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The Tax People are Coming!
The Tax People are Coming!
The March General Meeting will feature
Nelda Wells Spears, Tax Assessor-Collector of Travis County and
the Chief Appraiser of the Travis County Appraisal District, which sets
property values for all local governmental bodies.
We are honored to have these officials attend our meeting to speak and
answer questions about how property values are determined and how the
appeal process from appraised values works. We think this presentation
will be of great interest to neighborhood homeowners.
While we encourage neighbors to bring their questions about property
valuations, we do ask that they be phrased in as non-confrontational
a way as possible. Remember the Appraisal District determines the
value of property, it does not set the various tax rates or decide how
the money will be spent.
The March Meeting will be 7:00 PM, Monday March 3, 2003 at Hyde Park
United Methodist Church at the corner of 40th and Speedway.
Please come!
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materialize last year, neighbors were very concerned! 707 was
permitted as a 6 bedroom duplex but apparently is being used as
10 bedrooms! The parking, all off of a one lane driveway, doesn't
work well for so many cars, so most of the tenants park in the
street. Neighbors of this area know what a traffic problem this
has caused. Neighbors also found out about a 10 bedroom duplex
going in at 505 E. 49th. A few days later, a permit was issued to
relocate a house at 4805 Duval to build another duplex. You can
see why neighbors were very concerned!
At the same time, a 12 bedroom (originally planned
as 16 bedroom) duplex was begun at 3207 Hampton, across from Lee
Elementary. A block north at 3403 Hampton lots were re-sub-divided
for 4 more duplexes. Recently construction began on a 12-bedroom 3
1/2 story duplex at 3500 Duval. All of this activity got many
neighbors upset and involved in finding solutions. The neighbors
of the 3207 Hampton project filed an appeal to the Board of
Adjustment questioning the city's interpretation of the code in
issuing the permit. This appeal has stopped construction on the
project until the case is heard on March 10.
On February 6, Lane Harrell, Andy Homer,
Bruce Nadig and I from Hyde Park and Colleen Daly from
North University spoke to the City Council requesting a moratorium on
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