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418. • MAYOR Mani/ Biagi Aft MINUTES N U T E S VICE MAYOR Wm. J. s�ang e.0 Redwood Myr.= BOARD OF EQUALIZATION BID NO. 1-64 COUNCILMEN: Menton C. BA,itzdtgi BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS Robeht H. Bury 401 MARSHALL STREET Ge)ca.Cd R. Chand.Cen _ ._� Manguelcite Lei..pz-.g December 8, 1980 Bat Rhodes The Council of the City of Redwood City met on this date at 7:00 p.m. Imo as the Board of Equalization of General Improvement District No. 1-64 with Vice Mayor Stangel presiding. Directors present: Britschgi , Bury, Chandler, Leipzig, Rhodes and Vice Mayor Stangel Directors absent: Mayor Biagi Officials and staff present: City Manager Fales, City Attorney Schricker, Director of Finance/District Assessor Ference and City Clerk Hildebrand HEARING - ASSESSMENT APPEALS Vice Mayor Stangel stated that the Council is meeting as the Board of Equalization of GID No. 1-64 for the purpose of hearing appeals of • assessments on the Assessment Roll 1980-81. District Assessor Ference referred to his memorandum of December 8, 1980 advising that two appeals were filed and that Herbert Clough, owner of parcel No. 95-100-660, had telephoned and withdrawn his appeal on December 8. Mr. Ference advised that the only appeal to be heard is •rr that of Dr. Harold Payton Johnson, Jr. , noting that Dr. Johnson addressed the Board orally at the July 21, 1980 meeting. John Greer, representative of General Appraisal Corporation, the District appraiser, was sworn as witness. Mr. Greer described the drainage problem related to the only assessment appeal , stating that the matter has been remedied, and it is recommended that the assessment be reduced from $156,000 to $146,000. Mr. Greer advised that Dr. Johnson had re- quested a reduction to $120,000 which is deemed excessive, since the cost of remedy was some $1,000-1,500 for the drainage ditch and about $13,500 for landscape architect fees. Mr. Greer observed that some of the landscaping was beyond what was required to make the lot marketable, and that he believes the $10,000 reduction in assessment is equitable. In response to questions of City Manager Fales, Mr. Greer stated that the assessment is comparable to that of adjacent properties on the same block; that the reduction is based solely on the conditions peculiar to Dr. Johnson's lot; and that no kind of precedent is being set in reducing the assessment which is based on the cost to cure the conditions. In response to question regarding the $250 payment to Dr. Johnson by the Bren Company in exchange for a signed release from responsibility in regard to drainage problems, Mr. Greer conjectured that the small payment was a pacifying gesture, since Bren had very little legal lia- bility for the lot condition and Dr. Johnson was aware of that. Mr. Fales noted for the record that any future problems of the kind en- ■•• countered by Dr. Johnson would be the responsibility of the homeowners association, since common area is involved. Mr. Ference indicated that Dr. Johnson had orally expressed satisfaction with the recommended assessment reduction and is, therefore, not present tonight. Bd./Equal 12/8/80