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Title: Ontario Good Roads Association and Rural Ontario Municipal Association


1
Ontario Good Roads Association and Rural
Ontario Municipal Association
Presentation by Carl Isenburg, President and
CAO Municipal Property Assessment Corporation
  • February 20, 2006

2
Presentation Topics
  • Service
  • Determining Assessed Values
  • Market Trends
  • 2006 Priorities
  • Questions

3
Service Delivery
4
Severances and Consolidations
MPAC will assess all lots and units identified
on newly registered subdivisions and condominium
plans that have been received at MPAC by November
1, 2005
5
Severances and Consolidations
  • Backlog of severances eliminated as of June 30,
    2005
  • 18,746 severances completed in 2005
  • 380 severances outstanding at January 1, 2006
  • Steady state calculated as 1,500

6
Property Inspection
  • Allocated resources at the local level
  • 2006 enhanced data integrity project
  • 1.1 million to improve commercial, and
    residential data integrity
  • Staff will review more than 500,000 properties
  • Best way to ensure data is current
  • Values are accurate

7
Supplementary and Omitted Assessments
  • Record 25.1 billion added to municipal
    assessment rolls

8
Fewer than 3.25 of all properties will have
Reconsideration Requests.
Request for Reconsideration
2005 was a non reassessment year
9
ARB Complaints
The adjustment of current value assessment
through the appeal and request for
reconsideration will be less than .75 of the
total assessment on the most recent roll.
10
Approachable
  • Toll free
  • Service in 15 different languages
  • Assist more than 500,000 individuals annually
  • 80 of all enquiries resolved during the 1st call
  • Allows field office staff to focus on important
    local issues
  • In person
  • Visit one of our 34 offices across Ontario
  • Attend local taxpayer Information Sessions and
    MPAC-sponsored Open Houses

11
Approachable
  • Information Sessions and Open Houses
  • MPAC staff visit municipalities and M.P.P.
    constituency offices throughout the year
  • We participate in council meetings and taxpayer
    information sessions
  • From June to December 2005, staff participated in
    540 stakeholder events across Ontario
  • More than 10,000 attendees completed 7,300 exit
    surveys and, overall, the feedback has been
    positive
  • (Scale of 1 to 5 with 1 disagree strongly, 5
    agree strongly)
  • I was satisfied with todays information
    session 4.3
  • This session addressed my concerns/questions
    4.18
  • I have a better understanding of the assessment
    process 4.49

12
Web Site
  • www.mpac.ca
  • Assessment update information
  • Downloadable forms
  • AboutMyPropertyTM, Municipal and School Board
    ConnectTM
  • AboutMyPropertyTM
  • Online service for property owners
  • Currently over 100,000 active accounts
  • Owners can review detailed information about
    their own property
  • Assessment information for up to 12 comparable
    properties

13
Future Enhancements
  • www.mpac.ca
  • Sample Market Model Report, with explanatory
    notes about how market models are developed
  • Plain language information about the data
    elements used to determine assessed values,
    including quality classes, characters of
    construction, proximity codes, etc.
  • AboutMyPropertyTM
  • On-line, self-registration
  • Plain language Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA)
    valuation details

14
Municipal ConnectTM
  • Internet based, direct access to MPAC database
    for municipal staff
  • Flexible search options, Roll details, structure
    images, reports
  • Delivery of MCP Preliminary File, Notice and
    Roll
  • GIS Viewer - Ward Poll Thematic Mapping
  • Current Household Counts information
  • Supplementary and Omitted Assessments - pending
    and completed
  • Outstanding activities flags for Building
    Permits, Request for Reconsiderations and Appeals
  • Bulk Data Exchange Module Phase 1 - currently in
    development

15
2005 Market Change Profile
  • Preliminary Data File, Notice Based and Roll
    Based deliveries
  • Data file identifies assessment base year value
    changes versus growth
  • Available online through Municipal Connect
  • Upper-tier municipalities receive aggregate data
    for lower-tier municipalities in their area
  • Ward-by-ward summary delivered to all single-
    lower-tier municipalities, providing more
    detailed information
  • A new indicator created to identify all supp/omit
    activity, and when they were issued

16
Municipal Status Report
  • Provides custom data to each municipality
  • Issued quarterly to all 445 municipalities
  • Contains in-year status at the municipal level
    for
  • building permits,
  • supplementary and omitted assessments,
  • requests for reconsideration,
  • ARB complaints and more

17
2005 Property Assessment Notice
Previous CVA
Change Property Municipality
Clarification paragraph
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2005 Assessment Notice
  • Most residential Assessment Notices included
  • Previous assessed value as of June 30, 2003
  • change in assessed value from June 30, 2003 to
    January 1, 2005, at the individual property
    level
  • Average change in residential values for the
    municipality, at the residential tax class level
  • Paragraph advising property owners that an
    assessment increase does not necessarily mean
    taxes will increase. The amount by which property
    taxes may change will not be known until the tax
    rates have been set and municipal tax policy
    options have been determined for the taxation
    year

19
Proposed 2006 Assessment Cycle
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2006 Enumeration
  • Objectives
  • Efficacy
  • enumerate only where necessary
  • Efficiency
  • enumerate at the lowest possible cost
  • Currency
  • enumerate with the highest degree of accuracy

21
Stakeholder Initiatives
  • Municipal Relations Group - Elections
  • Quarterly meetings since April 2005
  • Municipal Communications
  • AMCTO Zone meetings (9 zones)
  • Province-wide Day with MPAC sessions, incl.
    full-day Elections meeting
  • Regional clerks meetings / presentations
  • Municipal meetings / presentations
  • Ongoing communications to municipal suppliers and
    vendors

22
Product Quality
  • Data Integrity Initiatives
  • Update missing birth dates, unknown citizenships
    and residency codes
  • Identify and correct ward / poll errors
  • Continue working with MGS to obtain names of
    deceased persons
  • Product Enhancements
  • Voter Notification File - Unknown citizenship
    code and property code added
  • Municipal ConnectTM - Ward Poll thematic layers
    added to the GIS Viewer

23
2006 Enumeration Cycle
24
Continuous Improvement
  • MPAC recognizes that improvements must continue
  • Working collaboratively with the Province to
    ensure the current system remains transparent and
    accountable
  • Municipal Liaison Committees ensure
    communication, continued improvement, and
    coordination of assessment and enumeration
    activities
  • Reinforce our commitment to work with
    municipalities to give Ontarians better
    assessment products and services

25
Determining Assessed Values
26
Assessing Properties
  • What is assessable?
  • Land and buildings
  • What is not assessable?
  • Chattels and equipment
  • What factors impact residential property
    assessments?
  • Property location
  • Lot size
  • Building size
  • Quality of construction
  • Age and condition of buildings
  • Amenities (garage, pool, fireplaces, air
    conditioning, extra bathrooms, etc.)

27
Determining Residential Values
28
Market Trends
29
Median Sale Price by MonthJanuary 2002 to August
2005
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Residential Market
  • Strong consumer confidence and low Interest rates
  • Demand for housing owned and leased
    accommodations
  • Growing number seniors relocating to communities
    outside the GTA
  • Surge of immigrants
  • Canadian immigration in 2006 estimated to be
    255,000
  • Ontario receives about 50 of the Canadian total
  • Low Unemployment
  • Influx of first-time buyers and move-up
    purchasers
  • Urban redevelopment

31
Multi-Residential
  • 11 increase province-wide
  • Higher increases in southwestern Ontario
  • Investors seeking better yields outside the
    Greater Toronto Area
  • Moderate increase in the Greater Toronto Area
  • Low values in Northern Ontario - impacted by
    employment and population declines
  • Strongly supported by sales activity

32
Farms
  • Assessed values are based on farmer-to-farmer
    sales
  • Reduced supply of farm land
  • Subdivision development
  • Increased number of hobby farms
  • Low interest rates
  • Ontarios diverse agricultural industry
  • Growth of greenhouse industry
  • Expansion driven by nutrient management
    requirements
  • Return of European buyers

33
The Greenbelt
Source Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
34
Retail in Major Markets
  • Home improvement chains, power centres and box
    retail are the major beneficiaries of the
    building and economic boom
  • Market expected to maintain strong growth
  • Continued low interest rates
  • Immigration rate
  • Strong economy
  • Smaller retail and community centres experiencing
    more modest growth

35
Industrial
  • Small industrial
  • Strong increase in land prices
  • 12 increase in construction costs
  • 12 average increase provincially in value
  • Exceptions Cornwall/Brockville down 10-25 due
    to plant closures
  • Automotive and manufacturing
  • Higher input costs (energy and raw materials)
  • Results of increased competition
  • New Toyota plant in Woodstock
  • Scheduled GM plant closures

36
2006 Priorities
  • Requests for Reconsideration
  • Assessment Review Board complaints
  • Ombudsman review and recommendations
  • Enhanced communications
  • Municipal Election 2006
  • 2006 Assessment Update

37
  • Thank you.
  • Questions?
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