From: 	<Pikefambily@aol.com>
To:	<bab@portlandmaine.gov>
Date: 	Monday, April 14, 2014 1:39 PM
Subject: 	97 Cumberland Avenue 

April 14, 2014
 
City of Portland, Maine 
Planning and Urban Development Department
Planning Division, 4th Floor
389 Congress St
Portland, ME.  04101
 
RE: 97 Cumberland Avenue

Dear Sir / Madam,
 
I am writing to you today to inform you of a violation of the time  frame 
guidelines outlined in the 4 page City of Portland handbook "A Guide to  
Holding Neighborhood Meetings".  The 10 day rule of mailing of notices has  not 
been has not been honored by the owners of 97 Cumberland Avenue,  Portland, 
ME.  
 
My husband, James Pike, and I are owners of two properties within 500 feet  
of 97 Cumberland Avenue.  We have owned 93 Cumberland Avenue and 4  Romasco 
Lane for nearly 18 years.   The limited notice time given by  the owners of 
97 Cumberland Avenue have significantly hampered our ability to  seek legal 
counsel in regard to this proposed change in the site use which  greatly 
affects us and our properties.
 
Page 2 of the handbook clearly states that the "Invitations must be sent no 
 less than 10 days (to include weekends) prior to the neighborhood  
meeting."  I am in receipt of a letter postmarked April 7, 2014 containing  an 
invitation to a meeting scheduled today, April 14, 2014.
 
It is my understanding that the postmark of April 7, 2014, shall void the  
applicants signed certification sheet stating that the invitations were 
mailed  "at least 10 days prior to the neighborhood meeting".
 
I shall deliver this afternoon in person to the City of Portland Planning  
Division a copy of the invitation stamped April 7, 2014.
 
Feel free to contact me if I can be of service.

Thank you.
 
Sincerely,
 
Carol S. Pike 
mailing address: 39 Alba St.
Portland, ME.   04103
home phone (207) 775‑0214
cell (207) 233‑0238