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r--- J 1 an abatement of the $132,000.00 1988 valuation for the home •2 before the Board of Review. 3 Nancy Soldatow, 3217 - 32nd Avenue N.E. , reported she was still 4 dissatisfied with the reduction of her home's valuation from 5 $113 ,000.00 to $107,000.00 because 3 different real estate 6 agencies had quoted sales prices which were from $3 ,000.00 to 7 $8,000.00 lower even after the $10,000.00 in repairs which needed 8 to be done. Her presence that evening was also to keep the Board 9 of Equalization avenue open to her, she said. 10 Genevieve Schuster, 3204 Townview Avenue N.E. , requested an onsite 11 review of her property because she perceived her valuation was 12 between $2 ,000.00 and $2 , 500.00 higher than she could ever get 13 for her home. 14 Peter Osipenko, 3417 Edward Street N.E. , said appraisers had been in 15 home many times but had not convinced him that a 10% raise of 16 $4 ,700.00 in his valuations was justified in 1989 when he had 17 made no changes in his home since the last evaluation was made. 18 His was one of the homes which had been damaged in the 1984 19 tornado, after which a court appointed appraiser had evaluated 20 his home and the complainant reiterated that he could no longer 21 afford to live in his home on a retirement pension. He said he 22 also didn't think the price the owner of a similar home on Belden 23 had gotten for his property had been close enough to its real 24 valuation to be used as a justification for raising his Wvaluation. 26 Mr. Becken then answered a question about .hiring outside assessors to 27 fight Hennepin County's valuations by saying persons who appear before 28 the Board of Equalization can introduce any testimony they perceive 29 pertinent to their appeal. 30 Persons who did not request onsite re-evaluations or who didn't intend 31 to seek abatements of prior year valuations included: 32 Carol Sorenson, Housing Manager for Walker on Kenzie Apartments, 33 indicated the project managers had requested she just observe the 34 hearing. She later told the H.R.A. members she wanted to compliment the 35 City Police and Fire Departments for rapid response to any call from any 36 of those apartments. 37 Richard T. Roman, 2517 - 36th Avenue N.E. , said he was only present to 38 learn more about the valuation process. 39 Frank Koes, 2817 Stinson Boulevard, asked questions about the relation 40 of the school referendum, which had not passed, and the property tax 41 which residents could expect to pay for the school district's share of - •42 the "property . tax .pie" . He was told the City's share of that pie was 43 only 16% and the Council was only qualified to speak about the fire and 3