June 6, 2017 Belfast
City Council Meeting
The
new disclaimers on Belfast City Hall correspondence states they are
not liable for any truth. Ditto with real estate listings.
Waldo
County deeded and recorded original surveys and final plans have been
removed with mylar falsified documents.
Seaview
Terrace is only one of boatloads of prime proof. I requested the
original deeded plans for the 1966 development of Seaview Terrace in
2011.
Those
plans were removed from the registry and hiddned in a box in the Tax
Assessor Bob Whiteley's office. I know this because on a hunch, I
raided Bob's office first thing in the morniing after Bob spent hours
touring the miles of Belfast City Hall destruction to Seaview
Terrace. He was alarmed and I figured if those original plans would
ever see the light of day again, it would be that morning. I was
right.
See
pages 1-3 and for the 1965 & 1966 original deeded registered
plans See page 4&5 for the 1990 Good Deeds survey dated July
29,1994 for my property, 17 Seaview Terrace and abutter 23 Seaview
Terrace owned by Karen Caswell. Good Deeds could not subdivide the 2
lots because it did not meet the 20 ft side set back necessary for
the garage. There is not 40 ft between my house and her garage. This
survey falsely references the subdivide was done and recorded in the
WCDR in volume 1408- page 165. It was never recorded or subdivided.
Bob
had the original 1965 & 66 deeded plans right in front of me on
the counter. The plans prove that a natural outlet that tears through
my backyard, another sell undisclosed Belfast City Hall and Realtor
hell to another.
Bob
made me copies of those plans and would later tell me that City
Manager Joe Slocum flipped out on him for giving me those plans. Bob
said he had never saw that side of Joe.
On
5/27/2011 City Planner Wayne Marshall emailed me and I quote “The
1966 Plan, and a subsequent 1978 amendment, are the only two
documents of record on file in the Registry.”
This
was also removed from the registry and repeated request to replace
the documents were denied by City Manager Joe Slocum. He told me that
the 1978 amendment was simply to allow the road to go over the
massive Belfast City Hall culvert illegally force flooding Seaview
Terrace.
On
11/10/2016 Marshall emailed me and I quote “Dear
Ms. Allen
I
went to the Waldo County Registry of Deeds to identify any
subdivision plans and any amendments that were recorded for the
Wendell McCleod Subdivision for the Seaview Terrace area. There
are only two recorded plans:
1)
1965 plan recorded at Book 6, Page 23.
2)
1966 plan recorded at Book 6, Page 59.
I
have attached both plans to this email. I note that the 1966
plan is consistent with information shown on the City tax map for
your property.
As
these are the only recorded plans, I am unaware of any other
amendments which were approved by the Belfast Planning Board and
subsequently recorded.
I
hope that this information helps.
Wayne
Marshall “
The
garage lot next to me, 23 Seaview Terrace is owned by Karen Caswell.
Her garage is on the side boundary line and is not in compliance with
the 2o ft. side set back for at least 20 years.
Karen trespasses onto my
property to enter the side door of her garage. She has been trying to
sell another undisclosed hell to another since 2011. 2 of the
original 4 capped and deeded iron stakes were federally illegally
removed on the other side of my property and Caswell federally
illegally moved the other 2 capped stakes to give her 20 ft side
setback. Confirmed first hand by the previous owners of my property,
Minister and Laura Tarpley.
Last summer, Karen Caswell
called the police against me for trimming a tree on my property.
Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden was unsucessful in getting the DA
to press charges against me.
Within weeks, Karen had Good
Deeds measure 20 ft from the garage eves onto the middle of my
property and drive in wooden markers as my new property line. I don't
think so.
The side square footage of
127.8 ft and front square footage of 125 ft. for my property has been
removed from the City Tax maps. Belfast City Tax Assessor Brent
Martin refuses to put the footage on and refuses to tell me the 12 or
so pending changes that he has for Seaview Terrace since last year.
He told me to hire an attorney and surveyor. He'd be happy to
recommend one. Surely owned by Belfast City Hall, Belfast resident
John Worth III, Worth Real Estate Agency and his wife, District Court
Judge Patricia Worth.
Put the original footage for
all 4 sides of my property back on the Belfast City Tax Map.
Press charges against Karen
Caswell for the federal crime of tampering with deeded survey stakes,
at her expense, re-stake to the original plans with a deeded survey,
deny approval of her zone violating garage and replace all the
original deeded documents that have been removed from the Waldo
County Deeded Registry.
All of you have been given
these very documents many times last year and given to Code Officer
Tod Rosenberg. And all have taken the 5th.
I am open for debate right
now. Hammering me during communications where I am not allowed to
speak is cowardly and corrupt. Nevertheless, I persist.
From: Good Deeds <gooddeeds@wemapit.com>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:37 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: RE: Gusta Ronson/Survey/CK Archer Orig Plans
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:37 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: RE: Gusta Ronson/Survey/CK Archer Orig Plans
Dear Ms Allen—
I understand that this issue is consuming to you. To answer your demands— The surveys we do for individuals are their property and it is their decision what becomes of the plans and research. It is not up to outside parties to determine if they should be recorded or not. You can take that up with the Caswells. When you came to my office I tried to show you the reasoning as to why the Caswells redefined the line between their 2 contiguous lots in hopes that would help you understand the genesis of the line. The subdivision lots were never monumented by Mr. Archer. Finally, we were not the recipients of Mr. Archer’s papers. You could call his family and see where they might have ended up.
I hope this answered your questions.
Regards,
Gusta Ronson
From: LAURIE ALLEN [mailto:laurieallen55@msn.com]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 2:21 PM
To: Good Deeds <gooddeeds@wemapit.com>; info@gooddeedssurvey.com; LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Subject: ATT: Gusta Ronson/Survey/CK Archer Orig Plans
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 2:21 PM
To: Good Deeds <gooddeeds@wemapit.com>; info@gooddeedssurvey.com; LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Subject: ATT: Gusta Ronson/Survey/CK Archer Orig Plans
Dear Gusta Ronson,
On 7/7/2016, Good Deeds came onto my property at 17 Seaview Terrace and placed wooden stakes on my property. I came to see you with the Good Deeds survey, dated, 7/24/94, job #A9449, Estate of John A. Caswell, M.D. Property, stating Waldo County Registry of Deeds, Volume 1408-Page 165 that does not have the seal. I had just come from the Waldo County Registry of Deeds where they stated that this survey is not recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds. You told me that you remembered this and that the readings were a mess.
You stated that for the attached 1994 survey that I showed you was the actual standard survey where Goods Deeds simply measured the required side set back of 20 ft from the eaves of the garage on 23 Seaview Terrace and drew a new boundary line from that. However, that encroaches into my property side set back of 20 ft. as required by ordinance. Therefore, the survey is not a legal divide and could not be recorded into the deeded registry.
1. Per the Registry, please submit to the Waldo County Deeded Registry, for the new boundary line between 23 and 17 Seaview Terrace the original mylar and one copy (with seal) that was approved by Belfast City Hall to be the new boundary lines for 23 and 17 Seaview Terrace. If it never was official (then a variance would have had to be approved and clearly was not) please remove the wooden stakes that I witnessed and photographed, that were placed on my property by Good Deeds on 7/7/2016 and done without my permission. Please advise of which actions you will take immediately. 23 Seaview Terrace is for sale and boundary resolution was needed prior.
2. Please advise if you have taken on the documents after the 2/18/2016 death of surveyor C.K. Archer, Palermo, Maine. If so, I am requesting the sealed original plans by CK Archer, March 1965, re: Plan of Wendell MaCleod Housing Development, Belfast Maine (I have a copy with the seal given to me by then Belfast City Tax Assessor, Bob Whitely. City Manager Joe Slocum also confirmed, that I have on you tube at a City Council meeting, that this plan is the true registry plan. Joe Slcoum stating he was looking for it for months, while Bob Whitely told me that Joe flipped out on him for giving me these plans. I brought them to another City Council meeting, documented on youtube and City Council Roger Lee, Mike Hurley and City Manager Joe Slocum again confirmed these original plans as true and stating they had already saw the originals. They did not return them to the registry to date and the registry needs the original and told me to request it from Good Deeds. My copy is also attached. Please advise if you have CK Archer's documents and the original of the copy I provided in the link below and if you do, when they will be received by the Waldo County Deeded Registry.
The 1994 survey, a picture showing the wooden stakes placed on my property and original plans for Seaview Terrace are on this link https://goo.gl/photos/RFPNEpPKKiBbSj6i9
Thank you very much for your professionalism, honesty and email response.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
Belfast, Maine 04915
On 7/7/2016, Good Deeds came onto my property at 17 Seaview Terrace and placed wooden stakes on my property. I came to see you with the Good Deeds survey, dated, 7/24/94, job #A9449, Estate of John A. Caswell, M.D. Property, stating Waldo County Registry of Deeds, Volume 1408-Page 165 that does not have the seal. I had just come from the Waldo County Registry of Deeds where they stated that this survey is not recorded in the Waldo County Registry of Deeds. You told me that you remembered this and that the readings were a mess.
You stated that for the attached 1994 survey that I showed you was the actual standard survey where Goods Deeds simply measured the required side set back of 20 ft from the eaves of the garage on 23 Seaview Terrace and drew a new boundary line from that. However, that encroaches into my property side set back of 20 ft. as required by ordinance. Therefore, the survey is not a legal divide and could not be recorded into the deeded registry.
1. Per the Registry, please submit to the Waldo County Deeded Registry, for the new boundary line between 23 and 17 Seaview Terrace the original mylar and one copy (with seal) that was approved by Belfast City Hall to be the new boundary lines for 23 and 17 Seaview Terrace. If it never was official (then a variance would have had to be approved and clearly was not) please remove the wooden stakes that I witnessed and photographed, that were placed on my property by Good Deeds on 7/7/2016 and done without my permission. Please advise of which actions you will take immediately. 23 Seaview Terrace is for sale and boundary resolution was needed prior.
2. Please advise if you have taken on the documents after the 2/18/2016 death of surveyor C.K. Archer, Palermo, Maine. If so, I am requesting the sealed original plans by CK Archer, March 1965, re: Plan of Wendell MaCleod Housing Development, Belfast Maine (I have a copy with the seal given to me by then Belfast City Tax Assessor, Bob Whitely. City Manager Joe Slocum also confirmed, that I have on you tube at a City Council meeting, that this plan is the true registry plan. Joe Slcoum stating he was looking for it for months, while Bob Whitely told me that Joe flipped out on him for giving me these plans. I brought them to another City Council meeting, documented on youtube and City Council Roger Lee, Mike Hurley and City Manager Joe Slocum again confirmed these original plans as true and stating they had already saw the originals. They did not return them to the registry to date and the registry needs the original and told me to request it from Good Deeds. My copy is also attached. Please advise if you have CK Archer's documents and the original of the copy I provided in the link below and if you do, when they will be received by the Waldo County Deeded Registry.
The 1994 survey, a picture showing the wooden stakes placed on my property and original plans for Seaview Terrace are on this link https://goo.gl/photos/RFPNEpPKKiBbSj6i9
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Thank you very much for your professionalism, honesty and email response.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
Belfast, Maine 04915
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:35 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:35 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
I confirmed my assistant sent to you the property record cards as well as the valuation report which, along with my responses, clearly documents what you have asked for in full and I've done the majority of answering your email remotely from outside of business hours or while at a conference to the best of my ability. I am sorry you feel that way. I will not be available until Monday for future responses. Have a nice weekend.
Brent Martin
City Assessor
On Apr 21, 2017 4:26 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Belfast City Tax Assessor Brent Martin,To be clear, you are refusing to tell me the exact square footage of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes that I have been asking you to reveal since November 2016 (overwhelmingly documented in this thread)?
Belfast, Maine 04915
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:19 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
You've been given what you've asked for.
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:04 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
15246... 43560 in an acre x.35 acre is a calculation that I did not ask for. Please respond to this email to keep the thread in tact.
7th request for this simple answer. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 3:06 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
15246.... 43560 in an acre x .35 of an acre.
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 2:26 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
6th request- Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 12:42 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Since I sent you the card with all of your info relied upon for your tax basis, I didn't need to clarify whether by square footage you meant your GLA or acreage. I thought I was helping you by giving you more info, not less. As an aside, the GLA square footage of your home is in the property cardAttached is the deed description in conjunction with the offering prior to your purchase. The assessment on your acreage is at a rounded .35 of an acre, based on the size in the deed, which states it was part of a lot. I don't have the original subdivision plan, but if you bought the partial lot and the original is larger than .35 acres or so, then your title company should look into this.This is in response to the 5th request.Brent
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 12:28 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
5th Request - Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 12:07 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
Our email thread extended to after hours and I pulled over to respond to you, attempting to guide you to get you the information you sought as quickly as possible as it was not available to me on the side of the road. I had a full schedule yesterday, leaving at 7pm. I am writing you from a conference in Bangor after confirming my assistant forwarded the committed square footage via the property card, which has greater weight than the tax map, which,as stated, is only for guidance.Brent
On Apr 21, 2017 11:37 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
4th request- Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
PS
Your efforts to refuse to state in email the square footage of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes is wrong.
In your 4/18/2017 email below (see A), you write that the tax maps are not reliable "please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps." You write hypothetically of your tax map discrepancies, reconciliations, conflicts, or resolutions yet have not advised me of any discrepancies, reconciliations or resolutions to my property since my request to YOU in November 2016 (see B) to reconcile the Belfast Assessor Tax Map deletion of the front and side footage of my property with proof of footage with the 1966 plans recorded in the Waldo County Deeded Registry, with no subdivides or ANY changes to my property legally recorded in the registry since. You refuse to state the assessed square footage of my property, do not advise of any assessing issues to my property, and tell me that you will contact me with map changes and you have not and that email is right here . Again advising me to hire an attorney or surveyor for your secret assessed footage of my property.
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:46 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Laurie,While I can appreciate your persistence and insistence on pushing me toward making an immediate change based on your research, when I do get to the mapping next year, I will contact you as I have printed this thread for potential mapping changes. In the interim, I can only suggest an attorney or a surveyor.SincerelyBrent Martin
City Assessor
Incredibly, you continue to refuse to state your secret assessing property footage to my property. Offering your confirmed unreliable documents that you had Annie McGowan send me with Belfast City Hall disclosure of absolute unreliability and liability (See C).
A.From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:26 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
I am sorry the tax maps haven't made this easier for you but please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps. The tax maps are for guidance only.The deed history and surveys dictate and the title company will know this. When a tax map discrepancy requires reconciliation, it is not uncommon to have the conflicts omitted in the tax map. Further, April 2015 maps were printed to reflect data we understood to be correct and uncontested as of that date so we don't go back to make changes even if fully resolved thereafter.Currently, we aren't budgeting for a tax map update next year so no changes will be made until after April 1, 2018, meaning, probably after commitment in the Fall of 2018. We are looking into digitizing earlier updates but this is not confirmed yet.Thank youBrent MartinCity AssessorB.From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 10:01 AM
To: Brent Martin; laurieallen55@msn.com
Subject: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
2nd request 11/18/16 Please respond today. Thank you.
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1:02 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Brent,
The 2015 Belfast City Tax Map below for my property #47 is missing 2 measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side, confirmed in the 1966 plan, recorded in the Waldo County Deeded registry with no amendments or sub-division to my lot recorded since the 1966 plan per the Waldo County Deeded Registry on 10/28/2016. Please add these measurements to the Belfast City Tax Map. Every other lot lists the frontage and side except for my lot #47 and the abutting lot #47-A, which also needs to identify the same. Please update the measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side to my property #47 and confirm today. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
Belfast, Me 04915
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 10:47 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
LaurieYour request seems to look for a level of specificity that would be best served by a surveyor as the tax maps are generally for mass valuation, parcel identification and reference purposes. It seems you are seeking something more definitive than tax maps provide. Please advise if you need help locating a surveyor as there are several in the area.SincerelyBrent Martin
On Nov 15, 2016 3:01 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Belfast Tax Assessor Brent Martin,
Please advise and confirm the footage of each boundary line (front, sides and rear, 4 lines for each property) for 17 (47 on tax map)) Seaview Terrace, 23 (47-A on tax map)Seaview Terrace, 30 (41 on tax map) Seaview Terrace and 40 Seaview Terrace (40-A and 40 on tax map). Below is the 1966 plan for Seaview Terrace from the Waldo County Deeded Registry, taken on 10/28/2016 . There are No Waldo County Deeded Registry amendments to Seaview Terrace since this 1966 plan. There is no legal subdivision or legal boundary changes recorded for 17 Seaview Terrace or 23 Seaview Terrace since this 1966 plan. The 2015 tax map and 1965 recorded plan reflect different lot sizes on Seaview Terrace and 40-A does not exist on the 1966 plan nor does a legal recorded subdivide in the Waldo County Deeded Registry.
Please advise immediately on the boundary footages requested for 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace. 23 Seaview Terrace is for sale by Karen Caswell. Boundary footage must be reflected in the tax map for 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace.
Sincerely,
Laurie AllenFrom: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 4:02 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Brent,
There has not been any conflict on my property boundaries. Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
PS-The April 2015 maps you reference were not printed until " Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015" and recently posted on the City website. In November 2016 you wrote you would contact me for potential map changes next. You did not and printed the maps without my footage again. Below is the thread from that email.
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:46 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Laurie,While I can appreciate your persistence and insistence on pushing me toward making an immediate change based on your research, when I do get to the mapping next year, I will contact you as I have printed this thread for potential mapping changes. In the interim, I can only suggest an attorney or a surveyor.SincerelyBrent Martin
City Assessor
On Nov 18, 2016 3:06 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,
Thank you for responding. Your response did not include the maps (I copied and pasted your response below) I provided to prove there is no question of the original front and side footage to my property. The Waldo County Deeded Registry proves that there have been no legal sub divides to my property to change the original front and side footage. There is no question on my property front and side footage. Please update the measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side to my property #47 and confirm.
The 2015 Belfast City Tax Map below for my property #47 is missing 2 measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side, confirmed in the 1966 plan, recorded in the Waldo County Deeded registry with no amendments or sub-division to my lot recorded since the 1966 plan per the Waldo County Deeded Registry on 10/28/2016. Please add these measurements to the Belfast City Tax Map. Every other lot lists the frontage and side except for my lot #47 and the abutting lot #47-A, which also needs to identify the same.
Realty of Maine, Timothy Dutch is the listing agent for the abutting lot, 47-A on the 2015 Belfast Tax Map (lot #7 on the original 1966 plan). The garage on that lot is in violation of the 20 ft side set back ordinance that was in place when the garage was built by the Caswells and now for sale by Karen Caswell. As a courtesy, I have included the realtor and Belfast Code Enforcer, Tod Rosenburg is this email.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/23-Seaview- Ter_Belfast_ME_04915_M46866-50 723
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:26 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
I am sorry the tax maps haven't made this easier for you but please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps. The tax maps are for guidance only.The deed history and surveys dictate and the title company will know this. When a tax map discrepancy requires reconciliation, it is not uncommon to have the conflicts omitted in the tax map. Further, April 2015 maps were printed to reflect data we understood to be correct and uncontested as of that date so we don't go back to make changes even if fully resolved thereafter.Currently, we aren't budgeting for a tax map update next year so no changes will be made until after April 1, 2018, meaning, probably after commitment in the Fall of 2018. We are looking into digitizing earlier updates but this is not confirmed yet.Thank youBrent MartinCity Assessor
On Apr 18, 2017 10:25 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,
I hope to be putting my house for sale immediately, needing to clear 200k to move. My title insurance has confirmed the title is clear, the boundaries have never changed from the original 1965-66 plans. This link provides the 1965-66 original plans, a 1990 Good Deeds survey confirming original boundary lines and The Waldo County Deeded Registry proving no subdivide to my property. https://goo.gl/photos/RFPNEpPKKiBbSj6i9
If I cannot sell, I stay. Please advise of any changes to 17 Seaview Terrace. I copied my neighbor (lot 48 on tax map http://www.cityofbelfast.org/DocumentCenter/View/1559 ) because the front and side footage of my property is still not posted even though I gave you all this information and documentation in November 2016. Your new Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 appears to give 23 Seaview Terrace more front footage. Looking equal to my 125' frontage. Your new map is missing the footage (every other lot has original footage, and mine has been removed).
Per the original plans and survey, 23 Seaview Terrace, lot 47A and 17 Seaview Terrace, lot 47 per Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 must state the front and side frontage. 23 Seaview Terrace is 100 ft front, 17 Seaview Terrace is 125 ft front and 127.8 ft side between 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
C.
From: Annie McGowan <assessing@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 8:58 AM
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Subject: Emailing: 032-047_4, 032-047_5, 032-047_6, 032-047_3
Good Morning,
Attached to this e-mail you will find the valuation report and tax cards
for 17 Seaview Terrace. I am sending this information to you per Brent
Martin who is out today at a conference.
Annie McGowan
Assistant to the Assessor
assessing@cityofbelfast.org
(207) 338-3370 x17
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From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 6:49 AM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
3rd request- Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:47 AM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Belfast City Tax Assessor Brent Martin,
No thank you. Only you can tell me what you did.
Again, as the Belfast City Hall Tax Assessor you assess my property via SQUARE FOOTAGE, property condition & features, property values, fair market value, market conditions... What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:25 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
I am on the road at this time with inspection work. If you have the wherewithal to go to the website in the interim and look up your address online then your square footage will be listed when you select the property card option on the left and then select the trio property card information at the link in the middle of the page.
On Apr 20, 2017 9:20 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Belfast City Tax Assessor Brent Martin,
Again, as the Belfast City Hall Tax Assessor you assess my property via SQUARE FOOTAGE, property condition & features, property values, fair market value, market conditions... What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:16 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
As it is after hours right now, I can suggest that you look at your tax bill to see the acreage, you can look at the commitment book online, or you can see the new mapping function online under City Departments, then Assessing, then Aerial Maps and Property Data, which will show the property card information, including acreage (or square footage) relied upon, during the off hours.
Brent
On Apr 19, 2017 6:04 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
As the Belfast City Hall Tax Assessor you assess my property via SQUARE FOOTAGE, property condition & features, property values, fair market value, market conditions... What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 5:51 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
I can't speak as to the intent of my predecessor, though, as stated, when there may be a discrepancy, it is better to not leave questionable dimensions so as not to further any future reliance on something that may be incorrect.
On Apr 19, 2017 5:32 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Please simply answer the question
Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 4:59 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
That change on the tax maps predated my employment as per the 2012 maps; however, given that you are indicating this is a potentially unresolvable matter absent appropriate legal authority, I will be refraining from indicating the boundaries for the time being as tax map updates are not currently being worked on. You should obtain legal counsel for the clarity you seek.Brent MartinCity Assessor
On Apr 19, 2017 4:48 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
2nd request-
There has not been any conflict on my property boundaries. Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 4:02 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Brent,
There has not been any conflict on my property boundaries. Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
PS-The April 2015 maps you reference were not printed until " Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015" and recently posted on the City website. In November 2016 you wrote you would contact me for potential map changes next. You did not and printed the maps without my footage again. Below is the thread from that email.
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:46 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Laurie,While I can appreciate your persistence and insistence on pushing me toward making an immediate change based on your research, when I do get to the mapping next year, I will contact you as I have printed this thread for potential mapping changes. In the interim, I can only suggest an attorney or a surveyor.SincerelyBrent Martin
City Assessor
On Nov 18, 2016 3:06 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,
Thank you for responding. Your response did not include the maps (I copied and pasted your response below) I provided to prove there is no question of the original front and side footage to my property. The Waldo County Deeded Registry proves that there have been no legal sub divides to my property to change the original front and side footage. There is no question on my property front and side footage. Please update the measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side to my property #47 and confirm.
The 2015 Belfast City Tax Map below for my property #47 is missing 2 measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side, confirmed in the 1966 plan, recorded in the Waldo County Deeded registry with no amendments or sub-division to my lot recorded since the 1966 plan per the Waldo County Deeded Registry on 10/28/2016. Please add these measurements to the Belfast City Tax Map. Every other lot lists the frontage and side except for my lot #47 and the abutting lot #47-A, which also needs to identify the same.
Realty of Maine, Timothy Dutch is the listing agent for the abutting lot, 47-A on the 2015 Belfast Tax Map (lot #7 on the original 1966 plan). The garage on that lot is in violation of the 20 ft side set back ordinance that was in place when the garage was built by the Caswells and now for sale by Karen Caswell. As a courtesy, I have included the realtor and Belfast Code Enforcer, Tod Rosenburg is this email.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/23-Seaview- Ter_Belfast_ME_04915_M46866-50 723
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:26 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
I am sorry the tax maps haven't made this easier for you but please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps. The tax maps are for guidance only.The deed history and surveys dictate and the title company will know this. When a tax map discrepancy requires reconciliation, it is not uncommon to have the conflicts omitted in the tax map. Further, April 2015 maps were printed to reflect data we understood to be correct and uncontested as of that date so we don't go back to make changes even if fully resolved thereafter.Currently, we aren't budgeting for a tax map update next year so no changes will be made until after April 1, 2018, meaning, probably after commitment in the Fall of 2018. We are looking into digitizing earlier updates but this is not confirmed yet.Thank youBrent MartinCity Assessor
On Apr 18, 2017 10:25 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,I hope to be putting my house for sale immediately, needing to clear 200k to move. My title insurance has confirmed the title is clear, the boundaries have never changed from the original 1965-66 plans. This link provides the 1965-66 original plans, a 1990 Good Deeds survey confirming original boundary lines and The Waldo County Deeded Registry proving no subdivide to my property. https://goo.gl/photos/RFPNEpPKKiBbSj6i9
If I cannot sell, I stay. Please advise of any changes to 17 Seaview Terrace. I copied my neighbor (lot 48 on tax map http://www.cityofbelfast.org/DocumentCenter/View/1559 ) because the front and side footage of my property is still not posted even though I gave you all this information and documentation in November 2016. Your new Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 appears to give 23 Seaview Terrace more front footage. Looking equal to my 125' frontage. Your new map is missing the footage (every other lot has original footage, and mine has been removed). Per the original plans and survey, 23 Seaview Terrace, lot 47A and 17 Seaview Terrace, lot 47 per Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 must state the front and side frontage. 23 Seaview Terrace is 100 ft front, 17 Seaview Terrace is 125 ft front and 127.8 ft side between 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace.
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:35 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:35 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
I confirmed my assistant sent to you the property record cards as well as the valuation report which, along with my responses, clearly documents what you have asked for in full and I've done the majority of answering your email remotely from outside of business hours or while at a conference to the best of my ability. I am sorry you feel that way. I will not be available until Monday for future responses. Have a nice weekend.
Brent Martin
City Assessor
On Apr 21, 2017 4:26 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Belfast City Tax Assessor Brent Martin,To be clear, you are refusing to tell me the exact square footage of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes that I have been asking you to reveal since November 2016 (overwhelmingly documented in this thread)?
Belfast, Maine 04915
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:19 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage OmittedYou've been given what you've asked for.
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:04 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted15246... 43560 in an acre x.35 acre is a calculation that I did not ask for. Please respond to this email to keep the thread in tact.
7th request for this simple answer. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 3:06 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
15246.... 43560 in an acre x .35 of an acre.
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 2:26 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
6th request- Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 12:42 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Since I sent you the card with all of your info relied upon for your tax basis, I didn't need to clarify whether by square footage you meant your GLA or acreage. I thought I was helping you by giving you more info, not less. As an aside, the GLA square footage of your home is in the property cardAttached is the deed description in conjunction with the offering prior to your purchase. The assessment on your acreage is at a rounded .35 of an acre, based on the size in the deed, which states it was part of a lot. I don't have the original subdivision plan, but if you bought the partial lot and the original is larger than .35 acres or so, then your title company should look into this.This is in response to the 5th request.Brent
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 12:28 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
5th Request - Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 12:07 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
Our email thread extended to after hours and I pulled over to respond to you, attempting to guide you to get you the information you sought as quickly as possible as it was not available to me on the side of the road. I had a full schedule yesterday, leaving at 7pm. I am writing you from a conference in Bangor after confirming my assistant forwarded the committed square footage via the property card, which has greater weight than the tax map, which,as stated, is only for guidance.Brent
On Apr 21, 2017 11:37 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
4th request- Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
PS
Your efforts to refuse to state in email the square footage of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes is wrong.
In your 4/18/2017 email below (see A), you write that the tax maps are not reliable "please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps." You write hypothetically of your tax map discrepancies, reconciliations, conflicts, or resolutions yet have not advised me of any discrepancies, reconciliations or resolutions to my property since my request to YOU in November 2016 (see B) to reconcile the Belfast Assessor Tax Map deletion of the front and side footage of my property with proof of footage with the 1966 plans recorded in the Waldo County Deeded Registry, with no subdivides or ANY changes to my property legally recorded in the registry since. You refuse to state the assessed square footage of my property, do not advise of any assessing issues to my property, and tell me that you will contact me with map changes and you have not and that email is right here . Again advising me to hire an attorney or surveyor for your secret assessed footage of my property.
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:46 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Laurie,While I can appreciate your persistence and insistence on pushing me toward making an immediate change based on your research, when I do get to the mapping next year, I will contact you as I have printed this thread for potential mapping changes. In the interim, I can only suggest an attorney or a surveyor.SincerelyBrent Martin
City Assessor
Incredibly, you continue to refuse to state your secret assessing property footage to my property. Offering your confirmed unreliable documents that you had Annie McGowan send me with Belfast City Hall disclosure of absolute unreliability and liability (See C).
A.From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:26 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
I am sorry the tax maps haven't made this easier for you but please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps. The tax maps are for guidance only.The deed history and surveys dictate and the title company will know this. When a tax map discrepancy requires reconciliation, it is not uncommon to have the conflicts omitted in the tax map. Further, April 2015 maps were printed to reflect data we understood to be correct and uncontested as of that date so we don't go back to make changes even if fully resolved thereafter.Currently, we aren't budgeting for a tax map update next year so no changes will be made until after April 1, 2018, meaning, probably after commitment in the Fall of 2018. We are looking into digitizing earlier updates but this is not confirmed yet.Thank youBrent MartinCity AssessorB.From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 10:01 AM
To: Brent Martin; laurieallen55@msn.com
Subject: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
2nd request 11/18/16 Please respond today. Thank you.
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 1:02 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Brent,
The 2015 Belfast City Tax Map below for my property #47 is missing 2 measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side, confirmed in the 1966 plan, recorded in the Waldo County Deeded registry with no amendments or sub-division to my lot recorded since the 1966 plan per the Waldo County Deeded Registry on 10/28/2016. Please add these measurements to the Belfast City Tax Map. Every other lot lists the frontage and side except for my lot #47 and the abutting lot #47-A, which also needs to identify the same. Please update the measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side to my property #47 and confirm today. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
17 Seaview Terrace
Belfast, Me 04915
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 10:47 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
LaurieYour request seems to look for a level of specificity that would be best served by a surveyor as the tax maps are generally for mass valuation, parcel identification and reference purposes. It seems you are seeking something more definitive than tax maps provide. Please advise if you need help locating a surveyor as there are several in the area.SincerelyBrent Martin
On Nov 15, 2016 3:01 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Belfast Tax Assessor Brent Martin,
Please advise and confirm the footage of each boundary line (front, sides and rear, 4 lines for each property) for 17 (47 on tax map)) Seaview Terrace, 23 (47-A on tax map)Seaview Terrace, 30 (41 on tax map) Seaview Terrace and 40 Seaview Terrace (40-A and 40 on tax map). Below is the 1966 plan for Seaview Terrace from the Waldo County Deeded Registry, taken on 10/28/2016 . There are No Waldo County Deeded Registry amendments to Seaview Terrace since this 1966 plan. There is no legal subdivision or legal boundary changes recorded for 17 Seaview Terrace or 23 Seaview Terrace since this 1966 plan. The 2015 tax map and 1965 recorded plan reflect different lot sizes on Seaview Terrace and 40-A does not exist on the 1966 plan nor does a legal recorded subdivide in the Waldo County Deeded Registry.
Please advise immediately on the boundary footages requested for 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace. 23 Seaview Terrace is for sale by Karen Caswell. Boundary footage must be reflected in the tax map for 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace.
Sincerely,
Laurie AllenFrom: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 4:02 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage OmittedBrent,
There has not been any conflict on my property boundaries. Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
PS-The April 2015 maps you reference were not printed until " Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015" and recently posted on the City website. In November 2016 you wrote you would contact me for potential map changes next. You did not and printed the maps without my footage again. Below is the thread from that email.
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:46 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Laurie,While I can appreciate your persistence and insistence on pushing me toward making an immediate change based on your research, when I do get to the mapping next year, I will contact you as I have printed this thread for potential mapping changes. In the interim, I can only suggest an attorney or a surveyor.SincerelyBrent Martin
City Assessor
On Nov 18, 2016 3:06 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,
Thank you for responding. Your response did not include the maps (I copied and pasted your response below) I provided to prove there is no question of the original front and side footage to my property. The Waldo County Deeded Registry proves that there have been no legal sub divides to my property to change the original front and side footage. There is no question on my property front and side footage. Please update the measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side to my property #47 and confirm.
The 2015 Belfast City Tax Map below for my property #47 is missing 2 measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side, confirmed in the 1966 plan, recorded in the Waldo County Deeded registry with no amendments or sub-division to my lot recorded since the 1966 plan per the Waldo County Deeded Registry on 10/28/2016. Please add these measurements to the Belfast City Tax Map. Every other lot lists the frontage and side except for my lot #47 and the abutting lot #47-A, which also needs to identify the same.
Realty of Maine, Timothy Dutch is the listing agent for the abutting lot, 47-A on the 2015 Belfast Tax Map (lot #7 on the original 1966 plan). The garage on that lot is in violation of the 20 ft side set back ordinance that was in place when the garage was built by the Caswells and now for sale by Karen Caswell. As a courtesy, I have included the realtor and Belfast Code Enforcer, Tod Rosenburg is this email.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/23-Seaview- Ter_Belfast_ME_04915_M46866-50 723
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:26 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
I am sorry the tax maps haven't made this easier for you but please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps. The tax maps are for guidance only.The deed history and surveys dictate and the title company will know this. When a tax map discrepancy requires reconciliation, it is not uncommon to have the conflicts omitted in the tax map. Further, April 2015 maps were printed to reflect data we understood to be correct and uncontested as of that date so we don't go back to make changes even if fully resolved thereafter.Currently, we aren't budgeting for a tax map update next year so no changes will be made until after April 1, 2018, meaning, probably after commitment in the Fall of 2018. We are looking into digitizing earlier updates but this is not confirmed yet.Thank youBrent MartinCity Assessor
On Apr 18, 2017 10:25 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,
I hope to be putting my house for sale immediately, needing to clear 200k to move. My title insurance has confirmed the title is clear, the boundaries have never changed from the original 1965-66 plans. This link provides the 1965-66 original plans, a 1990 Good Deeds survey confirming original boundary lines and The Waldo County Deeded Registry proving no subdivide to my property. https://goo.gl/photos/RFPNEpPKKiBbSj6i9
If I cannot sell, I stay. Please advise of any changes to 17 Seaview Terrace. I copied my neighbor (lot 48 on tax map http://www.cityofbelfast.org/DocumentCenter/View/1559 ) because the front and side footage of my property is still not posted even though I gave you all this information and documentation in November 2016. Your new Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 appears to give 23 Seaview Terrace more front footage. Looking equal to my 125' frontage. Your new map is missing the footage (every other lot has original footage, and mine has been removed).
Per the original plans and survey, 23 Seaview Terrace, lot 47A and 17 Seaview Terrace, lot 47 per Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 must state the front and side frontage. 23 Seaview Terrace is 100 ft front, 17 Seaview Terrace is 125 ft front and 127.8 ft side between 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
C.
From: Annie McGowan <assessing@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 8:58 AM
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
Subject: Emailing: 032-047_4, 032-047_5, 032-047_6, 032-047_3
Good Morning,
Attached to this e-mail you will find the valuation report and tax cards
for 17 Seaview Terrace. I am sending this information to you per Brent
Martin who is out today at a conference.
Annie McGowan
Assistant to the Assessor
assessing@cityofbelfast.org
(207) 338-3370 x17
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purpose other than for computational purposes for Municipal Valuation by
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From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 6:49 AM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
3rd request- Only you can tell me what you did. What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:47 AM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Belfast City Tax Assessor Brent Martin,
No thank you. Only you can tell me what you did.
Again, as the Belfast City Hall Tax Assessor you assess my property via SQUARE FOOTAGE, property condition & features, property values, fair market value, market conditions... What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:25 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
I am on the road at this time with inspection work. If you have the wherewithal to go to the website in the interim and look up your address online then your square footage will be listed when you select the property card option on the left and then select the trio property card information at the link in the middle of the page.
On Apr 20, 2017 9:20 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Belfast City Tax Assessor Brent Martin,
Again, as the Belfast City Hall Tax Assessor you assess my property via SQUARE FOOTAGE, property condition & features, property values, fair market value, market conditions... What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:16 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
As it is after hours right now, I can suggest that you look at your tax bill to see the acreage, you can look at the commitment book online, or you can see the new mapping function online under City Departments, then Assessing, then Aerial Maps and Property Data, which will show the property card information, including acreage (or square footage) relied upon, during the off hours.
Brent
On Apr 19, 2017 6:04 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
As the Belfast City Hall Tax Assessor you assess my property via SQUARE FOOTAGE, property condition & features, property values, fair market value, market conditions... What is the SQUARE FOOTAGE of my property that you are using to bill me for property taxes?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 5:51 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
I can't speak as to the intent of my predecessor, though, as stated, when there may be a discrepancy, it is better to not leave questionable dimensions so as not to further any future reliance on something that may be incorrect.
On Apr 19, 2017 5:32 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Please simply answer the question
Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 4:59 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: Fw: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
That change on the tax maps predated my employment as per the 2012 maps; however, given that you are indicating this is a potentially unresolvable matter absent appropriate legal authority, I will be refraining from indicating the boundaries for the time being as tax map updates are not currently being worked on. You should obtain legal counsel for the clarity you seek.Brent MartinCity Assessor
On Apr 19, 2017 4:48 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
2nd request-
There has not been any conflict on my property boundaries. Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
From: LAURIE ALLEN <laurieallen55@msn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 4:02 PM
To: Brent Martin; LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage OmittedBrent,
There has not been any conflict on my property boundaries. Why was removal of the front and side footage for my property on the tax map done?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
PS-The April 2015 maps you reference were not printed until " Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015" and recently posted on the City website. In November 2016 you wrote you would contact me for potential map changes next. You did not and printed the maps without my footage again. Below is the thread from that email.
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:46 PM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2nd req/ Re: 17, 23, 30, 40 Seaview Terrace 2015 Tax Map Footage
Laurie,While I can appreciate your persistence and insistence on pushing me toward making an immediate change based on your research, when I do get to the mapping next year, I will contact you as I have printed this thread for potential mapping changes. In the interim, I can only suggest an attorney or a surveyor.SincerelyBrent Martin
City Assessor
On Nov 18, 2016 3:06 PM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,
Thank you for responding. Your response did not include the maps (I copied and pasted your response below) I provided to prove there is no question of the original front and side footage to my property. The Waldo County Deeded Registry proves that there have been no legal sub divides to my property to change the original front and side footage. There is no question on my property front and side footage. Please update the measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side to my property #47 and confirm.
The 2015 Belfast City Tax Map below for my property #47 is missing 2 measurements of 125 feet frontage and 127.8 side, confirmed in the 1966 plan, recorded in the Waldo County Deeded registry with no amendments or sub-division to my lot recorded since the 1966 plan per the Waldo County Deeded Registry on 10/28/2016. Please add these measurements to the Belfast City Tax Map. Every other lot lists the frontage and side except for my lot #47 and the abutting lot #47-A, which also needs to identify the same.
Realty of Maine, Timothy Dutch is the listing agent for the abutting lot, 47-A on the 2015 Belfast Tax Map (lot #7 on the original 1966 plan). The garage on that lot is in violation of the 20 ft side set back ordinance that was in place when the garage was built by the Caswells and now for sale by Karen Caswell. As a courtesy, I have included the realtor and Belfast Code Enforcer, Tod Rosenburg is this email.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/23-Seaview- Ter_Belfast_ME_04915_M46866-50 723
From: Brent Martin <assessor@cityofbelfast.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:26 AM
To: LAURIE ALLEN
Subject: Re: 2016 Tax Maps 17 Seaview Terrace Footage Omitted
Laurie
I am sorry the tax maps haven't made this easier for you but please don't have too much emphasis on the authority of the tax maps. The tax maps are for guidance only.The deed history and surveys dictate and the title company will know this. When a tax map discrepancy requires reconciliation, it is not uncommon to have the conflicts omitted in the tax map. Further, April 2015 maps were printed to reflect data we understood to be correct and uncontested as of that date so we don't go back to make changes even if fully resolved thereafter.Currently, we aren't budgeting for a tax map update next year so no changes will be made until after April 1, 2018, meaning, probably after commitment in the Fall of 2018. We are looking into digitizing earlier updates but this is not confirmed yet.Thank youBrent MartinCity Assessor
On Apr 18, 2017 10:25 AM, "LAURIE ALLEN" <laurieallen55@msn.com> wrote:
Brent,I hope to be putting my house for sale immediately, needing to clear 200k to move. My title insurance has confirmed the title is clear, the boundaries have never changed from the original 1965-66 plans. This link provides the 1965-66 original plans, a 1990 Good Deeds survey confirming original boundary lines and The Waldo County Deeded Registry proving no subdivide to my property. https://goo.gl/photos/RFPNEpPKKiBbSj6i9
If I cannot sell, I stay. Please advise of any changes to 17 Seaview Terrace. I copied my neighbor (lot 48 on tax map http://www.cityofbelfast.org/DocumentCenter/View/1559 ) because the front and side footage of my property is still not posted even though I gave you all this information and documentation in November 2016. Your new Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 appears to give 23 Seaview Terrace more front footage. Looking equal to my 125' frontage. Your new map is missing the footage (every other lot has original footage, and mine has been removed). Per the original plans and survey, 23 Seaview Terrace, lot 47A and 17 Seaview Terrace, lot 47 per Map 32 Printed: 3/2/2016 Effective Date: 4/1/2015 must state the front and side frontage. 23 Seaview Terrace is 100 ft front, 17 Seaview Terrace is 125 ft front and 127.8 ft side between 17 and 23 Seaview Terrace.
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