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Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Regular meeting Tax rate and revaluation

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What was decided

  1. Continued 6Appeal: Fares Khalidi, 3618 Alex Drive Continued to a future date, unanimous

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's Board of Equalization and Review hears individual challenges to the county's property assessments. The docket lists 17 matters: appeals of residential and commercial real-property values, plus requests to compromise personal-property listing penalties.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board heard 15 of the 17 scheduled appeals; two listed matters are not addressed in these minutes. Every appellant who was heard appeared in person or through a representative. Owners raised comparable sales and equity with neighboring properties, disputed property condition, cited an independent appraisal, and argued that two vacant lots cannot obtain a septic permit.

The board decided 11 real-property appeals and reduced every one; none was left unchanged. Combined, the assessed values fell from $10,145,100 to $9,472,900, a cut of $672,200, about 7 percent. In six of those cases the board adopted the county's own revised figure; in the other five it set a value of its own, between the county's position and the owner's request. No appellant's own requested figure was adopted outright. One real-property appeal was continued to a later date so the county could correct its sales analysis. The board also granted, in full, three requests to compromise personal-property listing penalties, totaling $25,040.61.

How the votes went

Every decided appeal passed unanimously, with motions made and seconded across the sitting by Chair Leon Meyers and members Saru Salvi and Barbara Levine. Barbara Levine, an alternate, sat in for Richal Vanhook, who was absent. One appeal was continued rather than decided.

From the published minutes.

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Jump to an item (19 on this agenda)
  1. ICall to Order
  2. 1Appeal: R. Frederick McCoy Jr., Trustee, 2700 Creek Run Court
  3. 2Appeal: Kathryn Whetten, 2105 Pathway Drive
  4. 3Appeal: Gary Lewis Dixon, 1001 Pineview Road
  5. 4Appeal: Gary M. McConnell, 507 Forrest Street
  6. 5Appeal: Bo Hu, 112 Cross Creek Drive
  7. 6Appeal: Fares Khalidi, 3618 Alex Drive
  8. 7Appeal: Andrew Sklerov, 431 Martin Madden Way
  9. 8Appeal: Michael Thomas Lee, 415 Copperline Drive
  10. 9Appeal: James A. Phillips III, 3737 Borland Road
  11. 10Appeal: James A. Phillips III, Lot 2, Ed Faucette Road
  12. 11Appeal: James A. Phillips III, Lot 1, Ed Faucette Road
  13. 12Appeal: Yu Wah Thein, 402 Blackwell Drive
  14. 13Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 313129)…
  15. 14Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 141394)
  16. 15Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 265524)
  17. 16Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 313127)
  18. 17Appeal: Adele S. Tatta, Trustee, 1117 Mt. Carmel Church Road
  19. IIIAdjournment

Agenda items (19)

Public hearing · 17Procedural · 2
  1. I Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. 1 Appeal: R. Frederick McCoy Jr., Trustee, 2700 Creek Run Court
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appeal cited comparable properties. The board's decision fell between the county's original opinion and the owner's requested value.
    Value reduced from $3,066,900 to $2,888,400, unanimous
    • 2700 Creek Run · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9881309547 · Mccoy Mary B Trustee · assessed $2,888,400
  3. 2 Appeal: Kathryn Whetten, 2105 Pathway Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appeal cited comparable sales in the neighborhood. The board's reduced value fell between the county's revised opinion and the owner's requested value.
    Value reduced from $606,400 to $592,500, unanimous
    • 2105 Pathway Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9779322603 · Whetten Kathryn · assessed $592,500
  4. 3 Appeal: Gary Lewis Dixon, 1001 Pineview Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board applied a market adjustment of -40%.
    Value reduced from $201,200 to $120,700, unanimous
    • 1001 Pineview Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9768316623 · Dixon Gary Lewis · assessed $120,700
  5. 4 Appeal: Gary M. McConnell, 507 Forrest Street
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appeal cited the home's condition, particularly the front porch. The board accepted the county's proposed value, based on a corrected effective year built.
    Value reduced from $210,600 to $199,100 (county's proposed value accepted), unanimous
    • 507 Forrest St · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9864594366 · Mcconnell Gary M · assessed $199,100
  6. 5 Appeal: Bo Hu, 112 Cross Creek Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board changed the effective year built used in the valuation.
    Value reduced from $1,443,600 to $1,405,400, unanimous
  7. 6 Appeal: Fares Khalidi, 3618 Alex Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The owner submitted comparable sales seeking a reduction to $656,900; the county found two of the three comparables unqualified and a third not comparable in size.
    Continued to a future date, unanimous
    • 3618 Alex Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9885957380 · Meckman Saskia · assessed $719,200
  8. 7 Appeal: Andrew Sklerov, 431 Martin Madden Way
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board added a 10% functional-obsolescence adjustment.
    Value reduced from $2,553,100 to $2,353,800, unanimous
    • 431 Martin Madden Way · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9891700667 · Sklerov Andrew · assessed $2,353,800
  9. 8 Appeal: Michael Thomas Lee, 415 Copperline Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The board removed the basement and bay window from the valuation (county's proposed value accepted).
    Value reduced from $543,300 to $507,000, unanimous
    • 415 Copperline Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9787061142 · Lee Michael Thomas · assessed $507,000
  10. 9 Appeal: James A. Phillips III, 3737 Borland Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appeal was based on an independent appraisal that called a 61% increase excessive. The board accepted the county's proposed value, based on corrections to the property record and a larger land adjustment.
    Value reduced from $753,300 to $742,100 (county's proposed value accepted), unanimous
    • 3737 Borland Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9842957415 · Phillips James a III · assessed $742,100
  11. 10 Appeal: James A. Phillips III, Lot 2, Ed Faucette Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appeal argued the vacant lot cannot obtain a septic permit. The board accepted the county's proposed value, based on a larger land adjustment for the same issue.
    Value reduced from $86,300 to $69,000 (county's proposed value accepted), unanimous
  12. 11 Appeal: James A. Phillips III, Lot 1, Ed Faucette Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appeal argued this vacant lot, which has a storage building, cannot obtain a septic permit either. The board accepted the county's proposed value, based on the same larger land adjustment.
    Value reduced from $91,300 to $74,000 (county's proposed value accepted), unanimous
  13. 12 Appeal: Yu Wah Thein, 402 Blackwell Drive
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Listed on the agenda, but this meeting's minutes do not record a hearing or decision for it.
    • 402 Blackwell Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9890160648 · Thein Yu Wah · assessed $185,300
  14. 13 Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 313129), 437 Dimmocks Mill Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    Weaver Street Market asked the board to compromise a $21,089.53 listing penalty from a multi-year discovery audit covering the 2016-2021 tax years.
    Full compromise of $21,089.53 in listing penalty granted, unanimous
    • 437 Dimmocks Mill Rd · no matching parcel on file
  15. 14 Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 141394)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    A second Weaver Street Market listing-penalty compromise request tied to the same audit.
    Full compromise of the listing penalty granted, unanimous
  16. 15 Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 265524)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    A third Weaver Street Market listing-penalty compromise request tied to the same audit, for $23.96.
    Full compromise of $23.96 in listing penalty granted, unanimous
  17. 16 Appeal: Weaver Street Market, Business Personal Property (PIN 313127)
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    A fourth Weaver Street Market listing-penalty request; not recorded as decided in these minutes.
  18. 17 Appeal: Adele S. Tatta, Trustee, 1117 Mt. Carmel Church Road
    Public hearing Tax rate and revaluation
    The appeal cited incorrect square footage on the property record and the home's condition, including flooring and water issues. The board accepted the county's proposed value, based on a site inspection that changed the property's grade, era and depreciation factors.
    Value reduced from $589,100 to $520,900 (county's proposed value accepted), unanimous
    • 1117 Mt Carmel Church Rd · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9787637845 · Tatta Adele S Trustee · assessed $520,900
  19. III Adjournment
    Procedural

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