4/19/1994 BOARD OF ASSESSORS Minutes

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MINUTES OF APRIL 19 , 1994 REVISED PAGE 4 Board of Assessors Meeting Page 4 Board Action on Appeal for Personal Property Tax Abatement: I Abatement Granted ! Chairman Greig read into The Record The One Personal Property Tax Abatement Granted as follows : APPLIC. # MAP # BLOCK # OWNER ABATEMENT DATE 39P 120 126 Ohannesian, S. 4/19/94 ABATEMENT VALUE: $ 13 , 940 NEW VALUE: $ -0- Robert DeLory made motion The Board accept The One Personal Property Tax Abatement Granted as read; Kenneth Porter made second the motion; motion passed ; unanimous decision. The Board accepted The One Personal Property Tax Abatement Granted. ATB Hearings - Board Discussion of The Process in General Vice Chairman Porter initiated lengthy discussion relative to the Papponesset Bridge Outage. David Bailey expressed opinion that an abatement would have been allowed, but , if Mashpee ' s history had been followed, an abatement should only have been allowed to the degree for which that particular property would have been responsible. Assessing had viewed the situation as $200 , 000 properties temporarily decreased in value to $100 , 000 because the property owners would not spend $1, 000 each to solve the problem. Robert DeLory pointed out that this was the "cost to correct" ; all expressed agreement. Mr. Bailey pointed out that a well presented case would have shown favor to Mashpee ' s assessing judgment. I Concerning the ATB Backlog , Vice Chairman Porter informed that the situation is horrendous . The ATB has about 7 , 000 cases to be heard; there are 66 cases on Cape Cod prior to December 31 , 1991 - these will not be heard until September or October of 1994 . David Bailey informed there are no Mashpee cases from that period of time through Fiscal Year 1993 ; however, cases do exist that have been presented but have not been decided. Mr. DeLory