Appeal Your Residential Property Taxes - Appeal Due Date Coming Up - Fair Allocation in Runways (FAiR) Coalition

The FAiR Coalition invites you to appeal your residential property taxes based on the massive increase in airplane traffic, noise and pollution resulting from the October 2013 runway takeoff and landing pattern changes made at O’Hare WITHOUT ANY REAL COMMUNITY INPUT. Via our website, FAiR provides you with easily downloadable supporting documentation to appeal your residential property taxes based on more planes, noise and pollution which might be impacting your community and reducing your quality of life. Click here now to go to the FAiR Property Tax Appeal Page to download the necessary forms and property tax appeal packet: www.fairchicago.org/property-tax-appeals...

Once you have completd the residential property tax appeal paperwork, you must then submit your residential property tax appeal to the Cook County Assessor’s Office. Do not submit your residential property tax appeal to FAiR. FAiR cannot process your appeal for you.

If applicable, people are entitled to appeal their residential property taxes during a limited window of time following the assessment period. The Jefferson Township appeal period ends September 4, 2014. Other townships including Niles and Maine also have appeal period deadlines. Please check the Cook County Assessor’s Office for those dates by clicking here:http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/appdea...

To go to the FAiR website, click here now to download the necessary forms and property tax appeal packet: www.fairchicago.org/property-tax-appeals...

FAiR has no say in the residential property tax appeal decision making process. FAiR neither implies nor guarantees any specific outcome if you choose to appeal your residential property taxes. You may lose your property tax appeal and you might not receive a reduction in your residential property taxes. FAiR does not receive nor solicit any funds regarding residential property tax appeals. FAiR does not provide any guidance on the technical details of the appeal process. Please contact the Cook County Assessor’s office for more information on the appeal process, your rights and any other information regarding your appeal. The link for the Cook County Assessor’s Office is here:http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/

What is FAiR about?

The Fair Allocation in Runways (FAiR) Coalition, a citizen-led initiative that gathers democratically. We are a rapidly growing coalition of citizens and civics on Chicago’s NW side and near NW suburbs. FAiR seeks a real voice at O’Hare to secure an equitable distribution of takeoffs and landings, day and night, east and west, and using all existing runways including the diagonals. FAiR is the leading voice for residents on this issue.

What does FAiR believe?

It is our Coalition’s experience that citizens and civic organizations concerned about the severe impact on our communities from increased noise and air pollution occurring as a result of the new October 2013 runway configurations have not had a real seat at the table in the development and implementation of how O’Hare takeoff and landing patterns were designed. FAiR supports the economic engine that is O’Hare, but we believe that as our neighbor, the airport must work with the community to determine when and where those engines fly over our homes, yards, schools, parks and businesses. FAiR’s desire is to obtain acceptable solutions to community concerns as well as future plans so they do not become an issue. To date, that conversation with communities has been non-existent, with the unfortunate viewpoint given that the communities will simply have to live with the consequences resulting from October 2013 and O’Hare Modernization Plan (OMP) changes yet to come. The FAiR Coalition seeks to replace that antiquated institutional practice so common in Chicago and Cook County with a democratic approach involving a modern assessment of the risks and rewards for both O’Hare AND our communities. FAiR’s goal is a better future founded upon a real voice for communities and solutions arising out of collaboration between the citizenry and our government. Solutions to these types of challenges are not solely technical in nature but are more importantly democratic in substance.

What can you do?

As a neighbor, resident and fellow citizen, I ask you to join FAiR at www.fairchicago.org. Then...

* Sign up for FAiR Coalition emails. Go to www.fairchicago.org and click on “Join Now”
* Sign our online petition at www.fairchicago.org
* Report your noise complaints which can be done directly through our website atwww.fairchicago.org
* Appeal your property taxes
* Put up a FAiR yard sign
* Distribute FAiR door hangers
* Tell your neighbors about FAiR
* Become active with FAiR in your community

Still have questions about FAiR? Please ask! Jac Charlier - jac.charlier@gmail.com or see you around the neighborhood.