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Notice of Denial

Michigan Department of Treasury 

6055 (Rev. 11-24) 

Notice of Denial of Disabled Veterans Exemption 

Issued under authority of Public Act 206 of 1893, as amended 

With this notice, you are notified that the Disabled Veterans Exemption on the property identified below has been 

denied. If you have questions about the denial, you may contact your local government or follow the appeal procedures 

specified below. 

Type or print in blue or black ink. 

PART 1: PROPERTY INFORMATION Type or print legibly. Use a separate form for each property number. 

1. Property Tax Identification Number 

2. Name of Local Unit (Check Township or City) 

41-19-04-351-007 

Cascade Charter Township 

Bert 

Township 

= City 

4. Street Address of Property (Provide a Complete Address) 

City 

State 

ZIP Code 

1969 Laraway Lake Dr SE 

Grand Rapids 

Mi 

49546 

5. Name of Owner (First, Middle, Last) 

Gary R Foerster 

6. Owner’s Daytime Telephone Number 

71s Owner's Email Address 

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616-443-7734 

8. Mailing Address if Different than Property Address 

City 

State 

ZIP Code 

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9. Your exemption was denied/adjusted for the following reason: 

= a. The owner is neither a disabled veteran who qualifies for the exemption nor the unremarried surviving at of 

a disabled veteran who, immediately before death, was eligible for the exemption 

El b. The property claimed is not the owner's homestead. 

J c. The property has transferred, and the qualifying individual is no longer the owner. 

[=] d. The person claiming the exemption is not the owner. 

e. Other: 

Property has other co-owners that are not the disabled veteran. 

10. Claim Denied for Calendar Year(s) or Partial Calendar Year: 

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 

EEREMCERIHCAD 

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11. Name of the Local Assessor (Print or Type) 

Paula Jastifer 

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14. Address of Local Goverrikaent Unit 

City 

State 

ZIP Code 

5920 Tahoe Dr SE 

Grand Rapids 

MI 

49546 

15. Telephone Number of Local Government Unit 

16. Email Address of Assessor 

616-949-6176 

pjastifer@cascadetwp.com 

HOMEOWNER’S RIGHT TO APPEAL

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JAN 27 2026 

UIT CLAIM DEED 

THIS INDENTURE. made this 13th day of January, 2026, between the Grantors, GARY R FOERSTER and 

LINDA 1 EOERSTFR hushand 

and wife. of 1969 Laraway Lake Dr SE. Grand Rapids. 

MI 49546. convevs fo 

themselves, GARY R. FOERSTER and LINDA J. FOERSTER, husband and wife, of 1969 Laraway Lake Dr SE, 

Grand Rapids, MI 49546, as tenants-by-the-entireties, for their lifetime coupled with an unrestricted power to 

convey the property during their lifetime, pursuant to Michigan Land Title Standards 9.3. This power to conve y 

creates a general inter vivos power of appointment, which includes the power to sell, gift, mortgage, and lease (or 

otherwise dispose of the property), and to retain the proceeds from the conveyance. 

If GARY R. 

FOERSTER and 

LINDA J. FOERSTER have not previously conveyed the property prior to the survivor's death, their entire interest 

in the following described premises situated in the Township of Cascade, County of Kent, State of Michigan, and 

legally described as: 

PT SW 1/4 COM AT 

4 PT ON W LINE OF LARAWAY LAKE DR 53.5 FT N 44D I3ME & 35.5 FTN 32 

47M W & 125.55 FT N 45D 36M 

E & 75.33 FT 

N 42D 05M E FROM INT OF CL SD DR & 

S 

SEC LIN, 

THN 42D 05M 

E ON SD HWY LINE 70 FT TH N 39D 06M W 246.9 FT TO SHORE OF LARAWAY LAK 

TH SWLY ON SD SHORE LINE 70 FT TO A PT 249.85 FT N 39D (6M W FROM BEG TH S 39D 06M 

TO BEG * SEC 4 T6N R10 W 0.56 

A. 

CECESR) 

Commonly known as: 41-19-04-351-007 

Property Parcel Number: 1969 Laraway Lake Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 

is conveyed to ALISON P. GLOWINSKI of 8910 W 120th St. Grant, MI 49327, the consideration of 

$1.00, subje 

to easements and building and use restrictions of record and further subject to the lien of taxes not yet due an 

payable. 

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This conveyance does not make 

a division of the transferred parcel, and no divisions have been made. This 

conveyance is exempt from the provisions of Sections 108 and 109 of the Land Division Act (MCL 560.101 et seq 

as amended). 

EXEMPT from County Revenue Tax by virtue of MCLA 207.505(a), and Exempt from State Revenue Tax by 

virtue of MCLA 207.526(a). 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Party of the First Part has hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first 

above written. 

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of: 

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GARY R. FOERS®™R , 

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Sd). Lasalle 

LINDA J. BOERSTER 

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

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COUNTY OF KENT 

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On this 13th day of January, 2026, before me, a Notary Public in and for said County, perscnally appeared GARY] 

R. FOERSTER and LINDA J. FOERSTER, known to me to be the same persons described in and who executed 

the within instrument, who have acknowledged the same to be their free actand deed. 

Prepared By and Return to: 

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2 

Gregory A. Hodge, Attorney at Law 

€ on A. HODGE, Notary Public 

144 — 44th St SW, Suite 2 

ent County, MI 

Grand Rapids, MI 49548 

My commission expires: 10/8/2028

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THIS 

IS NOT A TAX BILL 

L-4400 

Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Property Classification 

This form is issued under the authority of Public Act 206 of 1893, Sec. 211.24¢ and Sec.211.34c, as amended. 

This is a model assessment notice to be used by the local assessor. 

FROM 

PARCEL IDENTIFICATION 

CASCADE CHARTER TOWNSHIP 

PARCEL NUMBER: 

41-19-04-351-007 

C/O ASSESSING DEPARTMENT 

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 

5920 TAHOE 

DR 

SE 

: 

itis soo i 49546 

1969 LARAWAY LAKE DR SE 

GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546 

SCHOOL DISTRICT CODE: 

41110 

OWNER'S NAME AND ADDRESS/PERSON NAMED ON ASSESSMENT ROLL: 5 

EXEMPTIONS 

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ed a ae 

% Exempt As "Homeowners Principal Residence™: 

100.0000% 

ALISON 

% Exempt As "Qualified Agricultural Property": 

0% 

1969 LARAWAY LAKE DR SE 

3 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

MI 49546-6640 

% Exempt As "MBT Industrial Personal”: 

0% 

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% Exempt As "MBT Commercial Personal" 

0% 

Exempt As "Disabled Veteran or 

Xl Yes 

0 No 

Surviving Spouse"; 

Exempt 

As "Qualified Forest Property” 

[7] Yes 

No 

Exempt 

As "Development Property": 

[Yes 

No 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 

PT SW 1/4 COM AT A PT ON W LINE OF LARAWAY LAKE DR 53.5 FT N 44D 13M E & 35.5 FT N 32D 47M W & 125.55 FT N 45D 36M 

E & 75.33 FT N 42D 05M E FROM INT OF CL SD DR &S SEC LINE TH N 42D 05M E ON SD HWY LINE 70 FT TH N 39D 06M W 246. 

ACCORDING TO MCL 211.34c THIS PROPERTY IS CLASSIFIED AS: 

401 

Residential 

PRIOR YEAR'S CLASSIFICATION 

401 

Residential 

PRIOR AMOUNT 

CURRENT TENTATIVE 

CHANGE FROM 

: 

RIOR YEAR 

TO 

WEARSE05 

AMOUNTYEAR: 

2036 

CURRENT YEAR 

1. TAXABLE VALUE: 

81,356 

2,138 

2. ASSESSED VALUE: 

162,600 

4,100 

3. TENTATIVE EQUALIZATION FACTOR: 

1.000 

| 

: 

i 

4. STATE EQUALIZED VALUE (SEV): 

158,500 

162,600 

4.100 

5. WAS THERE A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP IN 2025 THAT RESULTED IN A TAXABLE VALUE UNCAPPING? 

[Yes 

No 

6. Assessor Change Reason(s): 

Veteran Exemption Approved, Market Adjustment 

"The 2026 Inflation rate Multiplier is: 1.027 

Questions regarding the Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Property Classification may be directed to the Following: 

Name: 

Telephone Number: 

Email Address: 

PAULA JASTIFER 

(616) 949-6176 

ASSESSINGDESK@CASCADETWP.COM 

March Board of Review Appeal Information. The Board of Review will meet at the following dates and times: 

THE MARCH BOARD OF REVIEW WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 9 AND 11, 2026 TO HEAR APPEALS OF ASSESSED VALUE, 

TAXABLE VALUE AND PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION. 

APPOINTMENTS MAY BE MADE BEGINNING MARCH 2,2026, BY CALLING 616-949-6176. 

ALL APPELLANTS MUST COMPLETE AN APPEAL FORM 618/L-4035 PETITION TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR EACH PARCEL, 

PRIOR TO THEIR HEARING. LETTER APPEALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 10, 2026, BY 4 PM. 

PROPERTY RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.CASCADETWP.COM/SERVICES-DEPARTMENTS/ASSESSING OR YO 

MAY VIEW VALUATIONS AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL, MONDAY — THURSDAY 7AM-4PM, AND FRIDAY 8AM - NOON. NO 

APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY. 

TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT RATIO: 50% 

MULTIPLIER FOR ALL CLASSES: 1.0000 

1768

Michigan Department of Treasury, 

1019 (Rev, 10-24) 

THIS 

IS NOT A TAX BILL 

L-4 

Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Property Classification 

This form is issued under the authority of P.A. 206 of 1893, Sec. 211.24 (c) and Sec.211.34c, as amended. This is a model assessment notice to be used by the local assessor. 

FROM 

CASCADE CHARTER TOWNSHIP 

C/O ASSESSING DEPARTMENT 

5920 TAHOE DR SE 

GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546 

PARCEL IDENTIFICATION 

PARCEL NUMBER: 

41-19-04-351-007 

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 

1969 LARAWAY LAKE DR SE 

GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546 

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49546 

FOERSTER GARY 

& 

LINDA 

& 

GLOWINSKI 

ALISON 

1969 

LARAWAY 

LAKE 

DR 

SE 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

MI 

49546-6640 

OWNER'S NAME & ADDRESS/PERSON NAMED ON ASSESSMENT ROLL: 

1779 

PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE EXEMPTION 

% Exempt As "Homeowners Principal Reside 

100.0 

% Exempt As "Qualified Agricultural Property 

0 

% Exempt As "MBT Industrial Personal™: 

0 

% Exempt As "MBT Commercial Personal™: 

Exempt As "Qualified Forest Property: 

[] Yes 

Xl 

00% 

0% 

0% 

0% 

o 

Exempt As "Development Property™: 

[i] Yes 

Xx No 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 

PT SW 1/4 COM AT APT ON W LINE OF LARAWAY LAKE DR 53.5 FT N 44D 13M E & 35.5 FT N 32D 47M w & 125.55 FT N 45D 

360i 

E & 75.33 FT N 42D 05M E FROM INT OF CL SD DR & S SEC LINE TH N 42D 05M E ON SD HWY LINE 76 FT THN 35D 

06M 

ACCORDING TO MCL 211.34c THIS PROPERTY IS CLASSIFIED AS: 

401 

Residential 

PRIOR YEAR'S CLASSIFICATION: 

401 

Residential 

CHANGE FROM 

PRIOR AMOUNT 

CURRENT TENTATIVE 

OR 

YEAR TO 

YEARo004 

AMOUNT EAR 

02s 

CO 

1. TAXABLE VALUE: 

76,837 

79,218 

2,381 

2. ASSESSED VALUE: 

151,600 

58,500 

3. TENTATIVE EQUALIZATION FACTOR: 

1.000 

: 

. 

4. STATE EQUALIZED VALUE (SEV): 

151.600 

158.500 

5.900 

5. There WAS or WAS NOT a transfer of ownership on this property in 2024 

WAS NOT 

6. Assessor Change Reason(s): 

Market Adjustment, Veteran Exemption Granted 

The 2025 Inflation rate Multiplier is: 1.031 

Questions regarding the Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Property Classification may be directed to the Following: 

Name: 

Phone: 

JENNIFER L. GENTER 

(616) 949-6176 

Email Address: 

JGENTER@CASCADETWP.COM 

March Board of Review Appeal Information: 

THE MARCH BOARD OF REVIEW WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 10 AND 11, 2025. 

APPOINTMENTS MAY BE MADE BEGINNING MARCH 1, 2025 BY CALLING 616-949-6176 

ALL APPELLANTS MUST COMPLETE AN APPEAL FORM 618/L-4035 PETITION TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR EACH PARCEL, 

PRIOR TO THEIR HEARING. LETTER APPEALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 11, 2025 BEFORE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE 

BOARD OF REVIEW. 

TENTATIVE RATIO:50%, MULTIPLIER FOR ALL CLASSES: 1.0000***** 

PROPERTY RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.CASCADETWP.COM OR YOU MAY STOP IN AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL, 

MONDAY — THURSDAY 7AM-4PM, AND FRIDAY 8AM - NOON, TO REVIEW PROPERTY RECORDS IN PERSON.

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Michigan Department of Treasury, 

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THIS 

IS NOT A TAX BILL 

Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, and Property Classification 

This form is issued under the authority of Public Act 206 of 1893, Sec. 211.24¢c and Sec.211.34c, as ay mended. 

This is 

a model assessment notice to be used by the local assessor. 

L-4400 

[om BRIDGETON TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR 

PARCEL NUMBER: 

PARCEL IDENTIFICATION 

62-21-19-200-002 

| 

11830 WARNER AVE 

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 

GRANT MI 49327 

8910 

W 120TH ST 

GRANT, MI 49327 

SCHOOL DISTRICT CODE: 

~~ 62040 

OWNER'S NAME & ADDRESS/PERSON NAMED ON ASSESSMENT ROLL: 

EXEMPTIONS 

6131 

1% KER ESAUTO*¥5-DIGIT 49318 

T10 

Pl 

#itd 

% Exempt As "Homeowners Principal Residence™ 

100.00% 

en! a 

% Exempt As "Qualified Agricultural Property”: 

.00% 

GRANT, 

MI 49327-9738 

% Exempt As "MBT Industrial Personal™; 

-00% 

gC 

UE TR 

PET 

NTT TR 

ELT ANT 

% Exempt As "MBT Commercial Personal 

00% 

Exempt As "Disabled Veteran or Surviving 

Spouse": 

0 Yes 

Q 

Exempt As "Qualified Forest Property": 

0 Yes 

o 

Exempt As "Development Property": 

[1 Yes 

[ 

|Z 

[2 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 

NE 1/4 E TO BEG. SEC. 19 T11IN R14W 

4 A 

‘COM. 

ON N LINE OF NE 1/4 NE 1/4 ON W SIDE OF ROAD SW'LY ALG. ROAD TOW LINE OF NE 1/4 NE 1/4 N TO NW COR. NE 1/4 

ACCORDING TO MCL 211.34c THIS PROPERTY IS CLASSIFIED AS: 

401 

Residential 

PRIOR YEAR'S CLASSIFICATION IF DIFFERENT: 

401 

Residential 

The change in taxable value will increase/decrease your tax bill 

PRIOR AMOUNT 

CURRENT 

CHANGE FRO 

for the 2026 

year by approximately: gg5 

YEAR: 

5025 

JEATATIVE ARE 

ahi 

1. TAXABLE VALUE: 

71,881 

73,821 

1,940 

86,100 

2. ASSESSED VALUE: 

8 

3. TENTATIVE EQUALIZATION FACTOR: 

1.000 

4. STATE EQUALIZED VALUE (SEV): 

77,500 

86,100 

8/600 

5. WAS THERE A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP 10025 

THAT RESULTED IN A TAXABLE VALUE UNCAPPING? [yes 

N 

O° 

6. Assessor Change Reason(s): 

The 2026 Inflation rate Multiplier is: 1.027 

af 

cable 

Valu 

Questions regarding the Notice of Assessment, Taxable Valuation, an nd Property 

Classification may 

be directed to the Following: 

Pey 

y 

Telephone Number: 

Email Address: 

(231) 519-1632 

Name: 

TERRI BLAKE 

ASSESSOR@BRIDGETONTWPMI.GOV 

March Board of Review Appeal Information. The Board of Review will meet at the following dates and times: 

BOARD OF REVIEW MEETINGS ARE BY APPOINTMENT AT THE BRIDGETON TWP HALL 

11830 

S WARNER AVE GRANT, MI 

MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2026, 1:30 PM TO 7:30 PM 

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026, 1:30 PM TO 7:30 PM 

FOR INQUIRIES OR TO SET AN APPOINTMENT CONTACT TERRI BLAKE @ 231-519-1632 

LETTER APPEALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10 

6131

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