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BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES May 9, 2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES `, 2 MINUTES 3 BOARD OF REVIEW 4 5 DATE : May 9,2011 6 TIME STARTED : 5:45 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Gallup, Roeser, and Mayor 9 Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Rafferty and O'Donnell 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 noted that the council continued the board meeting so as to 16 continue discussion on two matters: a)the lakeshore properties on Bald Eagle Lake that are split 17 between Anoka and Washington County; and b) Mr. Jackson's property at 431 Post Road. 18 19 There was no one present wishing to speak on the Bald Eagle Lake property. The council received an 20 update from Ms. Weiner on the property. City staff had met with her, an Anoka County appraiser, 21 Hugo's Community Development Director, and a Washington County appraiser to discuss the Bald 22 Eagle Lake property values. Historically, the Washington County appraiser had adjusted the lake 23 frontage values to $1,000 per linear foot, which resulted in a significant increase of assessed land L' 24 value to the property owners who addressed the board on April 25. Apparently Washington County 25 based their appraisal on their across-the-board rate for lake front property while Anoka County's 26 assessment is based on"site value." Both appraisers pointed out that if you add the Anoka County 27 assessment and the Washington County assessment,the total land value is in the range of where both 28 counties would be if the properties were exclusively assessed in either county. Because of the limited 29 lake view that these properties have, Ms. Wiener indicated that she is willing to propose a 10% 30 reduction in her appraisal, which would lower the property tax assessment by $21,710 for the five 31 property owners appealing their assessment. 32 33 The board concurred with the proposed reduction; the mayor indicated that he'd still like to have a 34 discussion with the Hugo city council to see what can/should be done long term to deal with this 35 unusal situation. 36 37 The board then heard from Ms. Weiner regarding Mr. Jackson's property at 431 Post Road. Ms. 38 Weiner reported that she retrieved more comparables on the property. Regarding the question of 39 devaluation because of a tragedy having occurred in the home, she hasn't been able to confirm the 40 incident for this property. If the incident did occur, it wasn't with the owner just previous to Mr. 41 Jackson; there is probably less and less impact the more such a property changes hands. She's 42 recommending no change to the valuation she has proposed. 43 44 Mr. Jackson appeared with his own comparables and provided that information to the council L 45 members. He noted that Ms. Weiner's comparables are not appropriate since they are older and 1