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BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES May 6, 2013 <br />DRAFT <br />1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br />BOARD OF APPEAL 3 <br /> 4 <br />DATE : May 6, 2013 5 <br />TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 <br />TIME ENDED : 6:40 p.m. 7 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , Roeser (arrived at 5:40), 8 <br />Rafferty, O’Donnell and Mayor Reinert 9 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : none 10 <br /> 11 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson ; Community Development Director Michael 12 <br />Grochala ; Public Safety Director John Swenson; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 <br /> 14 <br />The council had continued the Board of Appeal meeting on Ap ril 22, 2013 to this date for the purpose 15 <br />of continuing discussion of the following two appeals . In addition to City staff, two representatives of 16 <br />the Anoka County Assessor’s Office were present: Appraiser Peggy Nordrum and Randy DeJong. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Peter Hitchcoc k, 448 Tanglewood Drive, Shoreview regarding his property in Lino Lakes 19 <br />located at 355 Ash Street and the two acre lot next door – Mr. Hitchcock’s appeal relates to the 20 <br />valuation of his property. There is a large difference between what he paid for this p roperty and the 21 <br />value attached by the county. It was sold as a distressed property and also has some building issues. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Appraiser Nordrum reported that after review of Mr. Hitchcock’s appeal , she is recommending that 24 <br />the two property valuations be reduce d as follows: 25 <br /> 26 <br />The reductions that will be in place for taxes payable 2014 are as follows: 27 <br /> 28 <br /> PIN 31 -31 -22 -44 -0006 29 <br /> Previous Estimate Market Value = Land $74,700; Buildings $46,600 (Total $121,300) 30 <br /> Changed to = Land $63,000; Buildings $7,200 (Total $70,200) 31 <br /> 32 <br /> PIN 31 -31 -22 -44 -0007 33 <br /> Previous Estimate Market Value = Land only $83,000 34 <br /> Changed to = Land only $63,000 . 35 <br /> 36 <br />Council Member O’Donnell moved to approve the reductions as indicated. Council Member Rafferty 37 <br />seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Paul Johnson, Pine Acres Development Company – Mr. Johnson had explai ned at the initial 40 <br />hearing that he and some partners bought property in Lino Lakes many years ago; he believes it was 41 <br />platted around 1974. At one point he was advised by former City Administrator Randy Schumacher 42 <br />to do an overplat, which he did and had re corded. The property is being charged by the plat even 43 <br />though it can’t be developed anytime soon mainly because it is far away from water and sewer 44