CC BOARD OF REVIEW MINUTES 04111989

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i 1 police services as well as street maintenance costs, etc. , on which the •2 City's levy was based. 3 James Murphy, 2601 - 36th Avenue N.E. , indicated his home was valued at 4 $103,000.00, which resulted in taxes to high for him to pay on 5 retirement pension. He speculated that "the City's tax base was too 6 high" and said he suspected the reason was "that there must be a misuse 7 of public funds somewhere along the way. " The City's response to this 8 was stated by Councilmember Ranallo who drew attention to the fact that 9 the budget is discussed openly each year during public hearings which 10 are well publicized so as to give the residents an opportunity to share 11 in the budget decisions. 12 Robert E. Brown, 3304 Wendhurst Drive N.E. (a former St. Anthony School 13 District Superintendent) , indicated he believed, the decrease in the 14 State's support for the elementary and high schools in Minnesota had 15 shifted the responsibility back to the school districts and caused them 16 to raise their levies to make up for the reduction in state aids. He 17 was told that except for the current year when the City had been able 18 to reduce its levy somewhat because it had received more state aid than 19 in past years, this raise was still not enough to offset the drastic 20 reductions in aid St. Anthony had received in previous years. Mr. 21 Brown's assumption that "the ratio between real estate sales and 22 assessed valuations gave the most accurate picture of property 23 valuations" resulted in a detailed discussion between the resident and 24 the assessor. 105 Mildred Dencho, 2501 - 30th Avenue N.E. , said she was just present, to 26 express her own dissatisfaction with her raise in valuation but did not 27 request another onsite evaluation. 28 John Labenski, 2801 West Armour Terrace, who had accompanied his 29 daughter, RoseAnne Bird, to the meeting, was told the appraisal 30 evaluations on residential property were based on the cost approach and 31 the average cost per square foot on St. Anthony property was $75.00 per 32 square foot. He was also told the book which had been passed around 33 carried only a 10% representation of the 105 homes sold in St. Anthony 34. from September 1987 to September 1988. 35 ADJOURNMENT 36 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to adjourn the Board of Review 37 hearing at 7:27 P.M. to be reconvened at 6: 30 P.M. just before the April 38 25th Council meeting. 39 Motion carried unanimously. 40 Respectfully submitted, 41 0 4