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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 8, 2003 Page 2 Motion by Councilmember Sparks to approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of March 25, 2 2003. 3 4 Motion carried with Mayor Hodson abstainine. 5 6 V. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 7 8 A. Board of Review 9 Mayor Hodson opened the public hearing at 7:03 p.m. and welcomed Hennepin County 10 Appraiser Tamara Doolittle to the meeting. 11 12 Ms. Doolittle introduced herself. She reviewed the method of assessment and the 2003 13 assessment information for the board of review process. She explained that the sale study price 14 that would prevail under competitive open market conditions was used. Ms. Doolittle stated that 15 there were 55 sales that occurred between October 1, 2001 and September 30, 2002 and 16 indicated these were used to assist in setting values for 2003. 17 18 Ms. Doolittle listed the adjustments for the 2003 assessments as being on average: Residential— 19 8.9%, Commercial/Industrial 3.3%, Condos— 10.8%, Townhouses—9.5%, Duplex — 17.7%. 20 She stated that a complete evaluation was done on the commercial/industrial properties this year, 21 as some were up and some were down. She noted that the value notices were mailed March 7. 16 Ms. Doolittle stated the assessor's office received 20 calls of which 11 of these were reviewed. 24 She explained that if you do not feel the 2003 valuation represents the fair market value of the 25 home and that this meeting gave the residents an opportunity to appeal. She explained in that 26 case, the County Assessor would then take the opportunity to do an interior inspection of the 27 home. She stated that the last day for this board to reconvene is April 28, 2003. She then asked 28 if there were any questions from the Board. 29 30 Mayor Hodson invited Anthony Kaczor to come to the podium. 31 32 Anthony Kaczor, 3008 —33`d Avenue, stated his property value has gone up $114,000 in the past 33 three years. He stated the house next door and behind him brings his value down, while his 34 home brings their values up. He explained the taxable value of his home went up 12% and the 35 estimated value went up only 9%. Mr.Kaczor indicated the housing market has hit the wall, in 36 his opinion, and stated his value shouldn't go up by 12%. He stated he feels like he just has to 37 let his house, including his roof, run down because they keep raising the value. Mr.Kaczor feels 38 that the estimated market value should stay at $231,000. He feels $200,000 should be the 39 taxable value and the assessor's office wants it to go from $206,000 to $231,000. 40 41 Ms. Doolittle offered to review Mr. Kaczor's value and do some review of sales in his area. 42 43 Councilmember Faust recommended that Ms. Doolittle review his property and stated that Mr. Kaczor has now taken the necessary steps so that he can appeal to Hennepin County if he would like to. Councilmember Faust said values are not raised to generate taxes. He advised that the 6 12%increase is mitigated by the State legislature.