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The Council of the City of Medina met as a Board of Review for
1992 tax valuations on Wednesday, April 8, 1992 at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor, Gary Acromite; Councilmembers, Ann C. Thies,
Robert Mitchell, Philip Zietlow; Medina Assessors, P^lf
Erickson and Ann Risch; Hennepin County Assessor Don
Monk; Acting Clerk -Treasurer, Laura Monroe
Absent: Councilmember Wilfred Scherer
Gary Acromite said that they would follow the same procedures as
last year. He asked Rolf Erickson to go over what had been done
1991. He asked if there had been any changes in the
calculations. He said that each person should state their name,
address, assessed value, and the board would go through each
person one at a time and hold any action until the very end.
Rolf Erickson said that each year they are required to look at
25% of the property. They review records and walk around the
house and update on the spot. They did sections 1-12 this year,
north of Hamel Road in the north half of the city, 491 parcels,
1,726 in the whole city. After fairly large increases in value
in 1991, industrial and commercial stayed the same. One
difference in assessment this year, farm property increased in
value. They require one acre and the house separate from the
land values. There was nothing unusual this year.
Gary Acromite commented about the memo from the assessors that
stated that the residential valuations were down, commercial and
industrial was also down, but farmland and vacant land was up.
Rolf Erickson said that the farmland valuation they were low on
and vacant land in the commercial zone, so the valuation was up
this year.
Ave Lippert, representing Leon Greenslit of 2022 Hickory Drive
said that the valuation was overstated based on an appraisal that
Mr. Greenslit had done in September of 1991. The assessed
valuation was $147,100, and the appraisal was $119,000.
Rolf Erickson said that Mr. Greenslit did tell him about the
appraisal, but he didn't receive a copy of it. He thought that
the appraisal was done by someone who wanted to buy the property
because it was for sale, and that Mr. Greenslit wasn't pleased
with it at that time.
Robert Mitchell asked if the property was listed with a MLS
listing.
Ave Lippert said that he tried to sell the property himself.
Rolf said that they gave it a valuation of $175,000 in February
of 1981, and that he had a swimming pool at that time. He said
that it was a contemporary house.
Ave Lippert said that it had only one bedroom.
Phil Zietlow asked how the pool valued it.
Rolf Erickson said that it was taken out a long time ago, in
1990. The value they had on it was $8,000.
Harriet Holasek, 3212 Hunter Drive said that she had green acres
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property. She said that she didn't have a problem with the
valuation of her property, but that the taxes had gone up 333%.
She said that there was a new house built on the property.
Ann Risch said that the house and one acre was taxed as
residential property, and the value was much more with the new
house on the site. She said the value before was $56,300, and
now it is $149,600. She said that the agricultural portion with
the land is valued at $110,000.
Gary Acromite asked if the assessors could give Mrs. Holasek
something in writing explaining the difference.
Rolf Erickson said that 1/2/89 the parcel was valued at $106,700,
with the house and site of $57,500; 1/2/90 it was valued at
$115,500, with the house and site of $56,300; on 1/2/91 the value
was $208,800, with the house and site at $149,600; the valuation
for 1/2/92 is $212,800 with the house and site $153,600.
Gary Acromite said that perhaps the assessors could go over this
with Mrs. Holasek after the meeting, since she didn't have a
problem with the valuation, only the taxes.
Alan Fero, 3485 Elm Creek Drive said that he didn't want to
protest the value, that he thought it was fair, however, he had
recently gotten a new appraisal for refinancing their home, and
it was valued at $122,000, when the assessed value was $127,100.
Ann Risch said that it was valued at $127,100 in 1992, and in
1991 and 1990 it was $121,100 and remained the same both years.
Dean Barkley for Jeff Cates, 4522 Willow Drive said that his
valuation went from $295,000 in 1991 to $361,000 in 1992. He
said that he had an appraisal done and just gotten it back this
afternoon, that valued it at $305,000. He said that they
couldn't compare to any large acreage, so just compared it to a
40 acre sale. The value would be $3,000 per acre. They also
compared a sale in Corcoran of $152,000 which would be $3,820 per
acre for a 125,000 acre farm.
Ann Risch said that they had an 80 acre land sale in corcoran for
$400,000, where the zoning is 1/40.
Phil Zietlow asked what the Elwell farm was sold for per acre.
Rolf Erickson said $10,000 per acre.
Dean Barkley said that Mr. Cates didn't have this property on
green acres, that when he had called to ask about it for this
property, that he was told it didn't make much difference.
Ann Risch said that Mr. Cates had property in the City of
Corcoran that was on green acres, and that no one would have told
him that it didn't make much difference.
All property owners had been heard.
Leon Greenslit
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to reduce the property value
by 5% to $142,000.
Motion declared carried.
Harriet Holasek
Second house on site is used for storage.
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Ann Risch said that they would need the letter stating this fact,
which would effect the value.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Zietlow to reduce the property
value on the house and site to $176,100.
Motion declared carried.
Alan Fero
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Acromite to reduce the valuation
to $124,600, splitting the difference between the appraisal and
the valuation.
Motion declared carried.
Jeffrey Cates
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to leave the valuation on
the Cates property at $361,000, and to recommend to the owner to
check into green acres on this property.
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Acromite, seconded by Thies to adjourn.
Motion declared carried.
Meeting adjourned 8 p.m.
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