Brooklyn Park Board Upholds Most Property Tax Assessments
The Brooklyn Park Board of Appeals and Equalization voted Monday to accept the city assessor's recommendations for all property tax assessment appeals, maintaining current valuations for most properties while approving negotiated reductions for four others.
The board heard one in-person appeal during the reconvened meeting from Kevin and Valerie Holler of 8328 Fairfield Road, who contested their property valuation increase from $510,000 to $546,000. The couple requested a reduction to $450,000, citing errors in the assessor's report and questioning the mass appraisal methodology used for unique properties.
City Assessor Anderson defended the valuation, explaining that the assessment considers overall square footage and quality of finish rather than specific features like the number of egress windows the Hollers disputed. Anderson noted the property includes a detached two-car garage with a three-quarter bathroom, creating a total four-car garage capacity.
Board Member Paige said she conducted extensive research on comparable properties and found the current market supports the assessed value. "The market is so hot, you're in a highly desirable area," Paige told the property owners. "I think your realtor would be doing a disservice if you went with the value that you're listing here because your home appears in the market right now to be worth so much more."
The board approved negotiated assessment reductions for four properties where agreements were reached between owners and assessors, including properties on Zane Avenue North, Idaho Avenue North, 92nd Avenue North, and 105th Trail North. Property owners who disagree with the board's decisions can appeal to the Hennepin County Board.
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▸Meeting Analysis
The Brooklyn Park Board of Appeals and Equalization held a reconvened meeting to review property tax assessment appeals from April 14, 2025. The board heard one in-person appeal from property owners at 8328 Fairfield Road who contested their property valuation increase from $510,000 to $546,000, requesting a reduction to $450,000. The board ultimately voted to accept the city assessor's recommendations for all appeals, maintaining current valuations for most properties while approving negotiated reductions for four properties where agreements were reached between owners and assessors.
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So we’re gonna go ahead and call the meeting to order, so
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we’re first gonna start with the reconvened local Board of 00:00:13.734 --> 00:00:15.500
Appeals and equalization meeting before we jump into
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that, um, Got about 1000 papers here. So I need to uh Uh, just 00:00:22.233 --> 00:00:24.634
make an opening statement regarding interactive
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technology. So as previously noted, uh, board members, uh, 00:00:30.233 --> 00:00:33.467
I’m gonna call out Maria Tran cause I’m not sure if she is
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going to attend, um, and Amanda Jung of the city council will
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be participating in the meeting by interactive technology 00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:44.934
pursuant to Minnesota statute, Section 13D.02 rather than in
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person at the board’s regular meeting place at City Hall
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council chambers, 5,28 5th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, 00:00:51.767 --> 00:00:54.300
Minnesota. I am physically present in the city council
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chambers along with board members Christian. generics in
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Nicole Kanowski, Shelley P Paige, and Tony McGarvey, all
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members can hear one another and can hear all discussion and 00:01:03.367 --> 00:01:06.567
testimony, members of the public can monitor the Board of
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Appeal and equalization meeting by calling 1 218302-5973 and 00:01:14.033 --> 00:01:19.900
entering meeting meeting ID 131393434 and then pressing um
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I can’t, I can never remember what that is. The pound sign. 00:01:23.133 --> 00:01:26.834
When you’re asked to enter a participant ID or by watching
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it on CCX Media, Channel 16, or by live streaming it at HTTPS 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:38.233
uh www. Brooklynark.org/City-council.
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All right, so we can go ahead, um, and, uh, and again, that 00:01:42.834 --> 00:01:45.667
was not too uh call customer train out in a disrespectful
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manner. It was just in case she uh does decide to attend. I
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want to make that clear. So we’ll go ahead and we’ll head 00:01:54.100 --> 00:01:59.000
into the Winston. Oh yeah we need so we gotta do the roll
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call and then we’ll head into the next portion. Board member 00:02:01.767 --> 00:02:08.767
Erickson. Board member John. Why is that? Board member
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Klenowski. Yeah. Chair of Winston. Present board member 00:02:13.533 --> 00:02:19.800
page. Board member McGarvey Board member uh Tran. Chair
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Winston, you have a quorum. All right, thank you. So, uh, if we 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:30.500
can go ahead and head into the assessor’s report. Very good. 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:33.634
Uh, thank you, council members in City of Broken Park. So this
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is a reconvened meeting from the original. Local Board of
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Appeals and equalization meeting on April 14th. Uh, 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.266
gives us a chance to review parcels said property owners to
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come in at that time and make a decision on that. Yeah, I’m,
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I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be rude, but it looks like someone 00:02:51.233 --> 00:03:03.000
called in a 651-214-425. 5 number. Yeah OK, thank you. OK. 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:07.367
So, uh, as a PowerPoint here, Goes through. This is the
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reconvened meeting. And click on that. There we go. So again, 00:03:13.133 --> 00:03:16.233
the meeting overview and assessment procedures on this
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to recap on this. The purpose is to provide a form for
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property owners who appealed their 2025 valuation and 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:25.400
classification. On that previously mentioned April 14,
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2025, local Board of Appeal and equalization date or have
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appealed between that local board date and the reconvened 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:35.634
meeting, which was originally scheduled um prior to the 28th
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this week earlier. Uh, to recap, you cannot review the amount or 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.734
percentage change over the previous years. The tax amount
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or potential tax impact. Is not to be taken into consideration. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:55.767
We are here for the taxable the property valuation purposes.
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The board can determine to increase, decrease or sustain 00:04:00.533 --> 00:04:06.467
the assessed value. The adjustments must be
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substantiated by factual evidence, i.e., supporting
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documentation, that I feel statements. And we are 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:16.000
requesting the time limit for presentation to be 3 minutes.
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Per Ah, so again, the adjustments must be 00:04:21.367 --> 00:04:23.500
substantiated by factual evidence, the burden of proof
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rests with the property owners who must present factual
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evidence to disprove the assessor’s value for the 00:04:30.033 --> 00:04:34.734
assessment January 2, 2025 for taxes payable in 2026.
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Reasonable effort must be made on behalf of the property owner
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to communicate regarding appeal, as well as allow interior 00:04:42.166 --> 00:04:46.000
viewing of the property and additional structures. That is
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a state statute, Minnesota state statute 274.01 00:04:52.467 --> 00:04:55.567
subdivision one paragraph B. Uh, the sentence starts with the
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board may not make individual market value adjustments or
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classifications. Change that would benefit the property 00:05:03.734 --> 00:05:07.300
owner if the property, if the owner or other persons having
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control of the property has refused the assessor access to 00:05:10.467 --> 00:05:18.000
inspect the property. And the interior of any buildings or
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structures provided in subsection 273.20, which breaks 00:05:21.266 --> 00:05:27.033
down the assessor’s function. Um, also per state statute, any
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city council person members acting as a board member with a 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:34.000
property appeal or appeals must excuse or recuse themselves
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from any actions pertaining to their property or property use.
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If they wish to comment, it will be the same its manner and 00:05:40.467 --> 00:05:45.300
procedure which residents will be able to do so. That is uh
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also in the same statue. Uh, starting with the a board 00:05:50.033 --> 00:05:52.734
member may not or shall not participate in any actions of
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the board, which results in market value adjustments or
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classification changes to property owned by the board
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member. The spouse, parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:06.500
grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt,
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nephew, or niece of a board member or property in which
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board member has a financial interest. The relationship may 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:20.467
be by blood or by marriage. So that being said, we have 00:06:20.467 --> 00:06:23.100
example C.1, which were the appeals that were received on
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April 14th of 2025. I’m not gonna recap these as they were.
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We’ll get through those in a moment, but those are the 00:06:31.233 --> 00:06:36.634
individuals who Presented themselves. And their parcels
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and the 14th date. Um, after the 14th between that date and 00:06:44.033 --> 00:06:55.734
the reconvened, one member, uh, parcel ID 0511921130040 for 00:06:55.734 --> 00:06:59.400
Joshua and Susan Hegel, residing at 6941, 105th Trail
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North. appealed their property valuation and the settlement 00:07:05.367 --> 00:07:14.367
was reached on that. Uh, at this time, we are The Appeal 00:07:14.367 --> 00:07:20.233
summary was sent out to the council members, I believe on 00:07:20.233 --> 00:07:23.467
Thursday the 24th, or documentation that the
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assessor’s office has received from property owners, as well
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as our recommendation changes on that for your review prior 00:07:30.467 --> 00:07:37.300
to this meeting tonight. In the instance for appeal A1. The
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residents of 8328 Fairfield Road North. We are here this 00:07:40.667 --> 00:07:45.900
evening to present their case before the board and uh. Take a
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moment to invite them to come up. To speak on their behalf if
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they wish. To readdress the board. I think we’re asking 00:07:58.734 --> 00:08:03.000
folks to limit it to 3 minutes. Was that the suggestion? OK. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:10.900
Yeah. Thank you. Hi, I’m Kevin Holler, and I live at 83. 28 00:08:10.900 --> 00:08:13.367
Fairfield Road, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and that’s my wife
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Valerie. And I’d just like to say that uh um I appreciate you
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working late today and uh. I spent my day today working on 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:28.033
setting stone on the new fire department building in Idina.
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And I know it takes a lot of tax dollars to build such a 00:08:31.200 --> 00:08:37.100
structure. But what I’m asking is that those tax dollars are
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Gathered in a more equitable manner. And so I briefly want 00:08:44.667 --> 00:08:49.533
to address the use of the map factor and the challenges Of
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the mass appraisal method. Uh, especially when applied to 00:08:54.233 --> 00:08:59.567
unique and uh outlier homes like ours. The map factor is
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supposed to make adjustments based on neighborhood market 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:07.300
trends. But in practice, it’s part of a mass appraisal system.
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These systems by nature aren’t precise. They rely on formulas 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:18.300
and averages that work best when homes are uniform and
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sales are consistent. But our home is not typical for the 00:09:22.166 --> 00:09:27.500
neighborhood. It’s newer Has different features and doesn’t
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match the surrounding homes. Because of this, the mass 00:09:33.800 --> 00:09:38.033
appraisal can lead to inaccurate values. And that’s
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exactly what we’re seeing here. Even though the assessor says 00:09:42.767 --> 00:09:48.867
the map factor is applied uniformly. It can produce
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inconsistent results even between similar homes. And 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:57.233
there’s no transparency on exactly how it’s calculated.
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Making it hard for homeowners to verify or challenge it. In 00:10:02.567 --> 00:10:09.500
short, mass appraisal. is known to make heirs. Especially for
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unique properties. That’s why the Department of Revenue 00:10:13.800 --> 00:10:19.634
allows appeals like what’s happened here. The map factor.
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Inflated our value beyond What’s supported by sales of 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.634
larger or more updated homes and stronger neighborhoods.
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Thank you. Hi, I’m Valerie Holler, 8328 Fairfield Road, 00:10:35.734 --> 00:10:39.900
Brooklyn Park, and thank you for your time, um, I trust that
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you had the opportunity to take a look at all of the materials 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:47.467
that I sent, they were pretty extensive, and they were also
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images, um, and The um Assessor’s report is riddled 00:10:52.900 --> 00:10:57.100
with errors. Just to point out a couple, um, we have one
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egress window, the assessor said, we have 2. we have a back 00:11:02.900 --> 00:11:10.367
hall with no built-ins, the assessor said we have 2. there 00:11:10.367 --> 00:11:16.767
is the uh so-called vaulted ceiling, it’s 7.5 ft high. So
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it’s riddled with errors, um, and I don’t have a, a speech 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:25.000
prepared here, but I do have um a couple of things I wanted to
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talk about. You might wonder why I selected the homes that I
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had when I put the, a couple of homes in these appeals. Um, the 00:11:33.834 --> 00:11:37.133
first one was over in Edinburgh. I have, we have friends over
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there and I saw this beautiful house and I wondered, I wonder 00:11:40.767 --> 00:11:43.500
what that’s assessed for, and I, I quite frankly, I was shocked
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that it was assessed for a lower value. than our home. Um,
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and then I was scanning the Hennepin County map. Um, 00:11:52.133 --> 00:11:56.367
recently, in, in the new information, one of the things
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that I, um, shared was a house on the river, and that one I 00:12:01.133 --> 00:12:07.000
had just seen it had gone down in value, the estimated market
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value by the assessors as it had gone down in value, a 00:12:10.734 --> 00:12:13.033
percentage, I don’t remember the exact percentage, but it’s
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in the documents that you have. And yet our property has gone
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up 7.2% in a year. It’s the only one I, I’ve given you the 00:12:23.634 --> 00:12:28.867
data there. You can see it, the numbers don’t lie. Um, and so,
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as, um, my husband brought out about the map factor, um, there 00:12:34.166 --> 00:12:37.900
have been problems with map factors when they’re doing mass
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appraisals for properties that are unlike some others. Um, I 00:12:44.834 --> 00:12:49.300
wanted to look at that map. It’s in the, it’s in Q2
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additional information, um, and I’ve circled our property on my 00:12:52.900 --> 00:12:56.667
picture. I think yours if you have it in color, it’s in blue,
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but our property value went up from 510 to 546, I think it 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:08.367
says, and um we’re asking for a reassessment all the way down
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to $450,000 because that’s what our realtor has said that’s 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:15.934
what the data shows. So what we’re asking is that you look
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at those data or look at all of that data and take all of that 00:13:21.166 --> 00:13:24.467
data into consideration and reduce the estimated market
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value of our property. Um, and I was wondering if you had any
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questions for us. Can you, can you give me the address again? 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:41.000
Sorry. 8328 Fairfield Road, Brooklyn Park. OK. And I, I 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:44.767
have put pictures of the egress, we had one egress window, and,
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you know, I put, I gave you pictures of all of the things
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that, you know, the upstairs bathroom, it adds vinyl 00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:54.200
flooring. The assessor said it was tile. We don’t have
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wainscoting, so it’s just um. brings one to question. What’s
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really going on here. We also in the in the garage attic, 00:14:02.300 --> 00:14:07.634
it’s not, it’s not some attic you can go into. Um, so. So
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anyway, I have, those are the things that I had to share this 00:14:10.867 --> 00:14:14.033
evening, so I hope that you will take this into
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consideration and Um, reassess or whatever the correct term is,
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I don’t know, reduce the estimated market value. Thank 00:14:21.734 --> 00:14:26.233
you. So thank you for that. Mr. so Mr. Anderson, I guess if we
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can get um an understanding of the timeline necessary in terms 00:14:31.033 --> 00:14:34.400
of making these decisions, uh. And then kind of the the city’s
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thoughts on that particular property as it stands. And then
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I guess uh, you know, uh, board members, if you had any 00:14:41.767 --> 00:14:47.233
questions, please let me know. So the, but You’re questioning
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the timeline on the appeal or no, yeah, in terms of um. I 00:14:52.367 --> 00:14:57.467
think They’re saying, I’m, I’m looking at as the top property,
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right? So do we need to, regarding them, do we need to 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:04.400
make a decision today regarding them or is it something they
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can do for the research into or what I just kind of want to
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understand the various options that are available. So we have 00:15:12.734 --> 00:15:18.634
You can have the You print on the purpose, you don’t. You. of
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the No. OK. That’s OK. So essentially tonight, this 00:15:25.266 --> 00:15:28.734
evening, the purpose of that would be to make a make a
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decision on that with to lower the value to increase the value 00:15:34.033 --> 00:15:38.367
or to retain the value of the assessment year. Uh, a lot of
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the information that they pointed out earlier, it’s not 00:15:41.734 --> 00:15:45.300
actually a factor that we take into account in valuation, the
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number of egress windows are not anything that’s taken into
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consideration. The vast majority of it is done through 00:15:52.934 --> 00:15:57.567
your overall square footage. And quality of finish on that.
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Also taking a look into account. The property does have a 00:16:02.834 --> 00:16:09.834
detached 2 car garage that has a 3/4 bathroom. In that
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detached garage as well. So overall there’s a 4 car stall 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:21.033
total garage on this property. The Other items. recall 00:16:21.033 --> 00:16:22.900
anything. The assessor who actually did the inspection is
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here this evening, so is there anything else that you can
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think of to point out? OK, like I said, the detached garages. 00:16:33.467 --> 00:16:37.867
Sure. So and a lot of the, they mentioned the landscaping of
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that nature. It’s also not anything that takes into 00:16:41.300 --> 00:16:43.166
consideration for evaluation purposes. It essentially makes
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the property look more appealing from the street view.
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The reason for the adjustment is because prior year there was 00:16:51.033 --> 00:16:55.767
a 17% depreciation placed onto the property. That was updated
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this year to 10%. To a 10% depreciation, that 7% change is 00:17:00.767 --> 00:17:03.834
also a factor in taking into account a larger bump. If you
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will, in that valuation. The successor’s office have, as we 00:17:10.166 --> 00:17:12.834
mentioned in the documentation sent out last week. We
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recommend that no change for the valuation on there.
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Whatever your decision is tonight. The property owners
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still have the opportunity to go to the county board for 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:26.400
Hennepin County as well, should they wish to do that. Yeah, so
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that was gonna be my follow up that this just so folks know
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they can go to the county for that appeal if we were to make 00:17:32.667 --> 00:17:38.367
a particular decision, so. All right. All right, thank you. Uh,
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did you? OK. Um, chair, uh, not chair but uh board member, uh, 00:17:44.867 --> 00:17:49.166
Paige. That’s good for the future. I’m kidding. Um, I just
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want you to know, I just want to put commentary. I drove 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:54.100
right after the last one I drove by, I did all the
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research, um, and I’m not sure that you’re aware, but there
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are two properties that were almost 15%, um, and I, the 00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:07.300
market is so hot, you’re in a highly desirable area. I
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couldn’t find supporting information to reduce, and I
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worked really hard to go through everything and some of 00:18:12.634 --> 00:18:17.100
the things you’re looking for selling, compensating factors,
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and then assessing. Compensating factors. So
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they’re two different, right? The market drives with the 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:29.166
market and, and right now, I, I think you would I think Your
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realtor would be doing a disservice if you went with the 00:18:31.834 --> 00:18:35.000
value that you’re listing here because your home appears in
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the market right now to be worth so much more. So I just
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want you to know, we did, I did the due diligence. I went 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:44.166
through all those properties. I think I looked at 27 properties.
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I drove by your home. I compared it to the recent sales,
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the pendings, um, I think there were 4 that went into sold 00:18:51.667 --> 00:18:54.834
since the last meeting that supported a higher value for
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you, so the market is still very strong, um, and I wasn’t
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able to based on your data. Um, challenge what the assessor did. 00:19:03.533 --> 00:19:05.834
So I just want to share that with you from my personal
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experience. I don’t know what you’re, I don’t think we’re
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having a conversation. I’m just giving commentary for you. 00:19:12.734 --> 00:19:19.467
Thank you. All right, thank you. Were there, um, any other folks
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that wanted to, that we’re gonna go speak or. For this 00:19:23.800 --> 00:19:27.467
hearing? Not in regards to this parcel, no, we to any other
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persons. Yeah, I was saying so I would recommend making a 00:19:30.033 --> 00:19:32.200
motion on this parcel to move on to the next one, do the same
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thing, and then the remainder ones are a bulk, if you will.
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Sorry. So, yeah, I’m in, I mean, I’m inclined to keep it the 00:19:44.033 --> 00:19:47.834
same based on the information I’m hearing, you know, from
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various sources, um. But I, I guess my question then because 00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:53.133
what we have in front of us is a motion, right? It says
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basically accept the city assess valuation
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recommendations, but that’s for all, all of these, right? This
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whole list. Correct. Right. So that’s what one are present and 00:20:06.367 --> 00:20:09.133
a2 would also potentially be present. And they are the ones
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that would be to contest the Valuation A 3 through A 16 on 00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:21.667
the screen here omitting a few are either continuously working. 00:20:21.667 --> 00:20:26.567
On the valuation or have refused entrance to the
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property. So we haven’t either been able to get into the 00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:35.233
properties to view it, one way, shape, or form. Or we are
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continuing to work with them up to the county board to reach an 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:41.734
agreement on valuation. Just haven’t done that at this point.
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And I’m, I’m not seeing a 2 here, so. Pardon? A 2, I’m not
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saying here. Right. So I think we would just go ahead and move 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:58.166
forward with the motion then. I just want to make sure we’re on
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the same page. Make the motion for a one. Is what I would 00:21:02.467 --> 00:21:06.934
recommend or to accept it. To accept. I, I guess maybe I’m
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confused on this one. So just one second. So we have, you 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:17.100
know, 81 through B6 listed, right on, uh, D1, basically
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this motion to accept the city assessor’s valuation 00:21:20.467 --> 00:21:24.400
recommendations, right for the board and so I guess we’re just
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voting to accept all of these, which are no change. Or are you
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saying we’re gonna go by, we’re gonna look at, yeah, OK. I just 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:37.200
traditionally in in years past, the property owner is present,
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make the motion with the property owner there and send
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it under the bulk situation. Oh, OK. I mean, we can do that. I 00:21:43.734 --> 00:21:47.867
just feel like they’re gonna be included with everybody else,
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so, um, Mr. Chair, uh, I, I think you’re actually gonna be 00:21:51.634 --> 00:21:55.834
going to item D1, which that, that is one motion to accept
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this assess his evaluation on. Recommendations and that does
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include a one and includes all the A’s. So I think you can 00:22:02.367 --> 00:22:05.000
move to D and the property owner’s present. So if you make
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one motion for all of them. I think you’ll understand what
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the motion is. OK. So, that, that was what I was saying is 00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:19.033
that, uh, they’re all on the same one and so we were making
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D1 and that would just include everyone. So I don’t know if 00:22:21.634 --> 00:22:25.300
you, did you have a statement or no? OK, so I would just say,
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I’ll go ahead. So we’re all on the same page with this. And
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I’ll make the motion to accept the city assessor’s valuation 00:22:32.634 --> 00:22:39.000
recommendations. All right, so Moshe was made by myself, uh,
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Chair Winston, and then seconded by a board member Page, 00:22:42.467 --> 00:22:49.834
although we need a roll call. Yes. We’re voting on item D1, a
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board member Erikson. Board member Jean. OK. Board member 00:22:58.300 --> 00:23:05.166
Glenowski, board member Page. Board member McGarvey. I Uh, 00:23:05.166 --> 00:23:09.900
Chair Winston. The motion passes. 6 yes votes, 0 no votes.
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All right, thank you, and I, if I could just so the record’s 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:21.467
clear that that motion was on parcels A1 appeals A1 through A 00:23:21.467 --> 00:23:24.567
16 and B4 and B6. That’s, that’s what I have in front of
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me. So that’s, that was the confusion. I, I thought I was
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being asked to vote on just one, but I had all of them in front
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of us. So, so we’re on the same page with that and that’s what 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:36.634
that motion accomplished. So, um, I know y’all showed up. I
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apologize that we couldn’t necessarily do that, but I
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think we are, we have to stay kind of in line in line with Um, 00:23:42.567 --> 00:23:45.400
the assessors criteria, so I know there’s a different
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criteria for selling or or buying, however you look at it,
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and then there’s one that the, the county and then we use as a 00:23:51.634 --> 00:23:55.367
city in our our assessors use, and we have to stay, uh, within
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the lines of that. Otherwise we could cause some issues not
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only for us as a city, but for the whole system in terms of 00:24:00.767 --> 00:24:04.467
how it works and just some equity and fairness issues as
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well. Um, but thank you for coming. Um, and then, so if we
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want to go to D2, certainly, uh. A2 is property address is 7335 00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:24.734
Zane Avenue North. The 2025 market value was 2,700,500. Uh 00:24:24.734 --> 00:24:29.634
And we just vote to accept that one with, I think the mayor’s,
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the chairs that go to item D2 D as in Delta 2, correct? So D2, 00:24:37.533 --> 00:24:41.767
so D2, just so we’re on the same page is gonna be approval 00:24:41.767 --> 00:24:45.100
evaluation agreements between April 15th, April 28th, file,
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reviewed, agreement reached between owner and assessor for
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2025 value change. So that’s gonna be a pill numbers A9, B5, 00:24:52.634 --> 00:24:58.867
B 8, and B9. is what I have in front of me. All the other ones
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we voted on, those were the ones with no change. Now we’re 00:25:02.634 --> 00:25:05.000
voting on the ones that have some adjusted market value.
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Very good. So these are D2 These are files that were 00:25:13.367 --> 00:25:16.500
reviewed, inspected, and agreement reached between the
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property owner and assessment for the 2025 valuation. Those 00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:34.634
parcels are. Addres uh 7347 Zane Avenue. The original 00:25:34.634 --> 00:25:42.100
market value was 246,200. After inspection and correction, the 00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:51.367
adjusted value is 2,420,400. Appeals and the B5 at address 00:25:51.367 --> 00:25:56.734
7208, Idaho Avenue North. The original assessment value is
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3,650,600. The recommended adjusted value is 337,000. 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:12.800
Appeal be 8. Address 1400 92nd Avenue North. Real values 00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:22.734
421,000. The recommended adjustment value is 389,500. 00:26:22.734 --> 00:26:29.567
And address 6941 105th Trail North. The original market
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value was 6,630,300. The recommended adjustment value 00:26:34.734 --> 00:26:38.200
was 6,340,900. And again, these are all parcels of the
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assessment staff have been able to inspect and make corrections 00:26:41.667 --> 00:26:44.166
adjustment on, on the particular field cards and
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those have resulted in the valuation adjustments, we would
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recommend those changes to the board. OK. And we don’t have 00:26:50.533 --> 00:26:54.233
anybody in the audience who’s gonna that wants to speak or
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Push against that. I just want to make sure so everybody has a
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chance. OK. All right, so are there any questions from 00:27:01.233 --> 00:27:05.200
council members or board members? If that’s the case,
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then I’ll go ahead and make the motion to approve. The 00:27:10.266 --> 00:27:14.533
evaluation agreements between April 15, 2025 and April 28,
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2025. Is there, all right, so the motion was made by myself,
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a chair, uh, Winston, seconded by board member Kloanowski. Uh, 00:27:21.867 --> 00:27:26.367
we will need a roll call. OK, you’re voting on item D2, uh,
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board members young. Bye. Board member Klenowski. Board member 00:27:32.867 --> 00:27:41.166
page. Board member McGarvey. Right. Board member Erikson. 00:27:41.166 --> 00:27:48.100
Chair Winston. I motion passes with 6 yes votes, 0 no votes.
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All right. Thank you. Uh, and the next. It says approval of 00:27:55.166 --> 00:27:58.834
additional appeals received between April 24, 2025, and
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April 28, 2025. Correct. There was only one individual who was 00:28:04.166 --> 00:28:09.000
part of the settlement on there, which was prior D2 motion B
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appeal B 9. They were the individuals that were. Listed 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:19.233
on that, on D3, aside from that one, there were no further
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appealings or individual property owners contesting the 00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:24.367
evaluation between that time frame. OK. There’s nothing to
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make a motion on at that point. Wait, so you’re saying we do,
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we do need emotion on this one. There no, there’s there’s an 00:28:33.634 --> 00:28:36.900
emotion needed on this one. OK, that makes more sense. OK. All
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right. So then I think we can um Are there any, any closing 00:28:42.667 --> 00:28:45.934
remarks or the only other slide is just the eels that were
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withdrawn between that there’s a motion on that, but just for
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records. That the property owner at 10129 Ewing Lane 10703 00:28:55.467 --> 00:29:00.166
Jersey Cord North 7824 Noble Avenue North, 8529 Inverness 00:29:00.166 --> 00:29:03.467
Lane North. All those individuals spoke with the
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assessment office or determined that they wish to withdraw
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their appeal for this year. OK. I believe that is. All that I 00:29:10.934 --> 00:29:15.767
have. All right, wonderful. All right, so we can go ahead and
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thank you for um the presentation. Thanks for folks
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who showed up. I know it’s not an easy process, um, and then 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:25.467
we’ll go ahead and adjourn that meeting, um, and then we’re
00:29:25.467 --> 00:29:28.634
gonna head, I’ll give everybody about 2 minutes, uh, and then 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:45.734
meeting, I’ve been asked by the county to make a formal motion
00:29:45.734 --> 00:29:49.100
to adjourn, um, the hearing. So if we can just have, I, I’ll
00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:54.767
make the motion, uh, a motion to, um, To officially adjourn 00:29:54.767 --> 00:29:57.500
the assessors meeting or the whatever the annual assessors
00:29:57.500 --> 00:30:01.734
meeting, uh, or hearing. Is there a second? All right, so 00:30:01.734 --> 00:30:04.467
motion was made by myself, uh, Chair Winston, seconded by a
00:30:04.467 --> 00:30:08.634
board member, uh, McGarvey. I guess we will need a roll call
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again with the motion is to adjourn, uh, board member at 00:30:11.367 --> 00:30:21.500
Klenowski. Hi remember Page. Board member McGarvey. Board 00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:29.467
member Erikson. Board members young. I Chair Winston. A
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motion passes 6 yes votes, 0 no votes. I know we have actually 00:30:33.467 --> 00:30:37.500
a commissioner here, so maybe they can uh we can ask him to
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work on just allowing us to adjourn without a vote in the
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