1994-04-05 Board of ReviewPage No. 3973
April 5, 1993
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Minutes of the Board of Review Meeting
Held Tuesday, April 5, 1993
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the annual Board of Review meeting of the City Council, City of
Mendota Heights, was held at 7:00 o'clock P.M. at City Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights,
Minnesota.
Mayor Mertensotto called the meeting to order at 7:00 o'clock P.M. The following members were
present: Mayor Mertensotto, Councilmembers Koch, Krebsbach and Smith. Councilmember Huber had
notified the Council that he was ill.
BOARD OF REVIEW Mayor Mertensotto informed the audience that the purpose of the
meeting is to review 1994 property valuations, which will be used to
determine 1995 real estate taxes. Mayor Mertensotto introduced
County Assessor Marvin Pulju and Assistant Assessor Bill Peterson.
He then turned the meeting over to Assistant Assessor Peterson.
Assessor Peterson stated that valuation notices had been mailed to
property owners in February and that the County had conducted an
open book meeting for Mendota Heights property owners at the
South St. Paul City Hall on March 10. Approximately 115 Mendota
Heights residents attended that meeting to discuss their valuations.
Mr. Peterson informed the Council and audience that residential
property valuations in Mendota Heights received a median 5.3%
increase this year. He explained that the state requires the
Assessor's office to maintain a level of assessment of 100% of
market value. He informed the audience that over the past few years
Mendota Heights properties have had valuation increased lower tha
the rest of the County but this year the increase is slightly higher
than the County average. The median increase in 1993 was 2.5 %,
and it was l % in 1992.
Assessor Peterson asked the audience for general questions and
explained that several of the assessor's staff members would meet
with property onwers individually to discuss questions on relating to
their property valuations. He asked that everyone in attendance sign
an attendance roster. Mr. Peterson informed the audience that the
City Council plans to hold the Review Board meeting open until
April 19, and that any owners who are not satisfied with their
valuation after meeting with the assessor's representatives can
appeal their valuation to the County Board.
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April 5, 1994
A member of the audience asked if something has been done to
reduce real estate taxes for elderly property owners.
Mayor Mertensotto stated that Council has adopted and forwarded a
resolution to the legislature asking that legislation be adopted to give
property tax relief to senior citizens on fixed incomes. He informed
the audience that it is very important that they sign the attendance
register this evening. He explained that a letter entered into the
record at the meeting or attendance at the Review Board meeting is
required if an owner ultimately appeals his valuation to another
public body, and the roster provides evidence of attendance.
Councilmember Krebsbach asked if there are neighborhoods where
an increase greater than 5.3% was applied.
Mr. Peterson responded that the increases vary for individual
properties rather than by neighborhood.
Mayor Mertensotto informed the audience that Council would
continue the meeting to April 19 to allow the assessor's office two
weeks to respond to property owners whose questions are not
resolved in the individual meetings this evening.
Council acknowledged letters received from Mrs. Orville Brink,
1150 Ivy Hill Drive Mr. & Mrs. Rollin Larson, 1710 Lilac Lane, Mr.
Laurence Koll, 633 Sunset Lane, Mr. Steven Olson, 217 Wilshire
Court, Mr. Henry Abramowicz, 1053 Overlook Road, Ms. Linda
Axelrod, 1899 Walsh Lane, Mr. Harry Goodwin, 733 Cheyenne
Lane, Ms. Donna Lillie, 709 Cheyenne Lane, and Mr. Hai Phan,
2522 Haverton Circle.
It was the consensus of Council to continue the Board of Review
meeting to May 4.
thleen M. Swanson
City Clerk
ATTEST:
Charles E. Mertensotto
Mayor
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