Final Results of Finance
Committee Straw Poll
June 29, 2010
Total Respondents = 42
1.
Do you support creating Reserve Funds as a way to meet large scale cyclic
maintenance project costs:
Yes = 81% (34) ������� No = 17% (7) No Response = 2% (1)
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2. Do you support a 1% membership fee paid by new property owners?
Yes = 79% (33) ������� No = 21% (9)
3. Do you support putting all but 6 Lakeshore lots into a conservation easement with tax
abatement, and putting the tax savings into a Reserve Fund?
Yes = 90% (38) �������� No = 5% (2) ��������������� Depends on the lot = 5% (2)
4. If you said yes to question 3, please answer this question: The FC
recommended keeping in their current unabated tax status the six most valuable
lots, with value based on the Harding tax assessment. The committee modified
this approach based on Inform Meeting input suggesting that tax appraisals may
not be a good valuation technique. Based on recommendations from three members
of the
����� Yes = 74% (31) ����������������� ��������� �������� No
= 12% (5)
Depends on the lots = 7% (3) ����� ��������� No
Answer = 5% (2)
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Enough Information = 2% (1)
5. Would you like a committee member to contact you by telephone or in person
to discuss some aspect of the FC proposal?
Yes = 2% (1) No = 98% (41)