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PRESENTATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF THE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORPORATION REGARDING THE 2016 ASSESSMENT UPDATE
Rebecca Webb, Regional Manager of Municipal Stakeholder Relations of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) provided a presentation concerning the 2016 Assessment Update.
Ms. Webb discussed slides concerning the following updates:
• The Ontario assessment cycle;
• The changes in the approach by MPAC to the 2016 Assessment Update;
• How assessment works and information that is provided on MPAC’s website for residents;
• The approach to pre-roll consultation;
• The role of the Quality Assurance Commissioner;
• The Assessment Notice Mailing schedule;
• The aboutmyproperty.ca website and the information that is available to residents on the website including viewing their own property details, neighbourhood information and market trends;
• The methodology associated resolving assessment concerns;
• The revamp of Municipal Connect including street view, structural components, detailed property information, phase in from the past and the current years;
• Property portfolios for the City of Barrie;
• Statistics associated with requests for reconsideration of assessment;
• The changes to the methodology associated with multi-residential assessment and an explanation of multi-residential values;
• A map illustrating the multi-residential trends in Barrie;
• The methodology associated with commercial and industrial property assessment;
• The commercial market trends (eg. neighbourhood shopping centres) in the City of Barrie;
• An explanation of the 2016 standard industrial values; and
• A map illustrating industrial market trends in the City of Barrie.
In closing, Ms. Webb thanked Council for allowing MPAC to present.
Members of Council asked questions of the presenter and received responses from the presented and other representatives of MPAC.