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• • • BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES May 9, 201 t Draft DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES BOARD OF REVIEW : May 9, 2011 . 5:45 p.m. . 6:30 p.m. : Council Member Gallup, Roeser, and Mayor Reinert : Council Member Rafferty and O'Donnell Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John Swenson; City Clerk Julie Bartell Anoka County Assessor Linda Weiner noted that the council continued the board meeting so as to continue discussion on two matters: a) the lakeshore properties on Bald Eagle Lake that are split between Anoka and Washington County; and b) Mr. Jackson's property at 431 Post Road. There was no one present wishing to speak on the Bald Eagle Lake property. The council received an update from Ms. Weiner on the property. City staff had met with her, an Anoka County appraiser, Hugo's Community Development Director, and a Washington County appraiser to discuss the Bald Eagle Lake property values. Historically, the Washington County appraiser had adjusted the lake frontage values to $1,000 per linear foot, which resulted in a significant increase of assessed land value to the property owners who addressed the board on April 25. Apparently Washington County based their appraisal on their across - the -board rate for lake front property while Anoka County's assessment is based on "site value." Both appraisers pointed out that if you add the Anoka County assessment and the Washington County assessment, the total land value is in the range of where both counties would be if the properties were exclusively assessed in either county. Because of the limited lake view that these properties have, Ms. Wiener indicated that she is willing to propose a 10% reduction in her appraisal, which would lower the property tax assessment by $21,710 for the five property owners appealing their assessment. The board concurred with the proposed reduction; the mayor indicated that he'd still like to have a discussion with the Hugo city council to see what can/should be done long term to deal with this unusal situation. The board then heard from Ms. Weiner regarding Mr. Jackson's property at 431 Post Road. Ms. Weiner reported that she retrieved more comparables on the property. Regarding the question of devaluation because of a tragedy having occurred in the home, she hasn't been able to confirm the incident for this property. If the incident did occur, it wasn't with the owner just previous to Mr. Jackson; there is probably less and less impact the more such a property changes hands. She's recommending no change to the valuation she has proposed. Mr. Jackson appeared with his own comparables and provided that information to the council members. He noted that Ms. Weiner's comparables are not appropriate since they are older and 1 P25