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2010 Tax Board of Review Annual Report 5 Administrator who was able to anticipate questions of the Board and had the information at hand nr was able to ro remntPly arracc pperty tax information via la ! P " " " vi i � �uuv� i via laptop. 7. While the Board found that the Division has made significant efforts to improve some appraisers still could not respond fully to the Board inquiries. 8. There was definitely a great stride this year with Corporation Counsel and the County conducting training sessions for the Board although the sessions were more impromptu rather than the suggested half -day sessions as recommended in the Board's 2009 report. Corporation Counsel did a great job in selecting issues that benefited the Board as well as instructing tax office staff in the preparation of material that was presented during the long breaks that became available between scheduled morning and afternoon hearings. These training sessions were meaningful to the Members as they could relate the issues to particular cases that were recently presented. 9. Newly hired appraisers were provided with the opportunity to sit in and observe several case hearings. Allowing the appraisers to observe will help the department review and re- evaluate items 6 and 7 above on a continuous basis. 10. The Board suggested and the division expressed concern about providing a "pricing ladder" worksheet as a standard form in the Appeal Data Worksheet packet prepared by appraisers. Their position on this matter was that the multitude of data on the County's printout would make this a confusing and complex issue and it would not be feasible for the County to pay the modification cost to redesign this page mainly because the Board made this recommendation. A simple spreadsheet format containing the requested information should decrease the presentation time of each case. There would be little need to describe each component in detail and the Board will spend less time interpolating values. 11.There are currently two (2) main programs provided by the County which protects homeowners from large increases in assessments during times of large increases in property values — non - speculative residential dedication program and the three percent (3 %) growth cap program. There are less than 1,000 properties in the non - speculative dedication program (originated in 1992) versus the 33,000+ properties under the growth cap program (originated in 2004). The majority of the dedication properties will need to renew their petition by September 1, 2011 should they wish to remain in this program. There is a rollback provision in this program with back taxes that could be retroactive up to ten (10) years if the owner breaches the conditions of the dedication. The growth cap program does not have a rollback provision. Board's Recommendations 1. The practice of actively seeking and training new Board members is encouraged.