Last night's Fourth of July celebration went very well, I thought. Food was good and it mainly was just good to see everybody there at the club. That's what it is there for!
I was thinking of some issues that I heard about last night, and thought we might want to address these in some way.
Let's start here:
1. Property tax valuations- My understanding is that several people have been fighting this battle with the city, since there really appears to be little rationale for the high valuations most of the Cascades property has been given. I don't have any direct knowledge here, so I would appreciate an update- and anybody can do that on this blog! (In other words, this isn't a Rick Coker blog, it is merely a bulletin board that anyone can post upon!)
2. Traffic aspects- Jerry Irwin was telling me about the problems he is having with traffic going by his house, much like the complaints that the Embry's have made before. What can be done here? Is a gate the only answer, or is there something else that can make it ? What would need to happen to enable gating? We just don't see that so much here at my house.
3. The status of the club and its operation. Since all of us are members as well as homeowners, we really have a stake in the operation of the club. And certainly Bill Cawley gets plenty of advice and plenty of complaints about everything from how the beer tastes to the preparation of somebody's hamburger, so I don't want to make this a gripe thing, but more to the point of making things better. I have to tip my hat to the Moneta's and Bill Minyard for taking the bull by the horns to try and act as hosts, I know that isn't easy! And I appreciate their work, and know I have left some names out, so sorry!
To me, the lawsuits and resulting confusion as to what is going on out here have been a real drag on our ability to recruit new members and sell more lots. And while I sure don't know all the issues involved, all I can say is that it seems like nobody wins if we stay in survival mode or struggle. We have great people, a great golf course and a very nice clubhouse, why shouldn't this be an attractive and bustling place to live and play?
In any case, I wanted to get the conversation going here. If you read this and can't figure out how to respond, email me at riccoker@gmail.com or phone me at 903-521-7667 and I will walk you through it. When we are all together, there is just so much to talk about, but we can't just talk at parties!
Rick
3 comments:
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Melinda
Hello Community,
KUDOS to the Monetas, Wassons and Irwins for their contributions to the festivities this weekend. Our first 4th of July was a great success in my mind. Time, faith and community participation will insure the success of our community in spite of all the problems. I concur that the major problem in our community now is the traffic created by the apartments. They are only people behaving in an expected manner, but we need their access limited due to the risk to our community in many arenas. Gating or guard posting are the only access control methods I know of. Each have their pros and cons.
The other concern is to get a traffic light at the entrance on the loop. It is dangerous at 7:15 am during school year attempting to enter the north bound lane of the loop.
Patty will update everyone on our trip in her next comment.
God Bless everyone,
rog
Bev Knaus wrote this:I am not sure exactly how property values and taxes are assessed here but I would guess Smith County may have similar procedures to Illinois where we used to live. My understanding here is that after a house is assessed for value a multiplier is then assigned based on the area. I have heard, and whether this is correct or not I am not sure, but that Holly Tree has a multiplier of $3/ square foot of value and the Cascades has a multiplier of $10/square foot. What this means is that the taxes on a $500,000 house in the Cascades will be taxed a lot more than a $500,000 house in Holly Tree. Since both houses are in golf course communities and in the same Tyler ISD there should not be such a discrepancy in multipliers. If these numbers are correct what can we homeowners do about this??
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