1985 05 13 Board of Review
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BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING
MAY 13, 1985
The Chanhassen City Council, acting as the Board of Review, met in the Chanhassen
Municipal Building on May 13, 1985, at 7:00 p.m. Present at said meeting were Mayor
Hamilton, Councilwoman Watson, Councilwoman Swenson, Councilman Geving and Councilman
Horn.
Acting Mayor Geving opened the meeting by introducing Scott Winter and Frank Mennenga
from the Carver County Assessors Office. Mr. Mennenga presented a slide presentation
explaining the different aspects of property taxes.
Mayor Hamilton arrived at this point.
Frank Mennenga: There is a representative from Hennepin County here for any of the
property owners from Hennepin County that would like to present their case. We will
start with that first.
There being no property owners from Hennepin County present, the meeting was moved
onto the Carver County, Chanhassen area property owners.
ALAN JOHNSON - 25-2020290: The property here was assessed at $68,300 and I bought it
less than a year ago for $62,500. I thought that was a lot. I don't have a deck
or a fireplace, no downstairs bath. My neighbor just sold his and he has a deck,
fireplace, and a downstairs bath and he was asking $71,500 for it. I don't imagine
that he got that much for it. Like I said, I purchased this home less than eight
months ago and there has been no improvements done. I think that a $5,000 jump is
quite a bit.
Scott Winter: There will not be any judgements at this meeting tonight. We will
make a review of the properties.
Mayor Hamilton: For all of you that have a complaint, the best thing to do is to set
a date with the Assessor to come out and review your property. Did you want to do
that Mr. Johnson?
Alan Johnson: Yes.
DAVID ~ HALLA - 25-0252500: My question is more or less directed to the Council
rather than the Assessor. Back in 1983, I had my taxes adjusted. They were mis-
classified to residential from agricultural and I got that changed back because I do
own 106 acres. At that time the taxes were reduced to $2,106. In 1984, the City
Council increased their budget 55%. My taxes increased over $1,000. I discussed
this with Don Ashworth and he was sympathetic, but my problem in reconciling this is
to understand what services I am getting. I am getting none as far as I can see. I
live on a private road that I maintain, I have no City water, no City sewer, I do not
get any City services. The City of Chaska, for example, which is a similar size
City, has a mill rate of 15 mills. The City of Chanhassen has a mill rate of 27
mills. First I go through the effort of coming to the Board and getting the taxes
reclassified, and I am not complaining about my assessed value because that has not
changed, and then the next year my taxes increase just because the City increased
their budget. I know you people can be sympathetic and all that, but I find it hard
to reconcile with the fact that Chaska can operate on 15 mills and the City of
Chanhassen needs 27 mills. Some of us people who live in the rural area, who get no
City services to speak of, I don't think that -it is quite equitable to make us pay
the same amount when we don't get the same services that the other people have right
in town. That is my complaint. Not to complain about my valuation, but my complaint
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that the mill rate is so different on two similar type cities. As far as city ser-
vices, I would like to know what I am getting for my $1,000. I think that because
those of us who have that type of a situation where we don't get any City services
should not be taxed the same as those that do.
Mayor Hamilton: The time to discuss our budget or if you have a problem with our
budget, you should be here at that time. It is open to the public and anybody can
come here and question the budget. If you can find someplace where we should cut
something out of our budget, then I would certainly challange you to do that. As far
as the services that you get, how has your police protection been for the past
several years, when we send a sheriff down there every other night for false alarms.
How is your fire protection? If you have a fire, the fire department is going to
respond to it. Sure, you and a lot of other people do not have City water and sewer.
Nevertheless, you have the opportunity to receive all the other services in this com-
munity that everyone else does. You have parks to use, you have fire service, police
protection, and rescue service and you have your administrative offices here. You
may live on a private road, but that is your choice.
David Halla: Also, when that budget meeting was passed, instead of having represen-
tation by the people, there was no people there. It was just the Council members and
that was passed unanimously.
Mayor Hamilton: The meeting is published in the paper and if the people want to come
they are free to do so, and they are free to speak up and tell us anything they want
to about the budget. This is a tax meeting and we are here to discuss property taxes
and not the budget.
Councilwoman Watson: We will be discussing our budget in September and October and
it is published in the paper. They are open meetings.
Mayor Hamilton: Did you have any questions for the Assessor?
David Halla: No.
HERBERT ~ KASK ~ 25-0011200: My property valuation was assessed at $80,500. I have
talked to my daughter-in-law who is a real estate saleswoman, and she says that I
would not get that much out of our property. It's not that which is bothering me
quite as much as a couple of other things. I would like to ask the Assessor, when
somebody sells a house and you have it taxed at $80,500 and they sell it at $79,000.
Would the new people pay taxes on the $79,000?
Scott Winter: No.
They would be taxed at $80,500.
Herbert ~ Kask: How about if a house was valued at $60,500 and was sold for
$85,000, then what do you do?
Scott Winter: The tax is still placed at $60,500. We are working on mass appraisal.
We are looking at an average value of a type of property. Is that the indication
that the market is showing for all that type of property or did we have the one sale
that someone found that particular property exceptional and inviting and paid more
for it than the average.
Herbert ~ Kask: There are four houses in our neighborhood that were built at the
same time, and we all paid approximately the same amount for them. My house is
valued at $80,500 and the other three houses have all been taxed at $62,000. How
does that work out?
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Frank Mennenga: Scott was out to your property and left a tag asking to review the
interior of your home. You have not responded to that tag. We established this
value without dealing with the interior of the house. For us to make a recommen-
dation to the Council we would have to appraise the entire property, including the
interior of the house. If we can set up a time when we can do this, we could pro-
bably resolve this issue quicker than tonight.
Herbert ~ Kask: That is fine with me.
Frank Mennenga: We will try to contact you within the next week, set up an appoint-
ment to review the house, answer any questions on the appraisal process at that time,
show you all the comparables and, hopefully, resolve the issue.
Mayor Hamilton: At what percentage of the property is it assessed at as a percentage
of the market value, both residential and agricultural?
Frank Mennenga: Scott has brought some numbers here tonight showing the County-wide
percentages and also the sales ratio for the County and the City of Chanhassen.
Scott Winter: The County-wide market comparison is: (if we are running 89.2%,
that is all classes of property excluding vacant land) Agricultural at this time is
running at 99% of market, that is county-wide. The overall rate for Chanhassen,
excluding vacant land is running at 91.5%, which is 2% higher than the County
average.
Mayor Hamilton: Is there a goal or percentage that you are trying to reach?
Frank Mennenga: It is generally set by us anywhere from the high 80's through 90.
That is our goal that we are trying to reach. Based on the market the way it is now,
some jurisdictions are exceeding that 90 percent, however, our goal is to try to run
between 88 and 90 percent.
Councilman Horn: As I recall, it was totally opposite last year. Was there
something done to the general evaluations to make these percentages shift?
Frank Mennenga: Yes. The information here represents just 1984 sales against 1984
values. Last year you were probably running 1983 values against 1982 and 1983 sales.
By coming down to a one year sales study and with the market not separating the
inflation of the past, the sales price and the Assessor's market is coming closer
together. This is what happened. Farm value has dropped off in the last part of
1983 going through 1984.
Councilman Geving: Are there any other cities higher than Chanhassen's 91.5 percent?
Scott Winter:
Waconia is running at 92 percent.
Rick Murray:
Chanhassen?
What percentage of the total evaluation for Carver County is
What does our 91.5 percent do to the overall average?
Frank Mennenga: We haven't determined correlation between the higher assessed values
versus the rest of the County in determining that.
Rick Murray: Do you know what the total assessed value versus the total valuation of
Chanhassen is?
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Frank Mennenga: I don't believe we have that report with us tonight.
Mayor Hamilton: If we could have that as a part of the information, which you will
be getting back to us, I would appreciate it.
MICHELE FOSTER, OPUS CORP. ~ 25-1900020, 25-1900030, 25-1900080, 25-1900090,
25-1900100, 25-1900170, 25-1900180: I submitted a letter last week for the Board.
Our request is basically outlined in that letter. I believe the Council is aware of
our efforts in the Chanhassen Lakes Business Park, of the year long process that we
have been through, to look carefully at all of the lots in Chanhassen and redo
planning based on both soil conditions that we have become aware of in the last year
as well as severe slopes on some of the lots that restrict our ability to develop
those lots to their fullest capacity. As a part of that, we went through a repricing
of all of the lots in Chanhassen and when we looked at the estimated market values
that the Assessor has established for this year, we discovered that in several cases
those estimated market values are below what we feel the asking price is, which is
probably higher than what the market value will actually turn out to be when we sell
those lots, since most people do not offer more than what our asking price would be.
That is outlined on the chart attached to my letter, in terms of the differences bet-
ween our asking price and of the Assessor's estimated market values. I have also
attached a map that shows where the severe slopes are and where the very poor soil
conditions are that outlines our justification for review of those values. This is
just part of what we feel is a very concerted effort on our part to create very
marketable and competitive lots for a commercial industrial development in the City
of Chanhassen. We did submit a written request to the Assessor's Office back. in
February to review the values on these lots. We did not receive a response to that
correspondence and the market values came out the way they are on the attached chart.
Basically, we are asking that the market values for those lots be established at our
asking price even though we realize that in many cases we may sell the lots for
somewhat less than the asking price, but we also understand that in terms of fairness
and equity that this is the best that we can do in terms of the estimated market
value.
Don Ashworth: Do your values include the special assessments?
Michele Foster: No they do not. Those are the basic land prices that do not include
special assessments. Special assessments are in addition to the land price. Special
assessments are basically assumed that the buyer will assume all special assessments.
Frank Mennenga: That also contributes to the market value of the property. A spe-
cial assessment is an improvement to the property.
Michele Foster: We recognize that the property is improved. In several of those
cases, both the soil and the slopes limits, substantially, the amount of development
that can go on those lots compared to other lots of equal size and value.
CAROL WATSON - 25-3000540: We built a garage for $11,000, which raised our valuation
by $12,500. We had a garage before and that garage is still a garage, we did not
improve that in any form. It is simply a single wall construction garage. I feel
that the valuation of $12,500 for the garage is way out of line for the fact that it
is a single wall construction garage. We do not have a tar driveway anymore, which
we did before, and the sidewalks are now wood as apposed to concrete.
Scott Winter: I was out to review the property for the building of the garage. At
that point I asked to do an inspection of the interior because before the basement
had a double tuck door on it and now it has a single tuck door on it and it was
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apparent that
did not allow
mation that I
the basement.
there was additional finishing done to the basement. At that time they
me to go through the home. I, therefore, had to assume from the infor-
could see from the exterior that there was additional finishing done to
Carol Watson:
you that.
There is no additional finished basement and I will be happy to show
TIMOTHY RAINEY ~ 25-2850020: My house was evaluated prior at $98,500 and this year I
got the assessment for $120,300, which is a $21,800 increase in the value of my pro-
perty and no improvements have been made. That reflects a 22 percent increase in the
value of my property in one year. At no time has the Assessor come out to my house
or asked to come into my house when I have been there to see the inside. It is a
1955 home and no improvements have been made. I would like some justification in
how they could come up with such a large increase in one year. The thing that
bothers me is that there is a new house across the street, which is about 5 years
old, and is assessed $2,000 - $3,000 less than mine is now and it is basically the
same size house, or a little bigger than ours.
Councilman Geving: Has there been any sales in the area recently?
Scott Winter: He was in my reappraisal area and there were some sales of big land
in that area and I did adjust the lands in that area.
Frank Mennenga: Would you be interested in us coming out and looking at your proper-
ty for reappraisal?
Timothy Rainey: Yes. I feel that for coming out and looking at the house without
coming inside, I think it is totally unjustified to nail any homeowner with a 22
percent increase in their property taxes without some type of justification
Frank Mennenga: We will come out and do a reappraisal.
RICK MURRAY ~ SEVERAL PIOn'S: It's not that the total evaluation for this parcel was
subdivided last year. We are not questioning that. I think that maybe with some of
the splits there was some misunderstandings in reviewing the plat. Most of the lots
in the first year subdivision are not typical from anywhere else that we develop.
Generally the tax ends up being somewhere between $500 and $1,000 a lot. We have
four lots in this subdivision that were valued in the high thousands. The highest
one which is PIOn 25-2740020, is a single family lot, just like the rest of them,
maybe a bit larger, and it does have a view of the lake was at $13,000. There is
another lot right next to that lot, which abuts an old farmstead and is valued at
$1,100. That is a $12,000 difference. I don't know if that is a computer error or
what, or if there is something different between the two lots to reflect that $12,000
difference.
Mayor Hamilton: Have you talked with the Assessor about this, Mr. Murray?
Rich Murray: No, I haven't, but I am sure that it would be a good idea.
RICK MURRAY ~ 25-4200010: I built my home four years ago. It was valued at not only
an assessed estimated value, but what I feel that the true market was because it was
what we paid for it. In four years it has gone up every year. Typically for reasons
that either they have missed previously on the card or we have made some improve-
ments. Last year I put on a $8,000 deck and I had a $14,000 increase. I had a deck
there before, the only thing that I put on was screened enclosure on top of it. Here
again this year it has increased, and nobody has come out to look at the house to my
knowledge.
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Scott Winter: The porch was only 75% complete last year.
Rick Murray:
on put on 90
benefit of a
It is still only 75% complete. For a new subdivision when we are put
- 95 percent of value to begin with, and I know that we don't have the
lot of the old subdivisions of the City where they are playing catch-up
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through time. There are some areas around that I know that I question if they are
even at 80 percent of their value. I know you are trying hard and you are trying to
get them there. Living on new property is a burden that a property owner bears, but
I have seen it bump every year. I feel discriminated against until some of the other
properties seem to catch up in their overall evaluation.
Frank Mennenga:
We will come out and reappraise your property.
DENNIS CASLAVKA - 25-5500060: My concern is that I moved into a new house in August.
All of the homes that are in the development that I live in have been built within
the last year. I am on a cul-de-sac that was probably the first cul-de-sac that was
completed, so all the homes were built at the same time as mine. My home was valued
at $97,200. There are two other homes on my cul-de-sac that are equal in size as far
as square footage as mine and have the same amount of bedrooms. The base price on
those two other homes was higher than the base price of my home. One of them is
assessed $5,900 lower than mine and one is assessed $7,600 lower than mine. There is
a four bedroom version of my home on that same cul-de-sac that has one more bedroom
and 180 additional square feet, which was assessed only $300 higher than mine. I am
seeing some inconsistency. I did one improvement to my property that the other homes
have not done. Last fall I added a deck and a screened gazebo. I do not know for
sure what value has been attached to that. I would like the Assessor to revisit my
home and discuss that or over a phone call make me aware of how much that increases I
the value. I feel that I am set higher than what the deck should have added to the
value of the home. I do have proof of exactly how much the deck did cost.
Frank Mennenga: When we contact you on the phone, I will need a list of names of the
other homeowners so we can make sure that they are similar houses with similar square
footage. All of the properties in that neighborhood have been appraised. Some of
them might not have been interior inspected, due to the fact that the owners did not
comply with the inspection notice. We, therefore, had to do an estimate and our
estimate may have been higher or lower than what is actually there. We will be more
than happy to review that property in that neighborhood.
STEVE LYNEIS ~ 25-2020160: I live in a townhouse in the Chaparral complex approxima-
tely one mile away from here. I have lived in this townhome for five years now. For
the last two years now, I have been paying taxes on it in the amount of $79,700. The
only thing that I have done to the unit is finish the basement level and add a deck
below the existing deck and I extended the upper deck by 27 inches, which has not
been looked at yet. There is no bathroom in the basement. The adjoining units are
appraised at $69,900. There was one unit that was just reappraised, which is iden-
tical to my unit in every way except that my deck is a large deck and his deck is a
smaller deck. My lot was $500 more than his lot at the time the units were
purchased. It seems to me that $10,000 is a lot to be taxed for an oversized deck.
Most of the homes in that area are selling for $70,000 or less. I would like to know
where the $79,700 that I have been paying for the last two years comes from.
We would like to do a reappraisal on that property.
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Scott Winter:
JEFF KAMRATH - 25-5250180: I just purchased my property for less than the estimated
market value. I purchased the property in November of 1984 for $102,000. In 1985
the property was valued at $109,100. In that short time there was no improvements
done to the property. I feel that perhaps this property should be reviewed again.
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Frank Mennenqa: We agree with you. The present value is a carryover to one
established in 1984. We would like to reappraise that property.
Mayor Hamilton: We have had situations before where a lady came in and she had paid
less for a home than what the market value was. Does that give you an opportunity to
go back and reassess the property at your 91 percent? It seems how you use sales of
property as your guideline, do you then take advantage of that and use that as a
guideline for these properties and lower that market value?
Frank Mennenga: What we do is if we find a property that is sold for more than the
Assessor's market, we like to review the property. Not in all cases do we get a
chance to do that, but it does give us an opportunity. That sale is included into
the average. We do not throw it out because we don't reappraise it, but it is an
indicator that something is happening out there, either in that neighborhood or with
that property and needs attention. In this particular case, this property has not
been attended to for a number of years and it may have been in a good condition a
while back and it may be in a less condition now, based on the sale price. We don't
take an automatic 91 percent. We go through and value it like the rest of the pro-
perty in the neighborhood and generally it comes in that 90 percent area.
TOM KLINGELHUTZ, CHANHASSEN LEGION - 25-0131900: According to the Assessor's notice
we are being taxed for 8.67 acres. I have a survey here from Schoell and Madson that
shows that we have 5.5 acres.
Frank Mennenga: Have you discussed this with the County Auditor?
Tom Klingelhutz: No. I just took over as commander and this is the first time that
I have seen any of this.
Frank Mennenga: What has happened is that the County Auditor establishes the amount
of property on each record card and any changes on the record card on the size of the
land has to go through, first the County Auditor, then he gives us that information.
So if it is a correction, contact the County Auditor and they will do the necessary
paper work.
Mayor Hamilton: Do you have to turn this over to the County Auditor before you can
do anything first?
Scott Winter: I can turn this over to the County Auditor for you and let him contact
you on what they find in comparing their records to yours.
DONALD OELKE ~ 25-0022700: The increase value of our property was something like l2!
percent. That seems pretty high to me. In that time we did put in air conditioning,
which amounted to be about $650.
Frank Mennenga: We will review the material and get back to you on our findings.
DEBORAH LLOYD ~ 25-8200140: We have the oldest home in the Sunrise Hills Addition
and I think they are playing catch-up in our neighborhood with the evaluations. We
probably should have been here a couple of years ago. Within the last five years our
market value has gone up 43 percent. We did have an addition put on this past year.
I can see why the value went up in 1985, but I guess mine is a question of comparable
values in the neighborhood or the City. I would like to know what the other homes
compare with ours.
Frank Mennenga: We will contact you within 10 days.
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MICHAEL K. ROSENWALD - 25-8820090: I bought my home in 1977 for $60,000. The value
has gone up steadily since then. Two years ago I put on an addition. At that time
the value of my house was $83,000. The addition cost $14,000 and they valued the
addition at $16,400. So I figured my taxes would go up last year to about $100,000.
Instead they went up to $110,000. I am not interested in a reappraisal. I did check
out a few of the homes in the area and they are all valued similarly. I guess my
gripe is concerning the budget and I guess I should come the meetings and see where
the money is being spent.
Mayor Hamilton: Just to clarify the budget for 1985 for you, the reason for property
tax increases was because the City and the County have been going back and forth for
the past three or four years over payment of the Assessor's fees. We chose not to
pay it for several legal reasons that we felt that we didn't need to pay it. They,
of course, felt that we should pay it. So we have been in court for quite some time.
We have lost the first round, and we have been attempting to settle out of court. We
still think that we have a strong case. We are appealing it, however, the County saw
fit to go ahead and assess the dollars back to our property owners. That is when you
saw a jump in your property taxes.
GARY BROWN ~ 25-3100060: I built a new house on Koehnen's addition four years ago.
I built the house for $93,000. Last year my taxes went up to $136,000. I called the
person in charge at the Court House for that and asked him about that. His response
to that was, "If you don't like it, move." I let that slide. Now, this winter I
finished the basement off and spent $4,000 doing that. Now, I get a slip of paper in
the mail stating that my house was valued at $171,300 for 1985. I feel that this is
getting out of hand. I am going to have to move if it is going to stay this way. I
wouldn't mind paying taxes of $100,000 on my house, because I feel it is worth that,
but it is not worth $171,300.
Mayor Hamilton: Have you been out there this year, Scott?
Scott Winter: Yes, I was out there this year and I sure would take another
reappraisal of the house.
Mayor Hamilton: The price has doubled in four years. That doesn't seem quite right.
Councilman Geving: Do you have the history on this house?
Scott Winter: No.
Councilman Geving: Why don't you do that with this one. Start when they built the
house.
Frank Mennenga: We will contact you for a reappraisal.
SYLVESTER TRAUTNAU - 25-3100060: I have a house on Powers Boulevard. It's just
opposite of the main entrance into Carver Beach. The house is about 35 years old or
more and I have had it for about 10 years and haven't done a thing to it. If I could
could get as much as they assessed me for it, I would sell it.
Mayor Hamilton: What is your assessed evaluation?
Sylvester Trautnau: $63,600. There has been nothing done to the house other than
a paint job, which was done eight years ago or so.
Frank Mennenga: Before we make any change, we would like to reappraise the property
and review the interior. We will call you and set up an appraisal time.
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PAUL PRENEVOST ~ 25-0090BOO: I am here representing the Dave C. Bell Investment
Company. This is a rental property. The estimated market value is $524,000. What
do you use to make that figure?
Frank Mennenga: We didn't use a gross rental multiplier on this property. We used a
replacement cost.
Paul Prenevost:
property, if that
We would like somebody to come out and take another look at the
is possible.
Frank Mennenga:
Yes, we will contact you to set up an appointment.
MERRILL STELLER ~ 25-0031900, 25-0032600, 25-7500030: The first two parcels are farm
property, and I talked with Mr. Winter briefly about two weeks ago with reference to
those. I understand that part of the evaluation on the farm property is the percen-
tage of tillable land with reference to the total piece, and I think that they may
have that figure wrong. In each case on those two pieces of land, the tillable
acreage is less that 50 percent for the total. Also, a good part of those parcels
have been designated as class A and class B wetlands. It seems to me that would
affect the estimated market value. My lakeshore access has been limited quite
severely. I think that should be taken into consideration. The third case, which
is my residence, 1931 Crestview Drive, that went up 10 percent in the evaluation this
year. I am curious what that was for.
Scott Winter: This was in the area of my review this past year. This was a
situation where I tried to get land values on a systematic manner. The parcels
values were also based on the value of the old books. We can come out and take
another look at the property if you would like.
Merrill Steller:
I would appreciate it if you would.
THEODORE PAHL ~ 25-0262000, 25-0361900, 25-0361800, 25-0350200: I am here also to
represent Sever Peterson. When I bought my piece of land I paid $235 a year for
taxes. There has been nothing done to it to improve it. There is not a good road on
my property, and I keep that road up myself. For the last two years the land has not
been able to be farmed, and I still pay $1,600 for taxes.
Scott Winter: In 19B3 this land came to the County Board. It was at 150.9, you
reduced it to 45.9 and the County Board increased it to Bl.B and that is where it has
been since 19B3.
Mayor Hamilton: I can't see how you can get 81.B for that land when it is under
water most of the time and is untillable most of the time. I would like to have Frank
Mennenga and Scott Winter review this land. I would like to know why the value is so
high when the property is in such a low area.
Frank Mennenga: What kind of rent have you been getting?
Theodore Pahl: I haven't been getting any rent for the last two years. I had to take
my social security to pay the tax.
Frank Mennenga: What kind of rent agreement do you have with the tenant?
Theodore Pahl: He is suppose to pay me $7,500 a year for rent, but I do not get any.
You can't expect him to pay when he can't farm the land. I am really lucky that he
keeps up the land. Sever Peterson's land is the same way. He can't get on it to
farm it.
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Frank Mennenga: How many cropable acres are down there?
Theodore Pahl: I would say from nothing to maybe 115.
Frank Mennenga: Out of a five year period, how many times does the land flood?
Theodore Pahl: It looks like 2; out of five already.
Councilwoman Watson: In the 2; years that you were able to till the land where you
able to till the entire 115 acres?
Theodore Pahl:
There were a few acres where we didn't get anything.
Mayor Hamilton:
Have you ever received the full $7,500 payment from Sever Peterson?
Theodore Pahl:
One year.
Frank Mennenga:
Do you have an opinion on the market value of the land?
Theodore Pahl:
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I paid for it.
No, I don't know. I would think that it would be more now than what
I only paid $24,000 for it.
Councilman Horn: It
the last few years.
out of it one year.
would probably be less, if it goes like other farm values have in
Especially based on the fact that you have only gotten payment
Frank Mennenga: We will review that land again, Mr. Pahl, and we will get back to
you.
Mayor Hamilton: We received a letter from Clayton Aldritt, parcel 825-0082900, which
really bothered me. He says the taxes that he is paying this year are more than he
receives from Social Security, which is all of his income. I would appreciate it if
you would please review this case.
The following letters were received from property owners requesting that their pro-
perty be reviewed:
NAME
Jean Lovetang
Clara Vogel & sister
Donald Knight
Earl Holasek
Jim Mielke
Ed Siebenaler
C.R. Aldritt
Arthur Partridge
Donald Johnson
PARCEL 8
25-0012000
25-0261000 & 25-0261100
25-6600280
25-0210100
25-0032700
25-0240200
25-0082900
25-5450050
25-0012700
Scott Winter stated that the above parcels would be reviewed.
Councilwoman Swenson: You mentioned before the difference of vacant land and
improved land being in a different classification.
Scott Winter: That is the percentage for comparing sales to our market. I excluded
vacant land from the sales.
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Councilwoman Swenson:
Siebenaler and he has
evaluated differently
cabin down.
The reason I ask is because
a cabin on his property. My
without the cabin. Would it
we received a letter from Ed
question is, would his land be
be to his advantage to take the
Scott Winter: If I can recall correctly, I would say, yes, as far as our system
goes.
Frank Mennenga: Some of these people had not let us into their home to review the
interior. We are, therefore, at a position of viewing the property exclusively on
the outside. If we are unable to review both the inside and the outside, we will
probably come back recommending no change until we can view their interior property.
Mayor Hamilton: I would like to see you include that in the information that you
bring back to us in that you did contact the property owners and they did not let you
in.
The following person was present at the meeting, but did not speak before the
Council:
NAME
Edward Worm
PARCEL I
25-0080300
Councilwoman Swenson moved to continue the Board of Review meeting to a tentative
date of June 10, 1985, pending approval from the State Commissioner of Revenue, which
is needed due to the extension of the 20 day period in accordance with the Statute of
Limitations. Motion was seconded by Councilman Geving. The following voted in
favor: Mayor Hamilton, Councilwomen Watson and Swenson, Councilmen Horn and Geving.
No negative votes. Motion carried.
Don Ashworth
City Manager