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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

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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

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meeting by interactive technology, pursuant to

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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

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council chambers 5,28 5th Avenue North in Brooklyn Park,

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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.

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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.

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Members of the public can monitor the Board of Appeal and

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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

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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,

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excuse me, Jerry Erickson and board members, uh, A board

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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

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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

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here to hear concerns from taxpayers regarding the current

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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

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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

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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

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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

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the classification of a property based on its current

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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

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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

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the property to be inspected. The forms are available from

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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

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tonight. We ask that the presentation be limited to 3

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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

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present proof to the board as to why they believe the

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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

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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

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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

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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

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activity. We look at qualified sales and market data and

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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

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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

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on an open market. What would a typical buyer and seller

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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

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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

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assessor must follow the trend indicated, whether that is to

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increase values or decrease values. Assessors use mass 00:05:43.467 --> 00:05:46.233

appraisal as their method to revalue properties, um,

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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.

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What’s the um current use of a property, and they can add it

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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

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prior year assessments, so values that were set as of 2024

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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

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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

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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

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like Homesteads, disaster abatements, veterans, etc. So

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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

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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

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to one property. What’s different about an assessment

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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

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the ability to revalue and pick specific comps for every

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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

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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

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those values or decrease those, and then we react. So the

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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

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and income income approach. We’re gonna look at 00:07:51.634 --> 00:07:54.000

quantitative or objective characteristics and qualitative

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or subjective. Objectives would be square footage, number of

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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

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in the open market. So the state of Minnesota has us

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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

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determine where that median sale falls. Some main items

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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,

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other factors that add, um, attribute value would be age, 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:45.567

uh, fireplaces, bedrooms, bathrooms, patios, porches,

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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

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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

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sales study would be sales between relatives, trades,

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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,

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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

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doing because those property improvements would have pushed

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those values up, so we would not look at those. Bank sales,

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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

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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

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sale in the neighborhood and calculate the ratio. We’re

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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

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that set between 90 and 105% of the sale like we discussed, but

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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,

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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

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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

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the sale price. That again is governed by this uh Minnesota

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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finishing. We want to make sure that the information we’re

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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

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questionnaire. And, um, upload photos for us so that we can

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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

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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

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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

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homes selling differently, so each of those is valued

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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distribution of your local property levy, so the increase

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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

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collected by the city, the budget drives the taxes,

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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

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city of Brooklyn Park. And they were all valued the same amount.

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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

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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

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others. They’ve uh market value is used to determine the

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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

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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

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budget remained the same as you see the taxation would remain

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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

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increase related to the change in the share of the total value

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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your estimated market value to determine your taxable market

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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

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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

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board, which is June 16th. This information will tell you that

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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

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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

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assessor to increase my value so much in a year, and the

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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,

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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

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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

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increased and decreased as a different percentage. And the

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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

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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

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showing a breakdown of the sales residentially and as you

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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

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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

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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.

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This is showing you um the changes, the residential growth

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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

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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

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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

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the city assessor has the order of. Those residents who would

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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.

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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

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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,

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or, um. Had us do our own analysis to pull up specific

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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

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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

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here, I came in and talked about taxes, and I know that

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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

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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

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wasn’t valued correctly that they had let it slide, but she

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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

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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