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Commission Minutes--May 17, 2004 2727 8. OMITTED ASSESSMENTS, Approved MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to add Lot 14 Block 2, Maple Grove Subdivision, as omitted property for 2003 in the amount of $445,900 residential lot and structure, according to notice sent from the county auditor to David & Kay Bain, Horace, North Dakota. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. 9. CONTRACT APPROVAL, NACo Deferred Compensation proaram; Mark Sand & Gravel; Heinze Earth Movina MOTION, passed Mr. Bennett moved and Mr. Wagner seconded to approve the following contracts submitted by respective department head, subject to state's attorney approval, and authorize the chairman to sign: On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. National Association of Counties Deferred Compensation Program--Ioans to participants amendment to plan document; Mark Sand & Gravel Dakota Co. d/b/a Gutzmer Sand & Gravel Co.--indefinite quantity of Class 13 gravel, Lisbon pit; Heinze Earth Moving--indefinite quantity of Class 13 gravel, Page stock 10. ABATEMENT APPLICATION HEARING, John & Mary Swartz Frank Klein, Director of Equalization, reviewed his investigation of the abatement application submitted by John and Mary Swartz. The property is located at 4802 57th Street North, Harwood, North Dakota and is in the NE~ of 17-140-49 of Reed Township, just north of Fargo and West Fargo. The Swartz's requested the value on their home be reduced from $170,000 to $130,000 because their property was placed in the floodway when maps were re-drawn by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after the 1997 flood. Mr. Klein said the Swartz's applied for a building permit from the City of Fargo in early 2003. The property falls under Fargo's zoning jurisdiction because the land is in within their extraterritorial boundaries. The permit was denied because the home was determined to be in a floodway. It appears that when the new map was drawn by FEMA, part of the Swartz property was inadvertently placed in the floodway. In order to remove it from the floodway, a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) must be filed with FEMA. The Swartz's were informed of the cost involved and that they would have to bear some of the cost, which they do not agree with since the error was made by someone else. The Reed Township Board recommended the value of the property be reduced to $70,000. Mr. Klein said considering the time and costs involved and the risk of capital to remove the property from the floodway and considering the fact that the property still has value if the floodway matter is not resolved, he recommends the assessment be reduced 10% or $17,000 for a total value of $153,000. Mr. and Mrs. Swartz addressed the Commission and provided testimony. Mrs. Swartz said their property being in the floodway is equivalent to being on the wet side of a dike.