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Fr - 2 21987 Boa 70 FA%r 4c?, 6 Mr. Nystrom continued to complain about his taxes, and after further questions informed the Board that his property is located on U.S.I next to the property that Dr. Fischer recently sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Board members advised him to discuss his taxes with the Property Appraiser, but believed his property very probably was reassessed when Dr. Fischer sold his abutting property for a large price. William Koolage, 26th Avenue, also spoke about the fact that taxes are going up and people on fixed incomes can't cope with it. He noted that we have a 10 mill cap, and felt the people need to have some knowledge of various taxing methods - MSTU, impact fees, enterprise funds, etc. He sees this is a dependent special district and wished to know how many of these fall within the 10 mill cap. The people have to pay not only these taxes, but school taxes, hospital taxes, etc. He did not say the Board shouldn't have this method of taxing, but he felt the message is that people are getting hurt. Chairman Scurlock pointed out that we have encouraged the Taxpayers' Association, etc., to work with our Budget Director to analyze and assist with this. Mr. Koolage stressed that he is trying to make the point that people don't go to the meetings, but they need the information. He further noted that he notices a lot of litter as he drives around. He felt there had been discussion of a "Bottle Bill." and believed there is a need to look into recycling. Catherine McDowell of 19th Place stated they have Harris Sanitation pick up for them and wished to know if they are going to have to pay Harris plus the assessment. The Chairman explained that her bill from Harris should be reduced by the "tip" portion of his charge, or $2.65 per month less. William Nelson, Rockridge, informed the Board that up north they had stickers on their windshields identifying them as 46