Belfast City Council agenda: March 19
Public Hearing
The Belfast City Council will hold a public hearing to review cost estimates and engineer’s drawings on proposed improvements to the intersection of Routes 1 and 141 and extending along Route 141 to East Belfast Elementary School. The purpose of this project is to provide traffic calming and safety enhancements through better coordination between pedestrian and motor vehicle circulation.
The proposed improvements are to be funded primarily by a $100,000 grant award received from the Maine Department of Transportation and are anticipated to include additional and/or replacement signals, signs, crosswalks, sidewalks and removal of a rock outcropping for improved visibility at the Routes 1 and 141 intersection.
Please join the City Council on Tuesday evening, the 19th of March, to hear a presentation by Gorrill-Palmer Engineering of Gray, Maine and the city staff on the cost estimates and engineer’s drawings and to provide comments of your own for City Council consideration on any specific improvements that you consider to be desirable at that location.
The cost estimates and engineer’s drawings are available for inspection at the Code and Planning Department, 131 Church Street, second floor. Questions, comments or suggestions? Please contact: Jamie Francomano, Assistant Planner jfrancomano@cityofbelfast.org 338-1417 ext. 25.
Business
Request by the Waldo County YMCA to conduct a Family Triathlon Festival on May 18, 2013 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the starting and finishing at the Waldo County YMCA.
Request by Chief Richards to appoint Ronald Green to be a paid volunteer firefighter for the Belfast Fire Department.
Review and update on the preliminary design and costs associated with traffic and pedestrian improvements for the intersection of Route 1 and Route 141.
Discussion and possible approval for the use of Heritage park on August 11, 2013 to support a standup paddle board race.
Request to hire Norman Poirier as Belfast’s next Parks and Recreation Director.
Update on proposed TIF amendments.
Request from Councilman Sanders for the Council to support a second request to the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct an environmental hearing associated with the proposed LPG tank in Searsport.
Update from the City Manager on downtown parking enforcement and possible first reading to an amended city parking ordinance to create some two hour parking spaces in the Beaver Street parking lot.
An update on future airport projects
Requests by the City Manager for authorization to enter into a lease with Brooks Preservation Railroad to operate on a portion of the city owned rail corridor.
Harbor Walk update and request to hire an engineering student to document all Harbor Walk construction.
Request to increase the fee for all Boathouse events by $100, which draws more than 75 people.
Requested transfer of capital reserve money to pay for new folding tables at the Boathouse.
Request from the RSU 20 after school program to use the Boathouse free of charge on May 11, 2013 for a Mom Prom.
Requests from the City Manager for permission to bypass normal bidding procedures so that we can specify that the new windows and doors needed for the Boathouse come from Mathews Brothers.
Consideration of possible nominations for a Spirit of America award.
Last year, Joe Slocum refused to allow our kids to RENT the boat house for their prom. I spent $400 for my daughter to look smashing in an auction hall without formal food. The committee turned it into a beautiful sight and made brownies and vegetable's with dip.
That gorgeous boathouse denied to our children and Council turns their head. Yes, Mike Hurley you spoke up but that's all you did. You have many words that make it appear you try to help.
Reminds me of when you said it is the City's problem to fix the flooding being sent to Seaview and then you took no action but to slander me. Then you brought up the "sheets" of runoff flooding Cedar St. Was the fix for that to put in double culverts at Pickerings (Planning Board Chair at the time who also said Seaview's flooding was from mother nature) house on Wight St to force it to me? I bet it was and that's why residents look the other way, they don't want it pushed on them.A portion from www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com
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 and financially 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 see they are postponing the robbing of the Northport Ave TIF that would save Seaview Terrace. They want it to help downtown and business. Pitting drowning residents against innocent businesses that bought into the hometown smokescreen of abuse and corruption. Businesses become the target of boycotts from the bullying. arrogant and visibly documented corrupt CITY WALL HALL.
Here comes big snow again. City Planner Wayne Marshall refuses to cough up the Final Approved Site Plans and Conditions for CASS and the WCGH Annex. I know for fact those sites are to remove plowed snow and surely Midcoast Mental Health, Tall Pines, Legore Subdivision- and more that sent torrent rapids of destruction to Seaview Terrace in the thaw of 2009 and 2011. They know its from the snow piling, claim stupidity and force drown us by not enforcing ordinance to remove snow.
Wayne Marshall, City Planner and Joe Slocum, City Manager for the past 2 years have refused to provide any of the incriminating final approved plans and the drainage study for starters. They trash my life, a single mom with 2 years of torture, claiming that they have given me the documents and that I am too stupid to understand them. DPW, Wayne Marshall and Joe Slocum telling me maps do not exist for drainage in the bypass and will charge me by the hour to try and find something if anything. DPW Bob Richards stating that City Work orders are not used in maintenance and records of Belfast's heavy equipment. That the City did not perform work on private property,with heavy equipment to dig ditch deeper @ 23 Seaview Terrace to allow neighbors to send me their flooding in 2009, on and on it goes.
Here is Wayne Marshall again refusing to commit to specific documents to be validated with the only trustworthy white collar official that I have worked with- City Assessor, Bob Whiteley. Wayne instead responds to the Attorney General's office- Ms. Kielty, that he will provide FILES for my inspections, and no offering for Bob Whitely to supervise shat would be a 10 minute viewing of 2 plans and drainage study documents.(email below- sneaky Wayne wouldn't answer the email so I am unable to post his response- I'll try to get it on my blog www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com but I have trouble with his documents)
I've done gone down this rabbit hole many times under the direction of Council and City Hall. I've spent over 4 hours in the Planning Office, at the counter, going through page by page of 4-5 CASS files- all storm water documents, abutters concerns, DEP, Army Corp, engineer reports, etc. were missing. I found one 10 page documents with one line that stated all storm water was to go to the bay via the million dollar improvements to Miller St. They would not give me the copy on the spot. Wayne, Todd, Jamie, Joe all buzzing around me, intimidating me, my sick daughter laying her head down as Wayne kept slamming the divider door near her head for 3-4 hours.
I came back and only 9 pages were given- guess which page was missing. I asked Marie Stalworth to let me see the original and it had gone missing, she asked Wayne and he did not know. I asked Maire to see the files again. I couldn't be refused because they were sitting right on a chair next to her desk. Wayne did not know I was looking at them again. HOLY COW,there were all the other missing stormwater documents that Wayne had said didn't exist. Knowing I would never see these copies, I pleaded with tears in my eyes for Marie to please give me the 20 page WBRC engineer and DEP document that included the ordering of the drainage study, and that the only water approved to go to the "unnamed stream" (me) was ONLY the impervious ground of the Roberston/Sweetser School. Hence the illegal exit from the CASS fenced in detention area at the lower end corner behind Sweetser that drains down to me.
Hence, the DEP coverup investigation closed by Commissioner Aho. Again, just a sample of 2 years of hell forced on my battered family desperate for safety and peace. Council turning their heads, running to the City Attorney for protection against their corruption. Will anyone step up and order Wayne Marshall to provide this simple request:
From: laurieallen55@msn.com
To: brenda.kielty@maine.gov; laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: ward1councilor@cityofbelfast.org; ward2councilor@cityofbelfast.org; ward3councilor@cityofbelfast.org; ward4councilor@cityofbelfast.org; ward5councilor@cityofbelfast.org; mayor@cityofbelfast.org; planner@cityofbelfast.org; citymanager@cityofbelfast.org; assessor@cityofbelfast.org
Subject: RE: Response to March 5 Request
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:34:39 -0400
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
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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!
Eric Sanders- you have been given a second chance. Don't turn your head against the suffering of my children, my neighborhood, myself. Please, I am begging to live and protect my home.