HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/25/2025 - Citizen Comments - Robert Horinko - Friendship Retirement property tax change Rhonda Perdue
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Meeting Date: March 25 2025
Agenda Item Number: Chief Deputy Clerk
Purpose: Citizens Comments
Subject: Friendship property tax change
Speaker Information
Name: Robert Horinko
Street Address: 3730 Richfield Lane
City: Salem •
State: VA
ZIP: 24153
Phone: 5403539840
Email: bobhorinko ,gmail.com
Group/Organization: Richfield Living resident
I would like the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to recognize me during the
meeting on the above matter so that I may comment.
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Rhonda Perdue
From: Bob Horinko <bobhorinko@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 10:00 AM
To: Board of Supervisors;Jason Peters
Subject: [EXTERNAL] - Friendship Ricfield Living Talk to the BOS
Attachments: BOS Address March 25.docx
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Rising costs are affecting everything and everyone including municipal governments. I am sure that
Roanoke County is experiencing the same concerns. However I find it hard to understand how changing
the status of an existing exemption for nonprofits on senior living will be windfall for the county. Richfield
Living and now Friendship Richfield Living has been utilizing the exemption since it was introduced in
1987 and has helped to provide an affordable communal housing option for county seniors.
Richfield is a vibrant community with an organized effort to meet the needs of over 500 residents and
maintain a high quality of life. Friendship Richfield Living promotes 7 elements for Well power.
1. Physical Wellness- Physical Wellness is essential. Maintaining health through physical activity,
healthy diet, good sleep habits and medical advice.
2. Financial Wellness- Managing resources and promoting awareness contributes to sound decision
making when planning for retirement and continuum care.
3. Social Wellness- Maintaining relationships as well as fostering new ones provides fullness to life and
contributes to the community.
4. Intellectual Wellness- Engaging in intellectually stimulating activities is a proven approach to keeping
minds alert and promotes interest in the world in which we live. Exposure to continuing education classes,
clubs and technology enriches the mind and spirit
5. Emotional Wellness- Feelings are the lens through which the world is viewed. Encouraging emotional
growth and effective stress management with counseling, relaxation techniques and exposure to music
create a balance in life.
6. Spiritual Wellness- living Life with purpose guided by personal values and traditions contributes to
overall positive well being. Group and individual faith based activities create spiritual enlightenment and
growth.
7. Vocational Wellness-Work is consistent with values and lifestyle. Sharing knowledge and experience
with others through mentoring and volunteering benefits others and provides a very rewarding feeling.
My wife Linda and I chose to live at Richfield because of the availability of these elements since we do
not have the physical wherewithal to manage a household or to maintain a healthy life style living alone.
Friendship is meeting and exceeding the satisfaction of these needs. All of these elements require
staffing, infrastructure, planning and budgeting. We are concerned that any increase in cost to Friendship
will result in the reduction or elimination of the elements that allow us to maintain a quality of life that we
have become accustom to.
We are asking the Board and the commissioner of revenue to reconsider the change to the tax structure
for Friendship to prevent an increase in rent or a reduction in services being offered.
Robert Horinko- Resident
Friendship Richfield Living