for 16 years? No, it's not because of New York.
32:22 Hurley tries to plant a seed that my drainage ditch is this Morrisey Brookreferenced in Williams History of Belfast?? Wow, did it show this in a documented survey when there wasn't any development. Wayne Marshall has a huge aerial colored picture 1956? showing a small, small stream in the trees. No development in the picture. Showed it to me the day in hell when they took the wall map down into hiding,refused to let me see the maps on the rollers, and Wayne came running out with that one. At that time, it meant nothing to me. Two weeks ago, I knew that picture could prove the stream was no where near my house. Now that picture has gone missing, never existed. Just like the maps on the Planning Office where Wayne Marshall traced all the paths of water being forced into Seaview Terrace at my visit in April 2010. I told him he couldn't do that, I wanted a copy of that map and for months he refused. Gave me other flood zone maps and said he never had a map like that. It was never on the wall, what he traced on the wall was to show me the City Park??? Liar.
Slocum states that's the "Morrisey Brook in the CITY PARK- and it's gravity- well hello Joe- it wouldn't detour over to me from Birch St. Gravity would take it straight down- aka- Wight St?? Oh you know that street- that's where you diverted the water to me from the then Chairman of the Planning Board Roger Pickering's home with the double culverts, and then down a bit from there with the dug out path to run behind the annex to me. And just after that, seems Roger stepped down from the Chairman. Huh, some coincidence.
39:05 Skateboards with Hurley and Chief.
47:35 Eric Sanders appears be having a break down over bicycles. Telling everyone to "BACK OFF RIGHT NOW" Another split personality display. He's in a snit for some time after until he gets to question the school budget.
55:33-1:09:?? Wayne Marshall goes into his portrayal as the City Planner with such heartfelt concern to the public with his BS impact studies (both Slocum and Marshall corrupt and with hold any info on the impact study to watershed residents for the CASS construction. Was it done and failed? Was it not done and therefore violated compliance? Someone please ask. I have the actual requirement for the study from the engineer. I'll give you a copy so he has to produce the exact study. They refuse to respond to me, saying that they give me documents and I am too stupid to know I have them. Don't let them give you files upon files. That's what Wayne Marshall does, claiming the document is in the files. NOT. FOAA is useless.) Tell him to hand you the specific Impact Study to Watershed Residents from Miller St. to the Bay for per the WBRC engineer letter to Mike Morse, DEP (a copy is on the picture album
1:32:58-1:44:16 Rail Trail with Brooks and evasive Bill Kelly
1:52:20 School Resource Officer confusion. Clearly cementing Wayne Corey-Council is clueless. Eric,Hurley and Slocum make sly comments about Wayne Corey? Not sure what they are referring to "basically go pound sand..." said Hurley.
1:58:22 TIF agenda with Thomas. He is clear, respectful and tells Council they can include Seaview Terrace into the TIF but they have not shown any interest. Thomas does not manipulate it to a private property issues as Slocum does. But Thomas does bend it a bit, not saying the flooding to Seaview Terrace is from lack of sewers to carry to the runoff to the bay from all the 7,8,9? business developments forced channeled to drain into Seaview Terrace.This would be a TIF expense.
2:04:06 Slocum tries to manipulate it back to a simple private property drainage issue that the City has no hand in. He pulls out the 12 commandments of corruption letter again from the City Attorney. To which all the blind mice support as a valid response.
2:05:23 Hurley slides in the stormwater work done for Front St. to allow Joe to defend that drainage expense and work on private property. Joe takes the bait, goes into the Morrisey Brook theory again, saying the City didn't put the brook there? And this is relevant how Joe? Nothing is factual, just digging another rabbit hole. Slocum does say they can put drainage with the road on Seaview Terrace! There you go. ONE OUT OF TWO. NOW JUST BUILD THE SEWERS FOR ALL THAT RUNOFF COMING TO US FROM OUTSIDE OF SEAVIEW TERRACE. PURE AND SIMPLE. STOP THE MADNESS.
2:09:04 Downtown Parking
2:16:20 Harbor Walk path change? from Mayor Ash at last meeting. Why the path was changed with out verbal discussion or approval from Council not addressed.
2:24:55-2:27:00 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC- I HIT THE PODIUM BLAZING. Tell them the are manipulating back stabbers and lying. I show my map,massive flow from runoff outside of Seaview Terrace that is sent to our private property.The TIF could build that sewer to keep the business runoff on City Property. They have no rights of way or easements to Seaview Terrace, shove this pointless Morrisey Brook rabbit hole back, tell them they break the law over and over and will cause a riot in town. Shame them and realtors for lying to buyers of this corruption that ruins lives. I tell them this is just beginning.
2:28:28 Hurley starts up with his manipulation again, with the moving of stream, he didn't do it... this same shadow of a man, who said in the 2011 meetings (see sidebar for actual meetings and accounting) that "IT IS THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY" Now he wants to respond with City manipulated "facts" of finding. AGAIN- WATER DOES NOT LIE. YOU KNOW YOU ARE FLOODING US. SPARE US YOUR NONE-SENSE AND MADNESS.
And then Slocum refers back to the 12 commandments of corruption letters. Saying Council will not respond. Way to manage Joe. Dictate and do as I say. What other governments have fallen prey to evil leaders? How does Council allow this? After 3 years of me pounding the truth, you still refuse to see? Or are you all just as evil? I'm thinking the latter, no one can be that naive. Except maybe innocent Jennika. Nora, you have my sympathy and respect.
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7/2/13 To Mayor and Council (except Mike Hurley),
Please advise when you "authorized some modifications" to the Northport Ave and Downtown TIF.Please advise what those changes are. I have attended every TIF meeting for over a year, begging for Seaview Terrace to be included in the Northport TIF via the Annex improvements to open up funding to save us from your
flooding destruction to all residents on Seaview Terrace. These changes were not authorized during public viewing. Therefore, it must have been in an executive session. I sincerely hope that you have taken the path of integrity by putting Seaview Terrace into the Northport TIF. Please advise in email format, copying all, prior to the City Council Meeting 7/2/13.
"10G Request from the Economic Development Director to pay legal fees from a Capital Project account for the downtown and Northport Avenue TIF
www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Perish
Belfast
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7/1/13 Flashing Flooding warnings tonight as I sleep. Imagine being the neck of the hourglass only it's water pouring to your flat flood zone neighborhood- slamming us on 3 sides with no sewers. Evil City Hall.
6/29/13- Dodged the drowning with yesterdays State warning for flash flooding. Notified Council, Mayor, City Manager, City Planner and press with email. Waldo County Emergency Managements can't help till Belfast asks(see below). Wayne Marshall lies about DEP findings for the Pig Out BBQ (see below below for this meeting and actual conversation written out).
6/18/13 Council Meeting http://vimeo.com/68691504 (the video also on the Belfast City Hall website-click online video's) Open to the public up are Cemetery Trustees disgracing Council Eric Sanders for his bias to want to walk his dog in the cemetery and vying for it on the agenda at 6/4/meeting, and the school mess with the RSU20 withdrawal and Council bias again (another blog under way- www.waldokids.blogspot.com )
This meeting proves the Belfast City Hall Corruption. Skateboarders are fined $200-$300 per skate for "public safety" while City Council, City Manager, Code Enforcement Officer and City Planner violate ordinance after ordinance, with hold public information, refuse accountability, illegally flood, destroy and minute by minute endanger the "public safety" of ALL residents of Seaview Terrace. These are only a few of the violations and breaking of the law uncovered in my 3 year life shattering residence in Belfast by my LEADERS
At 13:50 minutes into the meeting, I lay out law breaking by Council, and City Hall citing specific ordinance and conditions for the 666 time in this reality witch hunt. Right after this disgrace @ 24:48 Hunter Finden, 17, of Belfast speaks with great purity and bafflement at City Hall. Last year his Mom had to pay the $230? fine.
Making those young men wait for 2 1/2 hours, tortured by the never ending banter and wheel spinning of lighting, parking, lighting, parking, lighting, parking, meeting after meeting, and then to disrespect them, telling them to get a car and license, as City Hall disrespects all that challenge.
At 40:58 minutes City Manager Joe Slocum takes more shots at me after I leave one saying he "means no offense" to me, that he and Council DO NOT respond to questions from the public at open to the public. Lie-they do it all the time. They do not respond to their corruption of duties. Then true to form again, Hurley plays devil's advocate stating how hard it is for people to go public and stroking Joe Slocum for not speaking and proud of himself as well. Momma Mia do this train wreck disgrace of man ever stop? Clearly, no, 3 years and counting and Council providing more track!
At 1:33:12 Mayor Ash catches a Wayne Marshall City Planner deception corruption. Marshall has moved the Waterfront walkway without approval but uses as is his defense that he hung the map up along time ago and no one noticed until now. Mayor Ash keeps pressing and Marshall gets his condescending tactic going and doesn't offer answer, Council Eric Sanders jumps in to save Marshall and detour Mayor Ash and accountability is lost AGAIN. Then another deception, not on the agenda. City Planner Wayne Marshall asking Council for 20k to apply for grant for Front Street overhaul and buying real estate properties to help the shipyard with big loads. So moved... SO, SO CORRUPT.
6/28/13 WILL SEAVIEW TERRACE BE HERE TOMORROW??
Will this be the one that sends us under? 5-6 inches will do it. City Hall and DEP drowning a flood zone with forcing runoff to our private property from miles away.
6/28/13- Council and Mayor- Not one of you asked Dale for safety of Seaview. As of recent- you allow Wayne Marshall and Joe Slocum to lie and deceive. Mayor Ash caught Wayne moving the Harborwalk path and Council did not react. Wayne Marshall lied to the Planning Board and public on TV with the BBQ Pig Out. Stating DEP investigated with the smoker was NOT in operation. Jamie was there, knew it was in operation, the owner, Ted Guerry called Wayne out on it and no one in City Council addresses the corruption, breaking the law, manipulating law and yet you abuse and drown residents. How do you look at yourselves? What are you doing to our youth setting this example of blatant corruption. FIX IT!
6/21/13 Clearly we can see the Governor LePage is ill- the more power the more visible and verbal abuse. Why does it take everyone so long too see it? We are uneducated on these illnesses, our minds cannot accept such manipulation, want to give compassion and another chance. Until I was educated when it was blowing the doors off of my family, I thought I could help and needed to be better. And now, it's back in my home again with at least 3 ill in City Hall destroying my home. See sidebar page for Borderline/Narcissism Traits. Using self pity is the first card and always evident. I still feel sorry for Wayne Marshall, Joe Slocum, Todd Rosenburg, Bill Kelly and Mike Hurley. Council must react and follow the law. City Hall must get clean. Trouble has been brewing and you can't turn your heads much longer. Blatant proof right here, 3 years and counting, such disgrace and waste of my life because of you. Every day a new chance to make things right. Integrity is free.
6/14/13 visit www.waldokids.blogspot.com to fix our schools, just created today Flag Day !
visit www.belfastspeaks.blogspot.com Public Volunteer Committees NEEDED Public forum- let me post your support!!
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6/19-Note- The map offered was not the map shown to me by Wayne Marshall and Joe Slocum in 2011. It was all trees- the stream barely visible. I must be correct in knowing that picture will prove the 1957 stream was not near my property.
Sent 6/18 @ 8am To Council (except Hurley), Mayor, Jennika, Nora and Slocum,
Dear Jennika and Nora,
Per Joe Slocum, City Manager at the 6/4/13 City Council Meeting, he invites the public to see the 1957 aerial map depicting the drainage that allows Belfast to destroy and drown the flood zone of Seaview Terrace.
Please confirm the map will be available for viewing at 9am today, 6/18 and through out the day at Nora's desk.
Please have the map at the meeting tonight, 6/18 for me to present it at open to the public. Please confirm and advise who will have the map by 9am today.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
323-5883
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6/11/13 Oh boy, I best get busy making a new sign...Senator Angus King is a coming to BELFAST CITY WALL HALL tomorrow, 2-4pm. (King did not attend and did not respond to my email requesting assistance)
To Mimic Mr. Wonderful-Face off In the City Wall Hall Tank........... What Will Council Do? Step up or Step down? Do what is right or continue with wrong? Can you imagine how crushing it is to keep going to your abusers to beg them to stop the drowning and destruction? Lots of rain today, 6/8/13 the stream is getting higher by the minute...
6/4/13 from my facebook post
6/3/13- Proposing to rob the Northport TIF and drown Seaview Terrace Residents.
To All,
My repeated requests for over 1 year to include Seaview Terrace into the Northport Ave TIF via the improvements at the Annex is not presented in this draft. I understand that you will not be voting on this change to rob and drown us on 6/4/13. We pay for business sewers. You have used and abused Seaview Terrace as a free sewer 35+ years and counting, destroying our properties, property value, our roads, property tax assess reduction denied and endanger our lives at every rain and snow fall. Furthering the abuse with continuing to add to the volume and allowing for ordinance violation for sites that do not remove their plowed snow. In 2009and 2011, the melt down from all these sites caused major torrent flooding and damage to Seaview Terrace. Planning and Code knew it was from violation of ordinance and did nothing. They blamed it on Mother Nature and have robbed tax payers of enormous hours and health in rhetoric and corruption.
You let Seaview Terrace take the hit as recent as this winter, 2012-2013 and now it is on police record. Please motion to put Seaview Terrace into the Northport TIF, build sewers to reroute runoff forced into Seaview Terrace at 3 points, and fix the road of Seaview Terrace with roadside drainage. You have the authority to fix this and save us.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
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http://vimeo.com/66757773
FF MEETING TO 9:50-12:50 "I CAN'T TAKE THE CORRUPTION ANYMORE!! YOU ABUSE THE HELL OUT OF BELFAST RESIDENTS...." AND THE JERSEY/MINI-CHRISTIE IN ME TAKES OVER FOR MY 3 MINUTES TIME TO SPEAK AT 5/21/13 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
With all the Big Wig White Collar Bullies present and Front Street Shipyard. Note- I have never meant any harm to the Shipyard. It is sad that our paths are intertwined with Belfast Corruption each trying to survive. Except for me it's my life, not business.
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5/23-15 Below are video of the City's destruction and endangering my life, ny neighborhood in the flood zone. After 7 months of trying to break me, I go public at the City Hall meeting. Putting this divorced, beat up relocated Mom and children out in public when we came here for safety is the crime above all crimes. Fight to save my home or light the fire in NJ??? Now that I'm public, I go, go , go. Clearly, it is difficult for me to organize all the corruption, part of the plan, overwhelm and made me look bad. My children and I had just barely escaped from the fight for our lives. Only to land in corruption and personal abuse from Belfast City Officials that could have broke me entirely and could have cost me custody. To that I have had to go above and beyond to protect my children. Staying at home always, not making any mistakes, 24/7 focused on keeping us safe. There are more video's in the sidebar menu- but these are the meat of white collar bullying.
I'm putting this meeting first because I am finally given an agenda in the City Council Meeting after 9 months of being sent down rabbit hole after rabbit hole.. Little did I know that City Attorney, Bill Kelly would be my judge and try to slam dunk me with more with held reports specific to my house. They are totally irrelevant, Kelly's responses are stupid when I ask for accountability to facts. You really have to watch, it's lengthy- almost 22 minutes but it just about covers this whole bully nightmare, with the City anyway. Stay with it to the end and watch the anger and vehement City Manager, Joe Slocum defend his corruption. Inviting the public to come see his map of a stream, deflecting disgust towards me for uncovering the with held public document original plans to my home showing the steam is NOT natural- once it's moved, its City corruption. Those plans are recorded in the registry and removed from the registry. Joe Slocum says he was looking for them for a long time, asking for them, never telling me there were plans and they were missing!! He knew that stream was moved, knew the plans would reflect that and lied to me. Certainly he could have replaced the plans from the engineer, he is a mess. Lies are easy to unravel when the land can't lie. I'm getting used to the abuse, I speak much clearer and calmer. How dare they bring in the attorney for my agenda. Unheard of only when they are guilty! Soon after, police presence is ordered at future meetings by Joe Sloscum, City Manager for his intimidation tactics against me. Taking our protection off the streets, with tax dollars, for personal agenda of his corruption.
5/25/13 Update The Planning/DEP fraud with the construction of the Captain Albert Stevens School aka CASS, is the biggest corruption catastrophe that needs its own blog. It is the final forcing of illegal runoff that has slaughtered resident properties in Wayne Marshall's path. At perception, residents demanded run off accountability. Never to happen with the DEP giving the gold seal of corruption. 3 years ago when my property got slaughter in Wayne' runoff and slammed the door in my face, I went to the people for information. Corruption of Planning and CASS was the word. Proving through public information that Wayne is now vaulting in his office is one never ending bad nightmare. Council, City Manager, Mayor, and City Attorney chain link together to and smash, smash, smash your soul and rob years of your life. One resident, actively and professionally (a contractor, major land owner, respected citizen and VET- basically one strong mass of integrity) with several of the same families also in Wayne's path, covered every aspect in protecting their property from Wayne's runoff. This resident told me that after 3 years of "head-banging" and files of letters to the City, DEP, Army Corp of Engineers, and on and on, the following. A storm water/run off impact analysis for the watershed residents. That would encompass Miller St. across the CASS site to Rte 1 and all the way down from Miller and Rte 1 to the bay. The analysis funded by the developments contributing to the path. The funds were collected, THE STUDY WAS NEVER DONE- JOE SLOCUM, CITY MANAGER REFUSES TO "SPECULATE" WHY AND WILL NOT IMPLEMENT STUDY NOW. THE STATUTE FOR THIS STUDY MAY BE THIS SEPTEMBER 2013!!! THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT AND NOT IN COMPLIANCE. The million dollar improvements done to Miller St. to handle runoff is NOT getting the CASS runoff. Wayne had them dig deeper on the lower end of area behind the Sweetser School so all the run off pours out to us through that illegal exit. The runoff should be draining at the center exit near the access road. The improvements- banking clearly visible and built to handle the runoff and take it to the Miller St million dollar sewers.. Only it is not- that exit is much higher, chances of runoff meeting that mark are next to NADA . It took me 2 years to get the DEP to do a fraudulent investigation. Tom Gilbert, DEP would not let me attend the investigation, I told him specifically where the illegal exit was and he failed to report it. Commissioner Aho and the Attorney General's office closed the investigation after I demanded accountability. The only runoff that was to come to the watershed residents was the change of plans with the Robertson School. Originally it was slated in the plans for demolition. Years later, here comes the squeeze that Wayne is infamous for. The school would not be demolished and only the runoff from the impervious grounds of the ROBERSTON NOW SWEETSER was to go to the residents. But only upon approval AFTER THE ANALYSIS WAS DONE. After I was tortured by being forced to view the CASS files in the Planning Office, under supervision for 6 hours- every shred of storm water/run off documents were missing. Wayne stating there were none. A surprise visit days later to review the same files were filled with a bonanza of stormwater/ runoff documents, emails, resident concerns, DEP, Army Corp., engineer reports, etc. Knowing I would never get those documents (Wayne and his posse were not in the office) I asked Marie for a copy of a few key documents, including the ordering of the analysis. The Analysis was never done and runoff coming to residents from the whole damn CASS site. The pass off of the runoff begins, the resident on the top got a ditch dug by Wayne, then Legore Subdivision- Birch St is swamped and still is because it's sub division, then Cedar St gets swamped, they go to Council and got voted down. Each spent thousands in sump pumps and sending runoff to neighbors because there was no place to drain- seems it was eventually sent over to Wight St but then Planning Board Chair Pickering isn't talking. The water comes up along side his house and double culverts were installed to bring it under Wight St and eventually down to me. Along with another dug out ditch further down the road that goes behind the Annex and to me. Combined with Todd Rosenburg Code Enforcer refusing to site violations of not removing plowed snow off site (and many other sites too- also a picture album on that). Allowing 10-12 sites to stock pile snow all season and melt to us. Wiping out property in thaw of 2009 and 2011 and CITY WALL HALL including Planning Board blaming MOTHER NATURE AND ACT OF GOD!! THEY ARE GOING TO BURN IN A FIRE PIT IN HELL FOR THAT! Then we have the planning board- see side bar with Diane Allmyer Beck- WCGH Annex fraud, it just never ends. I have only been here 3 years and have uncovered only the tip of the corruption- ALONE.
11/1/11 First Meeting After 7 months of Lies/Withholding Public Documents/Tossing Me Around like a Pack of Cigarettes...sucking the life out of me
Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
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Here is beyond disturbing confirmation of above from Planning and Zoning and Realtors vs. Resident sides armed for battle. Arms crossed, conniving against the innocent long time resident.
http://vimeo.com/53078802 11/7/12 Belfast City Council Meeting ff 40 minutes and watch for 22 minutes 20 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings and Resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened...Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt
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To: ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org, mayor@cityofbelfast.org, LAURIE ALLEN, ward4councilor@cityofbelfast.org
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7/20 posted in Bangor Daily News Today Re: 16th Century Government
- Belfast is a mess for the residents rights. The City Planner came in 1999- stopped recording final plans in the public deeded registry. Public concerns appear to be addressed, approvals go through, 30 days to appeal and construction hasn't even started. Site completion isn't as presented to public- final approved plans impossible to get when site is corrupt- gives everything but actual document. City Manager, City Attorney, ZBA, City Council, Mayor and Planning Board all unite against resident or residents. They try to force a legal battle to break you financially and mentally using intimidation. Brenda Kielty @ Freedom of Information sends you back to the Planner who doesn't give the document in the first place.
Belfast proposing $8.9 million 2013-2014 budget
By Ben Holbrook | Jul 16, 2013
As councilors looked for other areas in the budget where they could make cuts or potentially revise revenues upwards, Councilor Mary Mortier suggested having a discussion about using money from the Downtown Tax Increment Financing district to pay for the economic development director position.
During a previous workshop, councilors chose to provide funding for Our Town Belfast using TIF monies. However, Councilors Roger Lee and Eric Sanders were hesitant to drain the TIF with further expenditures. Lee specifically said he is concerned that using TIF funds will mean there is less money available for infrastructure projects in the city.
WHEN DISASTER HITS SEAVIEW TERRACE- DROWNING, DESTRUCTION AND DEATH. PICTURE THE HOUR GLASS, OPEN ENDED TO RECEIVE NON-STOP WATER, FORCED TO THE NECK OF SEAVIEW TERRACE. WHAT WAS ONCE SOME 240 ACRES OF WATER ABSORBING GROUND IS NOW AN IMPERVIOUS FORCED WATER SLIDE TO THE FLOOD ZONE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF SEAVIEW TERRACE. DONE AND DENIED WITH ENORMOUS WASTE OF TAX DOLLARS IN THE COVER UP THAT IS SO STUPID BECAUSE WATER DOESN'T HIDE OR LIE. FOLLOW THE PATH OF CORRUPTION. ASK QUESTIONS, DOORS SLAM, DOCUMENTS WITH HELD, INTIMIDATION TACTICS OFF THE CHARTS BY ALL OF THE ABOVE.
The lives on Seaview Terrace are doomed and they did it. Refusing to build stormwater sewers, repair the one sewer by the bypassbroken for years- take the TIF that is for infrastructure and pay the salary for the Economic Developer to drown more residents as another development goes up with all the appearance of public approval and the aftermath corruption. It is not in compliance, it is not as proposed. Enter hell as you fight for your rights with your life. You have all been watching it happen to me for 2 years and counting. PLEASE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING BUDGETMEETING AT CITY HALL ON 7/25 @ 7 PM AND FORCE THEM TO SAVE OUR LIVES. YOU COULD BE NEXT.
MAINE CONSTITUTION VIOLATIONS BY THE HUNDRED BY THE ABOVE
ARTICLE I.
Declaration of Rights.
Section 1. Natural rights. All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
Section 2. Power inherent in people. All power is inherent in the people; all free governments are founded in their authority and instituted for their benefit; they have therefore an unalienable and indefeasible right to institute government, and to alter, reform, or totally change the same, when their safety and happiness require it.
They tried to hide the map showing the stream/ditch what ever it was in 1965 was moved negates natural outlet as used to force it to us (see local ordinance below) and continue to create mythical findings. Even their mythical findings can't hold water to the devastation to Seaview Terrace and my private property per Title 38 below by NOT taking measures for stabilization. More violations below,
Maine Revised Statutes Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 3: PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF WATERS
Subchapter 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BOARD
Article 2: POLLUTION CONTROL
§420-C. Erosion and sedimentation control
A person who conducts, or causes to be conducted, an activity that involves filling, displacing or exposing soil or other earthen materials shall take measures to prevent unreasonable erosion of soil or sediment beyond the project site or into a protected natural resource as defined in section 480-B. Erosion control measures must be in place before the activity begins. Measures must remain in place and functional until the site is permanently stabilized. Adequate and timely temporary and permanent stabilization measures must be taken and the site must be maintained to prevent unreasonable erosion and sedimentation. [1997, c. 502, §1 (AMD).]
A person who owns property that is subject to erosion because of a human activity before July 1, 1997 involving filling, displacing or exposing soil or other earthen materials shall take measures in accordance with the dates established under this paragraph to prevent unreasonable erosion of soil or sediment into a protected natural resource as defined in section 480-B, subsection 8. Adequate and timely temporary and permanent stabilization measures must be taken and maintained on that site to prevent unreasonable erosion and sedimentation. This paragraph applies on and after July 1, 2005 to property that is located in the watershed of a body of water most at risk as identified in the department's storm water rules adopted pursuant to section 420-D and that is subject to erosion of soil or sediment into a protected natural resource as defined in section 480-B, subsection 8. This paragraph applies on and after July 1, 2010 to other property that is subject to erosion of soil or sediment into a protected natural resource as defined in section 480-B, subsection 8. [1997, c. 748, §1 (NEW).]
This section applies to a project or any portion of a project located within an organized area of this State. This section does not apply to agricultural fields. Forest management activities, including associated road construction or maintenance, conducted in accordance with applicable standards of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, are deemed to comply with this section. This section may not be construed to limit a municipality's authority under home rule to adopt ordinances containing stricter standards than those contained in this section. [1995, c. 704, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); 1995, c. 704, Pt. C, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
1995, c. 704, §B2 (NEW). 1995, c. 704, §C2 (AFF). 1997, c. 502, §1 (AMD). 1997, c. 748, §1 (AMD).
Local ordinance violation- not natural outlet and not in regulation with DEP also corrupt in this investigation.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage may be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the city, to a storm sewer or natural outlet, if in accordance with regulations of the state department of environmental protection.
(Ord. No. 45-1999, § 600.2, 2-1-2000)
City Officials precluded from work on private property- Violated proven work done on 23 Seaview Terrace in 2009
Violation of site plan compliance for CASS on state ordered impact study to the watershed resident. Fees collected, where is study? This was a state law at time of ordering- violation of state law.
Violation of site plans by illegally draining runoff from CASS via bypassing the million dollar sewer improvements at Miller St and instead sending it to the residents private property. Multitude of violations- with holding public documents (MFOIA useless) ,DEP corruption, site conditions, code violations, etc.
Violations of site conditions and code enforcement by allowing CASS, Annex and unknown other sites to stock pile snow to melt to us. They are mandated to remove plowed snow offsite. Confirmed and complaints taken by the Belfast Police Dept. Zoning Code Todd Rosenberg not citing reported violations, with holding public documents of site conditions that the Chief of Police confirmed are being violated because he was able to view the documents held by City Hall Planning...
City Officials precluded from work on private property- Violated proven work done on 23 Seaview Terrace in 2009
Violation of site plan compliance for CASS on state ordered impact study to the watershed resident. Fees collected, where is study? This was a state law at time of ordering- violation of state law.
Violation of site plans by illegally draining runoff from CASS via bypassing the million dollar sewer improvements at Miller St and instead sending it to the residents private property. Multitude of violations- with holding public documents (MFOIA useless) ,DEP corruption, site conditions, code violations, etc.
Violations of site conditions and code enforcement by allowing CASS, Annex and unknown other sites to stock pile snow to melt to us. They are mandated to remove plowed snow offsite. Confirmed and complaints taken by the Belfast Police Dept. Zoning Code Todd Rosenberg not citing reported violations, with holding public documents of site conditions that the Chief of Police confirmed are being violated because he was able to view the documents held by City Hall Planning...
Deny residents request to include Seaview Terrace into Northport Ave TIF that will open up grants and funding to build sewers instead of corruptly using private property for developed runoff for 35 years and counting. City Hall looking to take this TIF for their wants, visions, greed and enormous dangerous ego's.
This dip stick into the cesspool is barely penetrating the scuzzy surface.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
7/14/13- Seems some want to believe I have somehow brought this City flooding death to Seaview Terrace because of my history of trauma from individuals similar to the City Manager- Joe Slocum, City Planner-Wayne Marshall, City Attorney-Bill Kelly, City Council- Mike Hurley, Town & Country Realtor owner- Earl Black and agent- Bill Ingersoll. Many in power have gotten there because they are ill with drive and ego. They made personal attacks early on forcing me to defend and publicize very private and very traumatic events in my life. Many are in this blog and add to my strength and integrity. Clearly this picture proves I am stronger and better than ever. Had a blast this weekend displaying my "art" at the Arts in the Park this weekend. Met so many nice people who are outraged at the drowning and corruption. Send emails to Council, Mayor and City Manager and copy me, tell them they are killing the 12 families on Seaview Terrace with our tax dollars .
jslocum@cityofbelfast.org,
ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org,
ward4councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org, mayor@cityofbelfast.org,
Cc: acurtis@bangordailynews.com, bholbrook@villagesoup.com, cwoodard@pressherald.com laurieallen55@msn.com,
news@penbaypilot.com
7/13/13 There's no stopping me now....protesting full steam ahead, big happenings in town, lots of tourists and locals, Art festival, Celtic Festival, Harbor Festival, etc. all summer. Belfast is the cool town, and I'm a colorful attraction with proof. Realtor s and City Wall Hall- do you get me yet? I don't quit- have taken your wrath and am stronger than ever. Click on pages to the left to read those headings. Below are albums 3 in total with proof, pics and letters. So much corruption in the past 2 years this blog is overloaded. Reality Show Anyone? I've got tons more that isn't on here.
| From: | LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
| Sent: | Tue 7/09/13 8:16 AM |
| To: | chief@belfastmepd.org (chief@belfastmepd.org) |
Hi Chief,
I inadvertently left you off of the CC. This is FYI because ALL of this places me, my children, my pets in danger. I am watching this last meeting and see your officer appearing to follow me out when I'm done speaking at the first open to the public. He turns around when he see's me coming back in with the skate boarders. That is alarming to me. Monitoring the meeting is one thing but leaving the meeting to follow me is another. Especially when I was more than pleasant, respectful and brief at the first speaking.
No doubt I was angry the second time around and would not question an officer taking extra precaution and seeing me walk safely and peacefully off of the premises.
I still want to believe the BPD is foremost concerned with MY safety and rights. After watching the long time senior resident of Searsport get mishandled by an officer at the TNT meetings, it can easily happen to me. Please make sure your force knows that I am not a threat, am not unstable, and that my anger in the second open to the public was certainly provoked and justified. With ever changing applications of law around here, I would be thankful for you to advise me if my protesting in public with signs and my SUV portable office displaying America's flag, signs and information board is in violation or any violations that may be construed by my innocent intentions to make the public aware.
You know I will continue speaking and protesting until this is fixed or I am dead. You will have all this information for your investigation. I will forward a very informative email I sent yesterday.
No Brakes,
Laurie
I inadvertently left you off of the CC. This is FYI because ALL of this places me, my children, my pets in danger. I am watching this last meeting and see your officer appearing to follow me out when I'm done speaking at the first open to the public. He turns around when he see's me coming back in with the skate boarders. That is alarming to me. Monitoring the meeting is one thing but leaving the meeting to follow me is another. Especially when I was more than pleasant, respectful and brief at the first speaking.
No doubt I was angry the second time around and would not question an officer taking extra precaution and seeing me walk safely and peacefully off of the premises.
I still want to believe the BPD is foremost concerned with MY safety and rights. After watching the long time senior resident of Searsport get mishandled by an officer at the TNT meetings, it can easily happen to me. Please make sure your force knows that I am not a threat, am not unstable, and that my anger in the second open to the public was certainly provoked and justified. With ever changing applications of law around here, I would be thankful for you to advise me if my protesting in public with signs and my SUV portable office displaying America's flag, signs and information board is in violation or any violations that may be construed by my innocent intentions to make the public aware.
You know I will continue speaking and protesting until this is fixed or I am dead. You will have all this information for your investigation. I will forward a very informative email I sent yesterday.
No Brakes,
Laurie
7/8/13 see sidebar "7/7/13 Requests for Seaview Terrace History/ Not Given" Also included are a few of the hundred's of incriminating emails. In 5/2011 my written request for the history and development of Seaview Terrace. Wayne Marshall ONLY offers 2 documents from the registry and proves the with holding corruption. Never giving me the original plans showing the stream/ditch/whatever was moved, never giving any maps that may prove the force flooding, never giving the 1987 City Engineers report SPECIFICALLY done for my home, refusing to answer in writing, forcing a sham meeting, not complying with ordinance or site conditions, not sending out proper notification (and still at it from the recent Pig Out BBQ with abutters missing the crucial meeting) taking all files into his possession and removing vital documents requested. He never offers the specific document, but gives volumes of tainted files. He claims they are in there and the viewer is too stupid to see them. Council will not view the files with you or get involved what so ever. Brenda Kielty, Attorney Generals office for the Freedom of Information Act is useless. She contacts Wayne Marshall and he tells her he will have the FILES (not the document) ready for viewing with 3 days notice. Request for a trusted supervisor to oversee, denied.
City Council MUST DEMAND FOR WAYNE MARSHALL AND JOE SLOCUM TO RESIGN. THIS LAST MEETING 7/2/13 WHERE Wayne IS SHOWBOATING HIS ABILITY TO CONVINCE AND LIE. Almost making me believe even with all he has corrupted. He is that good. On and on about how he is going above and beyond with doing an impact study and intense public input.
WE ALL KNOW NOW THAT THE IMPACT STUDY FOR CASS, A STATE REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN HIDDEN. ALL STORMWATER DOCUMENTS REMOVED FROM THE FILE PRIOR TO MY INSPECTION. THE ONE THAT HE MISSED, I WAS NEVER GIVEN THE COPY. IT WAS WHEN I CAME BACK, UNANNOUNCED, WAYNE OUT OF THE OFFICE, ADMIN. ASST. MARIE STALWORTH HAD THE FILES ON THE CHAIR AND GAVE THEM TO ME AGAIN. INSIDE WAS A BONANZA OF DOCUMENTS NOT THERE THE WEEK BEFORE. THE SANDERSON'S 3 YEAR COMMUNICATIONS BATTLE TO GET THE WATER AWAY FROM THEM(IN THE SIDEBAR YOU WILL SEE WHERE I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR TO MARINA IN THE BEGINNING AND RECEIVED NO REPSONSE!) DEP communications, Army Corp of Engineer, internal communications, on and on and on, I broke into tears. I begged Marie to give me on the spot, the change for the Robertson School to NOT get demolished from WBRC engineer Ray Bouldoc to DEP Project Manager Mike Morse. Ordered to provide an IMPACT STUDY TO THE WATERSHED RESIDENTS FROM MILLER ST TO THE BAY. I have asked Joe Slocum over and over for the results on this study. The study was not in the file and Joe Slocum "REFUSES TO SPECULATE" FIRE HIM, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
The corruption can be stopped in new developments by ordering after completion 1 year window public inspections and accountability with the Planning Board and City Council. No cost to the public, no appeals, no City Attorney's....simply verifying that all is in compliance by the public.
Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct, is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties.
The court then went on to use yet another definition, "malfeasance is the doing of an act which an officer had no legal right to do at all and that when an officer, through ignorance, inattention, or malice, does that which they have no legal right to do at all, or acts without any authority whatsoever, or exceeds, ignores, or abuses their powers, they are guilty of malfeasance."
Inverse Condemnation
An increase in environmental problems has resulted in a new type of eminent domain proceeding called inverse condemnation. In this proceeding, the property owner, rather than the condemnor, initiates the action. The owner alleges that the government has acquired an interest in his or her property without giving compensation, such as when the government floods a farmer's field or pollutes a stream crossing private land. An inverse condemnation proceeding is often brought by a property owner when it appears that the taker of the property does not intend to bring eminent domain proceedings.
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7/8/13- At this point, I have not gone public- hundreds of emails, 3 days later,11/1/11 I go.
| LAURIE ALLEN(laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Sat 10/29/11 7:02 AM |
| To: | mpercival@midmaine.com; mayor@cityofbelfast.org |
| Cc: | Jennika Lundy (managersupport@cityofbelfast.org) |
Marina and Mayor Ash,
You are my councilor and Mayor. One your key area's of responsibility is to intervene for justice of residents in disputes with City officials. If you are not willing to perform your sworn duties then what is my next step?
Why aren't you concerned with how hard Joe is making it on me- 6 months of torture- isn't that about the time the City Council, City Planners, City Officials were all able to get that massive Front Street Shipyard project full steam ahead, cooperating to the point of almost tripping over each other. Meeting after meeting and I was not allowed one meeting, looking the other way in this circus of unaccountability. Forcing the Seaview Terrace Residents into a useless meeting that Marina walked around stating, "I know nothing of storm water". No concern for the loss of time and money for residents to attend because City officials refused to schedule after business hours and slate on an agenda that I requested over and over to Marina, Mayor Ash and Joe Slocum. Many residents could not get the time off, and we the tax payers footed the bill to pay these officials to waste our time and tax dollars. How much of our tax dollars have been wasted in this vortex of corruption, how much does the borough attorney charge out of our tax dollars for advising City Officials how not to get caught?
Please advise if residents have access to the Borough Attorney for advice.
Marina, after all these months, you apologized saying you should have never gotten involved, it was a planning board issue. That is ridiculous. The City Planner is the one who forced this whole situation. The Planning Board was to do a site visit at my home for the stream in May 2011 in conjunction with the visit to the Annex. While in the Annex parking lot visit, one of the planning board members said to another, "How would you like to own that stream property?" pointing to my home. The other member did not hear him clearly and said "What?" it was repeated, he replied "NO WAY!" And then they laughed!!! I WAS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, THEY KNEW IT WAS MY HOME THEY WERE LAUGHING ABOUT. I got sick to my stomach and it's been destroying my life since. The Planning Board did not visit my property and my pleas for an agenda ignored.
Please respond to this email and be specific to advise on access to the borough attorney and what my next step is with a Joe Slocum intervention? No more rhetoric and no more direct dealings with any of his subordinates. Jennika and Nora are kind and respectful people. Their title is "Manager Support" in direct conflict with a Manager intervention.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: mpercival@midmaine.com
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: managersupport@cityofbelfast.org
Subject: protocol for communication
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:05:35 -0400
You are my councilor and Mayor. One your key area's of responsibility is to intervene for justice of residents in disputes with City officials. If you are not willing to perform your sworn duties then what is my next step?
Why aren't you concerned with how hard Joe is making it on me- 6 months of torture- isn't that about the time the City Council, City Planners, City Officials were all able to get that massive Front Street Shipyard project full steam ahead, cooperating to the point of almost tripping over each other. Meeting after meeting and I was not allowed one meeting, looking the other way in this circus of unaccountability. Forcing the Seaview Terrace Residents into a useless meeting that Marina walked around stating, "I know nothing of storm water". No concern for the loss of time and money for residents to attend because City officials refused to schedule after business hours and slate on an agenda that I requested over and over to Marina, Mayor Ash and Joe Slocum. Many residents could not get the time off, and we the tax payers footed the bill to pay these officials to waste our time and tax dollars. How much of our tax dollars have been wasted in this vortex of corruption, how much does the borough attorney charge out of our tax dollars for advising City Officials how not to get caught?
Please advise if residents have access to the Borough Attorney for advice.
Marina, after all these months, you apologized saying you should have never gotten involved, it was a planning board issue. That is ridiculous. The City Planner is the one who forced this whole situation. The Planning Board was to do a site visit at my home for the stream in May 2011 in conjunction with the visit to the Annex. While in the Annex parking lot visit, one of the planning board members said to another, "How would you like to own that stream property?" pointing to my home. The other member did not hear him clearly and said "What?" it was repeated, he replied "NO WAY!" And then they laughed!!! I WAS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, THEY KNEW IT WAS MY HOME THEY WERE LAUGHING ABOUT. I got sick to my stomach and it's been destroying my life since. The Planning Board did not visit my property and my pleas for an agenda ignored.
Please respond to this email and be specific to advise on access to the borough attorney and what my next step is with a Joe Slocum intervention? No more rhetoric and no more direct dealings with any of his subordinates. Jennika and Nora are kind and respectful people. Their title is "Manager Support" in direct conflict with a Manager intervention.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: mpercival@midmaine.com
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: managersupport@cityofbelfast.org
Subject: protocol for communication
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:05:35 -0400
Hi Laurie,
Because it makes it hard for Joe to assist you if he has to go through me or Walter, you need to contact his administrative assistant Jennika Lundy, at <managersupport@cityofbelfast.org>. She is very helpful, and I'm sure that you will feel comfortable working with her.
Best wishes,
Marina Delune
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7/6/13 UPDATE -City Manager Joe Slocum told me TWO YEARS AGO, that all the runoff forced into SEAVIEW TERRACE through the huge culvert by Rte 1 and not able to handle the sheer volume, will take 40 Seaview Terrace off its foundation. Not just the car. Came close again in 2009 and 2011. Rapids crushing our neighborhood. We are NOT A NATURAL OUTLET. Prior to 1965 development is was farmland.Belfast has No Right Of Ways or Easements to our private property. Whatever it was, it was moved, with held from me and then I finally got the map on an unannounced visit where it was right on the counter. Joe Slocum had an aneurism. Then Councilman Hurley and his posse start a new chant, so what, I didn't do it, we're not responsible, this woman is"ridiculous" "as if we would really do this to her". BOTTOM LINE- MOVING LAND WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT, APPROVED BY THE CITY, DONE BY THE CITY OR DEVELOPER DOESN'T MATTER- IT IS NO LONGER NATURAL. BELFAST IS BREAKING THEIR OWN ORDINANCE- SEE BELOW "NATURAL OUTLET" NOW GET IT OUT!!!!
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage may be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the city, to a storm sewer or natural outlet, if in accordance with regulations of the state department of environmental protection.
(Ord. No. 45-1999, § 600.2, 2-1-2000)
Manipulating and with holding information and documents by the City Manager, Joe Slocum and City Planner, Wayne Marshall for 3 years and counting is their tortuous distraction to try and bury the visible. Water doesn't lie. They do.
Here's one of hundreds. Slocum states right here that there are NO maps, but after 3 years, they produce many in their defense, and then they go missing again. Never to give me a copy even though they appear to offer.
Slocum keeps pounding that, per City Attorney, Bill Kelly's 12/27/2011 letter "City officials are legally precluded from improving private property with public money for any purpose, including private drainage." In fact, they do it all the time. I have proven it. Slocum caught, lies again. To avoid 7 yr. statutes, he says it was done 8 years ago- IT WAS DONE IN 2009, force confirmed by DPW Bob Richards. Slocum lies again, saying to protect the road. The 45 and 49 numbers are another deterrent- not valid locations or address. It is between 27 and 23 (lot with only a garage) Seaview Terrace is where the City dug the ditch deeper. See the culvert and drop to the ditch. No where near the road. The water was pooling, not draining to the stream. The then owner, Kara Merrill of 27, TOLD ME, she called the City, requested it to be dug out, it was getting nasty. Bud Hand at 26 TOLD ME, that he agreed to maintain that ditch (not his property) to make sure the water was able flow from his opposing property. It not been draining to the stream. This is the older man that came to speak against me, appearing frail when he is known as the "Tool Man" up and down the street with wheel barrows, up and down ladders fixing gutters, shingles, digging posts for mailboxes, MAINTAINING THE DITCH. In this meeting Joe even offers to speak to our City Attorney, Bill Kelly for him. Boy, you went all out to alienate me further in this one Joe. People that don't even know me have turned against me.
(Note-in the last meeting 7/2/13- Joe Slocum is back-peddling saying that none of the neighbors are draining into the stream where in the email below he confirms they are. Hurley says he knows that some like the "little" stream. Probably the Smith's again (5 Seaview). They don't even own stream property, nor does 11 Seaview. The back portion of their yards and all of the stream is owned by Mid Coast Mental Health)
How could I make this old man so sad? What a bad person she is.
Don't even ask how many times his wife called animal control because she could hear my dogs barking IN THE HOUSE, WITH ALL WINDOWS CLOSED. How it used to be such a quiet neighborhood before I came. At least I got to know a nice man in Belfast, Steve Bogden. We all agree his is tops. Oh and the then Chief Trafton too. The Smith's @ 5 Seaview Terrace kept reporting every time they heard my dogs bark. Calling me, coming to my door, telling me they are not fond of beagles, talking about me to all they know. I went to the Chief, told him to put camera's on me to prove I did all I could to minimize barking above and beyond. Even installing a 5 foot fence with additional screening so they can't see anything that provokes barking. He told me of a case in Augusta, very similar and the Judge ordered the dogs voice box to be surgically removed. Kara Merrill of 27 Seaview told me that David Smith would come to her house (1/4 mile away- 3 lots up)all the time to complain he could hear her little dog barking. He kept at her and at her until she sadly put a shock collar on her little dog. The dog was never the same again and she said she never forgave herself.
What is wrong with these people? Unable to live in an open society? Then go. I told the Chief I would do whatever he recommended, the Smith's were out to destroy my dogs. Sure enough, a week later, David Smith went to the Chief. David Smith became irate when the Chief tried to help him. The Chief became concerned for MY safety. The Chief came to my house, met my dogs, inspected the fence and was very impressed with me and my honesty. He explained what a restraining order is and how it could protect me. When the Chief of Police is concerned, I say issue the order. Done. Now, even more gossip for their huge network, schools too. Lovely.
Later I'd get to meet the new Chief of Police, Mike McFadden, when my Council calls me in as a threat. Great, no doubt a full background check is done.After a lengthy chat and quite a few laughs, the Chief tells me I was the hi-lite of his day. Ditto.
Welcome to Belfast. Thought I'd escaped the abuse. Where it was just one, it's a whole club implicated with residents. A nasty, nasty web with many lovely hummingbirds just wanting to enjoy nectar and not get involved.
6/20/13 I came to see this map Slocum and Marshall showed me referenced below. At that time, it seemed useless, bunch of green tree tops with a barely visible short path of water. No landmarks or development-could have been from anywhere. And now it doesn't exist. Jennika the volleyball, went to City Planner, Wayne Marshall and he tricks her again, as in every other request. She came down with other maps, I was unable to get the aerial map that 1957 (proven per email below) Wayne Marshall and Joe Slocum showed me time and time again. It was color close up of the stream barely seen through the trees. It was all trees, and surely would show that that original stream was no where near my home- was up by Birch St and man made there after digging down to me. Not natural ever.
From: Joseph Slocum [mailto:citymanager@cityofbelfast.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:37 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Cc: Councilors; Jennika Lundy
Subject: Further follow up on your November 3rd request
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:37 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Cc: Councilors; Jennika Lundy
Subject: Further follow up on your November 3rd request
Ms. Allen,
The photographic Map that show the stream behind your house in 1957 ,before any house in your neighborhood existed, remains in Jennika's office for the convenience of your inspection. So is the second Aerial photo map from 1997 where your house and neighborhood is depicted- showing the very same stream. I wrote to you and we have not heard back from you on your interest in seeing these Maps. I can't copy them in house and will be pleased to have them copied for you when you bring the money in that such copies cost. Once you see them you may be in a better position to decide whether you want copies.
I have found NO maps that depict all storm water channels draining into the culvert at the top of Seaview Terrace. I am continuing to look for any Maps I can find that show storm drain channels draining into the stream that moves through the culvert at the top Seaview Terrace near Route #1. You may wish to contact the State to ask them if they have any maps of any drainage they have going into this stream. I am not sure who you would ask but perhaps the State officials who came to your neighborhood and inspected this stream could assist you with that.
It is my understanding that you have the flood maps of your area. If not let me know and I will get you copies.
I have found no maps of storm water channels draining into the stream at your private property. That being said it is possible that the two small culverts (10-12 inches) underneath the road at 45 and 49 were indeed built by the City. It would have been a long time ago and I have no maps of them but they are readily visible. I did confirm with Bob Richards, our DPW Director, that about 8 years ago a ditch that carried water off the road and also from the abutting private property was overgrown and the public works crew- in a maintenance effort and with the permission of the property owner did indeed go in and clear out the growth in that existing ditch. That is my best understanding of what happened. The only reason for the City to do this was because the water was starting to back up onto the road which the City wanted to clear it off.
Although I do not generally do research for anyone as that is not what the Freedom of Information Act requires, I did look up this statute which I believe supports the City's obligation and right to put small 2 culverts under the road and to maintain this ditch that public works removed the growth from.
The photographic Map that show the stream behind your house in 1957 ,before any house in your neighborhood existed, remains in Jennika's office for the convenience of your inspection. So is the second Aerial photo map from 1997 where your house and neighborhood is depicted- showing the very same stream. I wrote to you and we have not heard back from you on your interest in seeing these Maps. I can't copy them in house and will be pleased to have them copied for you when you bring the money in that such copies cost. Once you see them you may be in a better position to decide whether you want copies.
I have found NO maps that depict all storm water channels draining into the culvert at the top of Seaview Terrace. I am continuing to look for any Maps I can find that show storm drain channels draining into the stream that moves through the culvert at the top Seaview Terrace near Route #1. You may wish to contact the State to ask them if they have any maps of any drainage they have going into this stream. I am not sure who you would ask but perhaps the State officials who came to your neighborhood and inspected this stream could assist you with that.
It is my understanding that you have the flood maps of your area. If not let me know and I will get you copies.
I have found no maps of storm water channels draining into the stream at your private property. That being said it is possible that the two small culverts (10-12 inches) underneath the road at 45 and 49 were indeed built by the City. It would have been a long time ago and I have no maps of them but they are readily visible. I did confirm with Bob Richards, our DPW Director, that about 8 years ago a ditch that carried water off the road and also from the abutting private property was overgrown and the public works crew- in a maintenance effort and with the permission of the property owner did indeed go in and clear out the growth in that existing ditch. That is my best understanding of what happened. The only reason for the City to do this was because the water was starting to back up onto the road which the City wanted to clear it off.
Although I do not generally do research for anyone as that is not what the Freedom of Information Act requires, I did look up this statute which I believe supports the City's obligation and right to put small 2 culverts under the road and to maintain this ditch that public works removed the growth from.
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3202§3252
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW
Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Subchapter 5: DRAINAGE AND WATERCOURSES
§3251. Ditches, drains and culverts; control; damages
The municipal officers of a town may at the expense of the town construct ditches, drains and culverts to carry water away from any highway or road therein, and over or through any lands of persons or corporations, when they deem it necessary for public convenience or for the proper care of such highway or road, provided no such ditch, drain or culvert shall pass under or within 20 feet of any dwelling house without the consent of the owner thereof. Such ditches, drains and culverts may be constructed under such highways or roads. Such ditches, drains or culverts shall be under the control of said municipal officers and interference therewith may be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or by both. If such town does not maintain and keep in repair such ditches, drains and culverts, the owner or occupant of the lands through or over which they pass may have his action against the town for damages thereby sustained.
Before land is so taken, notice shall be given and damages assessed and paid therefor as is provided for the location of town ways.
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Your email of November 3rd says the City has directly contributed to the erosion of your yard and your road. The road was accepted by the City when your subdivision was approved. In all honesty I can not see what the City has done that has affected anything in your neighborhood that was not there long before your houses were built. That is what I had hoped that you would see if you would just come in and look at the photo's from 1957. Every house lot and property on Seaview View Terrace- including your own appears to put water into this stream. It is the natural drainage way that has been there forever. When I visited your property the ditch that runs the full length of your property between you and your Northerly neighbor appears to drain your yards.
I hear three different financial requests from you.
1. Reduce your taxers and I understand the Assessor is currently evaluating that. I hope he is in contact with you next week when he returns from sick leave.
2. The City should just install storm drains on your street. We do not have them on many, many streets in the City because they are so expensive to install. Today the City would not likely accept a subdivision that did not come with its own storm drain system. This is a policy question in my mind - not a legal one.
3. Finally you mention the damage to your property. I have asked several times that you send me a communication that asks for payment for whatever you think your damages are and I will send it onto the City's Insurance Company. Please send communication along to me so that they can do their own review and respond to your claim. I can't write it for you because it is your claim to make.
I will continue to look for more information and I am sending this to the Council so they will know how we are trying to respond to your requests.
Please do not hesitate to send either me or Jennika any request that you may have.
Thank you,
Joe Slocum
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Dug this up from 9/2011- City Manager Digs Himself into his Nasty Clam Hole!!Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:50:47 -0400
Subject: Re: FW: 17 seaview/city storm f/u
From: citymanager@cityofbelfast.org
To: xxxxx
CC: councilors@cityofbelfast.org; planner@cityofbelfast.org; publicworks@cityofbelfast.org
Ms. Allen,
Good afternoon. I regret that I have been away for two weeks because of two family emergencies.
The road could indeed use some work and will be addressed in conjunction with our regular road program which calls for attention in areas about every 10 years. The road has alligator cracking because the ground underneath is wet. The present existence of a couple of culverts underneath the road which transfer some water from the higher land across the street to your land on the North side are an attempt by the City to have the road not act as a dam to the natural flow of gravity and also to preserve the asphalt on the road itself by eliminating standing water on the road edge or underneath it.( Out of quote for me to respond-This is a lie to avoid their stand that the do not do work on private property. The road at my driveway(and many other residents) is a pond at every rain/snow- no culverts, no road side drainage)( back to original quote fro Joe Slocum) We have these culverts all over the City and you will indeed find them all over the State.I will ask my Public Works Director, by copy of this email to let us know in what year your road might see some resurfacing. . It will not be this year. At this time there are no funds or plans to install storm sewers along your road We like many municipalities have have many roads without these amenities. (ME SPEAKING- NO FUNDS?? ARE YOU KIDDING- YOU'RE GIVING 40K TO SOME 24 RESIDENTS FOR FOOT TRAFFIC ON A RAIL TRAIL THAT WILL DRAIN OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE SO BADLY NEEDED ON SEAVIEW TERRACE. THIS WHOLE TRAIL IS ANOTHER CITY SCHEME TO AVOID ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS UNTIL IT WILL BE TOO LATE AND TOO COSTLY BUT COUNCIL IS "DETERMINED" REGARDLESS OF THE SAD SHAPE OF ROADS AND SEWERS. GUESS THEIR HOMES ARE NOT IN DANGER).
BACK TO JOE AND HERE IS WHERE HE DOWN AND OUT LIES ABOUT THE STREAM BEING HERE FOR 100 YEARS- THIS IS ALL TRASH- HE IS NOT CREDIBLE WHATSOEVER
My observation suggests to me that the stream behind your house has been there for a hundred years and has acted as the watershed for everything above it including your entire street. The City is not responsible for changes to the land or for the constructions of buildings, the expansions of lawns or cutting of vegetation done by every home owner- including your predecessor which has had an impact on surface and sub surface water in your neighborhood. The very ditch that is maintained between you and your neighbor is a good example of how you and your neighbor channel your water to the stream behind your house that is the natural drainage way. This stream and the water the water your entire neighborhood adds to it, simply goes behind other peoples houses down grade from you and in fact goes right into our City Park where it empties to the Sea. Some of your neighbors across the street want more surface water drained toward your side.The State suggested allowing more plantings to grow and absorb some of the water. The City noted that if we were ever to get involved we would want the neighbors to be cooperative and provide legal easements to the City so our actions are not seen as improper as you have suggested they were in the past.
While I was away I learned that there was a meeting held on site by Wayne Marshall from the City, and we had State DEP representative Chris Cabot there along with a member of our City Council. I understand that you were there as well. To my knowledge-nothing came from that meeting to suggest that the City has somehow caused all this water to be in your area. Since I do not see the harm caused by the City I have no plan to enter upon your property to do any bank stabilization that Mr. Cabot said he would be receptive to permit if requested by the individual neighbors.
ANOTHER HUGE LIE-THIS IS ILLEGAL AND HE KNOWS IT- FIRST THEY SAID THEY NEVER DID THIS, THEN I PROVED THEY DID, THEN THEY TRIED TO SAY IT WAS 8 YEARS AGO AND OVER THE 7 YEAR LIMIT, THEN I PROVED IT WAS DONE IN 2009 AND NOW HE IS USING ROAD MAINTENANCE, DISGRACEFUL LYING CORRUPT BULLIES
It appears that in the past the City crews did indeed enter upon a neighbors property to clear growth from an existing ditch with permission to get water away from the road. As far as I know this is not a City owned ditch anymore than the one which runs along your property.
As for the drainage:
1. I will come and take pictures to document your concern and I will share them with the State. Please let me know whether you wish to be present when I take them . I am presuming that you are going to allow me access through your property so I can do this properly. If this assumption is incorrect please let me know. Otherwise the pictures will be taken next week.
2. I have not seen anything in the erosion or in City practice which suggest to me that the City is responsible for your erosion so there is no practice for us to terminate. I can not and I do not plan on spending City tax dollars to provide drainage controls for private property.
3. There is indeed some signs of erosion within the stream sidewalls and I did see an area about 2 square feet in size where you placed large stones to fill in a part of your bank where some erosion apparently occurred. I do not see anything in this erosion which would indicate it is anything other than a natural occurrence associated with seasonal and unpredictable weather conditions. It appeared to me to look like every stream bed I have ever walked.
Finally, if you continue to believe that the City is the party responsible for your damage then please send me your reasons and I will present your legal claim to our insurance company to see if they see this matter differently than I do.
Absent new information this is my final response to this matter. I am sorry that I could not find a way to agree with your conclusions.
Most sincerely,
Joseph J. Slocum
City Manager
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7/6/13 continued-
This map below is from 1965 and shows the stream running through center of homes- City pushed the stream back. It is not natural. See left top quarter section. The old motel is where the Annex is now. My lot is the 3rd up (it's now split- I don't own the garage lot next to me). That stream or whatever it was would run right under my house. City Attorney Bill Kelly tries to say this was to my benefit that the moved it! Are you kidding me? They never should have gotten approval. Then to move it and not stabilize the banks, and to begin the assault. Sending all future developments run off to us from across the highway, up the highway over from the highway, miles and miles of absorbing ground turned into an impervious water slide to our private property. First was probably the Belfast and Hilltop Birches '70's and the last that I am aware of, 2011 with the Annex and Wight St digging and culverting to us.The lots are marked in red and the dark ditch running through is the seasonal stream. They pushed it back to where the tree line is and never stabilized the banks. From there they have been force directing and adding to the stream from miles around for the past 48 years of surrounding development. Forcing it all to the flood zone (that the are bound to protect and divert by ordinance) private property of Seaview Terrace. Now, one event of 5 or 6 inches will wipe us out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_MG7PCUD0 You Tube Video Erosion of my stream taken 8/2011
Note- 5 months prior to this video- the stream was 2 ft across, 1 foot deep- after spring melt turned ravine- 10-12 ft across, 4-5 ft deep. I'm nervous and not as clear as I could have been. Regardless, the pictures speak it all. At the end I read a bit of Joe Sloscum's planned denial and setting me up to be a woman with anxiety issues. Truly calculating to succeed. Such a horrible man and local government.
You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 1/31/13 Seaview Terrace Drowning Letters and Pics
Here is the corruption of Todd, Code Enforcer, the BPD including Chief McFadden witness to CASS and Annex violating You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 2013-03-20 spring2013vio
Here is the fraud with the realtors You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: Real Estate Commission Investigation 42013
11/1/11 First Meeting After 7 months of Lies/Withholding Public Documents/Tossing Me Around like a Pack of Cigarettes...sucking the life out of me
http://vimeo.com/31506248 11/1/11 City Hall Meeting- fast forward 20minutes, 44seconds, hard to hit that though, seems to jump from 20minutes to after my speech is done. May have to begin listening at 19 minutes, but don't ff- it will skip to end again. You can back it up too. I give almost 15 minutes of choking testimony. After my wrenching public plea to stop flooding us 52 minutes into meeting City Manager Joe Slocum tries to deflect from missing map and discredit me, that was only the beginning of the missing documents that Wayne must have hid when you hear him give the history of the development 56 minutes into meeting.
Even more outrageous is Marshall states that the public's concerns are ONLY of stormwater because Wayne plans to flood residents within the bypass with each development. He crushes resident after resident, with his posse- Zoning, Todd Rosenburg (he was near spitting when Dr. Morrow fought to save her property getting flooded from violations CREATED by Planning and Zoning from an abutter. That is their solution- push their mistakes onto another resident, and so on and so on), and in training, Jamie Francomono.
When questioned by Council, Mike Hurley as to what is Belfast's Storm Water Ordinance, Wayne Marshall, City Planner and torturer of my life, states it directs to send storm water to nearest PUBLIC waterway- streams. I have requested this ordinance since and he fails to produce it... he must be lying and Seaview Terrace is NOT a public waterway, the City has no right aways or easements...THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!! Then Mike Hurley says this storm water flooding is Council's problem but then they vote to take no action in the 1/3/12 Meeting where they brought in the City Attorney who had more public documents with held from me specific to my property. When I tried to question Bill Kelly, City Attorney he ran away and Council closed the discussion.
*** http://vimeo.com/34563093 1/3/12 City Hall Meeting- Seaview Terrace 1rst on agenda (I also speak publicly ff about 15 minutes in- 3rd person up. Council remains silent and hires City Attorney, Bill Kelly with our tax dollars to try and deflect the forced flooding. KELLY REVEALS YET ANOTHER PUBLIC DOCUMENT OF FLOODING ON SEAVIEW PURPOSELY WITHHELD FROM ME.(Who knows what else they hide? Impossible to know, I have been intimidated and refused information on my property for 10 months and counting. ) A 1987 City hired engineer report that...SURPRISE- does not hold the City accountable for flooding. In fact, even with residents complaints of flooding in 1987, begins the City Planning approvals for Capt Albert Stevens School, Volunteers of America, Tall Pines, MidCoast Mental Health to build, eliminating ground absorption, accumulating storm water in huge dug out pools and channel down to private property, Seaview Terrace. Clobber us further by taking the storm water across Rte 1 from the Armory, National Guard, down to Pray's Homes along the side, back towards the trailer park, meandering and to accumulate more stormwater from who knows how far back and back across Rte 1, culvert forced directly into Seaview Terrace.
http://vimeo.com/33314014 12/6/11 City Hall Meeting- I speak publicly ff 23 minutes 4 seconds 4th person up for 3 minutes I speak for school. At 26 minutes I go for 20 minutes- in the beginning, I'm tripping, I'm scared, nervous, dry mouth, but I let it rip, with truth and maps.Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
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Here is beyond disturbing confirmation of above from Planning and Zoning and Realtors vs. Resident sides armed for battle. Arms crossed, conniving against the innocent long time resident.
http://vimeo.com/53078802 11/7/12 Belfast City Council Meeting ff 40 minutes and watch for 22 minutes 20 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings and Resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened... Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt
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7/2/13 WATER CANNOT LIE OR HIDE! GIVE IT UP ALREADY, CITY HALL DISGRACE. City Hall can speculate, manipulate maps in their possession, with hold documents to lie, create doubt, create smokescreens, they did, they done. Bob Whitely, Belfast City Tax Assessor accepted my invitation to tour the forced water paths. Bob Whitely found the map proving as I have been saying all along that the drainage ditch was NOT a natural stream. Joe Slocum flipped **** on Bob for showing me the map. Split personality. I've heard Joe Slocum went off on some young pool employees as well. I bet there are many more, but they fear for their jobs. Actually, Bob did not intentionally show me the map. On our tour a neighbor that Bob's wife had known since childhood told us that the stream had been moved again in the 70's. I didn't say anything. But, on a hunch, first thing the next morning, I just about flew unannounced to his office in City Hall. Sure enough, he had the original development plans showing the ditch moved in 1965-66. I asked for all history and development documents on my house and Seaview Terrace 7 months prior to Wayne Marshall. Wayne with held them as well as the City Engineer report on my property citing the stream was not a stream but a drainage ditch for my property. NOT A NATURAL OUTLET AS STATED IN STORM WATER ORDINANCE. BELFAST IS BREAKING THE LAW, VIOLATING STORM WATER ORDINANCE AND SITE CONDITION ORDINANCE (TO REMOVE PLOWED SNOW) AND PERFORMING WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR DRAINAGE.
I bet Joe Slocum was not happy, probably busted a vessel, when Bob Whitely accepted my invitation. Council, Sloscum and Marshall refused to attend the tour of destruction with Bob and me. Refused to see for themselves. I took pictures, documenting each culvert, and mapped and labeled from CASS down to Seaview (through Birch St, Congress, Wight St, Tall Pines, Midcoast Mental Health, WCGH Annex and then @ Congress- VOA- across Rte 1 to the National Guard and all the way down back under Rte 1 at 2 area's and into Seaview Terrace. Bob was shocked to say the least. Each member of Council received that detailed packet and NEVER commented, never asked one question, acted like the never got it. That was in 11/2011.
Instead, they claim, this map, that map, the aerial view, 1930, this belief, that opinion, brook,ditch,swale, countering Belfast City Engineer citing my back yard is a private property drainage ditch, Slocum lies saying a natural stream to which he tries to reason this gives him authorization to flood us to death, using the ordinance that runoff can go to a near by natural out with Council approval ! But wait, he is also saying that the City is not sending any water to us. But wait, he lies all the time. Drown and destroy the 12 families on Seaview Terrace. Slocum and Mayor Ash say in the meeting, that's just the way it is, it's unfortunate, he's sorry! We're dispensable-hey Hurley did you tell that to my neighbors as you were back stabbing me. What a waste of skin and organs.
Anyone can follow the forced water paths to private property of Seaview Terrace, a flood zone. Spring thaw of 2009 and 2011 sent water roaring over the huge culvert at the top of Seaview, almost taking a car, tore away over 600 ft of my property and almost flowed over Northport Ave as confirmed by Mike Hogan, Annex architect.I could go on for hours with facts, pictures and the few documents I was able to score while City Planner, Wayne Marshall was out. My drainage ditch is my private property for my drainage ONLY not for over 7 businesses from miles outside of Seaview and those residences in that area (Birch St., Congress St., Wight St, Seaview Terrace opposing neighbors and probably Cedar St. and more) What a disaster, how evil are these City Hall people? Very.
Further disgust is that all the residents, businesses and reputations are hurt by this abuse and burning. Thousands of hours in covering up, we all know the truth.
GLOVES OFF, NO RESPECT EARNED AND CONSISTENT DISRESPECT TO ME. I DIP INTO THEIR CESS POOL BRIEFLY.
Split Personality is on display. City Planner, Wayne Marshall performing the act of true manipulation. After being caught with his pants down in violating residents rights over and over, he goes all out to appear resident friendly, going above and beyond, tenderizing the meat for more slaughter.Preparing the Rte 3 development with preaching of public input, going beyond law with impact studies to decide site approval...all the same tactics for the corrupt construction of CASS and all abutting and watershed residents got corrupt water and lied to and tortured during the entire 3 year planning phase. Only for Wayne to violate and not comply with final approved site plans and conditions. Countless corruption proof in City Planner, Wayne Marshall's projects. Construction begins, it is not as approved. Enter hell as you to prove with every document in Wayne Marshall's office and City Wall Hall taking the 5th. Their motto "Get an attorney and try and sue us with all residents and businesses footing the Carte blanche City Attorney's foot dragging corrupt defense."
CITY MANAGER JOE SLOCUM AND COUNCIL MIKE HURLEY DISGUSTINGLY CONTINUE TO ASSAULT, ABUSE AND ABSCOND WITH PROTECTION OF CITY WALL HALL. Link to the meeting is below. No one responded to my email below. I read it at the meeting and Joe Slocum flips his silence stance. He tells me he will email me the modifications. I tell him no, it is on the agenda and modifications need to be made public. He is cornered and must agree. AGAIN, they try to manipulate the public in communications where I cannot respond. Joe Slocum is leading the public to believe that I'm looking for the City to fix my property for the huge slaughter of water illegally being forced to our NEIGHBORHOOD because of business development. TIF is for this but they only build sewers when they can't force it to private property and lie.
City Manager, Joe Sloscum is trying to make this a one case personal vendetta. It is a stupid, ignorant defense. I have proved time and time and time and so on again and again. I have volumes of incriminating emails, spoke and attended some 20 and counting meetings, endured 3 years of City Wall Hall manipulating, with holding, intent to mentally break, hammering and bullying as the water is flying at us from every runoff event. NEVER, NEVER, DO THEY ADDRESS THE PROVEN PATHS COMING INTO US FROM OUTSIDE OF SEAVIEW TERRACE- HURLEY SAYING IT IS NOT HIS FAULT- HE DIDN'T MOVE THE STREAM, DITCH, SWALE- A BIG MYSTERY AS TO WHAT IT IS! IN 1987 THE CITY ENGINEER INVESTIGATING FLOODING TO SEAVIEW TERRACE BACK THEN RULED IT WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY DRAINAGE DITCH! SEE LETTER IN PICTURE ALBUM AND SOME OF CITY ATTORNEY KELLY'S PROFESSIONAL UNETHICAL LETTERS
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SLOCUM GOES ON TO SAY IT'S ALL GRAVITY! Wow gravity digs ditches,culverts, can stop and go across rather than down- Belfast has special Slocum Gravity! LOOK AT THE MAP I MADE ! GRAVITY FROM WAY OVER AND UP TO CASS- GRAVITY FROM ACROSS RTE 1 FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD DOWN AND ACROSS RTE 1 TO US. GRAVITY FROM WIGHT ST WHERE GRAVITY WOULD BE STRAIGHT DOWN TO CITY PARK AND THE BAY. YOU INSTALL DOUBLE CULVERTS(That Tax Assessor Bob Whitley said were new. Now, Slocum says they were replaced, the originals were old...surely another lie) AT PICKERINGS ON WIGHT ST TO SEND IT TO US ACROSS AND OVER AND DOWN. THEN FURTHER DOWN WIGHT ST. YOU STOP THE GRAVITY FROM THE NATURAL PATH AND PROBABLY THE ORIGINAL MORRISEY BROOK PATH INTO CITY PARK. BUT WIGHT ST IS GETTING WIPED OUT EVEN WITH ROAD SIDE DRAINAGE. SEND IT ACROSS TO SEAVIEW TERRACE. AND GRAVITY DIGS ANOTHER TRENCH TO TAKE IT ACROSS-BEHIND THE WCGH ANNEX AND INTO MY PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE NEW RUNOFF FROM THE NEW ANNEX THAT IS ALSO ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT. NEW SITES ARE TO ONSITE DRAIN.
Then Hurley jumps in again saying not responding isn't working because I keep banging the drum. Sloscum jumps in with the corrupt stupid City Attorney letter again, the 12 Commandments of Corruption. Never have they discussed MY findings of fact, my proof, just keep steam rolling over me as THEY keep spouting the same lies over and over as truth, manipulating and manipulating.
Slocum ends with "Can't dress it up or change it" to which Mayor Ash responds "It is what it is!" Nancy Hamilton and Eric Sanders in agreement. He gets stoked up about a bicycle but could give 2 ***** about drowning the residents of Seaview Terrace. Earlier he said people hate him for living in New York for 17? years. No Eric, maybe there's another reason why you may think people hate you.
Which is corruption and the slaughter of Seaview Terrace. How many ego idiots can you fit into one room? Watch the meeting and count.
All the water pouring to us is from BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT- TIF'S ARE FOR SEWERS FROM THEIR RUNOFF. JOE SLOSCUM AND WAYNE MARSHALL SAVE CITY PROPERTY WITH SEWERS AND DESTROY RESIDENTS PROPERTIES WITH MALICE! Slocum defends with proven corrupt City Attorney not finding "credible" evidence. Only if you are an imbecile and that is even an insult to the imbecile. Sloscum goes on to say sewers are to protect the roads- he verified in 8/2011 that Seaview Terrace is crumbling because the City did not provide roadside drainage. Come and see where he says it is not being sent to my private property, where he said they didn't do drainage on private property at 26 and 27 Seaview Terrace, but then I PROVED he was lying and said ooops yes it was done, but 8 years prior...lying again to avoid statutes, refusing to give me City Work Orders for heavy equipment, so caught again, and said ooops, yes, but it was done to save the road. The ditch is nowhere near the road. OK now stay with me, he has finally plead guilty to City work on private property drainage. But, in the last 2 meetings he is condemning himself by stating he and the City are precluded from the work he admitted doing!
In this meeting, 7/2/13 he is now rambling that the City has never done private property drainage and is precluded from doing it. THIS MAN IS CLEARLY DELUSIONAL. HE IS NOT MENTALLY FIT TO MANAGE OUR BELFAST. Ditto with Hurley, Marshall and Kelly. Almost forgot Todd Rosenburg, Code Officer what he did to Dr. Morrow was horrible(see sidebar for video's of actual meeting with summary, cost her thousands to stop his flooding violation). He was nasty to me too, refused to let me look at maps visible on a roller in the planning office. Said he had orders not to help me. See the side bar for that day of hell in City Hall trying to get public documents.
City Wall Hall intended, conscience, repeated violations of site ordinances to remove plowed snow from all the sites from miles outside of Seaview Terrace that are surrounding us, forced channeled to us can result in death/murder. Wild rapids melting after a winter of site snow stock piling, confirmed by the Belfast Police Dept. and Chief of Police. The volume is deadly and has destroyed property, almost swept away cars and destroyed roads-confirmed by City Manager, Joe Slocum when he was forced to a meeting at my home in 8/2011!! His summary of written denial is chock full of lies and manipulation stupidity. Too many of these stupid emails to post.
WE ARE A FLOOD ZONE, FLOOD PLAIN, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DIVERT WATER AND PROTECT. YOU ARE DROWNING US. CORRUPTION OFF THE CHARTS- RIGHT UP TO COMMISSIONER AHO, DEP, CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR DEPARTMENT WIDE CORRUPTION! IN EFFECT AT COMPLIANCE PROCESS- State law ordered an impact study to the watershed residents for the huge Captain Albert Stevens School construction. Belfast City Hall collected fees for the IMPACT STUDY and Joe Slocum refuses to 'SPECULATE" as to why the study was not done. CITY HALL BREAKS THE LAW AGAIN AND SENDS ALL THIS WATER TO US AND COVERS IT UP. Intent to drown and destroy a group of people...what is the word for that? Hurley finds that word-genocide- offensive from his dry City protected perch. It is not if, it is when, and the weather is wild. SAVE US BEFORE WE'RE ARE GONE!!
https://vimeo.com/69643496 7/2 City Council Meeting viewer may ff to times I have provided for agenda's skateboard, TIF approval, Rail Trail and Brooks Preservation Agreement, IMPACT STUDIES Grandstanding BS for Rte 3 business by Wayne Marshall, Parking Harbor Walk, Open to public. I speak at both open to the public-first before the meeting I am hopeful- and after the meeting at the last open to the public- I come back to speak. I announce they are liars, backstabbers, CLARIFY AGAIN my request is to get sewers outside of Seaview Terrace for all the business development runoff the City is forcing to our floodzone private property. And after I leave- they try to manipulate my request AGAIN. Saying I am asking for work on my private property!! Slocum saying I can ask 100x and the answer will be no. This guy is delusional and dangerous. He refuses to deal with reality, truth and facts. Getting the City Attorney, another pea in the evil ego pod, to add to the manipulation and smokescreen of true issues. Wayne Corey advising for Belfast to pull out of RSU20 independent and other towns can join at same tax rate per pupil. He's got merit,tells the City they have worked so hard to let our taxes go so high. Basically that they are incompetent.
ff 7:53-10:42 I ask that this secret TIF modification approval be made public when it is discussed on agenda. Joe Slocum tries to manipulate and avoid public explanation by trying to get me to accept an email later. NOT!
10:43-15:49 Wayne Corey- Have Belfast stand alone with schools and gentle nailing to incompetence. He is a planning board member too. This man has truth.
15:49 Nice young men, Tyler Kindle, Searsport and Devon Johnson, speak for skate boarders. Asking for leniency and for a safe place to board.
30:58 Eric Sanders states that many people hate him for the fact that he lived in New York for 16 years? No, it's not because of New York.
32:22 Hurley tries to plant a seed that my drainage ditch is this Morrisey Brookreferenced in Williams History of Belfast?? Wow, did it show this in a documented survey when there wasn't any development. Wayne Marshall has a huge aerial colored picture 1956? showing a small, small stream in the trees. No development in the picture. Showed it to me the day in hell when they took the wall map down into hiding,refused to let me see the maps on the rollers, and Wayne came running out with that one. At that time, it meant nothing to me. Two weeks ago, I knew that picture could prove the stream was no where near my house. Now that picture has gone missing, never existed. Just like the maps on the Planning Office where Wayne Marshall traced all the paths of water being forced into Seaview Terrace at my visit in April 2010. I told him he couldn't do that, I wanted a copy of that map and for months he refused. Gave me other flood zone maps and said he never had a map like that. It was never on the wall, what he traced on the wall was to show me the City Park??? Liar.
Slocum states that's the "Morrisey Brook in the CITY PARK- and it's gravity- well hello Joe- it wouldn't detour over to me from Birch St. Gravity would take it straight down- aka- Wight St?? Oh you know that street- that's where you diverted the water to me from the then Chairman of the Planning Board Roger Pickering's home with the double culverts, and then down a bit from there with the dug out path to run behind the annex to me. And just after that, seems Roger stepped down from the Chairman. Huh, some coincidence.
39:05 Skateboards with Hurley and Chief.
47:35 Eric Sanders appears be having a break down over bicycles. Telling everyone to "BACK OFF RIGHT NOW" Another split personality display. He's in a snit for some time after until he gets to question the school budget.
55:33-1:09:?? Wayne Marshall goes into his portrayal as the City Planner with such heartfelt concern to the public with his BS impact studies (both Slocum and Marshall corrupt and with hold any info on the impact study to watershed residents for the CASS construction. Was it done and failed? Was it not done and therefore violated compliance? Someone please ask. I have the actual requirement for the study from the engineer. I'll give you a copy so he has to produce the exact study. They refuse to respond to me, saying that they give me documents and I am too stupid to know I have them. Don't let them give you files upon files. That's what Wayne Marshall does, claiming the document is in the files. NOT. FOAA is useless.) Tell him to hand you the specific Impact Study to Watershed Residents from Miller St. to the Bay for per the WBRC engineer letter to Mike Morse, DEP (a copy is on the picture album
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1:32:58-1:44:16 Rail Trail with Brooks and evasive Bill Kelly
1:52:20 School Resource Officer confusion. Clearly cementing Wayne Corey-Council is clueless. Eric,Hurley and Slocum make sly comments about Wayne Corey? Not sure what they are referring to "basically go pound sand..." said Hurley.
1:58:22 TIF agenda with Thomas. He is clear, respectful and tells Council they can include Seaview Terrace into the TIF but they have not shown any interest. Thomas does not manipulate it to a private property issues as Slocum does. But Thomas does bend it a bit, not saying the flooding to Seaview Terrace is from lack of sewers to carry to the runoff to the bay from all the 7,8,9? business developments forced channeled to drain into Seaview Terrace.This would be a TIF expense.
2:04:06 Slocum tries to manipulate it back to a simple private property drainage issue that the City has no hand in. He pulls out the 12 commandments of corruption letter again from the City Attorney. To which all the blind mice support as a valid response.
2:05:23 Hurley slides in the stormwater work done for Front St. to allow Joe to defend that drainage expense and work on private property. Joe takes the bait, goes into the Morrisey Brook theory again, saying the City didn't put the brook there? And this is relevant how Joe? Nothing is factual, just digging another rabbit hole. Slocum does say they can put drainage with the road on Seaview Terrace! There you go. ONE OUT OF TWO. NOW JUST BUILD THE SEWERS FOR ALL THAT RUNOFF COMING TO US FROM OUTSIDE OF SEAVIEW TERRACE. PURE AND SIMPLE. STOP THE MADNESS.
2:09:04 Downtown Parking
2:16:20 Harbor Walk path change? from Mayor Ash at last meeting. Why the path was changed with out verbal discussion or approval from Council not addressed.
2:24:55-2:27:00 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC- I HIT THE PODIUM BLAZING. Tell them the are manipulating back stabbers and lying. I show my map,massive flow from runoff outside of Seaview Terrace that is sent to our private property.The TIF could build that sewer to keep the business runoff on City Property. They have no rights of way or easements to Seaview Terrace, shove this pointless Morrisey Brook rabbit hole back, tell them they break the law over and over and will cause a riot in town. Shame them and realtors for lying to buyers of this corruption that ruins lives. I tell them this is just beginning.
2:28:28 Hurley starts up with his manipulation again, with the moving of stream, he didn't do it... this same shadow of a man, who said in the 2011 meetings (see sidebar for actual meetings and accounting) that "IT IS THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY" Now he wants to respond with City manipulated "facts" of finding. AGAIN- WATER DOES NOT LIE. YOU KNOW YOU ARE FLOODING US. SPARE US YOUR NONE-SENSE AND MADNESS.
And then Slocum refers back to the 12 commandments of corruption letters. Saying Council will not respond. Way to manage Joe. Dictate and do as I say. What other governments have fallen prey to evil leaders? How does Council allow this? After 3 years of me pounding the truth, you still refuse to see? Or are you all just as evil? I'm thinking the latter, no one can be that naive. Except maybe innocent Jennika. Nora, you have my sympathy and respect.
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7/2/13 To Mayor and Council (except Mike Hurley),
Please advise when you "authorized some modifications" to the Northport Ave and Downtown TIF.Please advise what those changes are. I have attended every TIF meeting for over a year, begging for Seaview Terrace to be included in the Northport TIF via the Annex improvements to open up funding to save us from your
flooding destruction to all residents on Seaview Terrace. These changes were not authorized during public viewing. Therefore, it must have been in an executive session. I sincerely hope that you have taken the path of integrity by putting Seaview Terrace into the Northport TIF. Please advise in email format, copying all, prior to the City Council Meeting 7/2/13.
"10G Request from the Economic Development Director to pay legal fees from a Capital Project account for the downtown and Northport Avenue TIF
City Council authorized some modifications to both the Downtown TIF (Tax Increment Finance District)and the Northport Ave, TIF. These two Tax Increment Financing Districts collect only the portion of taxes within the District that arise from new construction or added value. The historical bases of property taxes in
these districts are not included. We have legal bills in the amount of $86.15 on the Downtown TIF and legal bills of $2,025.00 on the Northport Ave for work the Council authorized to be done. We’d like to pay them from their respective accounts, which are 730-638 and 730-691. The monies in these TIFs are not to be spent without Council approval, which is why this request is coming before you at this time."
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Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Perish
Belfast
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7/1/13 Flashing Flooding warnings tonight as I sleep. Imagine being the neck of the hourglass only it's water pouring to your flat flood zone neighborhood- slamming us on 3 sides with no sewers. Evil City Hall.
6/29/13- Dodged the drowning with yesterdays State warning for flash flooding. Notified Council, Mayor, City Manager, City Planner and press with email. Waldo County Emergency Managements can't help till Belfast asks(see below). Wayne Marshall lies about DEP findings for the Pig Out BBQ (see below below for this meeting and actual conversation written out).
6/18/13 Council Meeting http://vimeo.com/68691504 (the video also on the Belfast City Hall website-click online video's) Open to the public up are Cemetery Trustees disgracing Council Eric Sanders for his bias to want to walk his dog in the cemetery and vying for it on the agenda at 6/4/meeting, and the school mess with the RSU20 withdrawal and Council bias again (another blog under way- www.waldokids.blogspot.com )
This meeting proves the Belfast City Hall Corruption. Skateboarders are fined $200-$300 per skate for "public safety" while City Council, City Manager, Code Enforcement Officer and City Planner violate ordinance after ordinance, with hold public information, refuse accountability, illegally flood, destroy and minute by minute endanger the "public safety" of ALL residents of Seaview Terrace. These are only a few of the violations and breaking of the law uncovered in my 3 year life shattering residence in Belfast by my LEADERS
At 13:50 minutes into the meeting, I lay out law breaking by Council, and City Hall citing specific ordinance and conditions for the 666 time in this reality witch hunt. Right after this disgrace @ 24:48 Hunter Finden, 17, of Belfast speaks with great purity and bafflement at City Hall. Last year his Mom had to pay the $230? fine.
Making those young men wait for 2 1/2 hours, tortured by the never ending banter and wheel spinning of lighting, parking, lighting, parking, lighting, parking, meeting after meeting, and then to disrespect them, telling them to get a car and license, as City Hall disrespects all that challenge.
At 40:58 minutes City Manager Joe Slocum takes more shots at me after I leave one saying he "means no offense" to me, that he and Council DO NOT respond to questions from the public at open to the public. Lie-they do it all the time. They do not respond to their corruption of duties. Then true to form again, Hurley plays devil's advocate stating how hard it is for people to go public and stroking Joe Slocum for not speaking and proud of himself as well. Momma Mia do this train wreck disgrace of man ever stop? Clearly, no, 3 years and counting and Council providing more track!
At 1:33:12 Mayor Ash catches a Wayne Marshall City Planner deception corruption. Marshall has moved the Waterfront walkway without approval but uses as is his defense that he hung the map up along time ago and no one noticed until now. Mayor Ash keeps pressing and Marshall gets his condescending tactic going and doesn't offer answer, Council Eric Sanders jumps in to save Marshall and detour Mayor Ash and accountability is lost AGAIN. Then another deception, not on the agenda. City Planner Wayne Marshall asking Council for 20k to apply for grant for Front Street overhaul and buying real estate properties to help the shipyard with big loads. So moved... SO, SO CORRUPT.
6/28/13 WILL SEAVIEW TERRACE BE HERE TOMORROW??
Will this be the one that sends us under? 5-6 inches will do it. City Hall and DEP drowning a flood zone with forcing runoff to our private property from miles away.
| From: | LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
| Sent: | Fri 6/28/13 10:15 AM |
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| To: | LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
Ms. Allen,
Without having any engineer studies or calculations, nor any familiarity with the site, and knowing that the impacts of every storm event is totally different, I can’t state that one road or another will be flooded or not during a storm. I also do not have the authority to regulate storm water management and am not in the business of storm water management. Furthermore, County government in Maine does not oversee, regulate or dictate to Municipal government any policies.
I’m sorry that you feel you are having difficulties with the government of the City of Belfast, but I am afraid I cannot help you with this issue. At the next City Council meeting, I’m being asked to make a short presentation to the City Council regarding how County EMA can support the Belfast public safety during an emergency and what is the recovery process following a disaster. I also expect to be open for questions from the City Councilors.
- Dale Rowley, County EMA Director
From: LAURIE ALLEN [mailto:laurieallen55@msn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:34 AM
To: Dale Rowley
Subject: Seaview Terr Storm Map
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:34 AM
To: Dale Rowley
Subject: Seaview Terr Storm Map
Hi Mr. Rowley,
The attached map is a bit crude but pretty accurate. After 7 months of the City saying it was not forcing storm water to the flood zone of Seaview Terrace, I tracked it myself.
Flooding has occurred on Seaview within the past three years. XXXX at 40 Seaview (next to culvert and Rte 1 No.) reported to Wayne Marshall that in 2009 the culvert for entering storm outside of Seaview could not handle the volume. It overflowed flooded her yard, landscaping and almost took her car away. The XXXX at 27 Seaview reported the stream came up over their yard , crossing Seaview over to the XXXX property at 26. The Costello's at 11 Seaview reported their back yard flooded the water up to their house. They were not home at the time but the previous owner of my home, Laura Tarpley called XXXX in Canada to tell her her yard was flooded. I do not know what happened to my property. I moved here 6/2010. In April of 2011, the dry stream became torrent wild rapids. The thunderous water brought neighbors (The XXXX at 22 Seaview) outside alarmed at the sound but not knowing the source. It was carrying away 600 ft of my property. The cost to stabilize per Gordon contracting is 45-75k, and that is for my property only. It is under wetlands jurisdiction even though it is not a natural stream as Joe Slocum has been using as his defense. Natural stream, natural run off... sure.
Mike Hogan has reported that area was 240? acres of ground absorbing land that is now developed. Storm water is force channeled to the stream, private property, relinquishing responsibility. He is the architect for the Annex and said at one point the storm water that crosses under Northport at the Seaview Stream had come up to the road but did not go over. He was nervous.
I know you are scheduled to speak at the next City Council meeting. Reporting the scenario if an "Irene" hit Belfast and the instant flooding of Seaview Terrace would be appreciated and beneficial to the residents of Seaview Terrace and Council. How to prepare and divert all storm water forced to us, an already soaked flood zone, is critical. We are in grave danger and Planning is not concerned. Even with resdient outcry, in 5/2012, they approved the new site Annex storm to drain into the stream when they could have mandated it to drain on site per Maine law..
I hope you can understand and see the map. I'd be open to visit with you if that would be helpful. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
323-5883
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The attached map is a bit crude but pretty accurate. After 7 months of the City saying it was not forcing storm water to the flood zone of Seaview Terrace, I tracked it myself.
Flooding has occurred on Seaview within the past three years. XXXX at 40 Seaview (next to culvert and Rte 1 No.) reported to Wayne Marshall that in 2009 the culvert for entering storm outside of Seaview could not handle the volume. It overflowed flooded her yard, landscaping and almost took her car away. The XXXX at 27 Seaview reported the stream came up over their yard , crossing Seaview over to the XXXX property at 26. The Costello's at 11 Seaview reported their back yard flooded the water up to their house. They were not home at the time but the previous owner of my home, Laura Tarpley called XXXX in Canada to tell her her yard was flooded. I do not know what happened to my property. I moved here 6/2010. In April of 2011, the dry stream became torrent wild rapids. The thunderous water brought neighbors (The XXXX at 22 Seaview) outside alarmed at the sound but not knowing the source. It was carrying away 600 ft of my property. The cost to stabilize per Gordon contracting is 45-75k, and that is for my property only. It is under wetlands jurisdiction even though it is not a natural stream as Joe Slocum has been using as his defense. Natural stream, natural run off... sure.
Mike Hogan has reported that area was 240? acres of ground absorbing land that is now developed. Storm water is force channeled to the stream, private property, relinquishing responsibility. He is the architect for the Annex and said at one point the storm water that crosses under Northport at the Seaview Stream had come up to the road but did not go over. He was nervous.
I know you are scheduled to speak at the next City Council meeting. Reporting the scenario if an "Irene" hit Belfast and the instant flooding of Seaview Terrace would be appreciated and beneficial to the residents of Seaview Terrace and Council. How to prepare and divert all storm water forced to us, an already soaked flood zone, is critical. We are in grave danger and Planning is not concerned. Even with resdient outcry, in 5/2012, they approved the new site Annex storm to drain into the stream when they could have mandated it to drain on site per Maine law..
I hope you can understand and see the map. I'd be open to visit with you if that would be helpful. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
323-5883
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6/27/13 Abuse/corruption/terrorism to me and my children as many watch and do nothing. From my facebook- the video from an AP friend. When under threat by anyone, especially to a mom and kids, you can not imagine the assault and that no one helps, and many make it even worse with judgements and feigned support.
On another scale, I just explained to a friend these behaviors in domestic terrorism where key people turn their head, year after year. Mom and kids crash and sometimes burn, the fire always a threat. Kick it up the scale to Belfast City Hall- local terrorism right in full documented, proven, public, newspapers, and on TV, key people turn their head. Both battles I fight solo. Would be so easy for support to step in and stop and fix. Why, Why, Why? If friends, family, and community can watch and judge this innocent family going down then what...
6/21/13 Clearly we can see the Governor LePage is ill- the more power the more visible and verbal abuse. Why does it take everyone so long too see it? We are uneducated on these illnesses, our minds cannot accept such manipulation, want to give compassion and another chance. Until I was educated when it was blowing the doors off of my family, I thought I could help and needed to be better. And now, it's back in my home again with at least 3 ill in City Hall destroying my home. See sidebar page for Borderline/Narcissism Traits. Using self pity is the first card and always evident. I still feel sorry for Wayne Marshall, Joe Slocum, Todd Rosenburg, Bill Kelly and Mike Hurley. Council must react and follow the law. City Hall must get clean. Trouble has been brewing and you can't turn your heads much longer. Blatant proof right here, 3 years and counting, such disgrace and waste of my life because of you. Every day a new chance to make things right. Integrity is free.
6/14/13 visit www.waldokids.blogspot.com to fix our schools, just created today Flag Day !
visit www.belfastspeaks.blogspot.com Public Volunteer Committees NEEDED Public forum- let me post your support!!
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6/19-Note- The map offered was not the map shown to me by Wayne Marshall and Joe Slocum in 2011. It was all trees- the stream barely visible. I must be correct in knowing that picture will prove the 1957 stream was not near my property.
Sent 6/18 @ 8am To Council (except Hurley), Mayor, Jennika, Nora and Slocum,
Dear Jennika and Nora,
Per Joe Slocum, City Manager at the 6/4/13 City Council Meeting, he invites the public to see the 1957 aerial map depicting the drainage that allows Belfast to destroy and drown the flood zone of Seaview Terrace.
Please confirm the map will be available for viewing at 9am today, 6/18 and through out the day at Nora's desk.
Please have the map at the meeting tonight, 6/18 for me to present it at open to the public. Please confirm and advise who will have the map by 9am today.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
323-5883
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6/11/13 Oh boy, I best get busy making a new sign...Senator Angus King is a coming to BELFAST CITY WALL HALL tomorrow, 2-4pm. (King did not attend and did not respond to my email requesting assistance)
To Mimic Mr. Wonderful-Face off In the City Wall Hall Tank........... What Will Council Do? Step up or Step down? Do what is right or continue with wrong? Can you imagine how crushing it is to keep going to your abusers to beg them to stop the drowning and destruction? Lots of rain today, 6/8/13 the stream is getting higher by the minute...
6/4/13 from my facebook post
http://vimeo.com/67731626 6/4/13 City Council Meeting- I gave it my best to Save Seaview Terrace ff 1:27 and I hit fact after fact until 13:00. By placing us in the TIF we can get huge funding for sewer infrastructure. Later- Lame City Manager Joe Slocum again defends himself with stupid stream history that is pointless. They have manipulated and added to it, nothing is natural it is their free sewer to destroy private property.
6/3/13- Proposing to rob the Northport TIF and drown Seaview Terrace Residents.
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Posted on: June 3, 2013
Public hearing regarding proposed mendments to the Northport TIF District to be held on June 4th
Notice is hereby given that the Belfast City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 at 7:00 PM, immediately prior to its regularly-scheduled City Council meeting, at Belfast City Hall Council Chambers, 131 Church Street, Belfast, for the purpose of receiving public comments on a proposed amendment to the previously-established Development Program for the Northport Avenue Municipal Development and Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District. The District consists of property located along Northport Avenue, Perkins Road and Woodrow Lane. The proposed amendment reflects changes in economic development priorities and opportunities. A copy of the proposed amendment to the Development Program will be on file at the office of the Economic Development Director, 131 Church Street, top floor, Belfast, Maine, and may be reviewed there during normal business hours. All interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing and will be given opportunity to be heard at that time.
| From: | LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
| Sent: | Mon 6/03/13 1:56 PM |
| To: | ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org (ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org); ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org (ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org); ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org (ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org); ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org (ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org); mayor@cityofbelfast.org (mayor@cityofbelfast.org); LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
My repeated requests for over 1 year to include Seaview Terrace into the Northport Ave TIF via the improvements at the Annex is not presented in this draft. I understand that you will not be voting on this change to rob and drown us on 6/4/13. We pay for business sewers. You have used and abused Seaview Terrace as a free sewer 35+ years and counting, destroying our properties, property value, our roads, property tax assess reduction denied and endanger our lives at every rain and snow fall. Furthering the abuse with continuing to add to the volume and allowing for ordinance violation for sites that do not remove their plowed snow. In 2009and 2011, the melt down from all these sites caused major torrent flooding and damage to Seaview Terrace. Planning and Code knew it was from violation of ordinance and did nothing. They blamed it on Mother Nature and have robbed tax payers of enormous hours and health in rhetoric and corruption.
You let Seaview Terrace take the hit as recent as this winter, 2012-2013 and now it is on police record. Please motion to put Seaview Terrace into the Northport TIF, build sewers to reroute runoff forced into Seaview Terrace at 3 points, and fix the road of Seaview Terrace with roadside drainage. You have the authority to fix this and save us.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
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http://vimeo.com/66757773
FF MEETING TO 9:50-12:50 "I CAN'T TAKE THE CORRUPTION ANYMORE!! YOU ABUSE THE HELL OUT OF BELFAST RESIDENTS...." AND THE JERSEY/MINI-CHRISTIE IN ME TAKES OVER FOR MY 3 MINUTES TIME TO SPEAK AT 5/21/13 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
With all the Big Wig White Collar Bullies present and Front Street Shipyard. Note- I have never meant any harm to the Shipyard. It is sad that our paths are intertwined with Belfast Corruption each trying to survive. Except for me it's my life, not business.
Laurie Allen If anyone can get this in the spotlight with Gov. Christie, SNL Maine skits, Media, Michelle Obama, Ellen.... I Need A Big Nod of Support to Get This Done!! Thanks. Tons of video and facts in my blog www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com
5/23-15 Below are video of the City's destruction and endangering my life, ny neighborhood in the flood zone. After 7 months of trying to break me, I go public at the City Hall meeting. Putting this divorced, beat up relocated Mom and children out in public when we came here for safety is the crime above all crimes. Fight to save my home or light the fire in NJ??? Now that I'm public, I go, go , go. Clearly, it is difficult for me to organize all the corruption, part of the plan, overwhelm and made me look bad. My children and I had just barely escaped from the fight for our lives. Only to land in corruption and personal abuse from Belfast City Officials that could have broke me entirely and could have cost me custody. To that I have had to go above and beyond to protect my children. Staying at home always, not making any mistakes, 24/7 focused on keeping us safe. There are more video's in the sidebar menu- but these are the meat of white collar bullying.
I'm putting this meeting first because I am finally given an agenda in the City Council Meeting after 9 months of being sent down rabbit hole after rabbit hole.. Little did I know that City Attorney, Bill Kelly would be my judge and try to slam dunk me with more with held reports specific to my house. They are totally irrelevant, Kelly's responses are stupid when I ask for accountability to facts. You really have to watch, it's lengthy- almost 22 minutes but it just about covers this whole bully nightmare, with the City anyway. Stay with it to the end and watch the anger and vehement City Manager, Joe Slocum defend his corruption. Inviting the public to come see his map of a stream, deflecting disgust towards me for uncovering the with held public document original plans to my home showing the steam is NOT natural- once it's moved, its City corruption. Those plans are recorded in the registry and removed from the registry. Joe Slocum says he was looking for them for a long time, asking for them, never telling me there were plans and they were missing!! He knew that stream was moved, knew the plans would reflect that and lied to me. Certainly he could have replaced the plans from the engineer, he is a mess. Lies are easy to unravel when the land can't lie. I'm getting used to the abuse, I speak much clearer and calmer. How dare they bring in the attorney for my agenda. Unheard of only when they are guilty! Soon after, police presence is ordered at future meetings by Joe Sloscum, City Manager for his intimidation tactics against me. Taking our protection off the streets, with tax dollars, for personal agenda of his corruption.
5/25/13 Update The Planning/DEP fraud with the construction of the Captain Albert Stevens School aka CASS, is the biggest corruption catastrophe that needs its own blog. It is the final forcing of illegal runoff that has slaughtered resident properties in Wayne Marshall's path. At perception, residents demanded run off accountability. Never to happen with the DEP giving the gold seal of corruption. 3 years ago when my property got slaughter in Wayne' runoff and slammed the door in my face, I went to the people for information. Corruption of Planning and CASS was the word. Proving through public information that Wayne is now vaulting in his office is one never ending bad nightmare. Council, City Manager, Mayor, and City Attorney chain link together to and smash, smash, smash your soul and rob years of your life. One resident, actively and professionally (a contractor, major land owner, respected citizen and VET- basically one strong mass of integrity) with several of the same families also in Wayne's path, covered every aspect in protecting their property from Wayne's runoff. This resident told me that after 3 years of "head-banging" and files of letters to the City, DEP, Army Corp of Engineers, and on and on, the following. A storm water/run off impact analysis for the watershed residents. That would encompass Miller St. across the CASS site to Rte 1 and all the way down from Miller and Rte 1 to the bay. The analysis funded by the developments contributing to the path. The funds were collected, THE STUDY WAS NEVER DONE- JOE SLOCUM, CITY MANAGER REFUSES TO "SPECULATE" WHY AND WILL NOT IMPLEMENT STUDY NOW. THE STATUTE FOR THIS STUDY MAY BE THIS SEPTEMBER 2013!!! THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT AND NOT IN COMPLIANCE. The million dollar improvements done to Miller St. to handle runoff is NOT getting the CASS runoff. Wayne had them dig deeper on the lower end of area behind the Sweetser School so all the run off pours out to us through that illegal exit. The runoff should be draining at the center exit near the access road. The improvements- banking clearly visible and built to handle the runoff and take it to the Miller St million dollar sewers.. Only it is not- that exit is much higher, chances of runoff meeting that mark are next to NADA . It took me 2 years to get the DEP to do a fraudulent investigation. Tom Gilbert, DEP would not let me attend the investigation, I told him specifically where the illegal exit was and he failed to report it. Commissioner Aho and the Attorney General's office closed the investigation after I demanded accountability. The only runoff that was to come to the watershed residents was the change of plans with the Robertson School. Originally it was slated in the plans for demolition. Years later, here comes the squeeze that Wayne is infamous for. The school would not be demolished and only the runoff from the impervious grounds of the ROBERSTON NOW SWEETSER was to go to the residents. But only upon approval AFTER THE ANALYSIS WAS DONE. After I was tortured by being forced to view the CASS files in the Planning Office, under supervision for 6 hours- every shred of storm water/run off documents were missing. Wayne stating there were none. A surprise visit days later to review the same files were filled with a bonanza of stormwater/ runoff documents, emails, resident concerns, DEP, Army Corp., engineer reports, etc. Knowing I would never get those documents (Wayne and his posse were not in the office) I asked Marie for a copy of a few key documents, including the ordering of the analysis. The Analysis was never done and runoff coming to residents from the whole damn CASS site. The pass off of the runoff begins, the resident on the top got a ditch dug by Wayne, then Legore Subdivision- Birch St is swamped and still is because it's sub division, then Cedar St gets swamped, they go to Council and got voted down. Each spent thousands in sump pumps and sending runoff to neighbors because there was no place to drain- seems it was eventually sent over to Wight St but then Planning Board Chair Pickering isn't talking. The water comes up along side his house and double culverts were installed to bring it under Wight St and eventually down to me. Along with another dug out ditch further down the road that goes behind the Annex and to me. Combined with Todd Rosenburg Code Enforcer refusing to site violations of not removing plowed snow off site (and many other sites too- also a picture album on that). Allowing 10-12 sites to stock pile snow all season and melt to us. Wiping out property in thaw of 2009 and 2011 and CITY WALL HALL including Planning Board blaming MOTHER NATURE AND ACT OF GOD!! THEY ARE GOING TO BURN IN A FIRE PIT IN HELL FOR THAT! Then we have the planning board- see side bar with Diane Allmyer Beck- WCGH Annex fraud, it just never ends. I have only been here 3 years and have uncovered only the tip of the corruption- ALONE.
http://vimeo.com/34563093 1/3/12 City Hall Meeting- Seaview Terrace 1rst on agenda (I speak publicly ff about 21 minutes 50 seconds in- 3rd person up. I give a presentation during public speaking, just to be sure I am heard. When I'm done, Bill Kelly, City Attorney will speak 1 minute after. Council remains silent and hires City Attorney, Bill Kelly with our tax dollars to try and deflect the forced flooding. KELLY REVEALS YET ANOTHER PUBLIC DOCUMENT OF FLOODING ON SEAVIEW PURPOSELY WITHHELD FROM ME.(Who knows what else they hide? Impossible to know, I have been intimidated and refused information on my property for 10 months and counting. ) A 1987 City hired engineer report that...SURPRISE- does not hold the City accountable for flooding. In fact, even with residents complaints of flooding in 1987, begins the City Planning approvals for Capt Albert Stevens School, Volunteers of America, Tall Pines, MidCoast Mental Health to build, eliminating ground absorption, accumulating storm water in huge dug out pools and channel down to private property, Seaview Terrace. Clobber us further by taking the storm water across Rte 1 from the Armory, National Guard, down to Pray's Homes along the side, back towards the trailer park, meandering and to accumulate more stormwater from who knows how far back and back across Rte 1, culvert forced directly into Seaview Terrace.
11/1/11 First Meeting After 7 months of Lies/Withholding Public Documents/Tossing Me Around like a Pack of Cigarettes...sucking the life out of me
http://vimeo.com/31506248 11/1/11 City Hall Meeting- fast forward 20minutes, 44seconds, hard to hit that though, seems to jump from 20minutes to after my speech is done. May have to begin listening at 19 minutes, but don't ff- it will skip to end again. You can back it up too. I give almost 15 minutes of choking testimony. After my wrenching public plea to stop flooding us 52 minutes into meeting City Manager Joe Slocum tries to deflect from missing map and discredit me, that was only the beginning of the missing documents that Wayne must have hid when you hear him give the history of the development 56 minutes into meeting.
Even more outrageous is Marshall states that the public's concerns are ONLY of stormwater because Wayne plans to flood residents within the bypass with each development. He crushes resident after resident, with his posse- Zoning, Todd Rosenburg (he was near spitting when Dr. Morrow fought to save her property getting flooded from violations CREATED by Planning and Zoning from an abutter. That is their solution- push their mistakes onto another resident, and so on and so on), and in training, Jamie Francomono.
When questioned by Council, Mike Hurley as to what is Belfast's Storm Water Ordinance, Wayne Marshall, City Planner and torturer of my life, states it directs to send storm water to nearest PUBLIC waterway- streams. I have requested this ordinance since and he fails to produce it... he must be lying and Seaview Terrace is NOT a public waterway, the City has no right aways or easements...THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!! Then Mike Hurley says this storm water flooding is Council's problem but then they vote to take no action in the 1/3/12 Meeting where they brought in the City Attorney who had more public documents with held from me specific to my property. When I tried to question Bill Kelly, City Attorney he ran away and Council closed the discussion.
http://vimeo.com/33314014 12/6/11 City Hall Meeting- I speak publicly ff 23 minutes 4 seconds 4th person up for 3 minutes I speak for school. At 26 minutes I go for 20 minutes- in the beginning, I'm tripping, I'm scared, nervous, dry mouth, but I let it rip, with truth and maps.
Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
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Here is beyond disturbing confirmation of above from Planning and Zoning and Realtors vs. Resident sides armed for battle. Arms crossed, conniving against the innocent long time resident.
http://vimeo.com/53078802 11/7/12 Belfast City Council Meeting ff 40 minutes and watch for 22 minutes 20 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings and Resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened...Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt
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HURTING BELFAST RESIDENTS
HURTS BELFAST BUSINESS
HIT US WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
You Don't Fight Fair
4/25/13 My complaint to the Real Estate Commission for Non-Disclosure and Unethical Tactics is active now- Bill Ingersoll, Sam Mitchell, Earl Black and Puzz Caswell
Pro bono attorney guidance needed to bring this home with Realtor or City or both. All legwork done- tweak, win and give this beat up Mom some peace, safety and long overdue justice.
4/6/13 No updates on this front. City/State holding tight to documents of corruption. Waiting for Humpty Dumpty to fall from CITY WALL.
3/20/13 Wasting More Tax Dollars in man/police hours to coverup Ordinance Violations That are Drowning Us
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3/20/2013 Inspected sites at 2 pm- all in violation. Sent this email to all recipients in email from 9:05 am today (below )
Dear Chief and Not So Dear CEO,
All sites are in violation of not removing plowed snow. I did not drive into Legore Subdivision- was afraid I'd loose my trannie in that mess. See slide show.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
Dear Chief and CEO (Todd Rosenburg),
Per Local Ordinance, the Code Enforcement Officer is not issuing violations that are flooding our floodplain, flood zone neighborhood of Seaview Terrace. We have confirmed the CASS and Annex are in violation and the other sites need confirmation so that police power may protect the flood plain as our local ordinance dictates.
Drainage. Adequate provision shall be made for stormwater, with particular concern for the effects of any effluent draining from the site. Erosion resulting from any improvements on the site shall be prevented by landscaping or other means (see sections 102-1123 and 102-1124 and chapter 98).
j.Snow removal. The plan shall provide for storage of snow accumulation or removal from the site.
Floodplain and floodprone area mean any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flood" and "flooding").
3/19 City Council Northport Ave TIF to Save or Drown us is postponed. See below
3/13/13 Here's round 99,999 of tax payer coverup waste with Wayne Marshall City Planner corrupting public documents at his discretion with apparent support and direction of Manager, City Attorney and Council. Brenda Kielty is with the Attorney General, Maine Freedom of Information, is investigating for several weeks now. I sent this email today, copied to Belfast Council, Planner, Manager and Assessor. See email below 3/2 entry/Lobster Pound flooding picture.
3/11/13 As is with State Government, Belfast uses bullying tactics and throws professionalism and ethics to it's death. I allowed them to bait me into defending my character and many in the public are quick to join in. I came here for privacy and safety and they forced me into danger. This blog contains personal information that is not relevant to the City forced flooding and destruction of Seaview Terrace. They are intent on ruining me to avoid accountability and action. It is uncomfortable to read the personal issues and unfortunate. Resident character assassination/slander is a cheap shot. Councilor Mike Hurley tries to flip it in his public slander of me printed below. Not. (6th red worded block down down)
Dear Belfast Residents and Businesses,
Democracy and goodwill can be restored beginning with the 3/19/13 Belfast City Council Meeting. The actual TIF documents were not presented at the 3/5/13 meeting although the City Planner placed them against the wall, next to me. They have not posted it online and if you wish to view them, you must go to City Hall prior to 3/19. According to public notice, seems the public comment for the TIF is BEFORE the meeting at 7pm. What? They will seal the fate of Seaview Terrace if they don't include us in the Northport Ave TIF. Save us by emailing and copying me on a written request to Council, Mayor and City Manager, Joe Slocumto include Seaview Terrace in the Northport TIF via WCGH Annex Improvements and build stormwater sewers to protect the residents in the flood plain flood zone of Seaview Terrace from further flooding. Please repair Seaview Terrace road with roadside drainage. Saving lives can be this easy if we unite. More information can be found at www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com.
cc Laurie Allen 323-5883 laurieallen55@msn.com
Thank You,
Laurie Allen
Seaview Perish
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3/10/13
I've posted many knives. I've got them all in my back and files. Many wish to call me crazy, I wish I were. The reality is crushing. A few months ago, I resorted to reading my daughters books to escape for awhile. The Hunger Games. Pitting power and greed against the residents. Pitting resident against resident. Desperation to hold onto what little they have, resorting to primal actions of survival, democracy destroyed, everyone fending for themselves to save their family, pets and home. Deja Vu. The same tactics applied, viewed by the public, enforcing the fear, protect yourself, better not fight back or be destroyed, allowing it to fester, where will it end?
I will give you a portion of my personal history so that you will understand that I have tried every avenue to resolve this corruption and live in peace and with integrity. The City made this a personal attack throwing facts and professionalism to the tracks. After 7 months of their games, I was forced to go public and share the true abuse to a Mom trying to stay under the radar and begin again. They made it personal and unethical. I put everything on the on the line to move here for safety and to begin again with my children.
To force my personal life and trauma out into the public to fight City Hall is dangerous and disgraceful. They count on most choosing to avoid the horrific toll when they will crush your soul, hence you can't fight City Hall. Once you stand, there is no going back.
Please understand that City Hall Manager, Planner, Council and City Attorney have waged every corrupt tactic against many residents. Residents concerns for new developments and that will damage their properties are heard in public hearings. From my experience and the testimony of others, it is corrupt procedures. The hearings are heard months before the project is underway. The residents rights to appeal close within 30 days of the hearing. When the project is completed, you see you are getting flooded, have lost your view, any number of problems can arise that Planning has manipulated, knowing from the start that the resident would suffer. Choosing to ignore and develop knowing the cost and trauma to fight the City after will crush the residents soul. I moved here in 6/2010, and can verify some examples..
1. The 11/1/11 City Council Meeting- This is where I came out and went public with 7 months of corruption of City forced flooding to the flood zone, flood plain of Seaview Terrace. City ordinances mandate extra protection to these area's- instead they are drowning us. Simply following the forced water is the proof. I did and gathered all the facts I could. Difficult task, many protect them selves from City consequences corruption.(from my sidebar titled video links)
Back to the DPW and breaking ordinance for altering storm water on private property. After many weeks, Bob Richards presents some steno page for work done on Seaview Terrace. It states routine maintenance was done on private property in 2009, ditch digging, altering culverts, etc. at 23, 27 and opposing 26 Seaview Terrace. The neighbor at 26 Seaview Terrace
(who later spoke against me at a City Council meeting 5/1/12 City Council Meeting Video http://vimeo.com/41411785 forward exactly 22:20 (minutes/sec) I speak quickly to avoid "jail" a nice looking police man is standing by, this is not normal. I did not realize he was there for me, and he was visibly shocked when I offered him a friendly, loud hello. My neighbor 2 houses up and across speaks for 7 minutes. He never told me he would be taking my private conversation with him to City Hall- which is fine by me. What he doesn't say is that when I tried to tell him corruption details, including storm water draining that he is doing with City help (since 2009) is illegal and eroding my property- he threw his hands up and walked away. He did not want to see the maps that show all the storm water illegally being forced to Seaview Terrace private property either. I too want peace and to enjoy the many good aspects of Belfast. Our properties are worthless because of City Corruption and Negligence
Watch in this meeting as Wayne costs the City more in misplanning stormwater at the Front Street Shipyard. My Councilwoman, Marina Delune (who reported me as a threat to the Chief of Police) who constantly said she knows nothing of storm water, can't demand maps from Wayne on my behalf, believes in Joe Slocum and Wayne Marshall, doesn't believe me, doesn't think I've been bullied, was unfortunaltely a deterrent for me for 8 months of wasted time and emotion, advises me at the end of these 8 months to pray and meditate... Marina immediately approves this immense storm water mishap improvement without even knowing the cost, Joe Slocum adds in that it is "necessary" and Wayne adds "in the future". STOP THEM STOP THEM STOP THEM!! THEY ARE FLYING THROUGH APPROVALS AND OUR TAX DOLLARS IN FEAR OF RESIDENTS REVOLTING!!!!!!!!!! Rail trail, recreational purchase of 2 dams and property (25k already blown on a useless consultation per Marina for this property) No money for schools, resident infrastructure, homeless, children educational assitance.... just keep blowing it on recreational, window dressing, personal agenda's and business attractions...disgrace and greed)
told me that the water was accumulating in his yard and after the 2009 flood and no roadside drainage, had no where to go. The City dug the ditch deeper on the opposing side at 23 Seaview Terrace and Mr. Hand stated that he maintains that ditch, that is not his property at 23 Seaview Terrace so that his accumulating storm water will go into my stream, eroding my property. City Manager Joe Slocum, changes his "facts" again and recounts the work (that at first never happened, then happened 8 years prior) did "Indeed" occur exactly when I told them 6 months prior. However, states Slocum, it was to protect the roads. Another visible lie, drive over to 23/27 Seaview Terrace dividing ditch. It is no where near the road where they dug- altering the culvert at that address is way below the road. They did that illegal private property work to allow accumulating stormwater from opposing neighbors to drain to my private property. And every site from miles outside of Seaview Terrace. The CASS site the largest corruption and devastation to residents within it's path. DEP, the protector of these wetlands, is the final nail of corruption to Seaview Perish and neighboring "watershed" residents. The stormwater analysis ordered prior to construction to protect us was never done. Wayne Marshall removed all stormwater documents, or so he thought, prior to my 4 hour inspection of those files. I found the corruption, Council refuses to act. Drown Seaview Terrace, take their tax dollars and promote recreation, business and tourism.
Another disabled resident who struggled to get to several meetings to speak against resident abuse was Debbie Paradis. I was appalled at the treatment to this woman. She was first at meetings to speak at open to the public, and could not get to the podium because of her disability. Council knew her well and knew she was there first. Yet they allowed other rude speakers to speak ahead of her. I jumped up to stake a spot for her and other speakers were viscous. Words were exchanged, Mayor Ash began banging his gavel again and later accused Debbie Paradis of causing a ruckus! She struggled to get to these meetings to speak for the homeless, the waste of tax dollars and how she felt like a "pee on" from the Council and City. Debbie Paradis went to school with Mayor Ash, and should be a treasured life long resident, not only those with fat wallets, connections or a start up business. The courting and kind treatment to these small start up businesses can sour quickly if they don't play the City games of corruption. This woman of honor even came to my home to offer kindness and support that I fall on every day. "Chin Up" Debbie told me. Onward I go. Much more in the blog on Seaview Terrace.
2. Recently, Dr. Morril of Belfast was to become the next flooding victim of Zoning and Plannings incompetence and disregard to residents. To stop them cost her huge attorney and engineer fees. The resident robbed of basic rights and held prisoner by City Hall. Forcing legal costs that are unethical and illegal. Many residents are struggling to heat their homes and feed their families. Legal fights are a death trap.
http://vimeo.com/53078802 11/7/12 Belfast City Council Meeting ff 40 minutes and watch for 20 minutes and 22 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings with flooding resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened...Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt.
3. 48 Old Searsport Ave. victim of City Planner, Wayne Marshall, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, 10k in legal fees for opposing attorneys to lunch together. Also slandered in the community. At time of purchase, Wayne Marshall verbally assured that ocean view lot in front of 48 Old Searsport Ave was unbuildable. Buyer purchased expensive home and spent enormous sums in improvements. Life is good until a Mr. Caswell presents Wayne Marshall with a sketch on a napkin to build a home on that unbuildable lot. Up goes the house against ordinance, attorney says absolutely illegal. Over time, delays, foot dragging, document manipulation, the honest resident is spiritually spent andfinancially spent in 10k for legal fees for opposing attorneys to lunch together, not even close to a motion, they choose to save their sanity and put their dream up for sale.
4. The rail trail abutters are in a abyss of fear. One resident's written concerns were never addressed a year ago. He came to a recent meeting because he owns property on both sides of the rail. The side to the water is a dangerous drop. Would he be liable if someone got hurt on his property via the rail trail. Joe Slocum, City Manager told him to hire an attorney.
That's just a sampling of resident hell in Belfast. They are forcing boycotts because of their refusal to stop crushing residents rights.
I am just holding on after 2 years of costly corruption for being sold this nightmare, undisclosed fictitious "natural stream", aka violent, dangerous, City made sewer outlet for developments/businesses from miles outside of Seaview Terrace to our private property. Town and Country realtor, Bill Ingersoll saw me coming with cash and nailed my coffin shut. A domestic survivor, using every ounce of courage to break away with her children and live in safety. I asked all the right questions, refused properties that disclosed streams, drove 500 miles to see home, a snow storm hit the day before the showing. The yard was covered in a 2 foot high blanket of snow, Bill Ingersoll and the sellers must have been drooling. I had to schedule the viewings according to school vacation.
My dry ditch, 1 foot high, 2 foot wide in 2010 is now a ravine 4 feet high, 12 feet wide. April thaw 2011 sent thunderous, torrent water flying through my private property without a care from the City Planner and was actually smirking as he showed me the map on the wall with all the paths he was sending to me. That map was removed when I told him the City can't do that, I want a copy of that map and all the doors slammed shut there on in. See the pictures in the album below.
I paid for a property inspection form DJ Brown Associates of China in done in April 2010, 2 months prior to closing. Stream and unstabilized banks were never identified. I was never informed that I was in a flood plain flood zone, all corruptly with held to sell the hell as I was paying cash.
I'm doing all this from NJ alone. surviving abuse, and children crashing from abuse. We were splintered and under attack. My 401k and inheritance spent to build my dream in Bayside, Maine. I was financially worthless. Bayside was paid for and the crumbling, house in NJ had a 40k mortgage on it. No other debt. It broke my heart to loose Bayside to my ex and I was quickly forgotten. My not so dearest friend asking to have first dibs on my couch if I should have to leave my Bayside dream! Ouch, that hurts till this day and that was in 2005.
Four years later, trapped in NJ, my ex spending 6 weeks vacation with my kids and my family and friends in Bayside (another trait to alienate and assume their life), I saw a small window of hope and jumped ship. Full steam ahead. Bayside ended up being a gift during contentious relocation procedures. I was slicing the price on my NJ home to escape to safety, praying to win relocation, no mistakes, this is my only chance. Contested relocation's are nearly impossible. My kids are crashing, I can't even get a minimum wage job in NJ after leaving my 35k salary in 1993 to raise my children. Trying to render me homeless. Came close and as I kept fighting back with documents and video, I quickly saw I was being cast as crazy. The courts were believing the lies. I could lose my children. I held on and held onto my kids. This insanity is another book that I desperately want to the City of Belfast reopens and reopens.The book Splitting, Divorcing a Narcissist, Personality Disorder and is a mirror to my marriage of 19 years. I didn't know of this till after it was over. To read the traits and behaviors that are exactly spot on in the manipulation of your integrity and goodness. These ego's are dangerous and they are in positions of power. Therapist after therapist, Dr. after Dr. confirmed the danger. Once you are aware of these disorders and have been subjected to them, you clearly see how many people are not well. City Hall is not well you can see it without being subjected to it. It is all here.
I did my finances to the T- and made it happen. I closed and moved within 1 week of each other in 6/2010. The motion for relocation not even filed in the NJ Courts. My children would be beginning school in 8 weeks. If I lost, I'd be homeless in NJ and my ex would be filling for full custody. Pressure off the charts. I landed a job at Bank of America, starting salary, 27k, 3 days prior to relocation hearing in NJ, 8/2010. We packed up and headed 500 miles south for the hearing.
Relocation granted, we are safe.
We are starting over and we can begin to heal.
Or so I thought. To have crawled my way here and into hell shook me to the core. The realtors, City Hall and City Council ripped that away. All this forcing me back into double danger. Two years later, I'm trash to some in the community for fighting for justice and Seaview Terrace is quickly becoming Seaview Perish. I am unemployed,unable to do a desk job from arthritis. I have never collected disability or unemployment after working full time non-stop from warehouse work to office, 17 years old till 38 years old to give it up to raise my children. Everything from 17 on, I paid for, no hand outs from anyone. I paid my way and went to night school, earning 38 credits.I am not on any welfare although I could certainly collect. I am paying unexpected flood insurance of 2k a year, and am providing for my children and making my home beautiful the best I can while the City is destroying it.
Abusive tactics are used by the City Manager- Joe Slocum, City Planner- Wayne Marshall, City Attorney-Bill Kelly, BH&G Town and Country realtor Bill Ingersoll and owner, Earl Black. Removing public maps, public documents, breaking their own laws that protect residents, telling City employees not to help or speak to me, calling me in as a threat to the chief of police, 2 years of exhausting tail chasing and cruelty on our dime. Easily over 10k in salary hours spent to cover up the impossible. Follow the water, case closed.
You are horrible human beings. It sickens me to have to keep looking at you and pay my taxes, sewer bills and flood insurance as you destroy Seaview Terrace.
Allowing sites to break ordinance and not remove the plowed snow that wipes out Seaview Perish in thaw and lying to residents that is natural runoff. Lying over and over claiming the City is not responsible. Council Mike Hurley saying that the City is responsible but since I was forced to go public (see side bar for his whole public slander of me) with their corruption, they will not help.
Sure Mike, you may have thought you had the power to bully me but you underestimated the power of integrity, all of you have. I cannot fail if I don't quit.
*** http://vimeo.com/33314014 12/6/11 City Hall Meeting- I speak publicly about 15 minutes in- 4th person up. I let it rip with truth and maps.
Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
Meeting after meeting they kick my ass and kiss business ass (there is just no other way to put it). How would you feel? I know business is paramount, most of us in the bypass have had to spend over 10k to get the water from development out of our basements because the City refuses to spend any tax dollars to fix their flooding of us. Cedar Street tried to fight back but City Council dismissed them too.
Seaview Perish is one flood away from history.You are vowed to protect our flood plain, flood zones in our ordinance. Instead you are forcing it all to us. Despicable.
Business can step up and save us. Our tax dollars help you, please save us. I have no choice and will fight to save my home at whatever means available. I've exhausted the high road, forcing me to High St. is bad for all. Everyone is watching.
3/8/13
BOYCOTT CITY HALL 3/19/13 Businesses and Residents must unite. Businesses are always under boycott threat from City Wall Corruption
Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct, is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties.
The court then went on to use yet another definition, "malfeasance is the doing of an act which an officer had no legal right to do at all and that when an officer, through ignorance, inattention, or malice, does that which they have no legal right to do at all, or acts without any authority whatsoever, or exceeds, ignores, or abuses their powers, they are guilty of malfeasance."
Batgirl hits Gotham. City Wall Hall and Council are forcing Belfast Boycotts as they steam roll residents. Using tax dollars to pay for an Economic Director salary to write grants for private businesses, wine and dine and steal from residents.Council socked taxpayers with a 14k developer drainage fee that is in violation of plan ordinance. Residents can't get drainage but we'll pay for the developers that drown us.
I spoke with businesses in downtown Belfast. They know me and respect me. They are sick of being easy targets for City Wall Hall Corruption and Arrogance!
2/23/13 Updated 3rd paragrah. Slide show below dated 1/31/13
NASTY CLAMS
I have quickly learned that if your Council is corrupt or "misguided" they try to force you into financial and spiritual devastation via law suits. The lack of stringent law, exceptions to exceptions, make the most ethical attorney take on only those with cash to burn. Council does not mess with the connected or their private property.
A committee of residents to hold Council accountable would stop resident/private property abuse dead in its tracks. It is time. It can be that easy to stop the corruption and keep Belfast loud and proud.
Email laurieallen55@msn.com to help and give residents back their Belfast. I will freely commit all my time with joy, courage and composure. To date, they haven't been able to silence me or take me away. But boy oh boy have they tried.
2/5/13 City Corruption Meeting
2/21/13 Here comes the City Attorney again(see letter below in response to speaking(see 2/5 video below)- refusing to allow Council to speak and cite violations for EVERYTHING. Who is dictating this City? Council are mere puppets and spineless smokescreens to detour truth and corruption. Here is their pledge:
The City of Belfast is governed by a Mayor and City Council who are elected by the people of Belfast. The Mayor and City Council acting together are the governing body. All governing body members serve two-year terms. The governing body, being the elected representative of the people, adopts all ordinances and resolutions and determines the general goals and policies.
(updated 2/22/13) They violate ordinance crushing residents without accountability. Only recourse for resident to stop violations of natural rights is to hire an attorney and engineer to speak to present the same testimony from the resident that Council refuses to hear, total bias in favor of City regardless of fact. Absolutely outrageous and proven in letter after letter from City Attorney telling me they will not answer my requests, and to get an attorney. Other residents have told me the same scenario and it recently played out with Dr. Morril. She was quick to act before Planning and Zoning were able to get underway. Had that happened, the City would have buried her in foot dragging, red tape, using our tax dollars to pay the City Attorney to break the resident. That is their plan for me, what a racket for attorneys and officials. Another resident was lied to by Planning. Prior to buying their water view home, they wanted to be sure the lot in front of their view was not "buildable". City Planner, Wayne Marshall confirmed it was not. They bought the home. The owner of the lot (Caswell) presented Wayne Marshall with a sketch for a house on a napkin and Wayne approved it. Up
City Wall Hall now refusing to hand over the remove plowed snow site conditions proving they are intently drowning and destroying Seaview Terrace. Instead silence and send another letter of intimidation at tax payers demise. Unethical and ignorant white collar thugs. City Wall Hall Criminals violating citizen's natural rights of Maine and the USA.
_______________________________________________________ For those that would like to listen to Alicia while browsing.
HURTING BELFAST RESIDENTS
HURTS BELFAST BUSINESS
HIT US WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
You Don't Fight Fair
4/25/13 My complaint to the Real Estate Commission for Non-Disclosure and Unethical Tactics is active now- Bill Ingersoll, Sam Mitchell, Earl Black and Puzz Caswell
Pro bono attorney guidance needed to bring this home with Realtor or City or both. All legwork done- tweak, win and give this beat up Mom some peace, safety and long overdue justice.
You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: Real Estate Commission Investigation 42013
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4/6/13 No updates on this front. City/State holding tight to documents of corruption. Waiting for Humpty Dumpty to fall from CITY WALL.
The immediate communications below are bits and pieces that prove the City/Zoning Ordinances are overlooked when pertaining to business. Adding to the horror of all the runoff being forced to our private property from 10-12 businesses is the violation of removing plowed snow off site. These sites plow all their snow, all season, to the area's that will melt to us. That is illegal, that is what has caused huge flooding, erosion, and property damage to Seaview Terrace in the thaw of 2009 and 2011.
3/20/13 Wasting More Tax Dollars in man/police hours to coverup Ordinance Violations That are Drowning Us
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You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 1/31/13 Seaview Terrace Drowning Letters and Pics
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1/31/13 Seaview Terrace Drowning Letters and Pics
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Jan 31, 2013
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City allows site ordinance violations causing devastation to Seaview 2009 & 2011. City refuses to do the Storm water analysis as ordered in the conditions for approval. Wayne Marshall took the funds from the contributing storm water sites and there it stopped. Joe Slocum refuses to implement. Do they plan to let Seaview get wiped out and take it through imminent domain? Additionally, sites are to remove snow off site and not pile per local ordinance. Winters of heavy snow keep increasing pile...
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3/20/2013 Inspected sites at 2 pm- all in violation. Sent this email to all recipients in email from 9:05 am today (below )
Dear Chief and Not So Dear CEO,
All sites are in violation of not removing plowed snow. I did not drive into Legore Subdivision- was afraid I'd loose my trannie in that mess. See slide show.
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Dear Chief and CEO (Todd Rosenburg),
Per Local Ordinance, the Code Enforcement Officer is not issuing violations that are flooding our floodplain, flood zone neighborhood of Seaview Terrace. We have confirmed the CASS and Annex are in violation and the other sites need confirmation so that police power may protect the flood plain as our local ordinance dictates.
Drainage. Adequate provision shall be made for stormwater, with particular concern for the effects of any effluent draining from the site. Erosion resulting from any improvements on the site shall be prevented by landscaping or other means (see sections 102-1123 and 102-1124 and chapter 98).
j.Snow removal. The plan shall provide for storage of snow accumulation or removal from the site.
Floodplain and floodprone area mean any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flood" and "flooding").
Floodplain management means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, and floodplain management regulations.
Floodplain management regulations means zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances, such as a floodplain ordinance, grading ordinance, and erosion control ordinance, and other applications of police power. The term describes such state or local regulations, or any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.
CASS and Sweetser Schools
WCGH Annex
MidCoast Mental Health
Tall Pines Nursing Home
Volunteers of America on Congress
Belfast Birches
Hilltop Birches
Legore Subdivision (Birch St)
National Guard Rte 1 So
MMP Rte 1 So
Larabees Plumbing and entire business park including airport
Prays Homes Rte 1 So
Mcleod's Trailer Park on Lower Congress
After confirmation, I will check the area's and alert CEO with a copy to all. Until then, I will assume all sites are in violation and will email complaints and our police force can protect residents and City Hall in harmony.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
3/13/13 Here's round 99,999 of tax payer coverup waste with Wayne Marshall City Planner corrupting public documents at his discretion with apparent support and direction of Manager, City Attorney and Council. Brenda Kielty is with the Attorney General, Maine Freedom of Information, is investigating for several weeks now. I sent this email today, copied to Belfast Council, Planner, Manager and Assessor. See email below 3/2 entry/Lobster Pound flooding picture.
3/11/13 As is with State Government, Belfast uses bullying tactics and throws professionalism and ethics to it's death. I allowed them to bait me into defending my character and many in the public are quick to join in. I came here for privacy and safety and they forced me into danger. This blog contains personal information that is not relevant to the City forced flooding and destruction of Seaview Terrace. They are intent on ruining me to avoid accountability and action. It is uncomfortable to read the personal issues and unfortunate. Resident character assassination/slander is a cheap shot. Councilor Mike Hurley tries to flip it in his public slander of me printed below. Not. (6th red worded block down down)
Dear Belfast Residents and Businesses,
Democracy and goodwill can be restored beginning with the 3/19/13 Belfast City Council Meeting. The actual TIF documents were not presented at the 3/5/13 meeting although the City Planner placed them against the wall, next to me. They have not posted it online and if you wish to view them, you must go to City Hall prior to 3/19. According to public notice, seems the public comment for the TIF is BEFORE the meeting at 7pm. What? They will seal the fate of Seaview Terrace if they don't include us in the Northport Ave TIF. Save us by emailing and copying me on a written request to Council, Mayor and City Manager, Joe Slocumto include Seaview Terrace in the Northport TIF via WCGH Annex Improvements and build stormwater sewers to protect the residents in the flood plain flood zone of Seaview Terrace from further flooding. Please repair Seaview Terrace road with roadside drainage. Saving lives can be this easy if we unite. More information can be found at www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com.
Mary Mortier 207-323-1748 ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org
Roger Lee 338-6837 ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org
Eric Sanders 338-8660 ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org
Mike Hurley 338-1975 ward4councilor@cityofbelfast.org
Nancy Hamilton 338-6699 ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org
Walter Ash 338-3485 mayor@cityofbelfast.org
Joey Slocum 338-3370 citymanager@cityofbelfast.org
cc Laurie Allen 323-5883 laurieallen55@msn.com
Thank You,
Laurie Allen
Seaview Perish
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3/10/13
I've posted many knives. I've got them all in my back and files. Many wish to call me crazy, I wish I were. The reality is crushing. A few months ago, I resorted to reading my daughters books to escape for awhile. The Hunger Games. Pitting power and greed against the residents. Pitting resident against resident. Desperation to hold onto what little they have, resorting to primal actions of survival, democracy destroyed, everyone fending for themselves to save their family, pets and home. Deja Vu. The same tactics applied, viewed by the public, enforcing the fear, protect yourself, better not fight back or be destroyed, allowing it to fester, where will it end?
I will give you a portion of my personal history so that you will understand that I have tried every avenue to resolve this corruption and live in peace and with integrity. The City made this a personal attack throwing facts and professionalism to the tracks. After 7 months of their games, I was forced to go public and share the true abuse to a Mom trying to stay under the radar and begin again. They made it personal and unethical. I put everything on the on the line to move here for safety and to begin again with my children.
To force my personal life and trauma out into the public to fight City Hall is dangerous and disgraceful. They count on most choosing to avoid the horrific toll when they will crush your soul, hence you can't fight City Hall. Once you stand, there is no going back.
Please understand that City Hall Manager, Planner, Council and City Attorney have waged every corrupt tactic against many residents. Residents concerns for new developments and that will damage their properties are heard in public hearings. From my experience and the testimony of others, it is corrupt procedures. The hearings are heard months before the project is underway. The residents rights to appeal close within 30 days of the hearing. When the project is completed, you see you are getting flooded, have lost your view, any number of problems can arise that Planning has manipulated, knowing from the start that the resident would suffer. Choosing to ignore and develop knowing the cost and trauma to fight the City after will crush the residents soul. I moved here in 6/2010, and can verify some examples..
1. The 11/1/11 City Council Meeting- This is where I came out and went public with 7 months of corruption of City forced flooding to the flood zone, flood plain of Seaview Terrace. City ordinances mandate extra protection to these area's- instead they are drowning us. Simply following the forced water is the proof. I did and gathered all the facts I could. Difficult task, many protect them selves from City consequences corruption.(from my sidebar titled video links)
City Planner, Wayne Marshall came into the job in 1997? and took control of all the public documents. He stopped recording the final approved site plans in the deeded Waldo County registry. All pertaining files are in his office, access only after he has removed every document that is causing the resident damage. Maps and other supporting basic infrastructure/draining information go missing and claims that they never existed are waged against the resident. Proof of altering stormwater against City ordinance on private property of 23 Seaview Terrace was denied. The proving public documents such as the City Work Orders for heavy equipment, non-existent. DPW, Bob Richards claiming heavy equipment City Work orders are not used. He keeps a steno log. I have not worked for public works, but I've worked in the smallest sector where OSHA requirements for reporting of heavy equipments for documented maintenance and use through work orders is mandatory. The City refuses to produce work orders and tells me Bob will need to review years and years of his steno logs to look for any work done on Seaview Terrace. It is going to take some time. I provide written testimony from an abutting neighbor for the heavy equipment ditch digging to alter storm water. City Manager, Joe Slocum comes back and now tells me I was correct but it happened over 8 years prior to avoid the 7 year liability statute. Now, I come back with testimony that it was done in 2009 after the spring thaw that almost wiped Seaview Terrace out due to more lying and breaking City ordinance. They told residents the flooding was mother nature. I have recently proved it was because the City refused to implement its own ordinance conditions for developments to remove plowed snow offsite. All this melting from huge sites- CASS(Captain Albert Stevens School)/Muck and down on the Rte 1 No side and then on the Rte 1 So side from the National Guard down forcing across Rte 1 and into Seaview Terrace (see pictures- 12 sites? force draining to us) The City is refusing to provide those specific site documents with the language to remove plowed snow. I was present at a meeting where Diane Allmyer Beck, Planning Board Chairwoman, verbally confirmed that sites are to remove plowed snow. This is how I know. Even with this information and proof of pictures, they are still allowing sites to stock pile snow. I have brought in the Attorney General and have requested the documents again. For validity, City Tax Assessor Bob Whitely is requested to supervise and validate the viewing when the City Planner releases the public documents. Previously, City Planner and City Manager have claimed that they have forked over the public documents that I have requested for 2 years and counting,but that I am too ignorant to know what I was looking at and I must hire an attorney or engineer to speak for me. The City Attorney, Bill Kelly also wrote the same to me and stated the City would not answer any more of my requests and Council would not speak to me and used personal/neighbor alienation and more unethical, unprofessional, non-fact bearing intimidation tactics against me. See his letters also in the photo album and some of the with held documents. There is just too much corruption to list and post. As it is, it's overwhelming, another tactic, but key supporting facts are on. Some repeated as I keep regaling the facts as more corruption is waged.
Back to the DPW and breaking ordinance for altering storm water on private property. After many weeks, Bob Richards presents some steno page for work done on Seaview Terrace. It states routine maintenance was done on private property in 2009, ditch digging, altering culverts, etc. at 23, 27 and opposing 26 Seaview Terrace. The neighbor at 26 Seaview Terrace
(who later spoke against me at a City Council meeting 5/1/12 City Council Meeting Video http://vimeo.com/41411785 forward exactly 22:20 (minutes/sec) I speak quickly to avoid "jail" a nice looking police man is standing by, this is not normal. I did not realize he was there for me, and he was visibly shocked when I offered him a friendly, loud hello. My neighbor 2 houses up and across speaks for 7 minutes. He never told me he would be taking my private conversation with him to City Hall- which is fine by me. What he doesn't say is that when I tried to tell him corruption details, including storm water draining that he is doing with City help (since 2009) is illegal and eroding my property- he threw his hands up and walked away. He did not want to see the maps that show all the storm water illegally being forced to Seaview Terrace private property either. I too want peace and to enjoy the many good aspects of Belfast. Our properties are worthless because of City Corruption and Negligence
Watch in this meeting as Wayne costs the City more in misplanning stormwater at the Front Street Shipyard. My Councilwoman, Marina Delune (who reported me as a threat to the Chief of Police) who constantly said she knows nothing of storm water, can't demand maps from Wayne on my behalf, believes in Joe Slocum and Wayne Marshall, doesn't believe me, doesn't think I've been bullied, was unfortunaltely a deterrent for me for 8 months of wasted time and emotion, advises me at the end of these 8 months to pray and meditate... Marina immediately approves this immense storm water mishap improvement without even knowing the cost, Joe Slocum adds in that it is "necessary" and Wayne adds "in the future".
told me that the water was accumulating in his yard and after the 2009 flood and no roadside drainage, had no where to go. The City dug the ditch deeper on the opposing side at 23 Seaview Terrace and Mr. Hand stated that he maintains that ditch, that is not his property at 23 Seaview Terrace so that his accumulating storm water will go into my stream, eroding my property. City Manager Joe Slocum, changes his "facts" again and recounts the work (that at first never happened, then happened 8 years prior) did "Indeed" occur exactly when I told them 6 months prior. However, states Slocum, it was to protect the roads. Another visible lie, drive over to 23/27 Seaview Terrace dividing ditch. It is no where near the road where they dug- altering the culvert at that address is way below the road. They did that illegal private property work to allow accumulating stormwater from opposing neighbors to drain to my private property. And every site from miles outside of Seaview Terrace. The CASS site the largest corruption and devastation to residents within it's path. DEP, the protector of these wetlands, is the final nail of corruption to Seaview Perish and neighboring "watershed" residents. The stormwater analysis ordered prior to construction to protect us was never done. Wayne Marshall removed all stormwater documents, or so he thought, prior to my 4 hour inspection of those files. I found the corruption, Council refuses to act. Drown Seaview Terrace, take their tax dollars and promote recreation, business and tourism.
Another disabled resident who struggled to get to several meetings to speak against resident abuse was Debbie Paradis. I was appalled at the treatment to this woman. She was first at meetings to speak at open to the public, and could not get to the podium because of her disability. Council knew her well and knew she was there first. Yet they allowed other rude speakers to speak ahead of her. I jumped up to stake a spot for her and other speakers were viscous. Words were exchanged, Mayor Ash began banging his gavel again and later accused Debbie Paradis of causing a ruckus! She struggled to get to these meetings to speak for the homeless, the waste of tax dollars and how she felt like a "pee on" from the Council and City. Debbie Paradis went to school with Mayor Ash, and should be a treasured life long resident, not only those with fat wallets, connections or a start up business. The courting and kind treatment to these small start up businesses can sour quickly if they don't play the City games of corruption. This woman of honor even came to my home to offer kindness and support that I fall on every day. "Chin Up" Debbie told me. Onward I go. Much more in the blog on Seaview Terrace.
2. Recently, Dr. Morril of Belfast was to become the next flooding victim of Zoning and Plannings incompetence and disregard to residents. To stop them cost her huge attorney and engineer fees. The resident robbed of basic rights and held prisoner by City Hall. Forcing legal costs that are unethical and illegal. Many residents are struggling to heat their homes and feed their families. Legal fights are a death trap.
http://vimeo.com/53078802 11/7/12 Belfast City Council Meeting ff 40 minutes and watch for 20 minutes and 22 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings with flooding resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened...Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt.
3. 48 Old Searsport Ave. victim of City Planner, Wayne Marshall, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, 10k in legal fees for opposing attorneys to lunch together. Also slandered in the community. At time of purchase, Wayne Marshall verbally assured that ocean view lot in front of 48 Old Searsport Ave was unbuildable. Buyer purchased expensive home and spent enormous sums in improvements. Life is good until a Mr. Caswell presents Wayne Marshall with a sketch on a napkin to build a home on that unbuildable lot. Up goes the house against ordinance, attorney says absolutely illegal. Over time, delays, foot dragging, document manipulation, the honest resident is spiritually spent andfinancially spent in 10k for legal fees for opposing attorneys to lunch together, not even close to a motion, they choose to save their sanity and put their dream up for sale.
4. The rail trail abutters are in a abyss of fear. One resident's written concerns were never addressed a year ago. He came to a recent meeting because he owns property on both sides of the rail. The side to the water is a dangerous drop. Would he be liable if someone got hurt on his property via the rail trail. Joe Slocum, City Manager told him to hire an attorney.
That's just a sampling of resident hell in Belfast. They are forcing boycotts because of their refusal to stop crushing residents rights.
I am just holding on after 2 years of costly corruption for being sold this nightmare, undisclosed fictitious "natural stream", aka violent, dangerous, City made sewer outlet for developments/businesses from miles outside of Seaview Terrace to our private property. Town and Country realtor, Bill Ingersoll saw me coming with cash and nailed my coffin shut. A domestic survivor, using every ounce of courage to break away with her children and live in safety. I asked all the right questions, refused properties that disclosed streams, drove 500 miles to see home, a snow storm hit the day before the showing. The yard was covered in a 2 foot high blanket of snow, Bill Ingersoll and the sellers must have been drooling. I had to schedule the viewings according to school vacation.
My dry ditch, 1 foot high, 2 foot wide in 2010 is now a ravine 4 feet high, 12 feet wide. April thaw 2011 sent thunderous, torrent water flying through my private property without a care from the City Planner and was actually smirking as he showed me the map on the wall with all the paths he was sending to me. That map was removed when I told him the City can't do that, I want a copy of that map and all the doors slammed shut there on in. See the pictures in the album below.
I paid for a property inspection form DJ Brown Associates of China in done in April 2010, 2 months prior to closing. Stream and unstabilized banks were never identified. I was never informed that I was in a flood plain flood zone, all corruptly with held to sell the hell as I was paying cash.
I'm doing all this from NJ alone. surviving abuse, and children crashing from abuse. We were splintered and under attack. My 401k and inheritance spent to build my dream in Bayside, Maine. I was financially worthless. Bayside was paid for and the crumbling, house in NJ had a 40k mortgage on it. No other debt. It broke my heart to loose Bayside to my ex and I was quickly forgotten. My not so dearest friend asking to have first dibs on my couch if I should have to leave my Bayside dream! Ouch, that hurts till this day and that was in 2005.
Four years later, trapped in NJ, my ex spending 6 weeks vacation with my kids and my family and friends in Bayside (another trait to alienate and assume their life), I saw a small window of hope and jumped ship. Full steam ahead. Bayside ended up being a gift during contentious relocation procedures. I was slicing the price on my NJ home to escape to safety, praying to win relocation, no mistakes, this is my only chance. Contested relocation's are nearly impossible. My kids are crashing, I can't even get a minimum wage job in NJ after leaving my 35k salary in 1993 to raise my children. Trying to render me homeless. Came close and as I kept fighting back with documents and video, I quickly saw I was being cast as crazy. The courts were believing the lies. I could lose my children. I held on and held onto my kids. This insanity is another book that I desperately want to the City of Belfast reopens and reopens.The book Splitting, Divorcing a Narcissist, Personality Disorder and is a mirror to my marriage of 19 years. I didn't know of this till after it was over. To read the traits and behaviors that are exactly spot on in the manipulation of your integrity and goodness. These ego's are dangerous and they are in positions of power. Therapist after therapist, Dr. after Dr. confirmed the danger. Once you are aware of these disorders and have been subjected to them, you clearly see how many people are not well. City Hall is not well you can see it without being subjected to it. It is all here.
I did my finances to the T- and made it happen. I closed and moved within 1 week of each other in 6/2010. The motion for relocation not even filed in the NJ Courts. My children would be beginning school in 8 weeks. If I lost, I'd be homeless in NJ and my ex would be filling for full custody. Pressure off the charts. I landed a job at Bank of America, starting salary, 27k, 3 days prior to relocation hearing in NJ, 8/2010. We packed up and headed 500 miles south for the hearing.
Relocation granted, we are safe.
We are starting over and we can begin to heal.
Or so I thought. To have crawled my way here and into hell shook me to the core. The realtors, City Hall and City Council ripped that away. All this forcing me back into double danger. Two years later, I'm trash to some in the community for fighting for justice and Seaview Terrace is quickly becoming Seaview Perish. I am unemployed,unable to do a desk job from arthritis. I have never collected disability or unemployment after working full time non-stop from warehouse work to office, 17 years old till 38 years old to give it up to raise my children. Everything from 17 on, I paid for, no hand outs from anyone. I paid my way and went to night school, earning 38 credits.I am not on any welfare although I could certainly collect. I am paying unexpected flood insurance of 2k a year, and am providing for my children and making my home beautiful the best I can while the City is destroying it.
Abusive tactics are used by the City Manager- Joe Slocum, City Planner- Wayne Marshall, City Attorney-Bill Kelly, BH&G Town and Country realtor Bill Ingersoll and owner, Earl Black. Removing public maps, public documents, breaking their own laws that protect residents, telling City employees not to help or speak to me, calling me in as a threat to the chief of police, 2 years of exhausting tail chasing and cruelty on our dime. Easily over 10k in salary hours spent to cover up the impossible. Follow the water, case closed.
You are horrible human beings. It sickens me to have to keep looking at you and pay my taxes, sewer bills and flood insurance as you destroy Seaview Terrace.
Allowing sites to break ordinance and not remove the plowed snow that wipes out Seaview Perish in thaw and lying to residents that is natural runoff. Lying over and over claiming the City is not responsible. Council Mike Hurley saying that the City is responsible but since I was forced to go public (see side bar for his whole public slander of me) with their corruption, they will not help.
Sure Mike, you may have thought you had the power to bully me but you underestimated the power of integrity, all of you have. I cannot fail if I don't quit.
*** http://vimeo.com/33314014 12/6/11 City Hall Meeting- I speak publicly about 15 minutes in- 4th person up. I let it rip with truth and maps.
Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
Meeting after meeting they kick my ass and kiss business ass (there is just no other way to put it). How would you feel? I know business is paramount, most of us in the bypass have had to spend over 10k to get the water from development out of our basements because the City refuses to spend any tax dollars to fix their flooding of us. Cedar Street tried to fight back but City Council dismissed them too.
Seaview Perish is one flood away from history.You are vowed to protect our flood plain, flood zones in our ordinance. Instead you are forcing it all to us. Despicable.
Business can step up and save us. Our tax dollars help you, please save us. I have no choice and will fight to save my home at whatever means available. I've exhausted the high road, forcing me to High St. is bad for all. Everyone is watching.
3/8/13
BOYCOTT CITY HALL 3/19/13 Businesses and Residents must unite. Businesses are always under boycott threat from City Wall Corruption
Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct, is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties.
The court then went on to use yet another definition, "malfeasance is the doing of an act which an officer had no legal right to do at all and that when an officer, through ignorance, inattention, or malice, does that which they have no legal right to do at all, or acts without any authority whatsoever, or exceeds, ignores, or abuses their powers, they are guilty of malfeasance."
Batgirl hits Gotham. City Wall Hall and Council are forcing Belfast Boycotts as they steam roll residents. Using tax dollars to pay for an Economic Director salary to write grants for private businesses, wine and dine and steal from residents.Council socked taxpayers with a 14k developer drainage fee that is in violation of plan ordinance. Residents can't get drainage but we'll pay for the developers that drown us.
You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 1/31/13 Seaview Terrace Drowning Letters and Pics
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1/31/13 Seaview Terrace Drowning Letters and Pics
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Jan 31, 2013
by laurie allen
City allows site ordinance violations causing devastation to Seaview 2009 & 2011. City refuses to do the Storm water analysis as ordered in the conditions for approval. Wayne Marshall took the funds from the contributing storm water sites and there it stopped. Joe Slocum refuses to implement. Do they plan to let Seaview get wiped out and take it through imminent domain? Additionally, sites are to remove snow off site and not pile per local ordinance. Winters of heavy snow keep increasing pile...
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I spoke with businesses in downtown Belfast. They know me and respect me. They are sick of being easy targets for City Wall Hall Corruption and Arrogance!
From Belfast Ordinance Website Snow removal and Preventive Measure for Floodplain....
Drainage. Adequate provision shall be made for stormwater, with particular concern for the effects of any effluent draining from the site. Erosion resulting from any improvements on the site shall be prevented by landscaping or other means (see sections 102-1123 and 102-1124 and chapter 98).
j.Snow removal. The plan shall provide for storage of snow accumulation or removal from the site.
Floodplain and floodprone area mean any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flood" and "flooding").
Floodplain management means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, and floodplain management regulations.
Floodplain management regulations means zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances, such as a floodplain ordinance, grading ordinance, and erosion control ordinance, and other applications of police power. The term describes such state or local regulations, or any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.
Floodproofing means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
Drainage. Adequate provision shall be made for stormwater, with particular concern for the effects of any effluent draining from the site. Erosion resulting from any improvements on the site shall be prevented by landscaping or other means (see sections 102-1123 and 102-1124 and chapter 98).
j.Snow removal. The plan shall provide for storage of snow accumulation or removal from the site.
Floodplain and floodprone area mean any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flood" and "flooding").
Floodplain management means the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, and floodplain management regulations.
Floodplain management regulations means zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances, such as a floodplain ordinance, grading ordinance, and erosion control ordinance, and other applications of police power. The term describes such state or local regulations, or any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.
Floodproofing means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
3/13/13 email to Brenda Kielty, MFOIA Attorney General Office
Ms. Kielty,
The letter attached and dated 3/12 from Wayne Marshall is not acceptable. This refusal to commit in writing that the specific document/documents are ready for viewing is the corruption. I have explained previous "viewings" for specific final approved site plans that were never provided, instead handing over files- specifically the CASS file with every storm water document removed and the final approved site plan which would have listed the snow removal conditions and shown the exit of stormwater from the CASS fenced in detention area behind the Sweetser School is not on the final approved plan. Supported by the DEP Tom Gilbert's false investigating of that exit- it was not included in his report and the number one request from me to investigate. This can go on and on, another smokescreen tactic. Wayne Marshall stopped recording the final approved site plans in the Waldo County Deeded Registry to with hold and corrupt information as I haven proven many times.
Without written confirmation that the specific document is available, it is impossible to prove " improper denial with credible evidence". It is absolutely within reason and ease to provide these specific requests. Since Wayne Marshall cannot manage the entire request, I will make several viewings with Bob Whitely, Tax Assessor. He is the only one that is trustworthy and knowledgeable to verify that is a City Official. Having the specific authentic documents available will require less than 15 minutes per viewing. The CASS and WCGH Annex requests will be the first viewing and should be available immediately- Wayne has them in his office. Requests will go in order of priority which coincides with development year, newest to oldest. The next would be Mid Coast Mental Health, Tall Pines Nursing and Volunteers of America on Congress St.
This is the Belfast Ordinance for Final Plans and be presented in entiretyec. 90-102. - Required information and format. Sent to Ms. Kielty
Please have Wayne Marshall Confirm in My Specific Language that the following is available for the first viewing, copying Brenda Kielty in response to this specific email by simply stating available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:
1. Final Approved Site Plan for CASS/Sweetser (old Robertson School- this was slated for demolition in preliminary plans- final approved plans will include Robertson aka Sweetser School)- including the conditions to remove plowed snow and the exits of stormwater for the CASS fenced in detention area. (Satisfying 1 and 1A in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office: 2. Per the WBRC Document provide #6 - step 1- all documents pertaining to drainage study, implementation and results, and all funding parties and complete financial accounting of fees for study to present day. Step 2- Provide final approved plans showing runoff redirectment with subcatchment 3S , identifying original planned path which flowed under Congress to the new Study Point 3 stream to the Belfast Harbor. This is saying there are 2 streams- the plans must identify both path of each stream to the harbor.(for clarity I will list this one as #17 to take off the list after provided) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office: 3. Final Approved Site Plan for WCGH Annex 119-125 Northport Ave. (Satisfying 2 in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
**Response from Ms. Kielty to above;
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:13:38 +0000
Ms. Kielty,
Please do not be offended but vague responses allow for the continuing corruption of public documents by the City of Belfast. Refusal to commit to this simple specific request below will prove credible corruption and improper denial. Please support request specifically and require specific response from Wayne Marshall. Thank you.
Without written confirmation that the specific document is available, it is impossible to prove " improper denial with credible evidence". It is absolutely within reason and ease to provide these specific requests. Since Wayne Marshall cannot manage the entire request, I will make several viewings with Bob Whitely, Tax Assessor. He is the only one that is trustworthy and knowledgeable to verify that is a City Official. Having the specific authentic documents available will require less than 15 minutes per viewing. The CASS and WCGH Annex requests will be the first viewing and should be available immediately- Wayne has them in his office. Requests will go in order of priority which coincides with development year, newest to oldest. The next would be Mid Coast Mental Health, Tall Pines Nursing and Volunteers of America on Congress St.Please have Wayne Marshall Confirm in My Specific Language that the following is available for the first viewing, copying Brenda Kielty in response to this specific email by simply stating available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:
1. Final Approved Site Plan for CASS/Sweetser (old Robertson School- this was slated for demolition in preliminary plans- final approved plans will include Robertson aka Sweetser School)- including the conditions to remove plowed snow and the exits of stormwater for the CASS fenced in detention area. (Satisfying 1 and 1A in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office: 2. Per the WBRC Document provide #6 - step 1- all documents pertaining to drainage study, implementation and results, and all funding parties and complete financial accounting of fees for study to present day. Step 2- Provide final approved plans showing runoff redirectment with subcatchment 3S , identifying original planned path which flowed under Congress to the new Study Point 3 stream to the Belfast Harbor. This is saying there are 2 streams- the plans must identify both path of each stream to the harbor.(for clarity I will list this one as #17 to take off the list after provided) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:3. Final Approved Site Plan for WCGH Annex 119-125 Northport Ave. (Satisfying 2 in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
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The letter attached and dated 3/12 from Wayne Marshall is not acceptable. This refusal to commit in writing that the specific document/documents are ready for viewing is the corruption. I have explained previous "viewings" for specific final approved site plans that were never provided, instead handing over files- specifically the CASS file with every storm water document removed and the final approved site plan which would have listed the snow removal conditions and shown the exit of stormwater from the CASS fenced in detention area behind the Sweetser School is not on the final approved plan. Supported by the DEP Tom Gilbert's false investigating of that exit- it was not included in his report and the number one request from me to investigate. This can go on and on, another smokescreen tactic. Wayne Marshall stopped recording the final approved site plans in the Waldo County Deeded Registry to with hold and corrupt information as I haven proven many times.
Without written confirmation that the specific document is available, it is impossible to prove " improper denial with credible evidence". It is absolutely within reason and ease to provide these specific requests. Since Wayne Marshall cannot manage the entire request, I will make several viewings with Bob Whitely, Tax Assessor. He is the only one that is trustworthy and knowledgeable to verify that is a City Official. Having the specific authentic documents available will require less than 15 minutes per viewing. The CASS and WCGH Annex requests will be the first viewing and should be available immediately- Wayne has them in his office. Requests will go in order of priority which coincides with development year, newest to oldest. The next would be Mid Coast Mental Health, Tall Pines Nursing and Volunteers of America on Congress St.
This is the Belfast Ordinance for Final Plans and be presented in entiretyec. 90-102. - Required information and format. Sent to Ms. Kielty
Please have Wayne Marshall Confirm in My Specific Language that the following is available for the first viewing, copying Brenda Kielty in response to this specific email by simply stating available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:
1. Final Approved Site Plan for CASS/Sweetser (old Robertson School- this was slated for demolition in preliminary plans- final approved plans will include Robertson aka Sweetser School)- including the conditions to remove plowed snow and the exits of stormwater for the CASS fenced in detention area. (Satisfying 1 and 1A in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office: 2. Per the WBRC Document provide #6 - step 1- all documents pertaining to drainage study, implementation and results, and all funding parties and complete financial accounting of fees for study to present day. Step 2- Provide final approved plans showing runoff redirectment with subcatchment 3S , identifying original planned path which flowed under Congress to the new Study Point 3 stream to the Belfast Harbor. This is saying there are 2 streams- the plans must identify both path of each stream to the harbor.(for clarity I will list this one as #17 to take off the list after provided) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office: 3. Final Approved Site Plan for WCGH Annex 119-125 Northport Ave. (Satisfying 2 in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
**Response from Ms. Kielty to above;
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:13:38 +0000
Ms. Allen,
The inspection of public records may be scheduled during reasonable office hours and at a time that will not delay or inconvenience the regular activities of the official having custody or control of the public record requested. You may contact Mr. Marshall’s office directly to schedule inspection of the records that are responsive to your request. Mr. Marshall asks that you allow three days of notice. You have demanded that a specific public official, the tax assessor, be present for your inspection. While you may make such a request, the allocation of staff for responding to a FOAA request is a determination to be made by the agency or official having custody of the records.
Your next step is to let Mr. Marshall’s office know when you want the inspection to occur.
Brenda Kielty
My response to Ms Kielty (cc to Council, Manager, Planner, Media)
Ms. Kielty,
Please do not be offended but vague responses allow for the continuing corruption of public documents by the City of Belfast. Refusal to commit to this simple specific request below will prove credible corruption and improper denial. Please support request specifically and require specific response from Wayne Marshall. Thank you.
Without written confirmation that the specific document is available, it is impossible to prove " improper denial with credible evidence". It is absolutely within reason and ease to provide these specific requests. Since Wayne Marshall cannot manage the entire request, I will make several viewings with Bob Whitely, Tax Assessor. He is the only one that is trustworthy and knowledgeable to verify that is a City Official. Having the specific authentic documents available will require less than 15 minutes per viewing. The CASS and WCGH Annex requests will be the first viewing and should be available immediately- Wayne has them in his office. Requests will go in order of priority which coincides with development year, newest to oldest. The next would be Mid Coast Mental Health, Tall Pines Nursing and Volunteers of America on Congress St.Please have Wayne Marshall Confirm in My Specific Language that the following is available for the first viewing, copying Brenda Kielty in response to this specific email by simply stating available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:
1. Final Approved Site Plan for CASS/Sweetser (old Robertson School- this was slated for demolition in preliminary plans- final approved plans will include Robertson aka Sweetser School)- including the conditions to remove plowed snow and the exits of stormwater for the CASS fenced in detention area. (Satisfying 1 and 1A in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office: 2. Per the WBRC Document provide #6 - step 1- all documents pertaining to drainage study, implementation and results, and all funding parties and complete financial accounting of fees for study to present day. Step 2- Provide final approved plans showing runoff redirectment with subcatchment 3S , identifying original planned path which flowed under Congress to the new Study Point 3 stream to the Belfast Harbor. This is saying there are 2 streams- the plans must identify both path of each stream to the harbor.(for clarity I will list this one as #17 to take off the list after provided) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:3. Final Approved Site Plan for WCGH Annex 119-125 Northport Ave. (Satisfying 2 in request below) State ready for viewing with Bob Whitely and state date and time for viewing. I am available 24/7.
available for viewing with Bob Whitely on ?date at ?time in Bob's office:
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
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2/23/13 Updated 3rd paragrah. Slide show below dated 1/31/13
NASTY CLAMS
I have quickly learned that if your Council is corrupt or "misguided" they try to force you into financial and spiritual devastation via law suits. The lack of stringent law, exceptions to exceptions, make the most ethical attorney take on only those with cash to burn. Council does not mess with the connected or their private property.
A committee of residents to hold Council accountable would stop resident/private property abuse dead in its tracks. It is time. It can be that easy to stop the corruption and keep Belfast loud and proud.
Email laurieallen55@msn.com to help and give residents back their Belfast. I will freely commit all my time with joy, courage and composure. To date, they haven't been able to silence me or take me away. But boy oh boy have they tried.
2/5/13 City Corruption Meeting
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I'm up in 2minutes 30 seconds. I am limited to 3 minutes and they hold me to it like no others. I try to cram in 2 years of corruption. They never respond, never accountable. I've been to meeting after meeting and will keep going.
I'm up in 2minutes 30 seconds. I am limited to 3 minutes and they hold me to it like no others. I try to cram in 2 years of corruption. They never respond, never accountable. I've been to meeting after meeting and will keep going.
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2/21/13 Here comes the City Attorney again(see letter below in response to speaking(see 2/5 video below)- refusing to allow Council to speak and cite violations for EVERYTHING. Who is dictating this City? Council are mere puppets and spineless smokescreens to detour truth and corruption. Here is their pledge:
The City of Belfast is governed by a Mayor and City Council who are elected by the people of Belfast. The Mayor and City Council acting together are the governing body. All governing body members serve two-year terms. The governing body, being the elected representative of the people, adopts all ordinances and resolutions and determines the general goals and policies.
(updated 2/22/13) They violate ordinance crushing residents without accountability. Only recourse for resident to stop violations of natural rights is to hire an attorney and engineer to speak to present the same testimony from the resident that Council refuses to hear, total bias in favor of City regardless of fact. Absolutely outrageous and proven in letter after letter from City Attorney telling me they will not answer my requests, and to get an attorney. Other residents have told me the same scenario and it recently played out with Dr. Morril. She was quick to act before Planning and Zoning were able to get underway. Had that happened, the City would have buried her in foot dragging, red tape, using our tax dollars to pay the City Attorney to break the resident. That is their plan for me, what a racket for attorneys and officials. Another resident was lied to by Planning. Prior to buying their water view home, they wanted to be sure the lot in front of their view was not "buildable". City Planner, Wayne Marshall confirmed it was not. They bought the home. The owner of the lot (Caswell) presented Wayne Marshall with a sketch for a house on a napkin and Wayne approved it. Up
City Wall Hall now refusing to hand over the remove plowed snow site conditions proving they are intently drowning and destroying Seaview Terrace. Instead silence and send another letter of intimidation at tax payers demise. Unethical and ignorant white collar thugs. City Wall Hall Criminals violating citizen's natural rights of Maine and the USA.
To: ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org, ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org, mayor@cityofbelfast.org, LAURIE ALLEN, ward4councilor@cityofbelfast.org
Cc: acurtis@bangordailynews.com, bholbrook@courierpublicationsllc.com, cwoodard@pressherald.com, news@penbaypilot.com
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You are the only AAA provided in Belfast to which I am a Premiere member. After you came to my house in 7/2011 for a dead battery and you were cornered to look at the destruction. At that time, you, Council and the City Manager probably received over 10 emails from requesting pleading for assistance and for a site visit. No one responded, no one came. You played ignorant, saying you thought the City Manager, Joe Slocum already took care of this. You looked at the severe erosion, crumbling into the ever growing ravine. You said you could get some rocks to stop the sliding but you never did. You stopped taking my emergency AAA calls - a dead battery, which caused my son to be hours late to school, a frozen starter?-was probably luck you didn't come for that one- doubt Poolers guy was great- he thought that may be it before towing me, I got a hairdryer, warmed it up and off I went. And the most frightening, when my Explorer locked up, and flew down Park Row in Bayside, heading for the bay. The snow bank just stopped me from going over- one wheel over, the other close- attempts to back it out pushed it closer to rolling over. Waiting and freezing with my kids for close to an hour, a stranger came and pulled me out....
Apparently Councilor Hurley has schemed up some new findings of fact to slam on me and further the lies. Stated at the end of the 7/2/13 meeting. Go ahead Mike, knock yourself out. Here's a refresher of the last time you nailed me and then the City Attorney forced you into silence. But, biting at the bit, you manage a few and laugh and sneer at me at every meeting and from your perch when I'm protesting in the center of town. You and your buddies, Joe Slocum-City Manager and Wayne Marshall-The City Planner have done a fine job of creating near riot conditions. See the editorial and the visitor abused by the 5 star Belfast Bay Inn. The waterfront and businesses, residents, fighting, accosting, cursing out innocent delivery drivers....force drowning 12 families in the flood zone Seaview Terrace and I'm not even tipping the scale of City wide corruption.
Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”(for the record I did not say Wayne's World- I said Wayne's Rule. After 7 months of doors slamming and forcing me to chase my tail, I went public in the 11/1/11 meeting(link below). Clearly distraught and fighting back tear, frightened of my ex taking action, the last thing I needed was publicity and the sure coming backlash. And you come back at me with above- pledging full support to the abuse and THEIR RESTRAINT AGAINST ME telling the public that now you really won't help me because I insulted YOU??Go Figure Again)
LReroute all stormwater coming into Seaview Terrace on all 3 sides to City property, fix the road of Seaview Terrace with drainage as City Manager said he would do, and wheel barrow those rocks in to stop the slide. Then I may finally get to go to a movie, enjoy the festivities, and live my life in peace. Or maybe not.
From: laurieallen55@msn.com
To: ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org; ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org; ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org; ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org; mayor@cityofbelfast.org; laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: bholbrook@villagesoup.com; acurtis@bangordailynews.com; news@penbaypilot.com; chief@belfastmepd.org
Subject: Belfast Welcome Wagon
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 12:01:03 -0400
Council and Mayor,
All this and even more, just for me. Really, you shouldn't have, I really wish you didn't.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
Malfeasance in office, or official misconduct, is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties.
The court then went on to use yet another definition, "malfeasance is the doing of an act which an officer had no legal right to do at all and that when an officer, through ignorance, inattention, or malice, does that which they have no legal right to do at all, or acts without any authority whatsoever, or exceeds, ignores, or abuses their powers, they are guilty of malfeasance."
Inverse Condemnation
An increase in environmental problems has resulted in a new type of eminent domain proceeding called inverse condemnation. In this proceeding, the property owner, rather than the condemnor, initiates the action. The owner alleges that the government has acquired an interest in his or her property without giving compensation, such as when the government floods a farmer's field or pollutes a stream crossing private land. An inverse condemnation proceeding is often brought by a property owner when it appears that the taker of the property does not intend to bring eminent domain proceedings.7/6/13 UPDATE -City Manager Joe Slocum told me TWO YEARS AGO, that all the runoff forced into SEAVIEW TERRACE through the huge culvert by Rte 1 and not able to handle the sheer volume, will take 40 Seaview Terrace off its foundation. Not just the car. Came close again in 2009 and 2011. Rapids crushing our neighborhood. We are NOT A NATURAL OUTLET. Prior to 1965 development is was farmland.Belfast has No Right Of Ways or Easements to our private property. Whatever it was, it was moved, with held from me and then I finally got the map on an unannounced visit where it was right on the counter. Joe Slocum had an aneurism. Then Councilman Hurley and his posse start a new chant, so what, I didn't do it, we're not responsible, this woman is"ridiculous" "as if we would really do this to her". BOTTOM LINE- MOVING LAND WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT, APPROVED BY THE CITY, DONE BY THE CITY OR DEVELOPER DOESN'T MATTER- IT IS NO LONGER NATURAL. BELFAST IS BREAKING THEIR OWN ORDINANCE- SEE BELOW "NATURAL OUTLET" NOW GET IT OUT!!!!
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage may be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling
water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of
the city, to a storm sewer or natural outlet, if in accordance with regulations of the state department of environmental protection.
(Ord. No. 45-1999, § 600.2, 2-1-2000)
Manipulating and with holding information and documents by the City Manager, Joe Slocum and City Planner, Wayne Marshall for 3 years and counting is their tortuous distraction to try and bury the visible. Water doesn't lie. They do.
Here's one of hundreds. Slocum states right here that there are NO maps, but after 3 years, they produce many in their defense, and then they go missing again. Never to give me a copy even though they appear to offer.
Slocum keeps pounding that, per City Attorney, Bill Kelly's 12/27/2011 letter "City officials are legally precluded from improving private property with public money for any purpose, including private drainage." In fact, they do it all the time. I have proven it. Slocum caught, lies again. To avoid 7 yr. statutes, he says it was done 8 years ago- IT WAS DONE IN 2009, force confirmed by DPW Bob Richards(who tells me he doesn't use City Work Orders for heavy equipment when I asked to see them to prove) Slocum lies again, saying to protect the road. The 45 and 49 numbers are another deterrent- not valid locations or address. It is between 27 and 23 (lot with only a garage) Seaview Terrace is where the City dug the ditch deeper. See the culvert and drop to the ditch. No where near the road. The water was pooling, not draining to the stream. The then owner, Kara Merrill of 27, TOLD ME, she called the City, requested it to be dug out, it was getting nasty. Bud Hand at 26 TOLD ME, that he agreed to maintain that ditch (not his property) to make sure the water was able flow from his opposing property. It not been draining to the stream. This is the older man that came to speak against me, appearing frail when he is known as the "Tool Man" up and down the street with wheel barrows, up and down ladders fixing gutters, shingles, digging posts for mailboxes, MAINTAINING THE DITCH. In this meeting Joe even offers to speak to our City Attorney, Bill Kelly for him. Boy, you went all out to alienate me further in this one Joe. People that don't even know me have turned against me.
(Note-in the last meeting 7/2/13- Joe Slocum is back-peddling saying that none of the neighbors are draining into the stream where in the email below he confirms they are. Hurley says he knows that some like the "little" stream. Probably the Smith's again (5 Seaview). They don't even own stream property, nor does 11 Seaview. The back portion of their yards and all of the stream is owned by Mid Coast Mental Health)
How could I make this old man so sad? What a bad person she is.
Don't even ask how many times his wife called animal control. She could hear my dogs barking IN THE HOUSE, WITH ALL WINDOWS CLOSED. Told me how it used to be such a quiet neighborhood before I came. At least I got to know a nice man in Belfast, Steve Bogden (animal control) . We all agree his is tops. Oh and the then Chief Trafton too. The Smith's @ 5 Seaview Terrace kept reporting every time they heard my dogs bark. Calling me, coming to my door, telling me they are not fond of beagles, talking about me to all they know. I went to the Chief, told him to put camera's on me to prove I did all I could to minimize barking above and beyond. Even installing a 5 foot fence with additional screening so they can't see anything that provokes barking. He told me of a case in Augusta, very similar and the Judge ordered the dogs voice box to be surgically removed. Kara Merrill of 27 Seaview told me that David Smith would come to her house (1/4 mile away- 3 lots up)all the time to complain he could hear her little dog barking. He kept at her and at her until she sadly put a shock collar on her little dog. The dog was never the same again and she said she never forgave herself.
What is wrong with these people? Unable to live in an open society? Then go. I told the Chief I would do whatever he recommended, the Smith's were out to destroy my dogs. Sure enough, a week later, David Smith went to the Chief. David Smith became irate when the Chief tried to help him. The Chief became concerned for MY safety. The Chief came to my house, met my dogs, inspected the fence and was very impressed with me and my honesty. He explained what a restraining order is and how it could protect me. When the Chief of Police is concerned, I say issue the order. Done. Now, even more gossip for their huge network, schools too. Lovely.
Later I'd get to meet the new Chief of Police, Mike McFadden, when my Council calls me in as a threat. Great, no doubt a full background check is done.After a lengthy chat and quite a few laughs, the Chief tells me I was the hi-lite of his day. Ditto.
6/20/13
I came to see this map Slocum and Marshall showed me referenced below.
At that time, it seemed useless, bunch of green tree tops with a barely
visible short path of water. No landmarks or development-could have been
from anywhere. And now it doesn't exist. Jennika the volleyball, went
to City
Planner, Wayne Marshall and he tricks her again, as in every other
request. She came down with other maps, I was unable to get the aerial
map that 1957 (proven per email below) Wayne
Marshall and Joe Slocum showed me time and time again. It was color
close up of the stream barely seen through the trees. It was all trees,
and surely would show that that original stream was no where near my
home- was up by Birch St and man made there after digging down to me.
Not natural ever.
From: Joseph Slocum
[mailto:citymanager@cityofbelfast.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:37 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Cc: Councilors; Jennika Lundy
Subject: Further follow up on your November 3rd request
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:37 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Cc: Councilors; Jennika Lundy
Subject: Further follow up on your November 3rd request
The photographic Map that show the stream behind your house in 1957 ,before any house in your neighborhood existed, remains in Jennika's office for the convenience of your inspection. So is the second Aerial photo map from 1997 where your house and neighborhood is depicted- showing the very same stream. I wrote to you and we have not heard back from you on your interest in seeing these Maps. I can't copy them in house and will be pleased to have them copied for you when you bring the money in that such copies cost. Once you see them you may be in a better position to decide whether you want copies.
I have found NO maps that depict all storm water channels draining into the culvert at the top of Seaview Terrace. I am continuing to look for any Maps I can find that show storm drain channels draining into the stream that moves through the culvert at the top Seaview Terrace near Route #1. You may wish to contact the State to ask them if they have any maps of any drainage they have going into this stream. I am not sure who you would ask but perhaps the State officials who came to your neighborhood and inspected this stream could assist you with that.
It is my understanding that you have the flood maps of your area. If not let me know and I will get you copies.
I have found no maps of storm water channels draining into the stream at your private property. That being said it is possible that the two small culverts (10-12 inches) underneath the road at 45 and 49 were indeed built by the City. It would have been a long time ago and I have no maps of them but they are readily visible. I did confirm with Bob Richards, our DPW Director, that about 8 years ago a ditch that carried water off the road and also from the abutting private property was overgrown and the public works crew- in a maintenance effort and with the permission of the property owner did indeed go in and clear out the growth in that existing ditch. That is my best understanding of what happened. The only reason for the City to do this was because the water was starting to back up onto the road which the City wanted to clear it off.
Although I do not generally do research for anyone as that is not what the Freedom of Information Act requires, I did look up this statute which I believe supports the City's obligation and right to put small 2 culverts under the road and to maintain this ditch that public works removed the growth from.
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3202§3252
Title 23: HIGHWAYS
Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY
LAW
Chapter 305: CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Subchapter 5: DRAINAGE AND WATERCOURSES
§3251. Ditches, drains and culverts; control; damages
The municipal officers of a town may at the expense of the town
construct ditches, drains and culverts to carry water away from any highway or
road therein, and over or through any lands of persons or corporations, when
they deem it necessary for public convenience or for the proper care of such
highway or road, provided no such ditch, drain or culvert shall pass under or
within 20 feet of any dwelling house without the consent of the owner thereof.
Such ditches, drains and culverts may be constructed under such highways or
roads. Such ditches, drains or culverts shall be under the control of said
municipal officers and interference therewith may be punishable by a fine of
not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 3 months, or by both.
If such town does not maintain and keep in repair such ditches, drains and
culverts, the owner or occupant of the lands through or over which they pass
may have his action against the town for damages thereby sustained.
Before land is so taken, notice shall be given and damages assessed and
paid therefor as is provided for the location of town ways.
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Your email of November 3rd says the City has directly contributed
to the erosion of your yard and your road. The road was accepted by the
City when your subdivision was approved. In all honesty I can not see
what the City has done that has affected anything in your neighborhood that was
not there long before your houses were built. That is what I had hoped that you
would see if you would just come in and look at the photo's from 1957. Every
house lot and property on Seaview View Terrace- including your own appears to
put water into this stream. It is the natural drainage way that has been there
forever. When I visited your property the ditch that runs the full length of
your property between you and your Northerly neighbor appears to drain your
yards.
I hear three different financial requests from you.
1. Reduce your taxers and I understand the Assessor is currently
evaluating that. I hope he is in contact with you next week when he returns
from sick leave.
2. The City should just install storm drains on your street. We do not
have them on many, many streets in the City because they are so expensive to
install. Today the City would not likely accept a subdivision that did not come
with its own storm drain system. This is a policy question in my mind - not a
legal one.
3. Finally you mention the damage to your property. I have asked
several times that you send me a communication that asks for payment for
whatever you think your damages are and I will send it onto the City's
Insurance Company. Please send communication along to me so that they can do
their own review and respond to your claim. I can't write it for you because it
is your claim to make.
I will continue to look for more information and I am sending
this to the Council so they will know how we are trying to respond to your
requests.
Please do not hesitate to send either me or Jennika any request
that you may have.
Thank you,
Joe Slocum
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Dug this up from 9/2011- City Manager Digs Himself into his Nasty Clam Hole!!Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:50:47 -0400
Subject: Re: FW: 17 seaview/city storm f/u
From: citymanager@cityofbelfast.org
To: xxxxx
CC: councilors@cityofbelfast.org; planner@cityofbelfast.org; publicworks@cityofbelfast.org
Ms. Allen,
Good afternoon. I regret that I have been away for two weeks because of two family emergencies.
The road could indeed use some work and will be addressed in conjunction with our regular road program which calls for attention in areas about every 10 years. The road has alligator cracking because the ground underneath is wet. The present existence of a couple of culverts underneath the road which transfer some water from the higher land across the street to your land on the North side are an attempt by the City to have the road not act as a dam to the natural flow of gravity and also to preserve the asphalt on the road itself by eliminating standing water on the road edge or underneath it.( Out of quote for me to respond-This is a lie to avoid their stand that the do not do work on private property. The road at my driveway(and many other residents) is a pond at every rain/snow- no culverts, no road side drainage)( back to original quote fro Joe Slocum) We have these culverts all over the City and you will indeed find them all over the State.I will ask my Public Works Director, by copy of this email to let us know in what year your road might see some resurfacing. . It will not be this year. At this time there are no funds or plans to install storm sewers along your road We like many municipalities have have many roads without these amenities. (ME SPEAKING- NO FUNDS?? ARE YOU KIDDING- YOU'RE GIVING 40K TO SOME 24 RESIDENTS FOR FOOT TRAFFIC ON A RAIL TRAIL THAT WILL DRAIN OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE SO BADLY NEEDED ON SEAVIEW TERRACE. THIS WHOLE TRAIL IS ANOTHER CITY SCHEME TO AVOID ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS UNTIL IT WILL BE TOO LATE AND TOO COSTLY BUT COUNCIL IS "DETERMINED" REGARDLESS OF THE SAD SHAPE OF ROADS AND SEWERS. GUESS THEIR HOMES ARE NOT IN DANGER).
BACK TO JOE AND HERE IS WHERE HE DOWN AND OUT LIES ABOUT THE STREAM BEING HERE FOR 100 YEARS- THIS IS ALL TRASH- HE IS NOT CREDIBLE WHATSOEVER
My observation suggests to me that the stream behind your house has been there for a hundred years and has acted as the watershed for everything above it including your entire street. The City is not responsible for changes to the land or for the constructions of buildings, the expansions of lawns or cutting of vegetation done by every home owner- including your predecessor which has had an impact on surface and sub surface water in your neighborhood. The very ditch that is maintained between you and your neighbor is a good example of how you and your neighbor channel your water to the stream behind your house that is the natural drainage way. This stream and the water the water your entire neighborhood adds to it, simply goes behind other peoples houses down grade from you and in fact goes right into our City Park where it empties to the Sea. Some of your neighbors across the street want more surface water drained toward your side. The State suggested allowing more plantings to grow and absorb some of the water. The City noted that if we were ever to get involved we would want the neighbors to be cooperative and provide legal easements to the City so our actions are not seen as improper as you have suggested they were in the past.
While I was away I learned that there was a meeting held on site by Wayne Marshall from the City, and we had State DEP representative Chris Cabot there along with a member of our City Council. I understand that you were there as well. To my knowledge-nothing came from that meeting to suggest that the City has somehow caused all this water to be in your area. Since I do not see the harm caused by the City I have no plan to enter upon your property to do any bank stabilization that Mr. Cabot said he would be receptive to permit if requested by the individual neighbors.
ANOTHER HUGE LIE-THIS IS ILLEGAL AND HE KNOWS IT- FIRST THEY SAID THEY NEVER DID THIS, THEN I PROVED THEY DID, THEN THEY TRIED TO SAY IT WAS 8 YEARS AGO AND OVER THE 7 YEAR LIMIT, THEN I PROVED IT WAS DONE IN 2009 AND NOW HE IS USING ROAD MAINTENANCE, DISGRACEFUL LYING CORRUPT BULLIES
It appears that in the past the City crews did indeed enter upon a neighbors property to clear growth from an existing ditch with permission to get water away from the road. As far as I know this is not a City owned ditch anymore than the one which runs along your property.
As for the drainage:
1. I will come and take pictures to document your concern and I will share them with the State. Please let me know whether you wish to be present when I take them . I am presuming that you are going to allow me access through your property so I can do this properly. If this assumption is incorrect please let me know. Otherwise the pictures will be taken next week.
2. I have not seen anything in the erosion or in City practice which suggest to me that the City is responsible for your erosion so there is no practice for us to terminate. I can not and I do not plan on spending City tax dollars to provide drainage controls for private property.
3. There is indeed some signs of erosion within the stream sidewalls and I did see an area about 2 square feet in size where you placed large stones to fill in a part of your bank where some erosion apparently occurred. I do not see anything in this erosion which would indicate it is anything other than a natural occurrence associated with seasonal and unpredictable weather conditions. It appeared to me to look like every stream bed I have ever walked.
Finally, if you continue to believe that the City is the party responsible for your damage then please send me your reasons and I will present your legal claim to our insurance company to see if they see this matter differently than I do.
Absent new information this is my final response to this matter. I am sorry that I could not find a way to agree with your conclusions.
Most sincerely,
Joseph J. Slocum
City Manager
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7/6/13 continued-
This map below is from 1965 and shows the stream running through center of homes- City pushed the stream back. It is not natural. See left top quarter section. The old motel is where the Annex is now. My lot is the 3rd up (it's now split- I don't own the garage lot next to me). That stream or whatever it was would run right under my house. City Attorney Bill Kelly tries to say this was to my benefit that the moved it! Are you kidding me? They never should have gotten approval. Then to move it and not stabilize the banks, and to begin the assault. Sending all future developments run off to us from across the highway, up the highway over from the highway, miles and miles of absorbing ground turned into an impervious water slide to our private property. First was probably the Belfast and Hilltop Birches '70's and the last that I am aware of, 2011 with the Annex and Wight St digging and culverting to us.The lots are marked in red and the dark ditch running through is the seasonal stream. They pushed it back to where the tree line is and never stabilized the banks. From there they have been force directing and adding to the stream from miles around for the past 48 years of surrounding development. Forcing it all to the flood zone (that the are bound to protect and divert by ordinance) private property of Seaview Terrace. Now, one event of 5 or 6 inches will wipe us out.
Six inches of water will send us completely under. The City Planner, Wayne Marshall holds, with holds, and manipulates all documents and wears down the resident with full support from Joe Slocum- City Manager, Bill Kelly- City Attorney, City Council, Mayor, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals and Todd Rosenburg, Zoning Code Enforcer(who violates his own code time and time again).
The realtors do not disclose the flooding secrets and in my case, did not disclose the stream, did not disclose that I was in a flood zone and recommended DJ Brown Property Inspector. He did not disclose the stream either. I drove 500 miles to see the homes, it had just snowed, the ground covered. My #1 concern was NO Water, I refused homes that disclosed a stream and ran from those that had water in their basements, cracks in the foundation, or any disclosed water issues what so ever. They sold me hell and it's been a 3 year battle of disgust and disgrace. Below in an album you can view my complaint with the Maine Realtor Commission, documents, pictures and the sleazy realtor emails and lies) It gets worse with how they bully, intimidate, and keep on destroying. Maine DEP is just as corrupt. Nightmare properties just keep getting sold, usually to out of staters or out of town. It stops right here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_MG7PCUD0 You Tube Video Erosion of my stream taken 8/2011
Note-
5 months prior to this
video- the stream was 2 ft across, 1 foot deep- after spring melt turned
ravine- 10-12 ft across, 4-5 ft deep. I'm nervous and not as clear as I
could have been. Regardless, the pictures speak it all. At the end I
read a bit of Joe Sloscum's planned denial and setting me up to be a
woman with anxiety issues. Truly calculating to succeed. Such a horrible
man and local government.
Note- 5 months prior to this video- the stream was 2 ft across, 1 foot deep- after spring melt turned ravine- 10-12 ft across, 4-5 ft deep. I'm nervous and not as clear as I could have been. Regardless, the pictures speak it all. At the end I read a bit of Joe Sloscum's planned denial and setting me up to be a woman with anxiety issues. Truly calculating to succeed. Such a horrible man and local government.
You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 1/31/13 Seaview Terrace Drowning Letters and Pics
Here is the corruption of Todd, Code Enforcer, the BPD including Chief McFadden witness to CASS and Annex violating You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 2013-03-20 spring2013vio
Here is the fraud with the realtors You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: Real Estate Commission Investigation 42013
11/1/11 First Meeting After 7 months of Lies/Withholding Public
Documents/Tossing Me Around like a Pack of Cigarettes...sucking the life
out of me
http://vimeo.com/31506248
11/1/11 City Hall Meeting- fast forward 20minutes, 44 seconds, hard to
hit that though, seems to jump from 20minutes to after my speech is
done. May have to begin listening at 19 minutes, but don't ff- it will
skip to end again. You can back it up too. I give almost 15 minutes of
choking testimony. After my wrenching public plea to stop
flooding us 52 minutes into meeting City Manager Joe Slocum tries to
deflect from missing map and discredit me, that was only the beginning
of the missing documents that Wayne must have hid when you hear him give
the history of the development 56 minutes into meeting.
Even more outrageous is Marshall states that the public's concerns are ONLY of stormwater because Wayne plans to flood residents within the bypass with each development. He crushes resident after resident, with his posse- Zoning, Todd Rosenburg (he was near spitting when Dr. Morrow fought to save her property getting flooded from violations CREATED by Planning and Zoning from an abutter. That is their solution- push their mistakes onto another resident, and so on and so on), and in training, Jamie Francomono.
When questioned by Council, Mike Hurley as to what is Belfast's Storm Water Ordinance, Wayne Marshall, City Planner and torturer of my life, states it directs to send storm water to nearest PUBLIC waterway- streams. I have requested this ordinance since and he fails to produce it... he must be lying and Seaview Terrace is NOT a public waterway, the City has no right aways or easements...THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!! Then Mike Hurley says this storm water flooding is Council's problem but then they vote to take no action in the 1/3/12 Meeting where they brought in the City Attorney who had more public documents with held from me specific to my property. When I tried to question Bill Kelly, City Attorney he ran away and Council closed the discussion.
*** http://vimeo.com/34563093
1/3/12 City Hall Meeting- Seaview Terrace 1rst on agenda (I also speak
publicly ff about 15 minutes in- 3rd person up. Council remains silent and
hires City Attorney, Bill Kelly with our tax dollars to try and deflect
the forced flooding. KELLY REVEALS YET ANOTHER PUBLIC DOCUMENT OF
FLOODING ON SEAVIEW PURPOSELY WITHHELD FROM ME.(Who knows what else they
hide? Impossible to know, I have been intimidated and refused
information on my property for 10 months and counting. ) A 1987 City
hired engineer report that...SURPRISE- does not hold the City
accountable for flooding. In fact, even with residents complaints of
flooding in 1987, begins the City Planning approvals for Capt Albert
Stevens School, Volunteers of America, Tall Pines, MidCoast Mental
Health to build, eliminating ground absorption, accumulating storm water
in huge dug out pools and channel down to private property, Seaview
Terrace. Clobber us further by taking the storm water across Rte 1 from
the Armory, National Guard, down to Pray's Homes along the side, back
towards the trailer park, meandering and to accumulate more stormwater
from who knows how far back and back across Rte 1, culvert forced
directly into Seaview Terrace.
http://vimeo.com/33314014 12/6/11
City Hall Meeting- I speak publicly ff 23 minutes
4 seconds 4th person up for 3 minutes I speak for school.
At 26 minutes I go for 20 minutes- in the beginning, I'm tripping, I'm
scared, nervous, dry mouth, but I let it rip, with truth and maps.Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Quoted as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting:
“I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
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Here is beyond disturbing confirmation of above from Planning and Zoning and Realtors vs. Resident sides armed for battle. Arms crossed, conniving against the innocent long time resident.
http://vimeo.com/53078802 11/7/12 Belfast City Council Meeting ff 40 minutes and watch for 22 minutes 20 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings and Resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened... Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt
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7/2/13 WATER CANNOT LIE OR HIDE! GIVE IT UP ALREADY, CITY HALL DISGRACE. City Hall can speculate, manipulate maps in their possession, with hold documents to lie, create doubt, create smokescreens, they did, they done. Bob Whitely, Belfast City Tax Assessor accepted my invitation to tour the forced water paths. Bob Whitely found the map proving as I have been saying all along that the drainage ditch was NOT a natural stream. Joe Slocum flipped **** on Bob for showing me the map. Split personality. I've heard Joe Slocum went off on some young pool employees as well. I bet there are many more, but they fear for their jobs. Actually, Bob did not intentionally show me the map. On our tour a neighbor that Bob's wife had known since childhood told us that the stream had been moved again in the 70's. I didn't say anything. But, on a hunch, first thing the next morning, I just about flew unannounced to his office in City Hall. Sure enough, he had the original development plans showing the ditch moved in 1965-66. I asked for all history and development documents on my house and Seaview Terrace 7 months prior to Wayne Marshall. Wayne with held them as well as the City Engineer report on my property citing the stream was not a stream but a drainage ditch for my property. NOT A NATURAL OUTLET AS STATED IN STORM WATER ORDINANCE. BELFAST IS BREAKING THE LAW, VIOLATING STORM WATER ORDINANCE AND SITE CONDITION ORDINANCE (TO REMOVE PLOWED SNOW) AND PERFORMING WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR DRAINAGE.
I bet Joe Slocum was not happy, probably busted a vessel, when Bob Whitely accepted my invitation. Council, Sloscum and Marshall refused to attend the tour of destruction with Bob and me. Refused to see for themselves. I took pictures, documenting each culvert, and mapped and labeled from CASS down to Seaview (through Birch St, Congress, Wight St, Tall Pines, Midcoast Mental Health, WCGH Annex and then @ Congress- VOA- across Rte 1 to the National Guard and all the way down back under Rte 1 at 2 area's and into Seaview Terrace. Bob was shocked to say the least. Each member of Council received that detailed packet and NEVER commented, never asked one question, acted like the never got it. That was in 11/2011.
Instead, they claim, this map, that map, the aerial view, 1930, this belief, that opinion, brook,ditch,swale, countering Belfast City Engineer citing my back yard is a private property drainage ditch, Slocum lies saying a natural stream to which he tries to reason this gives him authorization to flood us to death, using the ordinance that runoff can go to a near by natural out with Council approval ! But wait, he is also saying that the City is not sending any water to us. But wait, he lies all the time. Drown and destroy the 12 families on Seaview Terrace. Slocum and Mayor Ash say in the meeting, that's just the way it is, it's unfortunate, he's sorry! We're dispensable-hey Hurley did you tell that to my neighbors as you were back stabbing me. What a waste of skin and organs.
Anyone can follow the forced water paths to private property of Seaview Terrace, a flood zone. Spring thaw of 2009 and 2011 sent water roaring over the huge culvert at the top of Seaview, almost taking a car, tore away over 600 ft of my property and almost flowed over Northport Ave as confirmed by Mike Hogan, Annex architect.I could go on for hours with facts, pictures and the few documents I was able to score while City Planner, Wayne Marshall was out. My drainage ditch is my private property for my drainage ONLY not for over 7 businesses from miles outside of Seaview and those residences in that area (Birch St., Congress St., Wight St, Seaview Terrace opposing neighbors and probably Cedar St. and more) What a disaster, how evil are these City Hall people? Very.
Further disgust is that all the residents, businesses and reputations are hurt by this abuse and burning. Thousands of hours in covering up, we all know the truth.
GLOVES OFF, NO RESPECT EARNED AND CONSISTENT DISRESPECT TO ME. I DIP INTO THEIR CESS POOL BRIEFLY.
Split Personality is on display. City Planner, Wayne Marshall performing the act of true manipulation. After being caught with his pants down in violating residents rights over and over, he goes all out to appear resident friendly, going above and beyond, tenderizing the meat for more slaughter.Preparing the Rte 3 development with preaching of public input, going beyond law with impact studies to decide site approval...all the same tactics for the corrupt construction of CASS and all abutting and watershed residents got corrupt water and lied to and tortured during the entire 3 year planning phase. Only for Wayne to violate and not comply with final approved site plans and conditions. Countless corruption proof in City Planner, Wayne Marshall's projects. Construction begins, it is not as approved. Enter hell as you to prove with every document in Wayne Marshall's office and City Wall Hall taking the 5th. Their motto "Get an attorney and try and sue us with all residents and businesses footing the Carte blanche City Attorney's foot dragging corrupt defense."
CITY MANAGER JOE SLOCUM AND COUNCIL MIKE HURLEY DISGUSTINGLY CONTINUE TO ASSAULT, ABUSE AND ABSCOND WITH PROTECTION OF CITY WALL HALL. Link to the meeting is below. No one responded to my email below. I read it at the meeting and Joe Slocum flips his silence stance. He tells me he will email me the modifications. I tell him no, it is on the agenda and modifications need to be made public. He is cornered and must agree. AGAIN, they try to manipulate the public in communications where I cannot respond. Joe Slocum is leading the public to believe that I'm looking for the City to fix my property for the huge slaughter of water illegally being forced to our NEIGHBORHOOD because of business development. TIF is for this but they only build sewers when they can't force it to private property and lie.
City Manager, Joe Sloscum is trying to make this a one case personal vendetta. It is a stupid, ignorant defense. I have proved time and time and time and so on again and again. I have volumes of incriminating emails, spoke and attended some 20 and counting meetings, endured 3 years of City Wall Hall manipulating, with holding, intent to mentally break, hammering and bullying as the water is flying at us from every runoff event. NEVER, NEVER, DO THEY ADDRESS THE PROVEN PATHS COMING INTO US FROM OUTSIDE OF SEAVIEW TERRACE- HURLEY SAYING IT IS NOT HIS FAULT- HE DIDN'T MOVE THE STREAM, DITCH, SWALE- A BIG MYSTERY AS TO WHAT IT IS! IN 1987 THE CITY ENGINEER INVESTIGATING FLOODING TO SEAVIEW TERRACE BACK THEN RULED IT WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY DRAINAGE DITCH! SEE LETTER IN PICTURE ALBUM AND SOME OF CITY ATTORNEY KELLY'S PROFESSIONAL UNETHICAL LETTERS
You are invited to view laurie allen's photo album: 1/31/13 Seaview Terrace Drowning Letters and Pics
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SLOCUM GOES ON TO SAY IT'S ALL GRAVITY! Wow gravity digs ditches,culverts, can stop and go across rather than down- Belfast has special Slocum Gravity! LOOK AT THE MAP I MADE ! GRAVITY FROM WAY OVER AND UP TO CASS- GRAVITY FROM ACROSS RTE 1 FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD DOWN AND ACROSS RTE 1 TO US. GRAVITY FROM WIGHT ST WHERE GRAVITY WOULD BE STRAIGHT DOWN TO CITY PARK AND THE BAY. YOU INSTALL DOUBLE CULVERTS(That Tax Assessor Bob Whitley said were new. Now, Slocum says they were replaced, the originals were old...surely another lie) AT PICKERINGS ON WIGHT ST TO SEND IT TO US ACROSS AND OVER AND DOWN. THEN FURTHER DOWN WIGHT ST. YOU STOP THE GRAVITY FROM THE NATURAL PATH AND PROBABLY THE ORIGINAL MORRISEY BROOK PATH INTO CITY PARK. BUT WIGHT ST IS GETTING WIPED OUT EVEN WITH ROAD SIDE DRAINAGE. SEND IT ACROSS TO SEAVIEW TERRACE. AND GRAVITY DIGS ANOTHER TRENCH TO TAKE IT ACROSS-BEHIND THE WCGH ANNEX AND INTO MY PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE NEW RUNOFF FROM THE NEW ANNEX THAT IS ALSO ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT. NEW SITES ARE TO ONSITE DRAIN.
Then Hurley jumps in again saying not responding isn't working because I keep banging the drum. Sloscum jumps in with the corrupt stupid City Attorney letter again, the 12 (not 10) Commandments of Corruption. Never have they discussed MY findings of fact, my proof, just keep steam rolling over me as THEY keep spouting the same lies over and over as truth, manipulating and manipulating.
Slocum ends with "Can't dress it up or change it" to which Mayor Ash responds "It is what it is!" Nancy Hamilton and Eric Sanders in agreement. He gets stoked up about a bicycle but could give 2 ***** about drowning the residents of Seaview Terrace. Earlier he said people hate him for living in New York for 17? years. No Eric, maybe there's another reason why you may think people hate you.
Which is corruption and the slaughter of Seaview Terrace. How many ego idiots can you fit into one room? Watch the meeting and count.
All the water pouring to us is from BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT- TIF'S ARE FOR SEWERS FROM THEIR RUNOFF. JOE SLOCUM AND WAYNE MARSHALL SAVE CITY PROPERTY WITH SEWERS AND DESTROY RESIDENTS PROPERTIES WITH MALICE! Slocum defends with proven corrupt City Attorney not finding "credible" evidence. Only if you are an imbecile and that is even an insult to the imbecile. Slocum goes on to say sewers are to protect the roads- he verified in 8/2011 that Seaview Terrace is crumbling because the City did not provide roadside drainage. Come and see where he says it is not being sent to my private property, where he said they didn't do drainage on private property at 26 and 27 Seaview Terrace, but then I PROVED he was lying and said ooops yes it was done, but 8 years prior...lying again to avoid statutes, refusing to give me City Work Orders for heavy equipment, so caught again, and said ooops, yes, but it was done to save the road. The ditch is nowhere near the road. OK now stay with me, he has finally plead guilty to City work on private property drainage. But, in the last 2 meetings he is condemning himself by stating he and the City are precluded from the work he admitted doing!
In this meeting, 7/2/13 he is now rambling that the City has never done private property drainage and is precluded from doing it. THIS MAN IS CLEARLY DELUSIONAL. HE IS NOT MENTALLY FIT TO MANAGE OUR BELFAST. Ditto with Hurley, Marshall and Kelly. Almost forgot Todd Rosenburg, Code Officer what he did to Dr. Morrow was horrible(see sidebar for video's of actual meeting with summary, cost her thousands to stop his flooding violation). He was nasty to me too, refused to let me look at maps visible on a roller in the planning office. Said he had orders not to help me. See the side bar for that day of hell in City Hall trying to get public documents.
City Wall Hall intended, conscience, repeated violations of site ordinances to remove plowed snow from all the sites from miles outside of Seaview Terrace that are surrounding us, forced channeled to us can result in death/murder. Wild rapids melting after a winter of site snow stock piling, confirmed by the Belfast Police Dept. and Chief of Police. The volume is deadly and has destroyed property, almost swept away cars and destroyed roads-confirmed by City Manager, Joe Slocum when he was forced to a meeting at my home in 8/2011!! His summary of written denial is chock full of lies and manipulation stupidity. Too many of these stupid emails to post.
WE ARE A FLOOD ZONE, FLOOD PLAIN, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DIVERT WATER AND PROTECT. YOU ARE DROWNING US. CORRUPTION OFF THE CHARTS- RIGHT UP TO COMMISSIONER AHO, DEP, CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR DEPARTMENT WIDE CORRUPTION! IN EFFECT AT COMPLIANCE PROCESS- State law ordered an impact study to the watershed residents for the huge Captain Albert Stevens School construction. Belfast City Hall collected fees for the IMPACT STUDY and Joe Slocum refuses to 'SPECULATE" as to why the study was not done. CITY HALL BREAKS THE LAW AGAIN AND SENDS ALL THIS WATER TO US AND COVERS IT UP. Intent to drown and destroy a group of people...what is the word for that? Hurley finds that word-genocide- offensive from his dry City protected perch. It is not if, it is when, and the weather is wild. SAVE US BEFORE WE'RE ARE GONE!!
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Below were not sent in the above email but time and my persistent detective work has allowed for them to hang themselves. In red are not part of original emails- they are my comments added on today 7/8/13.
| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Wed 5/11/11 9:15 AM |
| To: | wmarshall@cityofbelfast.org; LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
Dear Mr. Marshall,
Last week we met and I gave you a letter and pictures to advise of my concerns for the construction of the WCGH office building. I cannot attend the meeting and am sending this email to confirm that all members will receive and review my letter and pictures.
In addition, I am requesting direction as to the next step I need to take in regards to severe erosion from all the runoff that is diverted onto Seaview Terrace. Please send me a copy of the map showing all the paths that we looked at when I came to your office last week. I never did get this map. It was removed.
In 2005, a top of the line, sump pump system was installed at my home from TC Hafford Basement, costing 6k. I understand that most of the residents on Seaview Terrace have water in their basements and flooding. My neighbor across the street, at 18 Seaview Terrace used the same company this winter to install the system at over double the price.
Flood insurance will cost me an additional 2k per year and covers the home only (2 lots must be flooded before consideration).
The severe erosion on both sides of the drainage ditch in less than 1 year is beyond alarming. The pictures confirm need for immediate resolution. Large trees will fall, my property will continue to diminish, my new fence will be destroyed within a year at the current rate of erosion.
I am a single mom, low income, recently unemployed and cannot accept this situation. I have been watching the meetings and all of the concern for saving a tree from the travel of turbine blades. The resident was not present at the meeting, but everyone was going to bat for this resident's tree (I am not even sure if this tree is on the resident's property.)
I spoke with Puzz Caswell, (the original family that owned this property) and she cannot believe the recent amount of erosion that has swallowed our properties (her in-law, Karen owns the adjacent lot). Puzz is also the realtor who lied in her letter in my complaint to the State Realtor Board (in the album in the email above)
The City of Belfast has channeled an enormous amount of runoff to Seaview Terrace and the lack of culverts is costing the residents of Seaview Terrace thousands of dollars, continuous flooding, loss of land at a rapid rate and will continue until the City corrects the problem.
Per our conversation, the City will not correct the problem and to make matters worse, is the construction of the office building creating even more runoff and taking my property with it which will cause unstoppable catastrophe. This is not acceptable. Please advise what is my next step that must be swift.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
207-323-5883
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:07:25 -0400
Subject: Re: 17 Seaview Terrace
From: planner@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Dear Ms. Allen
The letter you dropped off last week that we discussed has been delivered to all Planning Board members and it will be entered into the record at tonight's public hearing. I also will ensure that the Board receives this email that you sent to me today. The Board will discuss stormwater concerns associated with this project.
I also note that we have revised the agenda for tonight and that the Hospital likely will be heard much earlier than originally anticipated. The Shipyard project will not be heard tonight which results in the Hospital moving up on the agenda. I would guess that the Hospital discussion will now start between 7:20 and 7:45 p.m.
I also appreciate the information you have presented regarding erosion and flooding that affects your property. When I spoke with you at City Hall last week and I identified the flood zone maps for this area I wanted to ensure that you were aware that this area is an active floodplain, and as such flooding and accompanying erosion are events that may occur from time to time. The identified flood zone reflects the 100 year floodplain. As such, this means that water and flooding will not always be present, but that flooding will occur from time to time. I also wanted to point out that the stream located to the rear of your house is part of a much larger floodplain and drainage area, and that stormwater that accumulates through-out the area from the Route 1 by-pass through City Park has an impact on flooding that occurs to the rear of your house.
I also note that the City does not own the property, have an easement on the property, or manage the stream and floodplain located to the rear of your house or throughout most of the area that is in the active flood plain from the Route 1 by-pass through City Park. Our main points of control are when this floodplain and stream crosses over a City street, such as at Congress Street, Wight Street and then again at Northport Avenue. As such, the City does not have the authority to enter privately owned property or to expend public funds on privately owned property to try and address flooding concerns that are occurring on privately owned property. Lie- they did dig out private property at 23 Seaview for drainage. Outrageous they control it make sure it is sent to our private property and relinquish responsibility.
I do, however, hear and understand your concern. I also will discuss your concerns with other City officials to discuss your concerns. It may take me two weeks or so to get back to you, but I will be contacting you in the near future regarding stormwater concerns in this area.
Thank you for contacting me. If you would like to present other information for me (the City) to consider, please feel free to contact me.
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| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |||
| Sent: | Thu 5/12/11 8:30 AM | ||
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I am purchasing the flood insurance but that will not protect me against the damages and dangers of the severe erosion. The pictures do not do justice to the dangers and the severity. Please come and visit before the steam rises. I dropped my land line yesterday and can be reached via email or cell 323-5883.
Thanks again for your professional and respectful assitance.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen ________________________________________________________________________________
| From: | LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
| Sent: | Fri 5/13/11 9:48 AM |
| To: | wmarshall@cityofbelfast.org |
I would like to get the history and explanations of the neighborhood drainage.And here it is- He with held damning documents and more that I will never know of. The one's I do have are the original 1965 plan may showing the stream/ditch was moved, the 1987 City engineer report saying it is just a man made drainage ditch- all proving not natural therefore violating ordinance to drain into a natural outlet with COUNCIL approval. I can come in for a meeting if you would prefer. I am wondering how the creek got there in the first place. It is man made to a degree- boulders were cleared to the allow for flow, I can see that. If the City does not have any claim to the property or maintenance, who trenched it?Right here I am telling him I know it's not natural and I don't even know the ordinance yet. He refuses to give it to me. I find the ordinance on line, on my own almost a year later.
To try and shore up the sides is proving to be impossible for me. At 50, I am amazed that I was able to get that many boulders in place. I'm thinking that I probably shoud have placed sand bags first and then the boulders but how would I get the sand bags there? This is way over my capabilities and knowledge. Every day I panic more that I could end up homeless like the flood victims in the south. This house is all I have and I have put on a new roof, insulated the attic, the fence, a new front door, on demand water...all major improvements and as of 2/1/11, unemployed.
I want to get the flood insurance ASAP, please advise on the certificate of elevation.
I saw the meeting last night, thank you. That man(Mike Hogan, Architect) representing WCGH is unprofessionally disrespectful. He totally dismissed and fought with the board member who came to the site and supported that the noise level was high, he tried to diminish my concerns because I wrote a "letter" and was unable to attend, he changed the content of my concerns to complaints and was condescending. In contrast to the integrity from DUBBA, this man's behavior is menacing to me. I was thankful that I was not present, it could have been bad.
I did not state that there was glare from the lighting. It would be courteous and appreciated to shield it. Views are on almost every topic with development and I applaud the support and resolutions of council and hope for the same.. There is additional lighting on the west side entrance that was not identified. The bottom floors on the current building have lighting on inside in every office , I know it is on until at least midnight. During the winter, the view is direct and lights will be on as early as 4 pm. There is no room for landscaping (no loss really, the other "landscaping" done to accommodate Mr. Smith is pathetic) , compiled with the partial screens, visible chiller, it is a mess. A full length quality sound barrier wall would solve all issues, if not I strongly object to the the proposed placement of this machinery. Placement on the front of the building where I specified on the plans is on a grass area and would not affect parking.
Mr. Smith described the current noise as a low constant machinery noise that is "maddening". He did not look well, please don't let this happen to me.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen, 323-5883_________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 16:34:05 -0400
Subject: Re: 17 seaview/city storm f/u
From: planner@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Dear Ms. Allen:
I wanted to ensure that I spoke with Bob Richards, Superintendent, Belfast Public Works Department, before I responded to your email regarding the concerns you expressed regarding stormwater management on SeaView Terrace. I also want to address what I believe may be a misconception on your part regarding who constructed SeaView Terrace and the accompanying stormwater system.
As background, the subdivision plan of the Wendell MaCleod Housing Development (SeaView Terrace) was approved in 1966. This plan is recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds, Book 6, Page 23. And this plan went missing, which shows the ditch/stream was moved, not natural at all. At the end of November 2011, my surprise visit to Bob Whiteley found him with this plan on the counter in the office. He was truly shocked that I had never been shown this plan. Later, at a City Council meeting, Joe Slocum, caught with his pants down, tries to pull them back up. He says he has been looking for this plan for months. He nails himself with this statement too. He never told me there was missing original plan from the registry that proves the stream was moved. Surely, he could have gotten a replacement by the original architect C.K. Archer of Palermo Maine. If he were honest. I would learn that Joe Slocum flipped on Bob Whiteley for allowing me to see the map. You can see that evil surface in meetings pertaining to me when he has been caught. He is seething. City Planner, Wayne Marshall and Code Officer Todd Rosenburg have displayed it as well. City Attorney, Bill Kelly is more controlled, he shuts up and runs.Like many subdivision plans prepared in the 1960's it mostly identifies the location and dimensions of the lots in the subdivision,and the location of the new access road and accompanying right-of-way (SeaView Terrace). The recorded plan for this subdivision also identifies two other features; the natural contours for the property, and the layout of the houses proposed to be constructed on lots 1,2 and 3. Unlike subdivision plans that the City now requires a developer to prepare, it does not include information such as but not limited to: areas within the flood zone, areas that qualify as wetlands, stormwater management systems that will be constructed, the location and depth of water lines and sewer lines, and the location of power poles. The 1966 Plan, and a subsequent 1978 amendment, are the only two documents of record on file in the Registry. Proof that Wayne had the 1966 plan and afterwards it went missing.
As is the case in all subdivisions, the developer/owner of the subdivision is responsible for constructing all road, water, sewer, power, drainage/stormwater and similar improvements. This occurred with SeaView Terrace as Wendell MacLoed built the original road and stormwater improvements. It appears that (always deceptive wording)the stormwater improvements on SeaView Terrace largely consist of 3 small culverts under SeaView Terrace, a larger culvert near Route 1 and a drainage swale that is located between the house and garage located on your property. I also specifically note that City, through a vote of the Belfast City Council, will not take ownership of a new road (and the accompanying road right-of-way) as a public road until the original owner constructs all road and drainage improvements.
In short, the road and stormwater improvements that exist in the SeaView Terrace Subdivision were constructed by the original property owner, and the location of such were determined and constructed by the original property owner. The City, by accepting the road, assumed the long-term responsibility to maintain such improvements (they are now a City responsibility as publicly owned improvements and land). As such, the Department of Public Works periodically performs maintenance; for example replacing culverts, digging out drainage ditches/swales and resurfacing the road. All City work has involved maintenance. The City has not taken any action to re-route stormwater or to construct new drainage improvements. Lie
I recognize and understand that you are concerned about how stormwater is affecting your property. The City, however, believes that it has not taken any action to alter the stormwater management system constructed by the original property owner, and we believe that we are not responsible for any damage (from stormwater) on your property.
I also will note that if you believe the opinion I have stated may be wrong, you do have the right to prepare a claim for property damage and to submit this claim to our insurance carrier. Our insurance carrier can make a decision regarding your claim and any City liability. If you would like to submit a claim I can obtain and provide you information regarding how to file such. Not- they try over and over to send me to insurance hell so I can be denied and then they can blame insurance and walk away.
On behalf of the Department of Code and Planning.
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:59:13 -0400
Subject: Re: FW: 17 seaview/city storm f/u
From: citymanager@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Ms. Allen,
I am taking your concern seriously but unfortunately it is not the only concern that I have to address right now. I am taking the liberty of sharing this email with Belfast City Council.
I spent over an hour at your house Tuesday and walked the stream and listened to every concern that you have raised. I see no sign of imminent danger to your property and as such I can not justify treating this matter as though it was an emergency and push my other responsibilities to the side. The stream itself is about 4 feet deep and about 8 feet wide and was essentially dry. It has the same shape and level of erosion along its banks at every point where I observed it. It is essentially dry and I saw one - one inch puddle in a 100 foot walk that I took through it You identify no damage or threat to your house but you are very upset by the erosion in your back yard. I saw this erosion and while there is some there, the scale and scope of it was far smaller then I imagined from reading your emails.How condescending and dismissive. 4 feet deep, 8 feet wide, huge tree roots dangling, my yard sliding into the ravine, one more foot and in goes my new fence that was over 10 ft from the edge 6 months prior.
You have raise multiple concerns and it is very clear that you are extremely focused and upset by both the erosion situation itself as well as the treatment you feel that you have had at the hands of the City in responding to your concerns. Your letter today is indicative of your anxiety and expectation of immediate need for answers which is not consistent with what I said to you on Tuesday. I advised you that I was going to look into this and that it would take some time. I told you that I would attempt to summarize your concerns in the next day or so. That is -I was going to make sure I had a complete list of your questions and concerns. I never said I would resolve all of your issues in a day and a half. I said I would get back to you and I am sorry if 48 hours is worse for you than 36 hours.Again condescending, dismissive, disrespectful and now spinning the female unstable anxiety web.
When I told you that I would get to the bottom of this and that I would be thorough-you asked me how far I had to go in terms of information gathering to get this resolved. I said right there that I could not see anything-- based upon my visit that day-- that suggested to me that the City had done anything to harm you in any way. I absolutely did see some erosion along the stream bed which in my personal opinion is the same condition I would see along any stream bed and which in my experience such erosion often happens if there is an unusually large storm or runoff like the ones we have had in the last several years. Secondly I told you that would have to go deep into City records to find whatever I could that would help bring all the truth to this issue that I could find. I said that no City record was a secret and I would try to find them and make them available to you. Lie, lie and lie I also reiterated what you said Wayne had mentioned to you previously--- If you feel that the City has in any way caused you damage then please send me a letter or note identifying what you believe to be the extent of your damages and I will be pleased to promptly send your claim in to our insurance carrier who might also investigate this claim and provide their perspective. Over and over they try to dump me into insurance hell. No way, not stupid. Later it's with attorney's.
I understand that in not immediately agreeing with your concerns that this is causing you some distress. It may well be that given the intensity of your frustration and concern that I may not be able to meet your expectations.You meet ALL asshole expectations!
If you need an answer today as to whether the City will pay or fix the erosion in the back of your yard then my answer would be "No" for all the reasons recited above. If you are willing to be a little more patient then I will continue to investigate for any City activity which makes us liable for you damage.
I will talk to Wayne Marshall about some site visit that he had previously scheduled and perhaps we can make that happen in the next few business days to clear up as much as we can. Next Wednesday I have to attend a family emergency in another state where I plan to stay for a week. After that I have a training conference when I get back. If we can't conclude this matter by Tuesday I will be unable to get back to it until the 29th.
Again I will leave it to you as to whether you wish to file a claim with our insurance company.
Thank you.
Joe Slocum
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8/10/11
To: citymanager@cityofbelfast.org
Cc: mayor@cityofbelfast.org, ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org
1. Per Mr. Marshall's email below- paragraph 2, last sentence;
"The 1966 Plan and a subsequent 1978 amendment...", what is the 1978 amendment?
2. Paragraph 5, first sentence;
"In short, the road storm water improvements that exist in the SeaView Terrace Subdivision were constructed by the original property owner, and location of such were determined and constructed by the original property owner...THE CITY HAS NOT TAKEN ANY ACTION TO RE-ROUTE STORM WATER OR TO CONSTRUCT NEW DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS."
3. Paragraph 6, 2nd sentence;
"THE CITY, HOWEVER, BELIEVES THAT IT HAS NOT TAKEN ANY ACTION TO ALTER THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED BY THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNER, AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE (FROM STORM WATER) ON YOUR PROPERTY."
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This response prompted my findings that I gave you yesterday, showing that the City has re-routed storm water and has constructed new drainage improvements (new being after the original property owner was done). This is where I hit a brick wall with Mr. Marshall. There wasn't any point in having him come out here with Mr. Richards and aggravate me if I couldn't get basic information on visible storm water diversions prior. I did not request all types of documents as you were led to believe, only that map that Mr. Marshall showed me. I was specific to changes done after the original owner, they are clearly visible from the road, as we saw yesterday, and yet he refused to acknowledge the changes, wanting a verbal discussion with Mr. Richards to support him. Mr. Marshall has refused to give me a copy of the map he showed me in his office. Please advise when I will receive this map and copies for the residents of Seaview Terrace.
The difficult communications and non-communications with Mr. Marshall have me on high alert and concern. The offer from you and Mr. Marshall to submit a claim to the City insurance is not the solution. My request for a public meeting slated on the agenda, notifying all Seaview Terrace residents, Chris Cabot (DEP), Mike Hogan and WCGH, and any other affected parties at City Hall still stands. Repeated requests to put this on the agenda intentionally denied- don't make this abuse public. The City Attorney Bill Kelly will later manipulate this request. He will orchestrate an agenda on 1/4/12 and run away. Council taking the 5th- Mayor Ash anxious to gavel and move one.
The crumbling of the Seaview Terrace road due to water underneath and improper ditch drainage as noted by you is an issue. Diverting the City storm water from draining into my private property and into City managed drainage area's is key. The potential for the shed at 5 Seaview Terrace to be swept into the stream, blocking the culvert and flooding Seaview Terrace is serious.
My research on habited floodplain area's is civic and City consciousness to help these residents by diverting storm water away from these taxpayers. Rather, The City of Belfast is channeling City storm water to private property and relinquishing responsibility. The City Planners advice was to get flood insurance and not any assistance or accountability on the continuing loss of my land and frightening erosion within 6 months of this year, exposing root structures of huge trees that will fall onto my fence and also block the culvert.
Thank you for your visit yesterday. I am cautiously hopeful.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
323-5883
To: mayor@cityofbelfast.org, LAURIE ALLEN
My name is Laurie Allen, resident in the floodplains at 17 Seaview Terrace. After an enormous amount of my property was swept away this winter due to city storm water diverted to my back yard, I met with Mr. Marshall during the first week of May. The communications from Mr. Marshall have been that the City has not diverted any storm water. In my letter to Mr. Marshall dated 6/7/11, I have pointed out visible and diversions and have asked for explanations and have not received any answers. Mr. Marshall also showed me a City map in the office where 6 channels are diverted to my backyard.
Mr. Hogan has given history of the WCGH in 1989 or 1990 where that property was the drainaige for the floodplain. At the time the DEP approved changes due to construction for floodplain drainage that is connected to my problem. The DEP is involved with the RTE 1 bypass that is connected to my problem.
There is no question that the City needs to be accountable and do the right thing. I have watch meeting after meeting, and to mention a few upsetting points of many, where thousands were spent on rocks that should have been used to address City storm water, where Mr. Slocum was so generous in refusing DUBBA's offer to pay for relocation of moorings, where hours and hours were spent to save a tree, where Mr. Hurley stated that floodplain residents need help in getting their homes up or out of floodplains, where Mr. Marshall contributed saying gravely that people die in flooding... Mr. Marshall's advice to me was to get flood insurance and reiteration that the City is not taking responsibility.
I am a single, 50 year old mom, unemployed this year due to scoliosis and arthritis, and I've spent over 80 hours, single handed in the creek, rolling boulders with crow bar and shovel, trying to stop my newly installed, $8k fence from falling into the creek. In one supporting corner, 4 feet of property were swept away in the torrents.
All along the creek, trees are dangling, roots are exposed, all the soil washed out from underneath, it is a disaster. I have shoved boulders under the trees, as far into the erosion as I can but it is hardly a band aid. In May, I had given Mr. Marshall pictures requesting assistance. At the time, it was easy to see all the erosion and danger. I had heard in City Planning meeting for the Annex, where I sent in concerns, one of board was asking if they should wear waders, no one inspected the creek. This is not a new issue, residents of Seaview Terrace have been victims of City storm water flooding for years and have complained to the City but to no avail.
There are many emails back and forth with Mr. Marshall and I am frustrated. I have recently asked Marina for assistance. Mr. Marshall appears to be unwilling to answer my storm water diversion questions that had to be approved by the planning board or his office. Mr. Marshall appears to have many communication with Mr. Richards who should be able to address my letter as well. Instead, I am being pressured to meet with Mr. Marshall and Mr. Richards to show them what they should have already inspected and probably have.
Yes We Can is your slogan, please have my 6/7/2011 letter addressed answered along with explanations for all the channels using culverts and dug out ditches diverting City storm water, are the natural path and therefore my problem and my loss. Mr. Marshall has stated previously that the council supports City unaccountability. If this is the case, and I do not receive any response to my letter by business close, tomorrow, Thursday, 6/30/2011, I will publicly protest and do all I can to stop my property from being swept away. I warn of publicity and try for 4 more months. I hit the podium, holding back the tears on 11/1/11.
I apologize if this email seems harsh in its directness. This is an emergency situation and requires action not avoidance. I respectfully request your assitance, Mr. Mayor.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
323-5883
LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Tue 6/07/11 12:22 PM |
| To: | wmarshall@cityofbelfast.org; LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com); charlesbeck7@gmail.com; Linda Lorenzen (llorenzen@gmail.com) |
RE: Seaview Terrace/Storm Water Diversion
Dear Mr. Marshall,
These were NEVER addressed. Wayne refused to answer and instead forced a street scam meeting, refusing to put it on an agenda as well.
I have been waiting for your response for accountability of culvert installations and storm water diversion. In the interim (which has been weeks- pertinent emails began on 5/11/11) this is what I have been advised by residents so far;
1. Sump pump assistance to lot’s 13 and 14? I see 2 sump pump drains at the culvert. I have been advised that lot 13 received City assistance in placement of this drain to divert water from their property into mine. It seems this is the case for the other drain I see that is probably coming from lot 14.
As stated in my email from 5/12, City assistance was not given to all residents with flooding in their homes. I am aware of at least 3 residents who spent thousands and thousands of dollars with sump pump drainage. Additional individual resident cost and labor time spent on flooding issues unknown but surely extensive.
2. City approval and possible assistance in culvert and ditch digging diversion to my property.
A. City placed culvert at lot 12 crossing Seaview to drain to my property.
B. City placed culvert at end of resident property lines crossing under Northport Ave.
C. City approved and possible assistance of 2 culverts on lot 8 crossing Seaview unto
Lots 9&7. Use of heavy equipment, backhoe, possibly City owned within past 2
years. Also used to deepen drainage ditches routed to my property.
D. City approved and possible assistance of 1 culvert from lot 4 crossing Seaview and
draining to my property. Dug out ditches are also present on both sides of my
Property. I have been advised that this culvert was placed prior to purchase of lot
4 by the current owner.
3. City approval for the hospital annex to drain and divert storm water into stream.
Current approval for additional storm water drainage due to addition of annex is
pending. Concerns for wetlands in area.
4. Lot 12 has advised of flooding from the culvert at lot 12. Property flooded and
damaged with no compensation from the City.
5. Lot 5 has advised of severe flooding of stream that flowed across lot 5 and into lot 8.
Flooding into basements and property damage.
6. During the construction of the Captain Albert Stevens School, a resident, (Mr. Sanderson?) fought against storm drain towards his property and the City approved diversion to my stream.
7. The Rte 1 bypass has had several changes in the diversion of storm water.
8. I witnessed flooding in the basement of lot 6 in 1/2010. The realtor informed me that it always has water.
9. Flooding in basement of lot 4, severe damages. Resident installation of extensive and expensive drainage system.
10.Severe ongoing erosion and damages from City diverted storm water to my property.
11. The road of Seaview Terrace was constructed by the City.
It is glaringly obvious that there is more than a can of worms here that is opening. I have contacted the DEP. Additionally, I am questioning the precedence set with City assistance to some residents and refusal to others.
In light of the information that I am receiving and lack of information from the City, I am requesting a fact finding open forum/meeting with the City and residents of Seaview Terrace addressing these issues and pertaining issues that are privy to the City and probably unknown to the residents. One month has already passed and I respectfully request immediate action and attention. Please advise.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace, Lot 5
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 14:12:23 -0400
Subject: Re: WCGH 5/25 planning concerns
From: planner@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Ms. Allen
I have received your email and will provide a copy to all Board members.
The Board will discuss the Hospital project near the beginning of their meeting for next Wednesday.
I appreciate your efforts to identify your concerns.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:44 PM, LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. Marshall,
These are a few of the responses from the last meeting: For the Annex Addition
1. The landscaping has not been effective, bushes (only 5 or 6 total) are dying and even though they are being replaced it will be 20 years of growth for some screening (if they even live).
2. The screening has not been effective in lowering the noise from the chiller and Mr. Hogan is moving the chiller directly behind my home to satisfy Mr. Smith.
3. Mr. Hogan would be "appalled" if he had to view and hear this equipment upon visiting the complex.
4. Mr. Hogan involuntarily stated that the chillers would expand as the complex expands.
5. Mr. Hogan claims that the additional expansions of the chillers will not create more noise????
6. Disrespectfully, Mr. Hogan refused to acknowledge and totally dismissed the support of a board member who stated that he visited the site, heard the noise and even drove over to Seaview Terrace and confirmed that the chiller could be clearly heard in the neighborhood.
7. Disrespectfully, Mr. Hogan tried to diminish my concerns because I wrote "one letter" and could not attend the meeting.
8. Disrespectfully, Mr. Hogan made a joke in regards to the jeopardy of my new, expensive fence from severe land erosion from storm water diverted to my backyard by the City.
9. Mr Hogan has stated that the new location is the best for his interests. Placing it elsewhere will be appalling or too expensive. He is not offering any other solutions, only to bring his meter to support his lack of concern for the misery he has inflicted on the quality of life to the tax paying residents on Seaview Terrace.
10. Mr. Smith of 5 Seaview Terrace stated in the last meeting that the current, constant chiller noise although below the 75 decibels, is very annoying and even maddening.
11. For the record, Mr. Hogan stated that the new addition will not be receiving any deliveries in the rear, is a mirror image of the current structure and will house typical office functions and hours.
12. Mr. Hogan stated that he has been in constant contact with the residents of Seaview Terrace. This is not true. I am home almost 24/7, I am the one who will be most affected and I have never met Mr. Hogan as of today, 5/19/11.
Those are a few of the highlights of Mr. Hogan's integrity and concern for the quality of life of other's. The past reveals that Mr. Hogan did not have any consideration for the tax paying residents of Seaview Terrace until forced. The results were a poor, ineffective, eyesore patch job that even he has stated is appalling.
Please do not allow this to happen again. Knowing how Mr. Hogan's previous planning has destructed our quality of life, one would have thought Mr. Hogan would have devised a plan for housing the equipment. It is clear he is not concerned, is dishonest, is disrespectful and is set on doing was easiest and cheapest. I am hopeful that the equipment will be housed in a high quality, soundproof structure that will absorb the noise and end this on going, costly, tail chasing.
I will attend the site visit and meeting, however I would appreciate all members receiving a copy of this email. I thank the Board for their concern, time and expertise. I an concerned that Mr. Hogan has not revealed all pertinent information.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
PLANNING BOARD REVIEW AND FINDINGS REGARDING
FINAL SITE PLAN SUBMISSIONS
For the Annex Addition
The Board made the following specific findings regarding
the review criteria in City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 90, Site Plan, and
found that the project satisfied all required criteria.
590-42(b)(1) Pollution: The
Board found that the project will not cause any significant water or air
pollution concerns. Further, the project
is not in the floodplain, adequate stormwater facilities either now exist or
are proposed, and the project is on public sewer and water.
90-42(b)(2)
Sufficient Water & 90-42(b)(3)
Municipal Water Supply: The Board found that there is sufficient water to
serve the proposed office building.
Keith Pooler, Superintendent, Belfast Water District, provided the Board
a letter stating that there is adequate water available.
??
90-42(b)(4) Soil Erosion and Sediment Control: The Board found that the applicant is using
adequate erosion and sediment control measures.
The Board based its decision on a review of information provided by the
applicant.
Wayne Marshall sends me this tainted document for the Annex addition. Where is 90-42(b)3- Is that where it would say to remove plowed snow off site? Also not on here is the exact location approved by the Board for the exit of runoff from the site into the stream behind 5 Seaview Terrace. CORRUPTION- DIANE ALLMYER BECK REFUSES ACCOUNTABILITY- IT IS EXITING AT 17 SEAVIEW-THIS WAS NEVER APPROVED. SEE SIDE BAR FOR PICTURES. I bet this whole document (didn't post it all) is tainted.
________________________________________________________________________________Wayne Marshall sends me this tainted document for the Annex addition. Where is 90-42(b)3- Is that where it would say to remove plowed snow off site? Also not on here is the exact location approved by the Board for the exit of runoff from the site into the stream behind 5 Seaview Terrace. CORRUPTION- DIANE ALLMYER BECK REFUSES ACCOUNTABILITY- IT IS EXITING AT 17 SEAVIEW-THIS WAS NEVER APPROVED. SEE SIDE BAR FOR PICTURES. I bet this whole document (didn't post it all) is tainted.
Clearly, Wayne Marshall is still practicing public notice corruption as stated recently by the Tug Boat property with the Pig Out BBQ. They would have stopped the approvals.
| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Tue 7/12/11 1:08 PM |
| To: | wmarshall@cityofbelfast.org |
Per the 6/22 meeting, you stated that a letter would be sent to residents on Seaview Terrace. Originally the board asked one to be sent to Mr. Costello and you said one would be sent to all.
I have not recevied one and want to be sure that I have not missed any other communications that I should know. When I didn't receive the frist notifcation of the Annex extension, you assured me I would be on all future mailings. To date, the only letters received were direct communications to me.
Please advise what communications I have not received and please send them to me.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
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| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Tue 7/19/11 11:51 AM |
| To: | mpercival@midmaine.com |
Wayne and Todd knew specifically what map I was referring to and said I could get a copy. I do not want to wait till the meeting as I need to research these paths and the neighbors need time to process the impact of such. Please advise why I can't have this map this week?
I never get the map or information. The meeting is a farce. They blow off every question and undermine Joe Slocum's input that the road will be repaired.
I am being specific to my requests for information, but am not able to obtain specific factual answers. I must wait until the meeting and then it will be at the discretion of what is helpful according to whom (who? never sure)? All of my inquires are pertinent and known to the City, please advise which questions will not be answered. Please confirm that this meeting will be held at City Hall and recorded.
How can we approve and build a world class ship yard and correct associated City storm water problems within 6 months but can't answer City storm water diversion to residents at 3 months and counting? Please, as tax paying residents, we must have honest answers from the City. Avoiding and detouring is escalating anxiety and suspicion, diminishing professionalism and integrity.
Sincerely,
Laurie
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| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Wed 6/29/11 7:56 PM |
| To: | mpercival@midmaine.com; mayor@cityofbelfast.org |
| Cc: | planner@cityofbelfast.org |
1.Please advise where I can find out who approved and installed the culverts/ditch/swail digging on Seaview Terrace at the following area's;
a. Large Culvert at end of Seaview/Rte 1 and 2 sump drains from lots 13 and 14, Lot 14 drains into culvert, Lot 13 is on other side of culvert draining direct to creek.
b. 2 culverts at lot 8, crossing Seaview into a dug out ditch/swail to creek
c. 1 culvert at lot 4 crossing Seaview into a dug out ditch/swail to creek
d. Ditch/Swail digging between lot 5 and lot 7
e. Culvert at end of Seaview running under Northport Ave.
2.Please advise where I can find out the history that Mike Hogan spoke of in 1989 or 1990 where the floodplains drained into the WCGH site and the DEP approved construction of storm water diversion.
3.Please advise where I can storm water diversions for the Rte 1 bypass approved by the DEP.
4. Please advise how I can obtain the actual map that Mr. Marshall showed me in May 2011, on the wall in the office where at least 6 channels throughout Belfast are diverted to my back yard.
5.Please advise where I can prove to Mr. Marshall that the City put the road in that is Seaview Terrace.
When I receive this information, we can have an educated site visit and a taped meeting at City hall. This information is public and Mr. Marshall seems to be withholding it. Without this information, I am sure you can see how unfair a site visit and meeting would be. Mr. Marshall has stated over and over that the City did not divert storm water, therefore I must know who installed and approved the above diversions.
I do agree with Mr. Marshall that a "joint site visit with City and DEP" is appropriate. I must have this information prior to the meeting. Please, this is so wrong.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:35:15 -0400
Subject: Re: Respond to 6/7/11 Storm water
From: planner@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Ms. Allen
We have offered to come out and to meet with you and any other persons who you would like to attend. Our offer stands.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:12 PM, LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. Marshall,
Why won't you address my letter from 6/7/2011 in writing? You have told me that the City, the Council, Mr. Richards, and reiterated agian, is not resposible for any of the stormwater diversions to my back yard. I took the time to give lot numbers and exact locations of culverts and drains directly draining into my backyard, I am only asking you to tell me as the City Planner, who put them there and who approved this? They are clealy visible from the road and do not require me to be present, I saw Marina drive here as well as others.
I am disappointed that you are evading my requests to respond in writing. Please, respond as I have asked over and over and then we can schedule an educated site visit.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:50:22 -0400
Subject: Re: FW: Respond to 6/7/11 Storm water
From: planner@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: publicworks@cityofbelfast.org; mpercival@midmaine.com
I am disappointed and somewhat confused that you appear to have rejected our invitation for City staff, the Public Works Director and myself, to meet with you and other residents of SeaView Terrace on-site so we can see first-hand what your concerns are regarding stormwater in the SeaView Terrace area. I continue to believe that the best way to examine an issue is for the parties to meet on-site and to discuss the concerns. I note that your June 7th email to me was entitled 'Resident Meeting Request', and in your letter you appeared to request that we meet with you and other residents. We are open to doing such. As such, I ask that you reconsider and that we schedule a site visit at a time that is convenient for you and other residents of SeaView Terrace.
Further, absent a site visit, neither the Public Works Director or I will be responding to the concerns raised in your email of 6/7/11 in writing. And here it is, refusal to respond.
With respect to the DEP, Chris Cabot has not responded to any of the 3 calls I have placed to him, nor has he responded to the 2 telephone calls that Tod Rosenberg, City Code Enforcement Officer has placed to him. Perhaps you may want to contact him directly to determine how he intends to respond to the concern you raised to him. As I have noted to you in past emails, I suggested a joint site visit with City and the DEP with you so everyone is looking at the same concern at the same time.
I also have sent a copy of this email to Councilor DeLune because she requested the opportunity to be present at the site visit if one is scheduled.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM, LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. Marhsall,
I received you email that is ignoring this request. This is what I want answers to, a meeting would not accomplish anything without the DEP and answers to these questions. I will foward your email to Ms. Delune to keep things clear. As stated, please answer by 6/29.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: laurieallen55@msn.com
To: wmarshall@cityofbelfast.org
Subject: Respond to 6/7/11 Storm water
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:05:53 -0400
Dear Mr. Marshall,
Per the letter I sent dated 6/7/11, please address in writing how #'s 1,2,3,6, and 11 are not City involvement in diverting City Storm water to my backyard. Are you telling me that all these drainage diversions were placed here illegally, unknown to the City, City Planner, no permits, someone just decided to go and dig up the road, put in culverts, drain pipes, etc.?
You also advised me that the City did not put the road in or the culverts, yet I have information it was the City. To substantiate recent City involvement, within the past 2 years, further drainage was put in at The Hands residence, requiring digging of the road to put in those 2 culverts and deeping of ditch leading to my backyard.
Most of the residents on Seaview Terrace witnessed all the heavy equipment and digging.
I reiterate- please address #1,2,3,6, and 11 stating how approved and who did the work. I am requesting response in factual writing. Receipt of these answers are requested by Tuesday, 6/29/11. This is reasonable considering my letter was sent to you over 3 weeks ago without specific response to specific issues I listed. My first meeting with you regarding the stormwater was on 5/5/2011.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
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| Marina Delune (mpercival@midmaine.com) | |
| Sent: | Mon 6/27/11 7:41 PM |
| To: | LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
Laurie, I really do believe that a site visit would be of
help. The more people who are involved, the more likely the problem will be
addressed.
I have asked to be included when the site visit occurs.
I would be happy to come over by myself, and will if you
like, but as I said, I don't have a good grasp on stormwater issues, and so I
don't think I would be of much help.
Thank-you again for contacting me.
Marina
| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Tue 6/28/11 4:09 PM |
| To: | mpercival@midmaine.com |
I didn't mean to be harsh to you and I wanted to apologize. I was feeling pressured by a few of Mr. Marshall's emails to meet with him and Bob Richards, not yours.
Your responses have been kind and concerned. Thank you for your time and all you freely donate to the community.
Sincerely,
Laurie
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| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Tue 7/12/11 8:55 AM |
| To: | mpercival@midmaine.com |
Dear Marina,
Haven't heard back...
Also need to know during construction of Capt. Al Stevens School, a resident (Mr. Sanderson?) got approval to change storm water path away from his property and channeled down to Seaview. Where can I find that meeting?She never responds.It is removed from the file.
Sincerely,
Laurie
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| Marina Delune (mpercival@midmaine.com) This sender is in your contact list. | |
| Sent: | Tue 7/12/11 7:42 PM |
| To: | LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
Laurie, is there a time that we could talk on the phone
tomorrow, or I could come over to your house to talk with you and see what is
happening.
Marina
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| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Thu 7/14/11 6:50 AM |
| To: | mpercival@midmaine.com |
Marina refuses to meet at City Hall. Refuses to see corruption and abuse. Keeps running away from storm water requests.
1. We should meet at 1:30 at City Hall to see the actual map in City Hall, unless it has been taken down. I will know.
a. This is NOT the map that Wayne showed me in City Hall. It does not show the channels coming into my backyard. He showed me pathways of approx. 6 throughout Belfast- even crossing Rte 1.
2. Per Mike Hogan, this natural stream has been altered and dug out with heavy equipment. Clearly visible when summer/spring growth dies back.
3. Per Mike Hogan, the WCGH site was where flood plain drained to and was altered and approved by DEP. I think this is big and want to know details.
4. With increasing rainfall, all the more that the City should be re-directing storm to City maintained area's as in other area's. Ditches have been dug in FRONT of yards.
5. It cannot even be compared and is actually insulting that my property, which is being swept away by City Storm, to rain running through Wayne's yard.
If we meet at City Hall, I am asking for Wayne not to be involved or notified. I do not wish to have a conversation/meeting with him at this point.
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 14:53:44 -0400
Subject: Re: Elevation Certificate
From: planner@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Dear Ms. Allen
An elevation certificate is unique for each property. The only way to obtain an elevation certificate is to hire a licensed survey firm to identify the elevation of your house in relation to the flood elevation. The surveyor prepares the actual elevation certificate and this can be submitted to the insurance carrier. If you choose to hire a survey firm to prepare an elevation certificate our office can provide you a list of local survey firms that have performed this work.
In reading your email and your request for an elevation certificate I am assuming that you do not now have flood insurance. If so, an elevation certificate could be helpful in making a decision to purchase or not purchase flood insurance. In short, what is the likelihood of your house being flooded as opposed to your back yard.
I have attached a pdf version of a flood map specific to the Sea View Terrace area. This map is taken from the federal flood insurance maps and is known as a firmette. The insurance carrier you are working with can do the same, but you may want to provide them this information.
I also have attached the overall City flood map that generally identifies the location of the flood zone. This is the map that I showed to you in City Hall. The scale of this map is not very useful for doing discrete measurements, and its main value is to help illustrate areas that likely are in the flood zone. This also is a pdf map so you can zoom in on the are near Seaview Terrace.
In reading your email I understand that you are very concerned by the flooding that is occurring near your property. I do want to note the following:
- First, the area located to the rear of your house is a natural stream and there is a floodplain associated with that stream. This stream is identified on federal maps (U.S.G.S. quad maps). The stream is a natural path for water to flow; it is not a man-made drainage area. Lie, he removed the original plans showing the stream-ditch was moved. It is not natural, it is man-made!
- Secondly, the City has not made any changes to the stream located to the rear of your house. As I noted in my email to you last week, the City has no authority to perform work on private property. Lie, proven the City did in 2009 to 23 Seaview Terrace
- Continuing,
it appears that Maine is about 5+ years into a long-term trend that is
resulting in Maine experiencing much greater volumes/levels of rain than
in the past. I can't immediately put my fingers on a table that
illustrates rain volumes, but I know that rainfall levels have increased
from about 45 inches per year to about 60 inches per year. This
increased rainfall is wreaking havoc on many areas in Maine and in
Belfast. Areas that didn't experience flooding in the past are now
experiencing flooding, areas that formerly experienced flooding are now
seeing flooding more frequently or greater volumes of water, fields that
typically dried out in the summer now taking longer to dry out and
similar concerns. In short, more rainfall, particularly in the spring
and in the fall, is causing problems that exceed past events.
- With respect to my own property, I note that I now regularly
have water running through my yard in an area in which I rarely saw
water 10 years ago, and that the amount of rainfall and accompanying
stormwater is adversely affecting my septic system.
Lastly, the Planning Board will be conducting a site visit of the Hospital proposal on Wednesday, May 25th, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Hospital property. You are welcome to attend this site visit and to observe. The Board, however, does not accept public comment at the site visit. Public comment must be presented at the Board meeting or via email or in writing as you have done so to date.
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Hi,
I need an elevation certficate for the flood insurance, otherwise they are charging me an extra $1,000. Where do I get this? I also forgot to mention that the minimum of 2 ft erosion across the length of my property occured in within the last 6 months. Something is wrong, at this rate, during the 100 years, 17 Seaview would be gone.
Thanks,
Laurie
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From: mpercival@midmaine.com
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Subject: Re: With Holding Information
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:11:03 -0400
Marina,
No, as Council you cannot pick and choose. I do not accept your refusal to perform your duties. Setting policy requires being informed and educated. Your refusal is directly affecting my home, my protection, my life, my presence to provide for my children and contribute to humanity.
Again, I cannot put myself between all this City jargon and juggling. My email is to be answered specifically through you only. If you cannot decipher through your officials, then please forward to the DA and copy me.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: mpercival@midmaine.com
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: managersupport@cityofbelfast.org; jslocum@cityofbelfast.org; planner@cityofbelfast.org
Subject: Re: City Staff will respond to information requests
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:25:34 -0500
Marina,
I cannot put myself between all this City jargon and juggling. My email is to be answered specifically through you only. If you cannot deicipher through your officials, then please forward to the DA and copy me.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:00:17 -0500
Subject: Fwd: City Staff will respond to information requests
From: managersupport@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com; mpercival@midmaine.com; planner@cityofbelfast.org
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joseph Slocum <citymanager@cityofbelfast.org>
Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Subject: City Staff will respond to information requests
To: Jennika Lundy <jlundy@cityofbelfast.org>
--
a. resident storm water/run off ordinance
b. New site construction storm water ordinance
Laurie Allen
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Subject: Re: With Holding Information
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:11:03 -0400
Hi Laurie,
The meeting has been scheduled for Friday, August 26 at
9:30 AM. Wayne will give me a copy of the letter and a list of the recipients of
the letter.
Laurie, I highly encourage you not to proceed
further(Now if this isn't threatening and disturbing) until the neighborhood meeting occurs, and you have given the City
Manager a chance to respond to your requests. The City Manager is very
busy, especially because he has been away, but I'm sure that he will have
responses by the time of the neighborhood meeting. I can assure you the
takes this matter very seriously, but his time is also limited.
Any other action that you take before these two things
have occurred I do not believe will be helpful to your cause.
Marina
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| LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) | |
| Sent: | Tue 2/07/12 8:01 AM |
| To: | mpercival@midmaine.com; LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com) |
| Cc: | rosicostello@gmail.com; Erin Wofford (countrygrl_212001@yahoo.com); charlesbeck7@gmail.com |
No, as Council you cannot pick and choose. I do not accept your refusal to perform your duties. Setting policy requires being informed and educated. Your refusal is directly affecting my home, my protection, my life, my presence to provide for my children and contribute to humanity.
Again, I cannot put myself between all this City jargon and juggling. My email is to be answered specifically through you only. If you cannot decipher through your officials, then please forward to the DA and copy me.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: mpercival@midmaine.com
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: managersupport@cityofbelfast.org; jslocum@cityofbelfast.org; planner@cityofbelfast.org
Subject: Re: City Staff will respond to information requests
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:25:34 -0500
I am sorry. Laurie. I will read your requests, and forward
them on to Jennika. She will work with Wayne, Joe, and Bill Kelly to see that
your requests are answered.
If after a week has passed and your request has not been
answered, please feel free to email me again and let me know so that I can
forward it on to Jennika as a reminder.
It is not my role as a councilor to deal with the
individual requests of citizens. Oh yes it is. You should never have been elected. You only ran for your want of the Crosby School for the disabled. Your bias is a disgrace and destroying my rights. Your requests often require specialized
knowledge which I do not have, nor do have the time. I get an $84 a month
stipend to perform my duties, which primarily is to set policy.
I am sorry this is not the way you would like to do
things, but you haven't had a problem with Jennika, and things would work best
if you would just contact her directly. And after 9 months of doing nothing but creating diversion and aggravation, my Council ducks out!
Best wishes,
Marina
----- Original Message -----
From:
LAURIE
ALLEN
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:40
AM
Subject: FW: City Staff will respond to
information requests
I cannot put myself between all this City jargon and juggling. My email is to be answered specifically through you only. If you cannot deicipher through your officials, then please forward to the DA and copy me.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From:LAURIE ALLEN
Sent:
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:48 AM
Subject:
Stormwater/Noise Ordinance vs State Law
Marina Delune,
Last night at the MFOIC meeting at the Belfast Free Library, I learned that you must answer my questions in regard to local ordinance vs State Law.
Your response will dictate direction of District Attorney assistance.
1. Does the City of Belfast site construction storm water draining ordinance over ride Maine State law for site construction storm water draining?
2. Does the City of Belfast ordinance for resident storm water draining by accumulating and draining to another, enhanced by the City of Belfast on 10/1/09 with heavy equipment on private property, over ride Maine State Law stating it is illegal to accumulate/puddle storm water and send to another?
3. Please provide the City of Belfast ordinances for all storm water rules.
4. Does the City of Belfast noise level ordinance provided to me at 75 dBA over ride Maine State law of 60dBA and below?
Previous responses of not knowing anything about storm water or unable to request records are unacceptable. I am requesting for this information to be reviewed and deemed acceptable by you before forwarding to me.
Please provide a reasonable time frame that I can expect these answers before I am forced to appear before the Council for such.
Please respond on your ward 1 email, not your personal email address.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
Last night at the MFOIC meeting at the Belfast Free Library, I learned that you must answer my questions in regard to local ordinance vs State Law.
Your response will dictate direction of District Attorney assistance.
1. Does the City of Belfast site construction storm water draining ordinance over ride Maine State law for site construction storm water draining?
2. Does the City of Belfast ordinance for resident storm water draining by accumulating and draining to another, enhanced by the City of Belfast on 10/1/09 with heavy equipment on private property, over ride Maine State Law stating it is illegal to accumulate/puddle storm water and send to another?
3. Please provide the City of Belfast ordinances for all storm water rules.
4. Does the City of Belfast noise level ordinance provided to me at 75 dBA over ride Maine State law of 60dBA and below?
Previous responses of not knowing anything about storm water or unable to request records are unacceptable. I am requesting for this information to be reviewed and deemed acceptable by you before forwarding to me.
Please provide a reasonable time frame that I can expect these answers before I am forced to appear before the Council for such.
Please respond on your ward 1 email, not your personal email address.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:00:17 -0500
Subject: Fwd: City Staff will respond to information requests
From: managersupport@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com; mpercival@midmaine.com; planner@cityofbelfast.org
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joseph Slocum <citymanager@cityofbelfast.org>
Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Subject: City Staff will respond to information requests
To: Jennika Lundy <jlundy@cityofbelfast.org>
Dear Ms.
Allen,
Recently you sent Council Member Marina DeLune asking
for a variety of information. This email has been referred to this office.
These types of inquiries really should be sent to the City Manager as I have
the full time responsibility for all City activity. Council Members do not
direct Department Heads or their offices. That is the responsibility for the
City Managers Office and the Council oversees the Manager’s office. I ask all
Council members to send in all requests for information to this office so that
we can manage the response. If this office acts improperly then our conduct
can be reviewed by the Council.
We will make a real effort to do our best to respond to
you in a timely and accurate manner. To do this we are having your requests go
through this office and the City Attorney is helping us make sure that our
responses to you are legal and proper.
In reviewing your email I want to let you know that the
City does not provide legal advice to private citizens as that would be a
conflict. It appears that your questions are best addressed to a
private attorney who practices municipal law. If your attorney feels that
we are not acting properly they may correspond with the City Attorney, William
Kelly Esq.. Mr. Kelly will respond to your attorney as
interpretation of local Ordinances and State law can be complicated and driven
by case law.
With respect to Noise Ordinance,(State is 60 dcb, Belfast is corrupt at 72 ) I am attaching the
standard in the Ordinance. However on the storm drain rules Wayne Marshall,
City Planner will need to go through the various sections of the Zoning
Ordinance as not ever rule or provision is in the same place. He will have
that for you later this week. If you have a specific question about how
something applies you can refer your question directly to
Wayne. Totally corrupt, Wayne sent me every ordinance but the true ordinance that may have been online all along. I didn't see it before but found it month later. Joe Slocum corrupt is steering me the wrong way. He had it, knew it and refused to supply it. Here it is, clear and simple.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage may be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling
water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of
the city, to a storm sewer or natural outlet, if in accordance with regulations of the state department of environmental protection.
(Ord. No. 45-1999, § 600.2, 2-1-2000)
--
Joseph J. Slocum
Belfast City Manager
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| aurieallen55@msn.com | |
| Saved: | Sat 2/04/12 10:57 AM |
| To: | ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org |
Marina,
My request on number 3 can be specific to;
My request on number 3 can be specific to;
a. resident storm water/run off ordinance
b. New site construction storm water ordinance
Please
review and advise where the ordinances apply to above. When Wayne
Marshall was asked at the 1rst meeting I spoke at, he had said resident
ordinance is to drain into streams or similar to that. He has never
provided that actual ordinance and that is the one I want to see along
with site construction ordinance. As I have stated many times before, I
am threatened by Wayne Marshall, Joe Slocum and Mike Hurley. I cannot
jeopardize my safety in any dealings with them. All information must be
approved and communicated through you, my council woman. MFOIC, Jim
Campbell has enforced that my council person is obligated to my requests
for assitance.
I reject all direct communications from any Belfast Officials but you and the Chief of Police.
Sincerely,
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