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From YouTube: May 21, 2014 Taxes Committee Meeting
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Minneapolis Taxes Committee Meeting
A
C
D
A
E
Good
morning
mr.
chair
Julie
Johnson
representing
the
City
Clerk's
office,
we're
here
to
deliver
the
2014
report
of
board
of
Appeal
and
equalization,
as
required
by
chapter
5
of
the
city
charter
and
various
state
laws.
That
report
includes
recommendations
affecting
the
assessments
of
various
properties
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
to
be
confirmed
by
action
of
the
City
Council.
The
request
is
companied
by
the
report
of
the
special
board
review,
which
is
the
city's
Board
of
Appeals
equalization.
E
As
the
committee
is
aware,
the
board
arbitrates
disputes
between
property
owners
and
the
city
concerning
property
classification
or
market
value
assessments.
The
board
has
the
authority
to
decrease
sustained
or
increase
the
market
value
of
a
property
in
accordance
with
city
policy.
The
bourne
consists
of
three
members
which
includes
one
licensed:
realtor,
one
certified
appraiser
and
one
freeholder
or
property
owner.
E
A
synopsis
of
the
final
actions
is
provided
on
the
table
shown
on
the
RCA.
You
can
see
a
total
of
five
hundred
and
forty
appeals
were
filed
this
year,
which
was
an
increase
in
the
volume
of
Appeals
compared
to
the
prior
year
of
approximately
seventy,
nine
percent
of
the
total
540
Appeals
219
were
filed
with
the
clerk's
office
after
the
April
fourth
deadline.
The
list
of
late
submittals
is
reflected
in
attachment
e
titled
late
applicants,
because
these
appeals
were
not
submitted
by
the
filing
deadline.
E
They
were
not
heard
by
the
city's
board,
however,
under
state
law
those
appeals
are
entered
in
the
city's
records
and
then
for
possible
hearing
by
the
Hennepin
County
Board
of
Appeals.
The
county's
Board
meets
in
june
of
the
540
qualifying
appeals
240
for
property
owners
reached
a
concurrence
with
the
assessor's
office
on
a
lowered
valuation
prior
to
the
board's
hearing.
E
The
board
of
appeal
and
equalization,
convened
in
an
open
session
on
friday
may
second
and
was
sworn
and
impaneled
by
our
office
over
the
course
of
two
days.
The
board
received
and
considered
the
qualifying
appeals
and
adjourned
at
205
on
me
9th
having
completed
its
work,
the
disposition
of
these
27
qualified
appeals
is
reflected
on
the
table
on
the
RCA.
E
Consequently,
this
committee
is
requested
to
act
upon
the
recommendation
submitted
by
the
City
Board
of
Appeal
and
equals
station
for
property
assessments
for
2014.
As
reflected
in
the
table.
The
recommendation
is
to
hold
the
valuation
for
nine
properties,
as
determined
by
the
city,
assessor,
to
grant
reductions
in
valuation
for
17
properties
and
to
increase
the
valuation
of
one
property.
E
Your
city,
assessor,
Patrick,
Todd,
may
have
further
comments
you
would
like
to
make.
Then
we
both
be
pleased
to
stand
for
any
questions.
The
committee
may
have
I'd
like
to
extend
a
special
thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
board
of
appeal
of
Equalization
that
served
this
year
tad
mayor,
neck
and
paul
grace
were
the
certified
appraisers
sandy
leisure
and
Pat
Warner
were
the
license.
Realtor's
and
Jeff
Larson
and
Earl
net
wall
were
the
property
owners.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
rebecca,
win
and
Sue
I
cuento
of
the
clerk's
office.
E
B
Good
morning,
mr.
chair
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Patrick
Todd
I'm,
the
Minneapolis
CSS
her.
Thank
you
for
having
me
today.
I
want
to
start,
but
probably
I.
Thank
you.
I
oftentimes
to
forget
thank-yous,
but
the
City
Clerk's
office
actually
did
an
outstanding
job.
This
year,
all
the
staff,
the
the
packets
were
done
very
well.
They
were
done
timely.
B
All
the
communications
with
the
taxpayers,
which
is
a
very
challenging
time
for
many
taxpayers,
was
handled,
were
handled
very,
very
well,
and
the
process
went
without
without
a
hitch,
so
I
think
that
they
really
do
outstanding
work
at
the
clerk's
office.
So
I
wanted
to
get
that
first
and
foremost
so,
but
just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
background
we're
about
a
third
of
the
way
through
the
assessment
process.
B
So
we
did
have
our
valuations
all
the
residential
valuations
sent
out
by
the
end
of
January
and
the
rest
of
the
assessments,
the
apartments,
the
commercial,
the
industrial
we
had
those
sent
out
in
February
and
then
on
the
valuation
notices
that
talks
about
to
any
property
owner
that
doesn't
agree
with
their
value.
They
can
surely
call
the
assessor's
office
and
the
phone
number
that
we
provided
was
to
the
appraisers
desk
of
the
person
that
puts
a
value
on
there.
B
The
local
board
is
something
you
do
have
to
apply
to,
and
then
we
do
set
up
appointments
with
the
property
owners
to
go
out
and
take
a
look.
We
do
our
analysis.
We
then
either
our
value
is
supported
or
if,
in
fact,
on
some
situations
and
actually-
and
if
you
take
a
look
at
the
statistics,
there
are
a
number
that
we
do
drop
after.
B
We've
done
a
thorough
analysis,
so
we
can
take
care
of
those
or
the
property
owners,
have
the
opportunity
to
go
before
the
board
and
plead
their
case,
and
we
would
do
the
same
thing.
Each
side
gets
about
ten
minutes
to
talk,
and
then
the
board
makes
the
decision,
based
on
the
information
that
they've
been
provided
by
the
property
owner
as
well
as
my
staff.
So
that's
just
kind
of
giving
a
high
level
analysis
now
that
the
county
or
the
city
board
is
over
with
the
only
people
that
have
the
ability
to
continue
to
appeal.
B
Their
values
are
the
people
that
were
actually
heard
before
the
the
local
board
of
the
city
board,
and
we
have
a
number
of
them,
probably
up
to
close
to
200.
Many
of
them
were
filed
because
of
the
late
filing.
We
had
an
April
fourth
deadline.
Many
of
these
or
214
came
in
after
that
deadline,
and
the
reason
why
we
have
the
deadline
is
because
we
need
time
to
get
the
appraisals
out
there.
B
Take
a
look,
do
the
analysis
and
then
get
back
to
the
homeowner
with
a
reasonable
offer
and
then
give
them
some
time
to
think
about
it
way
out
there
options
that
make
a
determination
whether
they
want
to
pursue
to
pursue
their
avenue
of
Appeal.
So
so
then
automatically
those
214
get
moved
on
to
the
county,
because
everybody
should
have
an
opportunity
to
appeal.
B
So
after
this
local
board,
after
the
county
board
closes
and
that's
june,
seventeenth
for
the
city
minneapolis,
all
the
values
are
locked
down
and
the
only
way
you
can
appeal
your
value
is
to
tax
court
at
that
point
in
time.
So
we're
really
at
the
very
very
end
stages
of
anybody
to
appeal
their
value
in
your
packet.
You
have
I've
just
a
short
PowerPoint
presentation.
It
is
in
your
a
pack
if
you
want
to
look
at
it
electronically
or
you
do
have
a
color
copy
in
front
of
you
just
to
give
you
an
idea.
B
As
far
as
the
change
in
our
values
from
2013
January,
second
2013
to
this
most
current
assessment
or
2014,
the
city
tax
base
grew
about
nine
and
a
half
percent
and
that's
a
median,
that's
actually
not
a
median.
That
is
the
growth
in
the
residential
and
commercial
and
industrial
tax
base.
In
some
areas
of
North
Minneapolis
and
some
other
areas,
we
did
see
some
slight
reduction
still
because
of
some
of
the
foreclosures
and
short
sales,
and
we
saw
some
property
values
increases
as
high
as
fifteen
percent
in
the
south
southwest
area
as
well.
B
If
you
look
at
slide
number
three,
it
just
kind
of
shows
a
the
last
few
years.
You
know
in
2009
we
had
the
peak
year
of
1335
board
applicants
this
year
we're
starting
to
get
back
up
there
because
I
think
any
time
you
start
raising
values.
Even
though
people
like
to
see
their
vague
go
up,
there
is
oftentimes
a
corresponding
property
tax
increase
and
it
gets
people
uncomfortable
and,
and
they
oftentimes
want
to
make
sure
that
their
values
are
correct.
So
to
see
that
trending
from
302
and
23
2013
to
540
is
just
not
uncommon.
B
If
we
take
the
next
slide,
a
port
appealed
by
by
award
I
think
that
if
I
were
in
your
shoes,
I
want
to
know
how
often
or
what
percentage
of
people
from
my
particular
Ward
are
appealing
the
values.
And
if
you
can
take
a
look,
you
know.
Ward
13
was
our
by
far
the
most
popular
award
for
us
appeals,
but
it
also
was
the
neighborhood
that
probably
saw
the
largest
set
of
increases
and
other
than
that
it
was
a
pretty
normal
year
for
all
the
other
other
neighborhoods.
B
If
we
go
to
slide
number
six,
this
is
just
a
kind
of
a
summary
report
and
Julie
Johnson
kind
of
already
gave
you
some
of
these
numbers.
You
know
we
had
a
total
of
five
hundred
and
forty
appeals.
We
had
219
lates
the
board
heard
27.
We
did
come
up
with
254
concurrences
and
a
concurrences
where
my
staff
had
gone
out.
We've
taken
a
look
at
the
values
and
we
actually
found
that.
Yes,
there
was
a.
B
There
was
a
reason
for
us
to
reduce
these
values
and
I
think
that
that
is
again
kind
of
a
testament
to
how
the
process
works.
You
know
when
we
send
out
130,000
notices.
It's
really
foolish
of
us
to
think
that
we're
going
to
hit
every
one
of
them
perfect.
You
know
so
there's
a
percentage
that
we
absolutely
need
to
go
and
take
a
look
at
and
if
they're
wrong,
we
will
reduce
them,
so
254
were
reduced
and
then
40
were
cancelled.
Those
are
people
that
we
went
out.
B
Did
our
analysis
and
based
on
the
analysis,
we
really
felt
that
today
was
fine.
We
were
able
to
talk
to
those
people
either
show
them
around
analysis
or
whatever
the
case
may
be,
and
they
agreed
that
they
would
just
cancel
their
their
board
application.
So
those
people
were
feeling
like
their
value
was
fair
and
reasonable.
If
you
go
to
slide
number
six,
these
are
appeals
by
property
type
and
and
again,
probably
not
a
surprisingly,
it's
the
residential
that
we
saw.
B
The
greatest
number
of
property
tax
increases
or
appeals,
I
should
say-
and
that
is
just
because
our
residential
tax
base
was
growing
faster
than
just
about
any
other
part
of
the
real
estate
market.
At
this
point
in
time,
but
again,
I
think
just
from
a
councilmember
standpoint.
I
always
think
that
this
is
interesting
statistics
to
just
to
check
and
then,
when
we
take
a
look
at
the
slide
number
seven,
there
isn't
I
break
it
down
by
a
value
range
because
in
a
city
assessor
I
want
to
see.
B
You
know
if
there
are
certain
brackets
that
I
think
that
we
should
be
more
aware
of,
or
you
know,
when
we're
making
these
decisions,
is
it
adversely
or
an
impact
in
one
property
type
or
this
one
property
value
range?
And
so
it's
it's
just
some
more
information
that
we
look
at
and
it's
it's
it.
It
seems
pretty
normalized,
based
on
the
the
ranges
and
values
that
we
have
in
the
city,
Minneapolis
and
then
the
last
slide
is
just
the
board
statistics
and
and
that
the
city
clerk
is
already
addressed
in
her
presentation.
B
A
F
You
mr.
chair
mr.
Todd
I
had
a
question
on
the
slide
7
with
the
appeals
by
value
range.
Yes,
is
zet
just
residential,
or
does
that
include
the
appeals
by
commercial
properties
I'm
just
wondering
if
the
values
that
are
shown
there,
the
ranges
of
values
sighs
might
impact
by
commercial
versus
residential
okay
through.
B
The
chair
comments,
remember
Quincy.
This
would
be
just
the
residential
property
Vegas.
Statistically
we
don't
get
that
many
commercial.
I
think
this
year
we
had
two
or
three
commercial
properties
that
did
appeal.
In
many
cases,
property
values,
commercial
parking,
bays,
don't
appeal,
I!
Think
they
like
to
go
to
tax
court
is
more
of
the
Avenue.
Smaller
commercial
properties
do,
but
we
didn't
have
that.
Many
and
again
we
didn't
move
the
values
on
residential
or
commercial.
Excuse
me
there's
much
this
year.
So
so,
but
this
chart
is
just
strictly
residential
base.
C
D
B
B
C
B
A
D
B
D
It
yes,
so
red
is
2014,
then
right.
That
is
correct.
Okay,
and
you
know
just
with
the
Board
of
Appeals
in
equalization
applicants
by
year
you
know
we're
seeing
you
know:
I
mean
2006.
It
was
very
low
when
to
2009,
which
was
1300
and
then
2013
was
302
and
2014
was
540
m.
Can
you
explain
that
I
that
increased
from
2013
and
2014?
Can
you
just
take
a
stab
at
it
sure.
B
What
2013,
I
think,
there's
if
we
were
to
take
a
look
at
what
we
did
for
assess
guys
it
was
a
fairly
flat
year,
the
assessor's
office.
For
the
most
part,
we
saw
that
the
market
for
them
had
flattened
out.
We
were
starting
to
see
value
start
I
get
better,
but
for
the
most
part
there
weren't
enough
sales
for
us
to
really
significantly
move
the
market.
B
So,
as
far
as
we
were
concerned,
we
held
just
about
all
values
in
2013
unless
there
was
something
that
told
us
differently,
and
that
was
the
same
year,
but
we
were
able
to
get.
I
think
the
council
and
our
elected
officials
were
able
a
secure
additional
local
government
aid
and
that
year,
property
taxes
went
down
and
values
were
held
the
same
so
it
most.
People
were
relatively
happy
with
the
numbers
ever
seeing.
A
And
seeing
no
more
questions,
I
move
approval
of
the
2014
board
of
Appeal
and
equalization
report,
all
those
in
favor
opposed
the
motion
is
adopted.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
would
like
to
thank
the
staff
at
the
clerk's
office,
as
well
as
our
assess
for
the
hard
work
they've
done.
Thank
you
very
much
and
seeing
normal
business
before
the
committee.
We
are
adjourned.
Thank
you.