05-04-2020 Board of Appeal Minutes

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BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES May 4, 2020 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 BOARD OF APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION 4 5 DATE May 4, 2020 6 TIME STARTED 6:00 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED 6:20 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT Councilmember Ruhland, Lyden, Cavegn, Stoesz 9 and Mayor Rafferty 10 MEMBERS ABSENT :none 11 12 Staff members present: City Clerk Julie Bartell; Finance Director Sarah Cotton 13 14 Anoka County Assessor Staff present: Scott Schutz, Assessment Compliance Coordinator, Shawn 15 Halligan (Residential Appraiser) & John Leone (Commercial Appraiser). 16 17 City Board of Appeal members who had completed training for the meeting were Councilmembers Lyden and 18 Ruhland. 19 20 Mayor Rafferty called the meeting to order; all members were present. 21 22 The council had reviewed the official board report (on file) at a recent work session. 23 24 There were no property owners wishing to speak. 25 26 Anoka County Residential Appraiser Halligan addressed the board. He's had 37 calls this year, the 27 majority of which have been settled. For the calls that have come late in the process, he has told the 28 property owners that he would read the property into the record that they would retain the right to 29 come to the County Board of Appeal. Staff will work with them over the next few weeks to address 30 their concerns but they can go forward to that board if they choose. He noted that a list of property 31 owners was submitted to the City Clerk and they'd like those included in the record so as to retain 32 that right of future appeal. Mr. Halligan added that there were 410 sales in the City of which 216 33 were qualified and used for study. The market value of City properties is included in the board 34 report. There were just over 100 new homes constructed. 35 36 Anoka County Commercial Appraiser Leone said he has received two calls and those have been 37 addressed. There were only three sales (one commercial and two industrial) this year. He noted that 38 as usual twenty percent of the properties were reviewed. 39 40 Mayor Rafferty asked about outstanding concerns that the County has heard from property owners. 41 Mr. Halligan noted the number of owners with which he has reached resolution. There are about five 42 outstanding where they have not and the County will continue working with them. He noted that 43 taxation notices were delivered to the property owners later than usual. 44 1