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N THE LAKE <br />\ riT? irATION OF TIIF I.AKTJMINNF.TONKA LAKESflORE OUATRs \^M)^IAT1^N <br />IS.SUE 12 SEFI tMBER IW2 <br />MEMBERS ONLY EDITION <br />PROPERTY TAX INTERVIEW <br />with Dan Distal, Assessor <br />by lorn l\tkotn)sky <br />This could happen to ytni Rn entlv. all lake^horc <br />land value% m Deephaven autumaiicallv <br />increased I miervicN^cd Dan Distal, Assessor tor <br />Deephasrn and asked stime probing questions about <br />this situation Here arc his responses. <br />Pokono>ky: lUd Ihe Hennepin ( ounty Aiusior's <br />nffict require you to rai\r the IW2 land valiu of <br />every (keephaven lakeshore property by H%? <br />OM.il: Yes The building portion ot the market <br />value sused the same I he result was an aveiage <br />increase ot Deephaven land and building values by <br />4 9% for lakeshore properts only <br />Pokoiiitvks: Why did the Hennepin County <br />A^1rt%or'^ offtee %rlnin*t\ inereuie Heephaven <br />iukrehorr pn*pef1y2 <br />Disial: The ittue tor Deephaven is the <br />ciMtipariutn of the assesuvr ’i value with that of the <br />Mle pnoe tor homes sold between Octub'r I. IVQQ <br />Ihroi^h September H), I^MI I here were b sales <br />dunftg this prnod used by Hennepin County as a test <br />The asiesicd value must be at least of the <br />property sale price These us sales slunroil that the <br />median Deephaven values were about T9 9% of the <br />property sale pnee As the assessor lor Deephaven. <br />It IS my responsibility id conform to die 90% Me <br />mandoed Mv imttal 1992 vakam far Dr^dtave*' <br />likesliorr propeniaa were at dm same value av <br />die prior year Tlie sis aln Ml dwirt of the <br />idaaiardi by appeoatmately 10%. prompting an <br />ladiuiMiodi Tins malMd m a 4 9% msai valuaiMin <br />BWI's and Water Safety... <br />by Lee Ann Sanna <br />Bill Chandler of the Hennepin County Water <br />Patrol recently conveyed the following facts; <br />• BWT’s for I9*>2: So far 25 out of the 47 are <br />people w ho are lake area residents. <br />• It Is grtlina hrfitr bccauie more people are <br />complving wuh the bo.iting and drinking laws. <br />There are nu>re vober skippers because people <br />convcuMisly ch«n>se designated drivers <br />ITte push acro>s the slate is to combine dnving, <br />boating and flying vuiiaiions into one law. Currently. <br />It goes tnly onto vtwr driving revord if you had i <br />pruK alcohol related incident. <br />Since the revent sobriety checkpoint, mmy people <br />are ram designating boat drivers. The LMCD and the <br />DNR have giMten the word out that they are patrollifif <br />U»r drinking boaters. Thankfully the Power Stpiadron <br />and ('oust (iuard Ausiliarv teach safety classes ihM <br />rTNvre people are takii^ whKh is good for all of us. <br />(HMI't continued on pair <br />fTtttri (mnrnmmed mm pmge