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• C=TY (Dr, S T . ANTHONY BOARD OF REVIEW M 2 NUTS S APR 2 L 1 1 , 1 9 8 9 1 The Board of Review was convened by Mayor Sundland at 6: 30 P.M. with 2 Sundland, Ranallo, Enrooth, and Makowske present. Marks arrived at 7:18 3 P.M. 4 Also present: David Childs, City Manager 5 Richard O.. Becken, Hennepin County Assessors Office 6 The procedures which would be followed for the hearing were explained 7 by Mayor Sundland who indicated the Board of Review that evening was 8 only the first step property owners had available to get their market 9 valuations or classifications lowered, with appearances before the 10 Hennepin County Board of Equalization and State Tax Courts the next 11 steps in the process. Councilmember Enrooth clarified that a re- 12 evaluation of a property by an assessor or an appraiser could result in 13 either a raise or decrease in that valuation or classification. Mayor 14 Sundland added that in any event the Board of Review would not be 15 changing valuations of less than $1 ,000.00. Councilmember Ranallo and 16 Mr. Childs pointed out that the City's levy represented only about 16% 7 of the "tax pie" or $250.00 of the total property tax for an average 8 $85,000.00 home in St. Anthony. 19 Mr. Becken indicated that one quadrant of St. Anthony had been 20 physically appraised by his department that year and valuations of the 21 75% which were not reappraised were recalculated by computer which is 22 programmed to show the increases and changes in value for real estate. 23 The assessor said this had averaged to a 5% increase for St. Anthony 24 properties which, with almost the same percentage the previous year, 25 amounted to close to a 10%. raise for the City in the last two years, 26 depending on the type of home a property owner had. Mr. Becken also 27 indicated that if a property owner is convinced the home is overvalued, 28 an abatement for two years back can be sought through the Board of 29 Equalization and finally through the Tax Court. A book showing a 30 sampling of sales from September, 1987, to September, 1988, of five 31 different home - types in St. Anthony had been distributed to 32 Councilmembers who then sent their copies out to be examined by persons 33 present for the hearing. 34 There was concurrence that it would be helpful for the information in 35 the book to include the assessed valuations for each of these 36 properties. 37 Council Requests Re-appraisals or Continuation of Abatement Processes 38 for Nine St. Anthony Properties 1