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Landowner urges county to honor 2022 offer after Greenbelt reclassification and rollback taxes
Summary
Peter Jordan told commissioners he spent more than $20,000 on irrigation and grading improvements, was removed from Greenbelt and assessed rollback taxes, appealed in 2022 and asked the county to accept a prior settlement offer; commissioners directed staff (Adam and Rod) to assist him with abatement/proration paperwork and to help avoid tax-sale proceedings.
Peter Jordan, who identified himself in the transcript as living in San Joaquin, told the commission he and his family have invested in improvements to their farmland and are facing rollback taxes after a change in the parcel's tax classification.
Jordan said the property received a concrete irrigation ditch ("over $10,000" and later referred to as "actually over 12") and a laser-leveling treatment; he said the total improvements exceeded $20,000. He told the commission that a green-belt assessor reclassified the land as irrigated/tillable…
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