Generate Fremont Digester LLC v Fremont Property Tax Petition 2025.pdf
Generate Fremont Digester LLC, Petitioner Vs. City Of Fremont, Respondent · 25-001622-TT
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STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL ENTIRE TRIBUNAL Generate Fremont Digester LLC, Petitioner, v. City of Fremont, Respondent. ___________________________________/ MTT Docket No. __________________ Ryan M. Shannon (P74535) Dickinson Wright PLLC Counsel for Petitioner 123 W. Allegan St., Suite 900 Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 371-1730 office (517) 410-5443 mobile rshannon@dickinsonwright.com __________________________________/ ENTIRE TRIBUNAL PROPERTY TAX PETITION Petitioner, Generate Fremont Digester LLC (“Petitioner”), by and through its counsel, Dickinson Wright PLLC, hereby states as follows for its Petition: 1. This appeal concerns the following parcel number, hereinafter referred to as the “Subject Property”: • 62-17-03-151-038 2. The Subject Property is real property and classified as 301-industrial. 3. Petitioner owns the Subject Property and is a party in interest. 4. No appeal to the local board of review was necessary to invoke the jurisdiction of the Tribunal as the parcel is classified as industrial.
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Generate Fremont Digester, LLC Petition 2 5. The Subject Property is located in Newaygo County; its physical address is 1634 Locust St., Fremont, MI. 6. The assessment at issue was established by the City of Fremont (“Respondent”). 7. Petitioner’s principal office address is 560 Davis St., Ste. 250, San Francisco, CA 94111. 8. This appeal involves issues relating the Subject Property’s true cash and taxable values, as well as uniformity of assessment. 9. The tax year at issue is 2025. 10. The 2025 values for the Subject Property as established by Respondent’s Board of Review are: Parcel No. True Cash Value Assessed Value Taxable Value 62-17-03-151-038 $1,874,200 $937,100 $917,136 11. Petitioner contends that the 2025 values for the Subject Property are: Parcel No. True Cash Value State Equalized Value Taxable Value 62-17-03-151-038 $300,000 $150,000 $150,000 12. The 2025 values in dispute for the Subject Property are: Parcel No. True Cash Value State Equalized Value Taxable Value 62-17-03-151-038 $1,574,200 $787,100 $767,136
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Generate Fremont Digester, LLC Petition 3 13. The 2025 assessments are improper because the assessed and taxable values exceed 50% of the true cash value. The mode of assessment adopted is improper and/or overstates the value of the Subject Property. WHEREFORE, Petitioner requests that the Tribunal enter an order: (i) finding the current assessments to be invalid, (ii) adopting the values set forth as Petitioner’s contentions above, (iii) ordering a refund with interest of any overpayment of taxes, and (iv) granting such other further relief as the Tribunal deems to be within its power to grant. Submitted Respectfully, DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC /s/ Ryan M. Shannon Ryan M. Shannon (P74535 Counsel for Petitioner Dated: May 28, 2025 Filing fee: $600