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BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES APRIL 13, 2009 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 BOARD OF REVIEW 4 5 DATE : April 13, 2009 6 TIME STARTED : 6:04 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:53 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember O'Donnell, Reinert, 9 Stoltz, Gallup and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 Staff members present: City Finance Officer, Al Rolek; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; and 13 City Clerk, Julie Bartell 14 15 Mayor Bergeson explained that the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization of the City of Lino Lakes 16 meets for the purpose of reviewing and correcting the assessment of the city for the year 2009, 17 payable in 2010. All persons considering themselves aggrieved by said assessment or who wish to 18 complain that the property of another is assessed too low were given the opportunity to address the 19 Board. The Mayor reminded those present that only appeals for the current year valuation or 20 classification could be made. Discussion of the Board is limited to valuations only, not taxes. 21 22 Linda Weiner, Anoka County Assessor's Office,presented the Board with the Anoka County, 2009 23 Board of Appeal and Equalization, County Assessor's Report document and presented a brief 24 overview of the property tax process and a recap of current assessments. 25 26 The following individuals addressed the Board: 27 28 Richard McNamara, owner of four industrial properties on Apollo Drive. His buildings will be at 29 80%vacancy within 60 days. He is having great difficulty renting the properties. He feels his 30 valuation is too high and would like the opportunity to work with Anoka County on the matter. The 31 council concurred that Mr. McNamara will work with the county on valuation issues. 32 33 Jeff Joyer, 8174 Lake Drive. He owns eight properties in Lino Lakes including three vacant parcels. 34 He has spoken with the assessors and plans to work with them on a review of the valuations. In 35 particular, a parcel of 105 acres near old city hall is obviously overvalued since it has limited 36 accessibility and will be designated urban reserve thereby limiting future use to agriculture. Ms. 37 Weiner will meet with Mr. Joyer to discuss his concerns 38 39 Ms. Weiner announced that communication was received from the following property owners (she 40 will be contacting them as appropriate): 41 - Jason Hier; Kee Van Sin; Mark Gobrand; and Todd Alband. 42 Council Member Reinert moved to accept said communications to the record, thereby allowing those 43 individuals to proceed in the appeal process. Council Member Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion 44 carried. 45 1