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1 <br /> { <br /> } TOWN OF MASHPEE t <br /> i BOARD of ASSESSORS <br /> Minutes of the1eerin Thursday, ugUsf 23, 2007 <br /> 5 - <br /> }_ oard' lebers'Present; Also Present* t . <br /> .. Paful,Andrews,-Ch.airman Jason Streebel, Director of Assessing . <br /> + <br /> Sheld h ,ol er;Vice Chairman - <br /> GredFraser, Clerk <br /> - •Chairman Paul ndre ws cailled the meeting to order at 5:45 PM. - <br /> PUBLrc'C MME T', Norib. -REVIEW OF.,MINUTES, The min—utes from the Board of Assessors meet ng held on f <br /> were unanimou l pprov d by the Board. . <br /> BOARD OF ASSESSORS REPORTS <br /> + <br /> NUI #ndreWs:- i o report. 1 <br /> Sheldon Holzer: Sheldon reported that he.will be unevailabie for any Board <br /> mei3tings dun*ng.the r.honth of September. <br /> Gre Fras r: too report. , <br /> DIRECTOR-6F ASSESSING REPOkT } <br /> C e aluatl n and'F eoertification rear. t ' <br /> Jason Streebel stated that this is the re' valua i n and r cerfiflcation year for the Town' of <br /> Ma'shp' ee. ..Il ashpe ' Auditor-has been doing.herfield audit re isw, tal it g 230 field cards <br /> and doing a random fei�i w f c6ndos , resfidential and commercial properties. oofs and <br /> parking-lots-wers Cis d-incorrectly on Cooke's Seafoodr d the Ninety dine Restaurant, but <br /> everything els lb d good. The udit is other comment was that.sh -would Ince <br /> I lashppe to.stat' is sessinsidewalks on rria11_type pr9perties such as,the Mashpee <br /> Commons, the Brothers-and the Dino" -strip maIi locale. The last item the auditor t . <br /> h tic d Was baseme.nt fnishe . Th re are two categories of basem'ent finishes: lower level <br /> finish and basement it lsh-- the low r level fini h being tie mor6 varluable, on a par with the <br /> level f.the first floor. -Ther i a square footage cost differential betuvee'n the two. Jason <br /> #atoll that he would be in testi titin the situation to determine any changes needed. <br /> #ashpee passed thi fit three portions o th 'recertification process. <br /> L'a'st year the DO R decided to%change the rules for Certification. The new rules 'ar6 not <br /> irritteridov rn; The re s.sessment procedural guidelines r§sued every spring do not mention <br /> specifics: rev eel.t wn are having troUble with submitting assessments and Mien are being <br /> told that the information i incor�slusive and mist be re- ubrx�i d, o information is igen <br /> as.to 'why It is trot acceptable. As a result, the reoertiff cation process 1s le r#rig 6 to 8 weeks <br /> minimum, as opposed to 2 we'elcs maximum in prior years. At last count, there were only a <br /> coupe f to in the entire stat tf iat had been certified. -The real pro�blern ls!hat thr DOR <br /> } does riot like thie'.way the residual land values are'being hurdled: they think the"values are <br /> tod high. Further i i sti a#ion has shown that their real concern may be with state-owned <br /> land values. - <br />