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Board Member Karen Disney-Brombach asked the petitioner if they had their house appraised, and Mr. Zarzycki said they could not afford it. Mrs. Zarzycki said she has a lot of collectibles in her house and that was why her homeowner' s insurance was so high. Mrs. Brombach told Mrs. Zarzycki if they are asking the Board to cut their tax bill in half, the cost of an appraiser would be a small investment. The reasons that they could overturn this would have to be that the petitioner could prove to the Board that the property appraiser did not do his job correctly. Mrs. Zarzycki continued to argue her position. Attorney Collins tried to translate the figures presented stating that the Property Appraiser has it valued at $2,065,000.00, and the petitioner says it is worth $1,387,388.00. If you fix the land value at $42,500.00, that is $845,750.00. If you subtract the land value of each house you get a home value under the Property Appraiser $1,209,000.00, and the petitioner's value $542,000; divide the square footage of the house into the home value, the Property Appraiser's method comes to $200 a square foot, and the petitioner's method comes out to $90 a square foot. Chairman Wheeler said they would have to determine that the Appraiser was acting arbitrarily and he did not see that. Commissioner O'Bryan said he would argue that there is some presumption of arbitrariness on this assessment. Based on other assessments on that street it is 100% higher than any other assessment on that street. A lengthy discussion continued between the Commissioners and the Property Appraisers regarding comparable sales. Commissioner Davis described his method of deductive reasoning or logic to determine an assessment. He said Attorney Collins' comments had more bearing on his decision than what he heard, and he could not support the Motion. Value Adjustment Board 04-02-2007 - 6 -