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Attachment 6 <br />27 <br />154 Craufurd Goodwin: What is the answer? <br />155 <br />156 Perdita Holtz: Property taxes are based on assed values which are based on appraisals. There are a lot of variables. <br />157 <br />158 Renee Price: My concern is that I noticed the number of people in the audience at the Quarterly Public Hearing who <br />159 were concerned about property values and taxes. If the plan were to increase property values and taxes, will people <br />160 be pushed out? <br />161 <br />162 Michelle Kempinski: It was a public hearing and there were a lot of people with an incentive to show up but who did <br />163 not speak. People might speak if there was different environment with a more casual atmosphere. <br />164 <br />165 Renee Price: My experience is that people will come to a public hearing, but if they had not been coached they will <br />166 not speak. <br />167 <br />168 Perdita Holtz: There were 456 letters sent out and I received 4 or 5 phone calls. <br />169 <br />170 Renee Price: If it was in a different setting. <br />171 <br />172 Jay Bryan: There is an interest from the board member to hear the public's comments. <br />173 <br />174 Judith Wegner: With the high turnout for QPH they might have felt intimidated at that meeting. <br />175 <br />176 Brian Crawford: Is there some reason or urgency that it needs to be on the October's Board of County <br />177 Commissioners meeting? <br />178 <br />179 Perdita Holtz: No. This is just the timeline that was worked out. <br />180 <br />181 Brian Crawford: The purpose of this meeting is for people to show up at the Planning Board. I would be opposed to <br />182 going there because we don't do that for anyone else. I do hear that there's a need for a community meeting with <br />183 more discussion with the planning staff. <br />184 <br />185 Michelle Kempinski: Maybe part of a task force. It can be open and the information would come back the Planning <br />186 Board. <br />187 <br />188. Craufurd Goodwin: I would like to speak against this. We have no evidence that the community wants another <br />189 meeting. If someone had shown up here then I might feel differently about this. But there's nothing to suggest that <br />190 they want another meeting. <br />191 <br />192 Perdita Holtz: I spoke with them in the hallway and I reported to you the concerns I heard about taxes. <br />193 <br />194 Michelle Kempinski: There was an individual that had a question about the school and traffic near the school. I do <br />195 think there are questions out there that are not being asked or answered. <br />196 <br />197 Judith Wegner: Did they close the Public Hearing? You want there to be an informal exchange of information? <br />198 <br />199 Michelle Kempinski: Is the question whether we can receive information after the hearing is closed? <br />200 <br />201 Renee Price: Could we decline further recommendation and ask for the Public Hearing to be reopened? <br />202 <br />203 Brian Crawford: We take action as a result of that Public Hearing. <br />204 <br />