the work was part of an
effort by the city to reassess the values of the city's split-level houses.
My neighbor and I thought it seemed a little odd to focus on a particular
architectural style. I told him I'd write to the Mpls Issues list to ask
whether anyone is familiar with the project. So, has anyone heard of it, and
can anyone supply a few details about its purposes and implications?
No specific knowledge on this project, but many years ago, I
worked in the City-County Data Processing area, with people that
worked on the Property Tax Information System (PINS). This used a
computer rating system to assign a preliminary assessment value to
each house. This was run periodically, and would recalculate values
based on sales prices for similar houses nearby. This was based on a
rather small number (about a dozen and a half) pieces of info about
the property. These included things like the size of the lot &
house, age, construction material (brick, stucco, wood, etc.),
attached or detached garage, number of bathrooms, number of floors, etc.
Note that one: 'number of floors'. Single floor ranch-type
houses were assessed differently from a 2-story house, even if they
had the same square footage. I don't know how they dealt with
'split-level' houses. Possibly this effort is trying to gather
information on them, so they can adjust the program to more
accurately calculate the value of split-level homes.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
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