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Commission Minutes—July 5, 2023 5739 <br />Raymond Schmidt <br />An appeal was submitted by Raymond Schmidt for a property located at 108 5th Street Northwest. <br />Mr. Fracassi said after reviewing the property, all appeal documentation, and comparable sales, he <br />recommends the Board retain the current value. <br />Holiday Gas Stations <br />An appeal was submitted by Holiday Gas Stations for a property located at 1210 13th Avenue East <br />and 2020 Sheyenne Street. Mr. Fracassi said after reviewing the property, all appeal documentation, <br />and comparable sales, he recommends the Board retain the current value for both properties in <br />West Fargo. <br />Sterling Properties <br />An appeal was submitted by Sam Jellebe on behalf of Sterling Properties for a property located at <br />639 33rd Avenue West. Mr. Fracassi said after reviewing the property, all appeal documentation, and <br />comparable sales, he recommends the Board reduce the 2023 value to $7,343,100. <br />City of Horace <br />Steven Boutiette <br />An appeal was submitted by Steven Boutiette for a property located at 7103 64th Avenue South. Mr. <br />Fracassi said after reviewing the property, all appeal documentation, and comparable sales, he <br />recommends the Board reduce the 2023 value to $420,300. <br />John Ness <br />An appeal was submitted by John Ness for a property located at 10617 County Road 17 South. Mr. <br />m' Fracassi said after reviewing the property, all appeal documentation, and comparable sales, he <br />4111, recommends the Board retain the current value. <br />Harmony Township <br />Charlene Nelson <br />An appeal was submitted by Charlene Nelson for a property located at 15703 31st Street Southeast. <br />Mr. Fracassi said after reviewing the property, all appeal documentation, and comparable sales, he <br />recommends the Board retain the current value. <br />Ms. Nelson was present and said she has lived at this property for 27 years and within the last 7 <br />years the assessed value has gone up 97%. She said there is a disparity of properties in Harmony <br />Township. She said she reviewed 15 properties in Harmony Township and provided the information <br />to the Board prior to the meeting. Ms. Nelson said the average increase of property value of the 12 <br />properties over the last 6 years is 12.5% and the Nelson property during the same period is 65%. <br />She said local assessors tell her that her value is increasing due to real estate market values and <br />she does not understand why her value is increasing so much and other properties are not. She said <br />she believes her assessed value is unreasonable and unfair. <br />Mrs. Scherling asked Ms. Nelson if she believes if she put her property for sale on the market she <br />would not get the assessed value. Ms. Nelson said 3 years ago she was considering selling her <br />property and a real estate agent advised the Nelson's not fix up the property as a buyer would <br />replace the home with a new one. She said she does not believe the house is valued at the <br />assessed value. Mrs. Scherling asked Ms. Nelson if she believes the land value of her property is <br />undervalued. Ms. Nelson said she is unsure; she said the properties she reviewed have farm land <br />and the values went down in the 6 year period. She said she does not believe her home has <br />increased in value as the County has assessed the value. <br />Mr. Peterson said he reviewed the information provided and it appears the property value was not <br />increased for a few years and in recent years was accelerated likely due to needing to bring the <br />value up to market. Mr. Fracassi said of the properties Ms. Nelson reviewed, several of them were <br />agricultural land and received decreases because agriculture land is valued by the State over an