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Resident urges St. Augustine to seek PILOTs from local college, raises property tax-exemption concerns
Summary
Public commenter BJ Calais said a significant share of properties in St. Augustine are tax-exempt and asked whether the college endowment is tax-exempt; she suggested the college should make payments in lieu of taxes to support services the city provides.
BJ Calais (self-identified as a West City resident) used public comment time to call attention to what she characterized as a large share of tax-exempt properties in the city and urged the commission to consider payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from the college across the street.
Calais said, as she stated it in public comment, that "the city of Saint Augustine has 906,700,000 or 21.62% of properties exempt, also known as not paying property taxes, which burdens others." She asked whether the college's endowment is now…
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