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Page 3 • 1 Councilmember Thuesen asked for examples as to how this particular levy could be used 2 in the City of St. Anthony. Frame identified the 2002 watershed project request of 3 $20,000 from the MWMO. 4 5 Councilmember Thuesen asked about an average homeowner-relating to the levy. Frame 6 indicated that a homeowner of a$100,000 would pay about$16.00/year for the 7 $3,500,000 levy. 8 9 Councilmember Sparks stated that the Mississippi Watershed Organization worked hard 10 to carefully draft the wording of the new agreement so that the City of St. Anthony would 11 be protected. 12 13 Motion by Councilmember Sparks, second by Councilmember Faust, to adopt Resolution 14 02-034,re: Amending the Joint Cooperative Agreement with the Mississippi Watershed 15 Management Organization. 16 17 Motion carried unanimously. 18 19 B. Preview of Board of Review-Tamara Doolittle. Hennepin County Assessing will be 20rep sent. 21 Tamara Doolittle, appraiser with Hennepin County Assessors office,came forward to 22 provide a summary of the 2002 assessment and-some information on the local Board of 23 Review procedures. 24 25 Doolittle stated that there have been some changes regarding safety and security since the 26 events of September 11, 2001. She stated that their basic functions to remain the same, 27 and that the main difference is the way that they do inspections. She stated exterior 28 inspections would be done from the street and, if an interior inspection were necessary, 29 they would issue a letter to the property owner asking them to contact the Assessors 30 office. She added that they hope that the changes will increase security for their staff,as 31 well as make their presence less invasive in the community. 32 33 Doolittle indicated that the estimated market values for the 2002 assessment were set as 34 of January 2, 2002. She stated that the average property value increase was 15%, and the 35 average sale price of a home for 2001 was$186,000. 36 37 Doolittle stated that the average town-home owner increase was 13%, a condominium 38 was 11.6%, and the duplex properties saw an increase of 19%. She indicated that 39 commercial and industrial properties saw an average increase of 7.6%, and apartments 40 had an average increase of 11%. 41 42 Doolittle indicated that they have received only twelve calls from residents in the City of 43 St. Anthony,which was consistent with the rest of the county. 44 • 45 She stated that the Local Board of Review was scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2002. 46 Mayor Hodson asked if there were any questions from the Council. There were none.