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DocuSign Envelope ID:C705DB5C-D3CB-4A59-A371-9819CC6CC42F <br /> Time By <br /> Meeting called to order 12:56 PM Leon Meyers <br /> Meeting adjourned 3:20 PM Leon Meyers <br /> Property Identification: <br /> Property Owner University Gardens Appellant(if different) Charles Bulthuis <br /> Condominiums (Agent) <br /> Property Address 800 Pritchard Avenue Parcel ID or Abstract See attached list(87 <br /> PINS total) <br /> Statement of Appeal: Request change in value based sales of comparable properties. <br /> Current Assessed Value See attached list County Opinion See attached list <br /> Time of Hearing 12:58 PM Appellant Opinion See attached list <br /> County Representative Roger Gunn Board Decision Continue appeal on June 6, 2024 <br /> Evidence submitted by the appellant: <br /> • The appellant has provided a sales report of twenty-one comparable properties. The report lists <br /> an average sale price of$196,798 and median sale price of$195,000. The average price per <br /> square foot of living area is $191.61 and the median is $192.12. <br /> Evidence submitted by the county representative: <br /> • The subject condominium project known as University Gardens was constructed in 1965 and <br /> contains 32 flat style and 64 townhouse style units. Of the 96 total units, 87 units are under <br /> appeal.The flat units all contain 1,053 square feet and range in assessed values from $71,400 <br /> to$97,500 with $74,100 being the predominant value. Most of the townhouse style units <br /> have 1,026 square feet, with a few units containing 988 square feet, and the townhouse style <br /> units range in assessed values from $70,500 to$96,200 with $73,100 being the predominant <br /> value.Almost all units have 2000 as the effective year built.The predominant values of each <br /> style reflect an E24 market adjustment because at the time of the revaluation,these 64 units <br /> were owned by The Best of M LLC and were basically ran and managed as apartments. <br /> Therefore,these units were valued collectively by the income approach and an E24 market <br /> adjustment was applied to these units to arrive at pro-rata values for these units.Since 2021, <br /> all but eleven of the units in the project have been transferred to three different <br /> investors/investment groups, including the units previously owned by The Best of M LLC. <br /> • It can be argued that since the units in the project can be individually transferred, and since <br /> the units are not all owned by a single investor/investment group,the units should not be <br /> valued collectively.As evidenced by the subject photographs,the subject project is currently <br /> in the process of being renovated with the units in Buildings G & H under construction as of <br /> January 1, 2024. In selecting comparable sales for the subject units,the challenge was to find <br /> sales of similar units,that like the subject, have had little remodeling and have similar electric <br /> heat and wall unit air conditioning. Most comparable sales submitted by the appellant exhibit <br />