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Large set of church-owned Corning and South Ave parcels reviewed for exemptions after missed filings
Summary
Representatives for Well of Hope (and related congregation parcels) told city staff multiple parcels serve church purposes — parking, outreach and annex space — while staff noted some files showed failure to renew exemptions and requested correct mailing addresses and documentation.
City assessor staff reviewed multiple parcels associated with a congregation that uses several properties on Corning Avenue and South Avenue, reading assessed values into the record and asking the congregation’s representative to confirm continued religious and outreach use after some exemptions were not renewed.
Latif Johnson Kinsey and other church representatives told the hearing the parcels are used for parking, outreach, an annex and occasional outreach programming; some are small vacant lots used as adjunct property. Ann Gallagher read tentative assessed values for each parcel as part of the formal record (examples included small parking-lot parcels with assessed values in the low thousands and the main church building assessed in the hundreds of thousands). The congregation said internal paperwork or a treasurer’s misfiling caused the missed renewals on a subset of the parcels.
City staff said four parcels had not been exempted in recent cycles and that the congregation should provide paperwork and confirm a correct mailing address; the representatives said an accountant and treasurer would help correct procedures and that they planned to supply missing documentation. City staff said the office would send exemption notices in April and monitor mailing address accuracy to reduce future lapses.
No vote was taken; the matter was recorded for administrative follow-up and formal notices from the assessor will be issued in April.
