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BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES April 25, 2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES _ 2 MINUTES 3 BOARD OF REVIEW 4 5 DATE : April 25,2011 6 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Gallup,Roeser, O'Donnell, 9 Rafferty and Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John Swenson; City 13 Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 Anoka County Assessor Linda Weiner explained that the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization of 16 the City of Lino Lakes is meeting for the purpose of reviewing and correcting the assessment of the 17 city for the year 2011, payable in 2012. All persons considering themselves aggrieved by said 18 assessments were given the opportunity to address the Board. She reminded those present that only 19 appeals for the current year valuation or classification could be made. Discussion of the Board is 20 limited to valuations only, not taxes. Ms. Weiner reviewed briefly the Anoka County, 2011 Board of 21 Appeal and Equalization, County Assessor's Report document and presented a brief overview of the 22 property tax process and a recap of current assessments. 23 24 Ms. Weiner then noted that she had spoken with the council at a recent work session about a group of 25 property owners whose property is split between Anoka County and Washington County; their homes 26 are located on property in Anoka County(Lino Lakes) and another portion of their same lots 27 (lakeshore) is located in Washington County(Hugo). 28 29 Kathy Wall, 6020 Bald Eagle Boulevard, told the board that the valuation for the Washington County 30 portion of her property and her neighbors has increased by up to 600 percent. Since Anoka County 31 takes into consideration the Washington County portion of their lots, they feel that they are being 32 double valued. She added that the portion outside of Anoka County is unbuildable. Furthermore 33 their lakeshore situation is odd because they can't even see the lake from their homes. 34 35 John Kulas, 6110 Bald Eagle Boulevard, added that there is nothing to compare with their lots. 36 37 The council suggested that there should be some communication with either Hugo or Washington 38 County about this situation. The city administrator will handle that communication and report back; 39 the board will be continued to May 9. 40 41 Nancy Eliass, 6331 Cherokee Trail, noted that she had spoken with Ms. Weiner who suggested that 42 she attend this meeting to present her appeal. She refinanced her home and, as part of that process, a 43 valuation was prepared. She presented some information on comparable properties and requested that 44 the council reduce her valuation accordingly. 45 1