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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/20/1987 Council Minutes1 1 1 COUNCIL BOARD OF REVIEW APRIL 20, 1987 A Special Meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was call to order at 7:04 P.M. by Councilman Bohjanen. Council Members present: Bohjanen, Marier and Bisel. Mayor Benson and Mr. Reinert arrived later. City Clerk, Marilyn Anderson and Ms. Diana Bockniak from the County Assessors office was also present. Mr. Schumacher arrived later. Mr. Bohjanen explained the purpose of the Special Council was to convene the Lino Lakes Boad of Review for 1987. Ms. Judith Tooker, 7850 - 20th Avenue - Ms. Tooker said she has obtained several appraisals of her property from realtors and one from the Search Company. All appraisals are lower than what is currently listed as the market value of her property by the City Assessor. Ms. Tooker explained that there has been considerable amount of water damage to her property and currently there is water in her basement. She presented pictures of her property. The Assessor had her market value listed as $90,000 and lowered it to $84,000 and the County has now lowered the value to $78,400. Ms. Bockniak told the Council that the house does have some problems and her associates did talk to Mr. Olson at the Search Company who said that the $78,400 figure was in the ballpark. She said she would leave it up to the Council to decide if the value should be reduced further. Mr. Marier said in view of the fact that it has already been dropped significantly and water damages could be corrected, the value at this time is probably correct. Mr. Marier moved to abide by the County's value of $78,400. Mr. Bisel seconded the motion. Ms. Tooker said that the house has been bad since 1983 and if someone were to buy the house right now they would not pay $78,400 because of the uncertainity. She estimated it would cost $5,000 to complete repairs. Mr. Marier noted that no effort has been made to rectify the situation on the part of Ms. Tooker and if it were to be assessed on square footage basis, the value would be $90,000. Ms. Tooker told the Council that there is a sump pump in the basement and drain tile under the floor. Currently there is water in the basement and when it rains there is sewer gas odors in the house. Voting on the motion, Mr. Bisel voted no, Mr. Reinert abstained and Mr. Bohjanen voted yes. Motion carried. Mike Dovle - 6711 Partridge Place - Mr. Doyle questioned on what basis a market value is determined. He said his house is not complete. The basement is not finished and neither is the dining room and the yard. Ms. Bockniak checked the Assessors records for this dwelling and found that the house has 1,380 square feet, is considered grade 6, built in PAGE 1 COUNCIL BOARD OF REVIEW APRIL 20, 1987 1984 with a 576 square foot garage and blacktop driveway. It was listed as a completed dwelling. Mr. Doyle said it was not completed. Mr. Marier moved to have Ms. Bockniak go and review Mr. Doyle's property. Mr. Bohjanen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. John McLean. 2040 Otter Lake Drive - Mr. McLean said he owns some lakeshore lots and noted the value of the property went up on the lots from 24% to 41%. He asked if this was in line with what was happening throughout the City. Ms. Bockniak said that lakeshore property was increased and this is consistant with what has happened to other lakeshore property. Ms. Bockniak noted that the Assessor probably made a study of values and increased the lakeshore property according to the outcome of the study. Mr. Bohjanen moved to have the County Assessor look at properties listed by Mr. McLean. Mr. Bisel seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. George DeGeer, 7609 Peltier Lake Drive - Mr. DeGeer told the Council that his property value jumped $16,000. He noted that compared to the neighbors his house is considerably smaller and his value is higher. Mrs. Roisum had told him there was an error in his valuation and he should be receiving word of the change. Mr. DeGeer noted that his land value has risen from $8,500 to $22,000. He asked why lakeshore property increased and non - lakeshore did not increase. Mayor Benson explained that lakeshore owners do pay a premium for living on the lake. Mr. DeGeer did not agree with this statement. He did not think lake property is any more valuable than non - lakeshore property. He said this was unreasonable. Mr. Marier told Mr. DeGeer that he was told that Lino Lakes lakeshore property did not keep up with the increase in value because of the lack of sales of lakeshore in Lino Lakes. Mr. DeGeer said if he was not in agreement with the change in value that will be coming from the County he will appear at the County Board of Review. Ms. Bockniak said she would run a study of lakeshore property in Lino Lakes to determine if it is consistant throughout Lino Lakes. This will be done before the County Board of Review. Brad Racutt, 998 Lois Lane - Mr. Racutt explained his house was built in 1985 and he did not agree with the market value established for his property. He asked if the City appraisal could be attacked by an independent appraiser. Ms. Bockniak explained that the market value on his property is $156,300 and noted that the house is larger than average and is a class four dwelling which is a better class. Mr. PAGE 2 1 1 1 1 COUNCIL BOARD OF REVIEW APRIL 20, 1987 Racutt said the City Assessor did not enter his home and asked how an appraisal could be made from the street. Mr. Marier moved to have the County look at the property. Mr. Bisel seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Benson noted a letter received from Mr. Rudolph W. Ronan. 6255 Laurene Avenue questioning the inflation factor used in raising the value of his property. Ms. Bockniak will call Mr. Ronan and discuss the concern with him. Mr. Racutt questioned the mill rate. Mayor Benson told Mr. Racutt that the property taxes which is based on the mill rate goes into the General Fund for the maintenance of City services. Such items as sewer and water are assessed to the benefited property owners. He also noted that such items as Federal Revenue Sharing has been eliminated by the Federal Government and that is why the City must increase the mill rate to just keep services at the present levels. Mr. Doyle asked what area wide taxes were. Ms. Bockniak explained. Mr. Schumacher further explained that some communities are developing faster that others and therefore have a better tax base. Area wide taxing spreads the base to less developed communites. Therefore communities such as Lino Lakes benefit. Mr. Marier moved to adjourn at 8:05 P.M. Mr. Bohjanen seconded the motion. Aye. These minutes were considered and approved at a regular council meeting on June 8 1987. rt ti Y iC 7 L:1 't AB1LY G. ANDERSON k441101,111° . • �► B JAMIN G. BENSON - Clerk- Treasurer ayor PAGE 3