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<br />. <br /> <br />COMMUNITY COMPARISONS <br /> <br /> <br />THE SCHEDULE BELOW PROVIDES A COMPARISON OF TAXES IN <br />NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THE ARDEN HILLS PROPOSED TAX <br />CAPACITY RATE OF 17.078 IS VERY CLOSE TO THE AVERAGE RATE <br />FOR THIS GROUP. THE CITY'S 1993 RATE WAS 14.382. <br /> <br />1994 PROPOSED SUBURBAN CITY TAX RATES <br />CITY CITY TAX ON A <br />CITY TAX RATE $100,000 HOME <br /> <br />MOUNDS VIEW 26.571 % $340.11 <br />LAUDERDALE 24.490% $313.47 <br />LITTLE CANADA 21.725% $278.08 <br />MAPLEWOOD 21.676% $277.45 <br />SHOREVIEW 18.731% $239.76 <br />BLAINE 18.489% $236.66 <br />NEW BRIGHTON 17.564% $224.82 <br />ROSEVILLE 17.289% $221.30 <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS I 17.078% I $218.60 <br /> <br />WHITE BEAR LAKE 16.975% $217.28 <br />. VADNAIS HEIGHTS 16.087% $205.91 <br />GEM LAKE 15.434% $197.56 <br />FALCON HEIGHTS 15.329% $196.21 <br />NORTH ST. PAUL 14.152% $181.15 <br />TOWNSHIP OF WHITE BEAR I 14.177% $181.47 <br />NORTH OAKS I 8.607% $110.17 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RESIDENTIAL TAX CAPACITY IS CALCULATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: <br />1. THE FIRST $72,000 IN MARKET VALUATION GENERATES TAX CAPACITY AT 1% . <br />2. THE EXCESS OF VALUATION OVER $72,000 GENERATES TAX CAPACITY AT 2% <br />3. THE TOTAL TAX CAPACITY OF A RESIDENCE IS THE SUM OF' L + 2,' <br />.' ........,.....,.-..,........,..,....-.-...'.-..',.'.-..-.._.".....'.-.........'..'...",.'....._..-...,...."..........',.-.._.......-.... ...,.....,...-...."...,.,.-..,..,...".,.".... <br />.,.'.""..,_. .,,,,..,.... <br />..........,..",..,.. <br />.....,."", .."..,-. <br />FOR EXAMPLE, THE TAX CAPACITY ON A $100,000 RESIDENCE IS $1280 <br />1(72,000*.01 + {100,OOO-72.,000~*.021 . : . <br />THE CITY TAX ON A $100,000 HOME IN ARDEN HILLS EQUALS ... <br />TAX CAPACITY ($1280~ TIMES CITY TAX CAPACITY RATE 1.17078~ OR $218.60.< <br /> <br /> <br />A NOVEMBER,1993 FINAL REPORT ON LOCAL SERVICES FUNDING BY THE GOVERNOR'~ <br />COMMISSION ON REFORM AND EFFICIENCY (CORE) FOUND THAT ARDEN HIllS' TOTAL <br />EXPENDITURES ON BASIC SERVICES WERE 28% BELOW THE BASIC SPENDING lEVEL <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />____.n <br />