SPECIAL MEETING
ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARD NO. 1
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2000
9:30 A.M.
Room 406
Under the California Constitution and applicable statutes, hearings of the Assessment Appeals Board are judicial proceedings. The Decisions of assessment appeals boards must be based exclusively on properly admitted evidence. Assessment appeals boards may not base any factual determinations necessary for their decisions on anything other than the aforementioned evidence. Information presented through public comment, unless properly admitted into evidence in compliance with the Revenue and Taxation code and the Property Tax Rules of the State Board of Equalization, is not evidence upon which assessment appeals boards may base findings.
The Assessment Appeals Board Agenda packet and documents are available for review in Room 405 at City Hall. Each item on the Agenda my include the following documents: (1) An Application for Changed Assessment (2) Comparable Sale Information (3) Department or Agency Correspondence (4) Public Correspondence.
Public comment will be taken for items on the agenda, as well as items not on the agenda but under the jurisdiction of the Board. Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak to the Board. The Board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.
1) Public comment (for items on the agenda as well as items not on the agenda
but under the jurisdiction of the Board.)
2) Discussion of stipulations for applications for the following Assessment Appeals cases:
a) 1998-0890 (The California Federal Bank), located at 1541 Polk St. (block 0643 lot 002)
b) 1999-1011 (Federal Deposit Insurance), located at 139 Townsend St. (block 3794 lot 021)
3) Approval of Journals of Proceedings
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching it’s decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and the City operations are open to the people’s review.
For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall by mail to Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, by phone at 415.554.7724, by fax at 415.554.7724, or by e-mail at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us.
Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://sfbos.org/sunshine