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SPECIAL, JOINT COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, JUNE lly 1983 Mayor Eder called the Council meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. Councillors present: Dunn, Fraser, Mazzara, Morgan (7:15). Also present Administrator Whittaker, AGENDA: Additions — 3. Interest Rate for Sealcoating Project Bonds M/S/P Fraeo /Mazzara to approve the agenda, as amended. Carried 4-0. 1. BOARD OF RMEW: Whittaker reported that the tax revenue decrease to the City, resulting from the market value decrease proposed by the Assessor for homes affected by or in the designated area of the landfill contamination, would be $2,284. Loss of revenue to the County would be 417,922, based on this years mill rate. Fraser offered the following motion based on review of the Assessor's recommendation and her impression of how the Assessor arrived at the proposed percentage from resident comments at the Board of Review: M/S/ Praser/Mazzara to approve the following percentage decreases in market value for the homes listed by the Assessor: 10%, as proposed by the Assessor reduce 50% proposed reduction to 4094 and 30% proposed reduction to 15%. Discussion: --Fraser — value reduction is appropriate, but feels assessor's figures may be -too high for homes where no contamination or traces have been identified. No basis for determining percentage — assessor puebed residents to come up with a percentage decrease — many did not seem to have a figure in mind. --Dunn — would favor supporting the Assessor's figures with a yearly evaluation established and the understanding this situation will not be forever. Sympathetic with the residents and the psyeological- devaluation that has also been created. --Eder — reviewed information on well replacement compiled by the Administrator. Easier to relate to a solutuion to a problem that has a specific amount rather than :lust attaching an arbitrary figure. Suggested Calculating 86600/ $7000, the well replacement figure, as the percentage decrease in place of the 30%. --Morgan — residents have lost market value of their homes based on something they had no control over. Presently, cannot imagine any market for these homes even at 50% decrease. Supports the Assessor's figures, with the hope that this is resolved by the next assessment ,year. --Mazzara — obvious there is some devaluation — agree with the 50°/o — 30% may be high, but not out of. proportion. Believe the Assessor's figures are fair. Would not create a great tax loss to the City this year. --Eder — would rather go with a fixed dollar amount rather than a percentage. --Fraser — withdrew motion to permit introduction of an alternate proposal. Mazzara approved. —Mrs. Towns — noted that although Weldon Richert had a new well drilled he is unable to use it until the test results on that well are back. To date, these are not in. She also noted that although it is understood that residents who have been notified their well are contaminated are receiving bottled water from the County, this is not a fact. She.asked that both these facts be taken into consideration by the Council.