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BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES APRIL 12,2010 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 BOARD OF REVIEW 4 5 DATE : April 12,2010 6 TIME STARTED : 6:04 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:53 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Gallup, Roeser and 9 Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member O'Donnell and Rafferty 11 12 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; Public Safety Director Dave Pecchia 13 14 Council Member Roeser explained that the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization of the City of 15 Lino Lakes meets for the purpose of reviewing and correcting the assessment of the city for the year 16 2010,payable in 2011. All persons considering themselves aggrieved by said assessment or who 17 wish to complain that the property of another is assessed too low were given the opportunity to 18 address the Board. He reminded those present that only appeals for the current year valuation or 19 classification could be made. Discussion of the Board is limited to valuations only, not taxes. 20 21 Linda Weiner, Anoka County Assessor's Office,presented the Board with the Anoka County, 2010 22 Board of Appeal and Equalization, County Assessor's Report document and presented a brief 23 overview of the property tax process and a recap of current assessments. She noted that she has L., 4 received only 27 calls, fewer than normal. 25 26 The county assessor noted that Bill Fogerty and Richard McNamara have signed in for this evening's 27 meeting but do not wish to speak to the council but rather to reserve their right to the county process. 28 29 Ms. Weiner noted that she had received a call this afternoon from the owner of the mobile home park 30 in Lino Lakes; staff will meet with them in the near future and they will be able to participate in the 31 county process. 32 33 A Senior Appraiser of Anoka County Assessor's Office reported on the properties at 474 Apollo 34 Drive and 471 Apollo Drive, industrial properties. He has visited the properties and is working on 35 reaching an agreement with the owners. An owner added that there is some concern about a wrong 36 calculation on square footage among other things. It was understood that the situation will be 37 addressed through the county process. 38 39 The following individuals addressed the Board: 40 41 Ms. Bernadine Skoglund, 7481 Lake Drive, questioned why the valuation on her lots is again being 42 increased; there should a cap. She added that although the property is for sale there have been very 43 minimal inquiries since 2001. The assessor will review the property valuation. 44 45 1