1975-5330r352
RESOLUTION NO. 5330
RESOLUTION RELATING TO EQUALIZAl'ION
OF ASSESSMENTS IN METROPOLITAN AREA
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Taxation's 1973 Real Estate Assessment
Sales Ratio Study again indicates that Hennepin County communities are leading
all counties in the metropolitan area with respect to equity in assessing, and
WHEREAS, the aggregate sales ratio indicates that the counties of Carver,
Dakota, Ramsey, Scott and Washington are failing to maintain appropriate
assessing levels, thereby shifting the burden for metropolitan area services
and functions to the taxpayers of Hennepin and Anoka Counties, and
WHEREAS, by law the Commissioner of Taxation is charged with the
responsibility of equalizing the assessments in those counties failing to provide
for a proper level of assessment, which responsibility to date the Commissioner
of Taxation has failed to exercise,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA that this Council hereby requests that the
Commissioner of Taxation require local assessors and Boards of Review to
properly assess and equalize all property within the metropolitan area so as to
correct the grievous errors which have appeared in the 1972 and 1973 Real
Estate Sales ratio Studies conducted by his department, so as to more properly
provide for equalization in assessments among all properties in the metropolitan
area, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota hereby pledges its support to the Commissioner of Taxation in
carrying out these responsibilities, and further that copies of this resolution
be sent to the members of the Hennepin County legislative delegation.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 24th day of
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ATTEST:
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Thomas j. Moran City Clerk