00:00:07.533 --> 00:00:20.467 Meeting to order Mr. Montero, would you please call Roll? 00:00:20.467 --> 00:00:24.867 Chair Erickson here Board members young. Board member 00:00:24.867 --> 00:00:34.567 Kowski. Board member Winston. Board member page. Board member 00:00:34.567 --> 00:00:54.367 E McGarvey. Board member Tran. I believe she, we lost or 00:00:54.367 --> 00:01:08.133 disconnected. Yes. For the Board of Appeal and 00:01:08.133 --> 00:01:12.233 equalization meeting. It has been noticed that board member 00:01:12.233 --> 00:01:16.400 Maria Tran of the City Council will be participating in the 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:18.667 meeting by interactive technology, pursuant to 00:01:18.667 --> 00:01:22.400 Minnesota statute section 13D.02 rather than in person at 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:26.734 the board’s regular meeting place at City Hall in the 00:01:26.734 --> 00:01:29.533 council chambers 5,28 5th Avenue North in Brooklyn Park, 00:01:29.533 --> 00:01:33.634 Minnesota. I am physically present in the council chambers 00:01:33.634 --> 00:01:37.367 along with board members, Amanda Jong, Nicole Kowski. 00:01:37.367 --> 00:01:41.100 Shelley Page and Tony McGarvey, all board members can hear one 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:44.800 another and can hear all discussion and testimony. 00:01:44.800 --> 00:01:48.000 Members of the public can monitor the Board of Appeal and 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:58.200 equalization meeting by calling 218-302-5973. And entering 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:00.266 meeting ID 246177433, and then pressing pound when you are 00:02:00.266 --> 00:02:06.667 asked to enter a participant ID or by watching CCX Media 00:02:06.667 --> 00:02:13.667 Channel 16 or live streaming, uh, you can find a link for 00:02:13.667 --> 00:02:15.133 that at Brooklynark.org/city-council, 00:02:15.133 --> 00:02:18.533 excuse me, Jerry Erickson and board members, uh, A board 00:02:18.533 --> 00:02:22.300 member trend is now connected, so we’re able to. Board member 00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:43.634 Trent, can you hear me? Yes. OK. So you have to share. The Board 00:02:43.634 --> 00:02:46.800 of Equalization and Appeal is now in session. I’m going to 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:51.000 give a brief overview of the function of the board, and then 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.800 we will get into the business of the board. Uh, the board is 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:59.634 here to hear concerns from taxpayers regarding the current 00:02:59.634 --> 00:03:03.867 assessment year 2025 property values. The board will review 00:03:03.867 --> 00:03:07.734 the estimated market values and classification for the 2025 00:03:07.734 --> 00:03:12.467 assessment, which will be reflected for taxes payable in 00:03:12.467 --> 00:03:17.734 2026. Any questions regarding assessed values for 2024 with 00:03:17.734 --> 00:03:22.100 taxes payable in 2025 cannot be addressed at this meeting. This 00:03:22.100 --> 00:03:26.367 board is able to reduce, increase, or sustain the value 00:03:26.367 --> 00:03:31.200 of a property, adjustments must be substantiated by facts. We 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:35.000 can add improvements to the assessment role. We can change 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.000 the classification of a property based on its current 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:43.400 use. Or we can add properties to the assessment rule. This 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:47.667 board cannot consider prior assessments that cannot exempt 00:03:47.667 --> 00:03:51.934 property or grant special programs. A property owner 00:03:51.934 --> 00:03:55.100 fills out an appeal form and schedules an appointment for 00:03:55.100 --> 00:03:58.467 the property to be inspected. The forms are available from 00:03:58.467 --> 00:04:02.100 the assessing staff at the desk in the entrance area. The 00:04:02.100 --> 00:04:04.900 property owner does have the option to address the board 00:04:04.900 --> 00:04:08.000 tonight. We ask that the presentation be limited to 3 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.767 minutes to allow time for others appealing to address the 00:04:10.767 --> 00:04:14.900 board. A property owner who is contesting their value should 00:04:14.900 --> 00:04:18.133 present proof to the board as to why they believe the 00:04:18.133 --> 00:04:24.467 property is incorrectly valued or classified. Tracy Bauer 00:04:24.467 --> 00:04:28.367 Anderson is our city assessor, and she has a brief uh uh 00:04:28.367 --> 00:04:33.533 presentation to share with us. Good evening. I’m Tracy Bauer 00:04:33.533 --> 00:04:36.800 Anderson and I oversee the assessing division. I am the 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:40.533 city assessor and I oversee two commercial appraisers, 3 00:04:40.533 --> 00:04:47.400 residential appraisers and we have an admin staff. Annually 00:04:47.400 --> 00:04:50.233 assessors have to revalue every property located in the city of 00:04:50.233 --> 00:04:55.533 Brooklyn Park. Property values are adjusted based on market 00:04:55.533 --> 00:04:59.133 activity. We look at qualified sales and market data and 00:04:59.133 --> 00:05:02.367 analyze those to determine what the market’s doing? Is it 00:05:02.367 --> 00:05:05.100 indicating that values are increasing or decreasing, and 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:10.867 then we react to it. We are governed by Minnesota state law 00:05:10.867 --> 00:05:13.667 that values or properties have to be valued as they would sell 00:05:13.667 --> 00:05:18.667 on an open market. What would a typical buyer and seller 00:05:18.667 --> 00:05:24.266 transact, uh, property value for. Minnesota Department of 00:05:24.266 --> 00:05:28.000 Revenue wants the overall level of the assessment to fall 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.233 between 90 and 105% of the market value if the sale 00:05:32.233 --> 00:05:35.033 indicates the markets, the values have changed, the 00:05:35.033 --> 00:05:39.200 assessor must follow the trend indicated, whether that is to 00:05:39.200 --> 00:05:43.467 increase values or decrease values. Assessors use mass 00:05:43.467 --> 00:05:46.233 appraisal as their method to revalue properties, um, 00:05:46.233 --> 00:05:55.300 annually. So as Terry Erickson, um, outlined, they can choose 00:05:55.300 --> 00:06:00.467 to reduce the property value, increase it, sustain it. They 00:06:00.467 --> 00:06:03.233 can add improvements, they can change the classification. 00:06:03.233 --> 00:06:06.934 What’s the um current use of a property, and they can add it 00:06:06.934 --> 00:06:10.634 to the assessment role. And he also outlined as far as what 00:06:10.634 --> 00:06:14.934 can be done and not be done and what cannot be done is look at 00:06:14.934 --> 00:06:18.900 prior year assessments, so values that were set as of 2024 00:06:18.900 --> 00:06:23.000 for taxes payable in. 2025 that is not what this meeting is 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:28.467 about. It’s about values that were set as of January 2, 2025 00:06:28.467 --> 00:06:33.667 for taxes payable in 206. They cannot exempt a property, and 00:06:33.667 --> 00:06:37.400 they cannot be involved um. When there’s a property that’s 00:06:37.400 --> 00:06:40.533 a conflict of interest. For instance, if they own a 00:06:40.533 --> 00:06:44.367 property in Brooklyn Park. They cannot grant special programs 00:06:44.367 --> 00:06:49.734 like Homesteads, disaster abatements, veterans, etc. So 00:06:49.734 --> 00:06:53.100 sometimes people look at it and say, what’s the difference 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:56.233 between appraisal versus an assessment. An appraisal is 00:06:56.233 --> 00:07:00.400 often used for loan or lending purposes. It’s gonna look at 00:07:00.400 --> 00:07:03.734 the subject property. It’s gonna pull comparable specific 00:07:03.734 --> 00:07:06.800 to one property. What’s different about an assessment 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:11.533 is that we’re using mass appraisal and we are valuing 00:07:11.533 --> 00:07:15.266 many properties given the market trends. We do not have 00:07:15.266 --> 00:07:19.166 the ability to revalue and pick specific comps for every 00:07:19.166 --> 00:07:22.800 property in the city of Brooklyn Park. So we look at 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:26.634 given areas within the city, look at sales that occurred in 00:07:26.634 --> 00:07:30.000 those given areas and determine what are those markets telling 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.467 us, or is the median sale telling us we need to increase 00:07:33.467 --> 00:07:39.900 those values or decrease those, and then we react. So the 00:07:39.900 --> 00:07:44.133 components that we look at are gonna be vacant land sales, 00:07:44.133 --> 00:07:48.400 replacement costs, sales data, and if it’s income producing 00:07:48.400 --> 00:07:51.634 and income income approach. We’re gonna look at 00:07:51.634 --> 00:07:54.000 quantitative or objective characteristics and qualitative 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:57.634 or subjective. Objectives would be square footage, number of 00:07:57.634 --> 00:08:01.734 bedrooms, number of bathrooms, subjective is going to be more 00:08:01.734 --> 00:08:10.800 more about condition. So an estimated market value is what 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:14.533 that property would likely sell for at arm’s length transaction 00:08:14.533 --> 00:08:18.500 in the open market. So the state of Minnesota has us 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:21.100 review all the sales that occur in the city and determine 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:24.800 whether or not they’ll be included in the racial study to 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:29.000 determine where that median sale falls. Some main items 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:32.400 that attribute to value would be uh the size of the building, 00:08:32.400 --> 00:08:37.033 the style of the building, location, quality, condition, 00:08:37.033 --> 00:08:42.800 other factors that add, um, attribute value would be age, 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:45.567 uh, fireplaces, bedrooms, bathrooms, patios, porches, 00:08:45.567 --> 00:08:51.467 decks, basement finishing. To set the value as of January 2, 00:08:51.467 --> 00:08:57.367 2025. We looked at qualified sales from October 1st of 23 00:08:57.367 --> 00:09:02.634 through September 30th of 24. And use those to determine how 00:09:02.634 --> 00:09:11.667 the properties within Brooklyn Park would be adjusted. Some 00:09:11.667 --> 00:09:14.867 examples of what the state would tell us not to use in the 00:09:14.867 --> 00:09:19.767 sales study would be sales between relatives, trades, 00:09:19.767 --> 00:09:23.400 estate sales, gifting, um, a property that went through 00:09:23.400 --> 00:09:26.233 substantial changes. So we set the value as of January 2nd, 00:09:26.233 --> 00:09:30.000 and then they do a complete remodel in the property sells. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.233 That would not be a good indication of what the market’s 00:09:33.233 --> 00:09:35.734 doing because those property improvements would have pushed 00:09:35.734 --> 00:09:39.934 those values up, so we would not look at those. Bank sales, 00:09:39.934 --> 00:09:45.867 um, exempt. party sales, um, churches would be an example of 00:09:45.867 --> 00:09:49.166 exemption group homes are being uh an example of an exemption 00:09:49.166 --> 00:09:55.100 as well. Dress sales or court ordered sales such as divorces, 00:09:55.100 --> 00:10:00.867 bankruptcies, etc. Everything we do is monitored by the uh 00:10:00.867 --> 00:10:03.634 the Department of Revenue. They want us to look at the median 00:10:03.634 --> 00:10:07.367 sale in the neighborhood and calculate the ratio. We’re 00:10:07.367 --> 00:10:10.934 using the median to determine where the, the adjustment, how 00:10:10.934 --> 00:10:14.767 to adjust the values. Department of Revenue wants 00:10:14.767 --> 00:10:19.533 that set between 90 and 105% of the sale like we discussed, but 00:10:19.533 --> 00:10:24.367 Hennepin County kind of targets that 95-ish marks so that all 00:10:24.367 --> 00:10:28.567 the cities within Hennepin County are following the same, 00:10:28.567 --> 00:10:32.367 the same 95%, so that some cities aren’t leaning too far 00:10:32.367 --> 00:10:38.734 down on that 90 and someone else’s using 105. So how do you 00:10:38.734 --> 00:10:41.500 determine a sales ratio? You’re gonna take the assessors 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:43.634 estimated market value, and you’re going to divide it by 00:10:43.634 --> 00:10:48.000 the sale price. That again is governed by this uh Minnesota 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:52.100 statute, and as we talked about each neighborhood is just based 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:57.900 on the median sale within that given area, so we use, um, 00:10:57.900 --> 00:11:00.634 neighborhoods that were developed at the same time, 00:11:00.634 --> 00:11:04.367 similar characteristics here is bet would sell similarly, and 00:11:04.367 --> 00:11:12.467 we use that median sale to adjust that area. We have also 00:11:12.467 --> 00:11:19.367 um. In order for us to do our best job, we request interior 00:11:19.367 --> 00:11:22.500 inspections. That tells us that the information we’re using to 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:26.734 value each property is current and accurate, and if for some 00:11:26.734 --> 00:11:30.000 reason something was to change, whether there was an 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.867 improvement or maybe someone took undid their basement 00:11:32.867 --> 00:11:35.467 finishing. We want to make sure that the information we’re 00:11:35.467 --> 00:11:40.166 using is the best indication of that home’s property details. 00:11:40.166 --> 00:11:42.900 We’ve also allowed folks to um go on the website and use a 00:11:42.900 --> 00:11:47.100 questionnaire. And, um, upload photos for us so that we can 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:55.634 see, yes, in fact, the basement is no longer finished. 00:11:55.634 --> 00:11:58.266 Oftentimes people say do property values in all areas 00:11:58.266 --> 00:12:01.467 increase or decrease at a similar rate, and the answer is 00:12:01.467 --> 00:12:06.367 no. A local um market can be affected by so many ranges of 00:12:06.367 --> 00:12:11.734 um. Influencers such as new construction or demand, um, 00:12:11.734 --> 00:12:15.400 sometimes we’re looking at town homes or single-level town 00:12:15.400 --> 00:12:18.800 homes selling differently, so each of those is valued 00:12:18.800 --> 00:12:21.100 differently based on the sales that occurred of like and 00:12:21.100 --> 00:12:27.667 similar. To make it even more complicated. They’re gonna 00:12:27.667 --> 00:12:31.934 trend all the sales to January 2nd. So they’re gonna take a 00:12:31.934 --> 00:12:36.800 sale that occurred early in the sale period and time adjusted 00:12:36.800 --> 00:12:40.467 to January 2nd. The idea behind that is so that the median 00:12:40.467 --> 00:12:46.367 ratio is a better reflection of the overall assessment. 00:12:46.367 --> 00:12:50.166 Property values do not directly affect the tax bill. The 00:12:50.166 --> 00:12:54.266 estimated market value is used to calculate the tax share or 00:12:54.266 --> 00:12:58.100 distribution of your local property levy, so the increase 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:01.800 and decrease in the property market value doesn’t does not 00:13:01.800 --> 00:13:04.467 change the amount that the property tax revenue is 00:13:04.467 --> 00:13:08.767 collected by the city, the budget drives the taxes, 00:13:08.767 --> 00:13:12.467 whether it’s a city, the county, and the schools, the values we 00:13:12.467 --> 00:13:20.100 set are used to determine the distribution of taxes. So to um 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:23.734 apply this simple example. If we only had 4 properties in the 00:13:23.734 --> 00:13:28.166 city of Brooklyn Park. And they were all valued the same amount. 00:13:28.166 --> 00:13:34.300 In this example,, $100,000 and if the budget constant was 5000. 00:13:34.300 --> 00:13:39.266 You would divide those 4 properties with equal value for 00:13:39.266 --> 00:13:46.667 a tax of 1250. Distribution of taxes. If, for instance, those 00:13:46.667 --> 00:13:51.133 same properties, the sales um drove those values differently, 00:13:51.133 --> 00:13:54.133 increased in one, decreased in another, stayed the same in the 00:13:54.133 --> 00:13:59.533 others. They’ve uh market value is used to determine the 00:13:59.533 --> 00:14:03.367 distribution of taxes, so you can see if the budget remained 00:14:03.367 --> 00:14:06.934 at 5000, but the property values changed, the 00:14:06.934 --> 00:14:13.367 distribution of the taxes would change. If in that same example, 00:14:13.367 --> 00:14:16.533 the property values remain the same year over year and the 00:14:16.533 --> 00:14:19.767 budget remained the same as you see the taxation would remain 00:14:19.767 --> 00:14:26.734 the same. So as you can see, the assessment changes the 00:14:26.734 --> 00:14:30.000 distribution, not the overall amount of the tax and the 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.734 budget-driven system, so a frozen budget, the taxes 00:14:33.734 --> 00:14:37.567 increase related to the change in the share of the total value 00:14:37.567 --> 00:14:41.734 within uh the city. The state is the one that sets the rules 00:14:41.734 --> 00:14:47.200 that the pro the assessors have to follow, the county taxing 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:51.734 jurisdictions, set the budget and the assessor sets the value 00:14:51.734 --> 00:14:53.367 that calculates the distribution of the tax you’ll 00:14:53.367 --> 00:15:03.000 pay. The difference between an estimated market value in a 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.000 taxable market value is the estimated market value shows 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:10.500 what your house would likely sell for in an open market, the 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:14.634 taxable market value or the TMV is used to determine your share 00:15:14.634 --> 00:15:21.734 of the taxes. Thank you. The TMV is the EMV minus any tax 00:15:21.734 --> 00:15:26.000 exemptions, deferrals or value exclusions. So everybody in the 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:31.467 state of Minnesota who owns a home. qualifies for a homestead 00:15:31.467 --> 00:15:35.567 market value exclusion, that would be minused from your EMV, 00:15:35.567 --> 00:15:38.467 your estimated market value to determine your taxable market 00:15:38.467 --> 00:15:46.200 value. Or the so that should be taxed on that. Um We’re at the 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:49.400 local board right now, if people come and appeal their 00:15:49.400 --> 00:15:52.100 property and they’re not happy with the decision that the 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:55.367 board makes. They have the option to go on to the county 00:15:55.367 --> 00:15:59.533 board, which is June 16th. This information will tell you that 00:15:59.533 --> 00:16:02.800 um they do want you to make an appointment, and the board will 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:07.634 convene as of June 16th. If you’re not happy at the local 00:16:07.634 --> 00:16:10.734 and the county where he missed a deadline, you have the option 00:16:10.734 --> 00:16:16.133 to file in tax court, but there is a fee. Is it legal for an 00:16:16.133 --> 00:16:19.867 assessor to increase my value so much in a year, and the 00:16:19.867 --> 00:16:23.634 answer is yes. We’re govern governed to use the sales to 00:16:23.634 --> 00:16:27.900 determine what the values are, and we have to adjust it, 00:16:27.900 --> 00:16:30.533 whether it’s to increase or decrease it, and there’s no 00:16:30.533 --> 00:16:35.867 limit to how much it can be done in a given year. This is 00:16:35.867 --> 00:16:41.233 an overview of the property, um, type changes, um, residential, 00:16:41.233 --> 00:16:45.533 commercial, industrial, and as you can see, they all um 00:16:45.533 --> 00:16:48.233 increased and decreased as a different percentage. And the 00:16:48.233 --> 00:16:52.634 one that went down the most is the apartments, um, the market 00:16:52.634 --> 00:16:55.634 indicated that this apartments are not selling at the same 00:16:55.634 --> 00:17:00.934 rate price per unit, and so we had to follow that market and 00:17:00.934 --> 00:17:05.166 decrease the values overall of apartments. This is just 00:17:05.166 --> 00:17:07.734 showing a breakdown of the sales residentially and as you 00:17:07.734 --> 00:17:12.300 can see, the highest percentage of sales is in um single family 00:17:12.300 --> 00:17:17.467 at 64%. This is showing you the sales that were used to set the 00:17:17.467 --> 00:17:21.834 values as of 24 compared to the sales that were used for 25, 00:17:21.834 --> 00:17:26.634 and it’s basically just telling you that overall for the most 00:17:26.634 --> 00:17:30.300 part, sales decreased the quantity of sales decreased, um, 00:17:30.300 --> 00:17:33.100 for the setting of the assessment of January 2nd of 25. 00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:39.533 This is showing you um the changes, the residential growth 00:17:39.533 --> 00:17:43.934 year over year. And as you can see, 2022, we had to follow the 00:17:43.934 --> 00:17:50.100 market. It was a strong increase of about 18% this year 00:17:50.100 --> 00:18:07.166 overall residentially was 3.2. Eriksson. back to you. So a 00:18:07.166 --> 00:18:11.500 couple of things will happen tonight. First, Uh, any 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:16.367 resident who has an unresolved appeal or a new appeal this 00:18:16.367 --> 00:18:20.467 evening has a chance to address the board tonight to share your 00:18:20.467 --> 00:18:24.900 concerns and your evidence with us. And then after that, the 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:30.266 board will Um, vote on those where an agreement has already 00:18:30.266 --> 00:18:34.934 been reached between the city and the resident. Um, I believe 00:18:34.934 --> 00:18:39.300 the city assessor has the order of. Those residents who would 00:18:39.300 --> 00:18:44.634 like to present tonight. I do. So we’re gonna start with those 00:18:44.634 --> 00:18:49.667 who are present. And so I will read those off here in a moment. 00:18:49.667 --> 00:19:07.500 Devon, would you mind helping me get a full screen. can’t. 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:25.667 Where is my? to get the full screen. to go. So we are going 00:19:25.667 --> 00:19:32.100 to start off by um reading the current appeals list, these 00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:36.867 properties have not necessarily been inspected or have we had 00:19:36.867 --> 00:19:40.100 an opportunity to review um their analysis that they 00:19:40.100 --> 00:19:43.233 provide any evidence that they’re going to share with us, 00:19:43.233 --> 00:19:49.200 or, um. Had us do our own analysis to pull up specific 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:55.533 sales and documentation. So the first person is located at 00:19:55.533 --> 00:19:59.800 10232 Yates Court North. And Mr. Zimmerman, did you want to 00:19:59.800 --> 00:20:21.300 address the board? Bob Zimmerman, 10232 Yates Court 00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:24.934 North, Brooklyn Park. And I guess mine is last year I was 00:20:24.934 --> 00:20:28.100 here, I came in and talked about taxes, and I know that 00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:31.000 you don’t want to go into last year, but I want a little bit 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:36.634 last year it went up 43% for me, and I realized the taxes went 00:20:36.634 --> 00:20:40.400 up because my evaluation went up and it went up over 100,000. 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:45.200 And that’s really because Tracy had told me that my house 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:47.867 wasn’t valued correctly that they had let it slide, but she 00:20:47.867 --> 00:20:53.834 had just been out that year and uh did an evaluation. was in 00:20:53.834 --> 00:20:57.400 the house and uh I thought, you know, last year when I came in 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:01.200 that we had things pretty well squared away, and I said what I 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:05.467 really wanted to know is how you evaluated it so if I had 00:21:05.467 --> 00:21:09.133 some concerns for this year, I’d be able to come in. My 00:21:09.133 --> 00:21:14.000 concern this year is when I saw the overhead, I saw it was 3.3% 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.266 kind of for Brooklyn Park, but that she was talking about. 00:21:18.266 --> 00:21:24.300 Mine again increased this year 6.75, another 46,000. And I 00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:28.500 know that that’s gonna raise my taxes again. Percentage wise, 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:32.734 you know what, that’ll bring it up to. So I guess to me, I’m 00:21:32.734 --> 00:21:35.634 looking at the cost of living, and I’m looking at what I 00:21:35.634 --> 00:21:41.400 thought I saw up on the board. And I’m just wondering why I’m 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:45.734 at 6.75 when last year I went up 25%, and I thought we had 00:21:45.734 --> 00:22:07.400 things in line. I guess that’s where I’m at. So this me So 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:11.133 this evening, property owners have the right to provide 00:22:11.133 --> 00:22:15.934 evidence, state their concerns. We will do an analysis between 00:22:15.934 --> 00:22:18.867 now and the reconvened, and then we’ll provide the 00:22:18.867 --> 00:22:21.800 necessary information for the board to make a decision. So 00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:25.200 today it’s just a matter of being heard. OK, I guess I 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:29.266 actually thought the board would make a decision tonight. 00:22:29.266 --> 00:22:32.533 Do you have information you would like them to review 00:22:32.533 --> 00:22:35.800 outside of your concerns that percentage that I gave you. OK. 00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:42.133 But how you could raise it that much again. So Yeah. council 00:22:42.133 --> 00:22:49.200 member Page did have a question. Cancel. Thanks for coming in 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:54.667 tonight, um. Uh, so I just have clarifying question for you 00:22:54.667 --> 00:22:58.133 because I appreciate you coming in and I see the difference 00:22:58.133 --> 00:23:01.800 from 2023, um, and we don’t go backwards, right? But it’s good 00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:05.467 to look at historical, um, arguably the lowest point in 00:23:05.467 --> 00:23:10.934 the market was in 2013 and you were at 5900, right? And then 00:23:10.934 --> 00:23:18.500 you went through and really you had no change at all for almost 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:22.200 10 years. In fact, in some of the highest markets during 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:26.467 COVID yours went down. Um, so I just want to hear your opinion 00:23:26.467 --> 00:23:30.233 on the correlation of that because in an upmarket, it’s, 00:23:30.233 --> 00:23:34.100 it almost seems like you, it, it was left for quite some time 00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:36.634 and there was not an increase for a long period of time. So I 00:23:36.634 --> 00:23:40.500 just want to hear from you what your thoughts are on that as 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:44.734 the catch up, if you notice that in the, in the taxes that 00:23:44.734 --> 00:23:47.367 remained almost unchanged for 9 years and I guess that’s why 00:23:47.367 --> 00:23:51.133 like last year I realized that mine came up and I just wanted 00:23:51.133 --> 00:23:53.800 to know why. I think the real thing is that you need to 00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:58.467 realize my house is over 160 years old. It is not a new one 00:23:58.467 --> 00:24:02.734 in the development. I have all new houses around me since it 00:24:02.734 --> 00:24:07.000 was farmland surrounded me by the schreibers. Um, and, but I 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:13.400 know my identical house. Sits on the Schreiber. Homestead 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:17.667 That uh his brother, another schreiber had built. And mine 00:24:17.667 --> 00:24:21.934 is yes, does have a brick veneer to it, but it is still 00:24:21.934 --> 00:24:25.266 wood siding underneath, you know, all you’ve done is kind 00:24:25.266 --> 00:24:28.867 of changed the uh person, you know, put a little bit of silk 00:24:28.867 --> 00:24:33.266 around it. So, so add on, just let me finish my question there 00:24:33.266 --> 00:24:37.467 is, so the clarification is that you see the catchup was 00:24:37.467 --> 00:24:42.133 reasonable in 2023. It’s the difference between 2023 and now 00:24:42.133 --> 00:24:45.000 that you’re, you’re expecting it to be about the same or less. 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:49.734 Well, I I realized that it went up and I didn’t contest that. I 00:24:49.734 --> 00:24:54.467 actually missed it. I was not in town at the time. So I did 00:24:54.467 --> 00:24:57.233 come to the meeting and Tracy and I did sit down and I kind 00:24:57.233 --> 00:25:00.367 of understood why she got it. The main thing is, you know, 00:25:00.367 --> 00:25:05.767 how can you again now assess me in an additional 6.75% when 00:25:05.767 --> 00:25:09.500 you’re showing me that Brooklyn Park is 3.3. Or, you know, at 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:12.367 the cost of living is. Understood. I just wanted to 00:25:12.367 --> 00:25:14.467 make sure that that was our main concern here. Thank you so 00:25:14.467 --> 00:25:23.867 much. OK No. So I believe the next property for someone who 00:25:23.867 --> 00:25:31.367 is here and wants to address the board is 7205 or 08, excuse 00:25:31.367 --> 00:25:35.100 me, 7208 Idaho Avenue North. With that property owner 00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:52.667 address the board? Thank you. Good evening. Um, Michael 00:25:52.667 --> 00:25:55.100 Vicelli 07208 Idaho Avenue North, uh, if you don’t know 00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:58.200 where that is, it’s in the West District in the Hartkopf 00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:05.767 neighborhood. So I’ve had um tax evaluations go up and down 00:26:05.767 --> 00:26:12.467 over the years. Um, like the previous gentleman, um, my, my, 00:26:12.467 --> 00:26:16.233 my, my value of my homestead rose considerably this year. I 00:26:16.233 --> 00:26:23.734 wish it was only at 6.75% like the uh previous gentleman, but, 00:26:23.734 --> 00:26:27.033 um, my current evaluation from this year to next year is a 35% 00:26:27.033 --> 00:26:34.367 increase. In the last year, I have done not, no, I’ve made no 00:26:34.367 --> 00:26:37.100 exterior or interior enhancements to my home other 00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:41.467 than taking out an old uh AC and installing a new heat pump, 00:26:41.467 --> 00:26:47.233 but I’ve done no interior work to my home, and I recognize 00:26:47.233 --> 00:26:49.800 that the estimated market value of a home is based on the 00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:55.734 market, and I see what homes are selling for, but what I 00:26:55.734 --> 00:27:00.000 don’t understand is My, my taxable market value went up 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:05.300 even more than my estimated market value. Um, and I just, 00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:09.500 I’m here to, I guess maybe understand, but I guess also to. 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:15.133 Find out how my home in a very moderate neighborhood of 00:27:15.133 --> 00:27:30.500 Brooklyn Park could go up that much. I don’t see any questions 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:40.567 from board members at this point. He So we’re gonna go, 00:27:40.567 --> 00:27:44.467 did you, um, schedule an inspection? Yeah, I have 00:27:44.467 --> 00:27:49.734 scheduled. OK. Yeah. Thank you. OK, so after, after the 00:27:49.734 --> 00:27:52.867 assessing department has time to meet with residents who 00:27:52.867 --> 00:27:55.467 filed appeals tonight, then they will bring their 00:27:55.467 --> 00:27:59.800 recommendations back to the board on April 28th. And um 00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:02.934 that’s when the decision will be made on, on those items. 00:28:02.934 --> 00:28:13.233 Thank you. I appreciate it. Next address 8529. Inverness 00:28:13.233 --> 00:28:17.467 Lane North. That’s morning, but I said no that I didn’t. OK. 00:28:17.467 --> 00:28:26.000 That’s fine. I have to get it assess too. Thank you. Is there 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.634 anyone else that wanted to address the board this evening? 00:28:28.634 --> 00:28:36.166 Before I read in the ones. the No Oh yes, you are. Yes, you 00:28:36.166 --> 00:29:08.100 are. OK, so the next address is 8328 Fairfield Road. Hi, I’m 00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:12.400 Valerie. Holler 8328 Fairfield Road, um. Thank you for the 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:16.100 opportunity to come here this evening and speak about the 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:20.400 situation with the assessments and um I did send out this 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:23.567 evening, a packet, it’s pretty large, probably you’ve seen it 00:29:23.567 --> 00:29:28.400 has lots of pictures, some data that I collected some data from 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:32.667 realtors, um, and also the The comparables that I was given by 00:29:32.667 --> 00:29:38.734 the assessor, they came out to visit, um, and so. We’re here 00:29:38.734 --> 00:29:44.934 because we believe our house is overvalued, um. The assessed 00:29:44.934 --> 00:29:49.834 value is $546,000 which is $213 per square foot. That’s a 00:29:49.834 --> 00:29:52.934 figure that stands out unusually high when compared to 00:29:52.934 --> 00:29:55.634 recent local sales, and I’ve provided some recent local 00:29:55.634 --> 00:29:59.367 sales and the information from the realtor as I had mentioned. 00:29:59.367 --> 00:30:02.533 Homes with larger footprints, finished basements, modern 00:30:02.533 --> 00:30:08.000 updates, and premium locations have sold in the range of $175 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:13.200 to $190 per square foot with total sales prices well below 00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:16.467 um what our assessment is, our assessment value. And I know 00:30:16.467 --> 00:30:20.734 there’s this booklet that the state puts out and I’ve looked 00:30:20.734 --> 00:30:25.533 through that booklet and um they talk a lot about um Market 00:30:25.533 --> 00:30:28.834 value in that booklet. It’s a pretty big deal. What a house 00:30:28.834 --> 00:30:34.100 would sell for. Um, so I didn’t use cherry picked examples, 00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:37.367 they came from a realtor. Um, the dates are on there and one 00:30:37.367 --> 00:30:41.634 was, you know, Journell Realty and they give me all these on a 00:30:41.634 --> 00:30:45.367 regular basis, so I’m kind of aware of what’s going on as far 00:30:45.367 --> 00:30:51.233 as properties that are for sale like our house. Um, so our, our 00:30:51.233 --> 00:30:53.266 assessment is out of line with what the markets actually 00:30:53.266 --> 00:30:58.100 supporting. When I look at those that data. Um, 00:30:58.100 --> 00:31:04.467 additionally, there’s this. thing called the map factor and 00:31:04.467 --> 00:31:09.266 It’s a very peculiar figure, um. It wasn’t even mentioned 00:31:09.266 --> 00:31:12.533 tonight, but as you, if you look at those things that I was 00:31:12.533 --> 00:31:15.834 that I received that how our property is being assessed at 00:31:15.834 --> 00:31:20.533 this value, there’s that map factor business in there, um. 00:31:20.533 --> 00:31:26.934 And so that map factor assigned to our home. Um, has 00:31:26.934 --> 00:31:29.634 significantly increased our valuation if you look at that 00:31:29.634 --> 00:31:32.800 carefully, while other homes received a lower map factor 00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:35.533 that reduced their assessed values by tens of thousands of 00:31:35.533 --> 00:31:41.467 dollars. One of them, I think it’s $144,000 in there. So 00:31:41.467 --> 00:31:44.567 without a clear, consistent explanation, I asked for one, 00:31:44.567 --> 00:31:48.800 and you know, the explanation that I got about that map 00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:55.000 factor was very bizarre and um. You know, seem incomprehensible. 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.934 That adjustment alone as a major impact and raises the 00:31:57.934 --> 00:32:01.033 concerns about equity and transparency in the whole 00:32:01.033 --> 00:32:05.867 process of, of assessments, so, um, there’s a lot of 00:32:05.867 --> 00:32:09.667 information that I had um passed along to you. Um, I did 00:32:09.667 --> 00:32:13.867 my own, you know, was, I looked at houses close by, my 00:32:13.867 --> 00:32:17.667 neighbors, you know, there’s not even consistency with um 00:32:17.667 --> 00:32:21.000 square footage of how values are placed on the actual 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:24.100 footprint of a property. don’t know if everybody knows, but a 00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:29.400 little tiny lot over there on Noble Parkway, tiny little lot 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:33.767 is $120,000 and so is a huge lot in Edinburgh. I mean, so 00:32:33.767 --> 00:32:37.533 that to me doesn’t make sense. 120,000 for every single lot in 00:32:37.533 --> 00:32:40.200 the whole Brooklyn Park, I would recommend everybody take 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:44.400 a look at that. So we’ve submitted detailed evidence, 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:49.734 including photos, market comps and neighborhood comparisons, 00:32:49.734 --> 00:32:52.467 um, and we’re respectfully requesting an assessment closer 00:32:52.467 --> 00:32:57.200 to $450,000. Um, which better reflects the fair market value. 00:32:57.200 --> 00:33:00.867 We haven’t remodeled our house, it’s worn. I sent pictures of 00:33:00.867 --> 00:33:04.734 what the floors look like, we’ve had big dogs in there, um, 00:33:04.734 --> 00:33:10.467 and so there’s, it’s just got the wear and tear. So, um, yeah, 00:33:10.467 --> 00:33:13.100 so that’s, I mean, there’s just a volume of information there 00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:17.000 for you to take a look at and, and so thank you for your time 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:29.166 and for your commitment to our community. Hm I am Kevin Holler, 00:33:29.166 --> 00:33:37.200 8328 Fairfield. Valerie’s husband Um, good evening. Uh So 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:39.867 we understand our responsibility to pay our Fair 00:33:39.867 --> 00:33:42.734 share of property taxes, but our current assessed value is 00:33:42.734 --> 00:33:48.500 not aligned with. With the market. Many larger, newer, and 00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:53.734 more updated homes are assessed at lower values than ours. This 00:33:53.734 --> 00:33:58.467 creates an imbalance, placing our a greater financial burden 00:33:58.467 --> 00:34:04.400 on us than on owners of superior properties. And the 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:10.266 map factor in particular. Has been applied in a way that 00:34:10.266 --> 00:34:13.734 lacks transparent transparency and consistency. Inflating our 00:34:13.734 --> 00:34:20.900 value. Unfairly We respectfully request an assessment 00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:26.400 adjustment. Using real market data. And a consistent 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:33.233 methodology. Based on our documentation, market comps, 00:34:33.233 --> 00:34:38.133 conditions, details, and city and neighborhood comparisons we 00:34:38.133 --> 00:34:44.934 believe. A value in near 450 is fair and supported. Thank you 00:34:44.934 --> 00:34:49.667 again for your time, considering our request. For a 00:34:49.667 --> 00:35:01.467 fair and reasonable reduction. Council member page. So I, I 00:35:01.467 --> 00:35:03.367 would ask you guys if I could just ask you some questions, I 00:35:03.367 --> 00:35:07.533 think. Full disclosure, I am in real estate. I’m a mortgage 00:35:07.533 --> 00:35:10.634 lady. So I’m reading these as fast as I can. So if I could 00:35:10.634 --> 00:35:15.367 just ask you, um, because I did see the valuation pop up in 22 00:35:15.367 --> 00:35:19.233 to 23, which is pretty sizable, so I recognize that. Um, my 00:35:19.233 --> 00:35:21.834 question for you and maybe for our team as well is when you 00:35:21.834 --> 00:35:25.100 look at that map, that’s really an appraisal situation. So 00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:29.867 let’s say you’re on the lake and your neighbor is not on the 00:35:29.867 --> 00:35:33.033 lake, that’s going to be kind of a map factor, right? So I 00:35:33.033 --> 00:35:36.767 see what your point is. My question is, can you just kind 00:35:36.767 --> 00:35:39.500 of briefly tell me for your comparables that you got from 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:43.133 your real estate um advisors. Here’s your house. Tell me if 00:35:43.133 --> 00:35:45.734 this one’s a cross noble or this one’s cross whatever, just 00:35:45.734 --> 00:35:50.166 to give me a picture in my mind so I can understand what that 00:35:50.166 --> 00:35:53.367 means, um, because I think, I think it’s accurate that that 00:35:53.367 --> 00:35:59.634 is a true. Um Something to identify it by. I think that’s 00:35:59.634 --> 00:36:01.800 important. I just need for these addresses for you to 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:05.166 explain to me for your comparables there on, I think 00:36:05.166 --> 00:36:09.000 here you, did you do Sunset Terrace, Brunswick and, 102nd, 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:14.634 or did you do the second page or which one? I had looked at 00:36:14.634 --> 00:36:20.767 was there are 61 um Comparables that were generated by Journell 00:36:20.767 --> 00:36:23.734 Realty, and I looked at those, those are Brooklyn Park, they 00:36:23.734 --> 00:36:26.367 show the recent sales square footage, number of bedrooms, 00:36:26.367 --> 00:36:31.400 number of baths, etc. No, I did not plot them out. I did look 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:37.000 at specifically, um, increases in the um the market or the 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.000 taxable market value or the EMV whatever it was on the Hennepin 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:43.567 County website and I put the percentage increases there, our 00:36:43.567 --> 00:36:49.000 increased about, I think it’s 7.2%. went down, so our 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:52.266 property in itself in its own neighborhood, increased in 00:36:52.266 --> 00:36:56.300 value. I also would say I know that you can’t go back in time, 00:36:56.300 --> 00:37:00.000 our, our property has consistently been over assessed, 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:03.767 um, and so, but we didn’t come down here, it’s just like it’s 00:37:03.767 --> 00:37:06.500 kind of like the straw that broke the camel’s back this 00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:12.800 year, um, and so the there was also then another realtor that 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:16.033 gave us an estimation, you know, that we had talked about it. A 00:37:16.033 --> 00:37:19.900 couple of years ago and so I reached out and she had given 00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:22.467 me also that information is there for you to take a look at 00:37:22.467 --> 00:37:25.100 just to get back on track so we don’t go too far off, and I 00:37:25.100 --> 00:37:26.734 apologize for interrupting, but I really want to just get to 00:37:26.734 --> 00:37:29.867 the point of this. Who provided these comparables that we have. 00:37:29.867 --> 00:37:35.266 We have two sheets of comparables. One has Um, is 00:37:35.266 --> 00:37:40.200 that our team that did, are you looking at the actual, so 00:37:40.200 --> 00:37:42.734 here’s what I’ve got right here can you tell me the exhibit 00:37:42.734 --> 00:37:47.166 name, that would be helpful. Is it in the ease the assessor 00:37:47.166 --> 00:37:49.166 provided comparables exhibit, but this is the one that I’m 00:37:49.166 --> 00:37:55.533 looking at the first one is what I have here. So maybe our 00:37:55.533 --> 00:37:57.867 team put that together. That’s our team. And then is this some 00:37:57.867 --> 00:38:01.567 of the stuff that you did or is that from our team? That’s what 00:38:01.567 --> 00:38:05.634 our team did. OK. And so I’m new here, so I’m learning. So I 00:38:05.634 --> 00:38:09.400 just want to understand what you guys are looking at and 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.500 what they’re providing. Yeah, this right here, these were 00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:18.066 pages of. Yeah that I was given by the assessor the king. OK, 00:38:18.066 --> 00:38:24.133 got it. Got it. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. That’s my fault. 00:38:24.133 --> 00:38:30.266 Thank you. So what I was saying was these um assessor provided 00:38:30.266 --> 00:38:32.934 comparables. There’s a, a great number of them. Those were 00:38:32.934 --> 00:38:37.467 provided by the assessor when, um, the assessor came to our 00:38:37.467 --> 00:38:41.133 house. Yeah, I’ve got that. Thank you guys so much. So for 00:38:41.133 --> 00:38:44.800 our team, can I ask her a question for clarification? OK, 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:52.100 great. So for our, our team, When you When you gather these, 00:38:52.100 --> 00:38:53.934 and then I promise I’ll be quick, just so I have an 00:38:53.934 --> 00:39:00.367 understanding. Yeah. Crash the homeowners to there is another 00:39:00.367 --> 00:39:08.266 council member with the question after. OK. Sorry, this 00:39:08.266 --> 00:39:11.800 is my fault. So for process here when we have these two 00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:21.100 sets. Um I don’t know if I have a, I, I don’t have my thoughts 00:39:21.100 --> 00:39:24.367 organized so I want to just address this later to 00:39:24.367 --> 00:39:32.734 understand process sounds good. OK, thank you. The next address 00:39:32.734 --> 00:39:36.467 73 Councilor McGarvey, you had another question. Yes, I, I 00:39:36.467 --> 00:39:39.400 just wanted to, I was gonna ask where they were getting the map 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:42.367 fact from me, but I found it. Thank you. Uh, the other 00:39:42.367 --> 00:39:45.533 question I had, Mr. Chair, is if we could announce that if 00:39:45.533 --> 00:39:48.367 you have your phone in your pocket, would you please pull 00:39:48.367 --> 00:39:53.233 it out? And put it on silent. I don’t know why, but that really 00:39:53.233 --> 00:40:04.133 distracts me and I can’t focus, so thank you. OK, 7347 Zane 00:40:04.133 --> 00:40:13.834 Avenue? OK. I was thinking that that person wanted to speak and 00:40:13.834 --> 00:40:19.834 then there was a gentleman was it 10543. And what was your 00:40:19.834 --> 00:40:34.100 street name? Toledo Drive. Excuse me. Hi, I’m Tom Quirk 00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:38.567 from 10543 Toledo Drive in Brooklyn Park, um, The reason 00:40:38.567 --> 00:40:43.200 I’m here is because I feel like this last year, uh, the change 00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:49.100 was excessive, um, just to give you an idea, um, it’s gone up 00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:57.634 every year, um, but we went up. 12% in 22 to 550, um, then we 00:40:57.634 --> 00:41:04.100 went up another 6% to 187 and then this last year we went up 00:41:04.100 --> 00:41:10.000 to 663, which is the highest in our neighborhood, um. And I’ve 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:14.166 always compared to my neighbors as long as I’m similar to them, 00:41:14.166 --> 00:41:19.133 um, I’ve never had an issue to come in. Complain about it, um, 00:41:19.133 --> 00:41:23.266 and I didn’t realize that I needed to send you information 00:41:23.266 --> 00:41:27.734 for appeal, but um. I feel like most of my neighbors went down 00:41:27.734 --> 00:41:31.800 a little bit this last year, I think because of the increase 00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:41.400 in 22, um, so I believe instead of uh 663, we should be at 00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:46.867 about 573, which is similar to what our neighbors were, um, 00:41:46.867 --> 00:41:51.000 and just for comparables, this for 25 to 26, my property tax 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:56.867 is going to go up from 7500 to 9200. Um, and it just doesn’t 00:41:56.867 --> 00:42:03.900 feel right to me, um, is why I’m here talking about it. So, 00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:07.000 if I need to get documentation, then I’ll have, I’ll need some 00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:19.133 more time to put that together. OK. Thank you. So I’m gonna go 00:42:19.133 --> 00:42:23.033 through the list. And then I will pause and if anyone else 00:42:23.033 --> 00:42:30.100 is here to address the board, please stand up, OK? And I am 00:42:30.100 --> 00:42:33.800 going to try to uh skip through these if I recognize the 00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:37.467 addresses and those folks have already addressed the board. 00:42:37.467 --> 00:42:50.467 The next address is 7335 Zane Avenue North. 4301 And 4305 00:42:50.467 --> 00:43:02.734 83rd Circle North. 10,460 Vera Cruz Drive North? 974 9 Thomas 00:43:02.734 --> 00:43:15.133 Avenue North. 9327 Globeflower Avenue North. 6409 88th Avenue 00:43:15.133 --> 00:43:24.634 North. 7200 90th Avenue North? I believe I called this one out, 00:43:24.634 --> 00:43:36.734 but I’m gonna do it again. 7347 Zane Avenue North. 8800 95th 00:43:36.734 --> 00:43:46.533 Avenue North. 880-195th Avenue North? 8100 Oxbow Creek Drive 00:43:46.533 --> 00:44:02.800 North? 10501 Winnetka Avenue North. 9200 Zylon Avenue North. 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:10.867 8400 89th Avenue North. And 7601 Celsure I’m sorry, Selzer. 00:44:10.867 --> 00:44:24.166 Parkway North. 10129 Ewing Avenue North? 10703 Jersey 00:44:24.166 --> 00:44:36.467 Court North. 7824 Noble Avenue North. Is there anyone else 00:44:36.467 --> 00:44:38.900 that wanted to address the board in regards to an appeal 00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:46.634 this evening. Just got a quick question. When you put up the 00:44:46.634 --> 00:44:51.000 church and you did like you did like a, yeah, when you, when 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:55.133 you put up the chart and you did like, uh, average of, um, 00:44:55.133 --> 00:45:01.100 To get the tax rate Is that uh included um all the industrial, 00:45:01.100 --> 00:45:05.800 cause that should lower our rate, with all the industry 00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:08.533 that Brooklyn Park has distribution, yeah. I noticed 00:45:08.533 --> 00:45:12.367 that, uh, you know, off 109th in that a lot more buildings 00:45:12.367 --> 00:45:15.500 are going up. Why is it, why is all our properties going up 00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:19.834 then? I mean, the tax rates, and that’s, it sounds like 00:45:19.834 --> 00:45:24.000 that’s everybody else has the same question. Um, and true, 00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:26.734 cost of living, we’re all kind of struggling right now. Um, I 00:45:26.734 --> 00:45:33.634 blame the president, but hey, he’s not here, right? Funny as 00:45:33.634 --> 00:45:40.533 that is, it’s not. So in the case of, so can you tell us 00:45:40.533 --> 00:45:43.734 like that average again with all the properties, the 00:45:43.734 --> 00:45:48.100 industrial parks and everything, why isn’t that low in our, our 00:45:48.100 --> 00:45:52.266 property right to our tax rate, I should say. So in the, in the 00:45:52.266 --> 00:45:55.667 case of this meeting, we’re, we’re only discussing 00:45:55.667 --> 00:45:58.300 individual property values. And those are based on market rates. 00:45:58.300 --> 00:46:10.400 The formula by which individual property taxes. Our, um, 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:14.133 Assigned is a function of the overall picture of all the 00:46:14.133 --> 00:46:17.800 properties in the city, divided across the levees that are 00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:22.834 imposed by the City of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County. Your 00:46:22.834 --> 00:46:25.867 school district and other taxing districts like Mets 00:46:25.867 --> 00:46:29.667 council, and the total value of all those is then divided 00:46:29.667 --> 00:46:35.500 across the city as kind of a percentage of the Of your 00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:39.266 individual piece. Of the property value pi. So when you 00:46:39.266 --> 00:46:42.000 say properties, is that included the industrial parks? 00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:45.233 Yes, so that’s included. They, they pay for levies and 00:46:45.233 --> 00:46:51.000 everything else, school levies, OK, just wanna make sure, OK. 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:54.300 Thank you. Sorry, Jerry Erickson, I believe board 00:46:54.300 --> 00:47:07.033 member Tran has a question. OK, Council member Tran. Um Uh, 00:47:07.033 --> 00:47:15.100 good evening, uh. Um, everyone, uh, I am here regret the uh 00:47:15.100 --> 00:47:19.767 homeowner of the 7335 and um uh the uh because the damage going 00:47:19.767 --> 00:47:27.467 on. Uh, affect the, uh A group of uh point of order. I’m sorry, 00:47:27.467 --> 00:47:31.667 I have a point of order. And a question, a clarifying question 00:47:31.667 --> 00:47:36.934 for our city manager is, is board member council member 00:47:36.934 --> 00:47:40.367 Tran able to represent as a board member and a homeowner 00:47:40.367 --> 00:47:44.400 from upstairs. Does she need to come down? And present there. 00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:53.467 Is she allowed to do both at the same meeting? Um Customer 00:47:53.467 --> 00:47:56.300 ski uh Councilman, the attorney’s going to answer, I’d 00:47:56.300 --> 00:48:02.533 refer this to City Attorney Thompson, um. Yes, ma’am. Boy 00:48:02.533 --> 00:48:06.266 Council Chan is speaking as the property owner. So she can 00:48:06.266 --> 00:48:11.266 appear from up there. There’s I feel they’re speaking from over 00:48:11.266 --> 00:48:15.867 there. Excuse me. Property owners are present in the 00:48:15.867 --> 00:48:18.634 chambers. Yeah, to the council whether you want to allow a 00:48:18.634 --> 00:48:21.767 property owner to appear remotely or not, there’s no 00:48:21.767 --> 00:48:30.567 rules prohibiting against it, so. Um, my understanding is 00:48:30.567 --> 00:48:37.367 that Uh, Council Brann is neither the property owner. Nor 00:48:37.367 --> 00:48:41.000 is she present in the chambers like other speakers have been. 00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:48.533 Um do we allow representatives of property owners and do we 00:48:48.533 --> 00:48:50.800 require the property owner to identify them as a 00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:57.166 representative. Yes OK, so I don’t think that Councilor 00:48:57.166 --> 00:49:05.533 Bertrand can speak to this at this point? Um, thank you. Um, 00:49:05.533 --> 00:49:10.367 I am a legal representative uh for this uh homeowner. Because, 00:49:10.367 --> 00:49:17.200 uh is my son and he searched overseas. And um I am uh 00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:24.800 recognized by the. kind of been cloudy, um. More of a property. 00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:31.200 Professor Uh, I just want to speak to the uh local board and 00:49:31.200 --> 00:49:36.533 staff that uh the, the damage. root damage and water damage 00:49:36.533 --> 00:49:40.900 going on affect the whole neighborhood. So I, uh, I got 00:49:40.900 --> 00:49:47.800 the form uh from the county uh to repress and uh this um 00:49:47.800 --> 00:49:52.634 homeowner in this area. The city assessing department have 00:49:52.634 --> 00:49:55.033 received official notification that Council member Bertrand’s 00:49:55.033 --> 00:50:01.634 legal representative on this property. Not this year. Yes, 00:50:01.634 --> 00:50:09.100 uh, I, I get, uh, you, you know, talk to, uh, stock and um the 00:50:09.100 --> 00:50:12.800 local handlebin County council member, you should provide to 00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:16.000 the board the legal proof that your representative of the 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:19.800 property owner, and you can address, you can address the 00:50:19.800 --> 00:50:24.634 panel when we reconvene on April 28th. Yes, uh, Because I 00:50:24.634 --> 00:50:30.500 just got the form from the The more andin County Board. OK, 00:50:30.500 --> 00:50:33.667 and when that happens, you can address the board. As a 00:50:33.667 --> 00:50:41.767 homeowner, but not now. Can you repeat? What you just say? You 00:50:41.767 --> 00:50:46.567 are not legally allowed to represent the homeowner before 00:50:46.567 --> 00:50:49.800 the board until the city receives proof that you are a 00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:54.166 legal representative of the homeowner. I will provide the 00:50:54.166 --> 00:50:59.367 proof. I just want to let the Lobo know about that. I just 00:50:59.367 --> 00:51:05.634 talked to the. The kind of been cloudy for. And uh that is the 00:51:05.634 --> 00:51:15.266 suggestion. OK, you are more than welcome to take it to the 00:51:15.266 --> 00:51:29.734 county board then. Are there any further undetermined No. 00:51:29.734 --> 00:51:39.867 Question tonight? OK. So we’re gonna move on to D1. Correct. 00:51:39.867 --> 00:51:44.634 So D1 are the agreements that were reached between the city 00:51:44.634 --> 00:51:48.500 assessor and property owners between April 5th and April 00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:52.133 14th, meaning we have reviewed these properties we’ve reached 00:51:52.133 --> 00:51:55.400 an agreement, and so these will be voted on by the board this 00:51:55.400 --> 00:52:02.834 evening. The first address is 8080 Brooklyn Boulevard North. 00:52:02.834 --> 00:52:06.567 I’m sorry, uh, Tracy has the board been provided with a list 00:52:06.567 --> 00:52:14.567 of these properties. It was it not in your packet? Oh, that’s 00:52:14.567 --> 00:52:17.667 a part of the PowerPoint presentation. OK, thank you. No 00:52:17.667 --> 00:52:24.266 problem. Did you get him? Otherwise they are up on the 00:52:24.266 --> 00:52:29.634 screen. Otherwise we can provide them to you too. There 00:52:29.634 --> 00:52:38.533 isn’t? So we’ll read them into the record and then we can get 00:52:38.533 --> 00:52:45.100 you um a copy of those as well, OK? 808-0 Brooklyn Boulevard 00:52:45.100 --> 00:52:53.033 North, the value was 4,365,700, an agreement was reached to 00:52:53.033 --> 00:53:07.000 reduce the value to 450,000. 600196 Lane North, the value 00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:17.634 was 15,372,100. Reduced to 13,440,000. 7581 DuPont Avenue 00:53:17.634 --> 00:53:31.467 North, the value was 313,200 reduced to 29,200,900. 741875th 00:53:31.467 --> 00:53:44.266 Circle North, the value was 238,400 reduced to 2,220,900. 00:53:44.266 --> 00:53:52.233 7001 Janell Avenue North, the value was 295,400 reduced to 00:53:52.233 --> 00:54:04.000 28,000,700. 8400 Xerxes Avenue North, the value was 210,200 00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:17.867 reduced to 1 million900. 5453 95th Way North, the value was 00:54:17.867 --> 00:54:30.233 420,800 reduced to 394,000. Mr. Chair. Uh, I maybe I misheard, 00:54:30.233 --> 00:54:39.233 but Tracy, just to be sure, and Um 74, 18, 75th circle North 00:54:39.233 --> 00:54:45.867 the agreed value is 223,223,900, not 222,900, correct? That is 00:54:45.867 --> 00:55:01.100 correct. So it went from 238,400 to 223,900. Thank you, 00:55:01.100 --> 00:55:05.400 um, at this time. Welcome any questions from the board or 00:55:05.400 --> 00:55:09.533 we’ll entertain a motion to accept the section C valuation 00:55:09.533 --> 00:55:16.100 changes. Council Page. I just want to clarify my statement so 00:55:16.100 --> 00:55:20.266 you had mentioned we were going over D, but it’s actually C, so 00:55:20.266 --> 00:55:25.133 we do have all of those addresses. She was the one that 00:55:25.133 --> 00:55:29.367 um uh our appeals that we have not had uh reached an agreement 00:55:29.367 --> 00:55:33.133 on D1, the ones I just read into the record, we have 00:55:33.133 --> 00:55:35.800 reached an agreement on. Oh, I’m sorry, you’re, you’re right, 00:55:35.800 --> 00:55:39.100 it does say section C, it should be D1. OK, I just want 00:55:39.100 --> 00:55:43.467 to make sure you know that is correct. It’s these It’s are 00:55:43.467 --> 00:55:45.634 agreements that have been reached, yes. Thank you. Thank 00:55:45.634 --> 00:55:53.634 you. So we will entertain a motion to accept the agreed 00:55:53.634 --> 00:56:00.000 upon appeals. Councilorowski. I think you Mayor Pro Tem just 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:05.133 before I read. The proposed action. Am I supposed to be 00:56:05.133 --> 00:56:10.467 reading from D1 or C1 D1, D1, OK, go ahead and do that. So I 00:56:10.467 --> 00:56:14.200 moved to accept the city assessor’s valuation agreements 00:56:14.200 --> 00:56:23.100 between April 5, 2025 and April 14, 2025. We need a roll call 00:56:23.100 --> 00:56:31.467 vote. Yes. So we’re you’re voting on D1. Board member John. 00:56:31.467 --> 00:56:39.033 Board member Kloowski. Board member Page. Board member 00:56:39.033 --> 00:56:48.934 McGarvey. Right. Board member Tran. I And Chair Ericson. The 00:56:48.934 --> 00:56:56.467 motion passes with 6 yes votes 0 or no votes. I would like to 00:56:56.467 --> 00:57:01.500 ask one more time, are there any new Appealances to the 00:57:01.500 --> 00:57:10.266 board. OK, um, at this point, I would like to entertain a 00:57:10.266 --> 00:57:19.367 motion to recess until April 28th. Thank you. Roll call vote. 00:57:19.367 --> 00:57:24.467 Uh, excuse me, I just need a clarification. Is this a 00:57:24.467 --> 00:57:27.934 reconvening? We’re gonna reassess the meeting to the 00:57:27.934 --> 00:57:31.467 reconvened meeting that will be on Monday, April 28th at 6:00 00:57:31.467 --> 00:57:47.367 p.m. OK. Board member Klenowski. Board member page. Board member 00:57:47.367 --> 00:57:55.233 Mugay. Board member Tran. 8 Board member Jean. Chair 00:57:55.233 --> 00:58:02.133 Ericson The motion passes with 6 yes votes, 0 no votes. So it 00:58:02.133 --> 00:58:05.367 is my understanding that over the next 2 weeks, residents can 00:58:05.367 --> 00:58:09.734 provide. Evidence to the city assessor, the city assessor 00:58:09.734 --> 00:58:13.300 will continue to engage in dialogue with homeowners. Uh, 00:58:13.300 --> 00:58:20.200 the city assessor’s office will provide updated Agreement, um. 00:58:20.200 --> 00:58:25.000 Either new agreements or continued disagreements to the 00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:27.166 board on April 28th at 6 o’clock here in the council 00:58:27.166 --> 00:58:34.634 chambers. Correct. Do we have a motion to adjourn the or not 00:58:34.634 --> 00:58:36.467 adjourn to recess the Board of Appeals and equalization. Some 00:58:36.467 --> 00:58:53.867 of Get my uh The motion to adjourn, uh, board member page. 00:58:53.867 --> 00:59:00.567 Recess. To recess. We already did that. Oh, did we already 00:59:00.567 --> 00:59:06.734 recess, I guess you recessed. OK, we are in recess. Um. So we 00:59:06.734 --> 00:59:13.000 will take a 5 minute um Break before the official city