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Minutes of Meeting
OPEN SESSION
Approved as circulated 5/10/13
Board Committee: BOARD OF REVIEW Meeting Date May 3, 2013
Location Mo`ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2 A Start of Meeting: 1 :03 p.m. End of Meeting: 1 :48 p.m.
Present Chair Craig De Costa; Vice-Chair Jose Diogo; Members: Cayetano Gerardo and Russell Kyono
Also: Deputy County Attorney Mona Clark; Boards & Commissions Office Staff: Support Clerk Barbara Davis; Deputy Director of
Finance Sally Motta; COK Appraisers: Sandy Howatt; Mike Hubbard; John Herring; Appellant: Lee Miller (1 : 19 p.m.) for Continental
Assets Management, LLC
Excused
Absent
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Call To Order Chair De Costa called the meeting to order at
1 :03 p.m. with 4 members present and asked for
approval of the agenda as submitted. Mr. Diogo
moved to approve the agenda. Mr. Kyono
seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0
Approval of a. Open Session Minutes of April 5, 2013 Mr. Diogo moved to approve the minutes as
Minutes circulated. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion.
Motion carried 4:0
Appeals 2. 13-0001010 K.Hester McBryde Sugar Co.. Ltd 2-5-006-005-0000
Scheduled 5. 13-0001021 K.Hester McBryde Sugar Co.. Ltd 2-7-003-020-0000
Withdrawal letter on file for the above appeals; no Board action required
3. 13-0001017 K.Hester McBryde Sugar Co.. Ltd 2-6-003-070-0000
4. 13-0001020 K.Hester McBryde Sugar Co.. Ltd 2-7-003-003-0000
Mr. Diogo moved to approve the County's stipulations for the above appeals. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion carried
4:0
6. 13-0000951 K.Hester Scott/Barbara Robeson 5-8-006-025-0000
Pending clarification from the Appraiser, Mr. Diogo withdrew his motion and Mr. Kyono withdrew his second to approve the
County's stipulation. Mr. Diogo moved to defer the appeal to the next scheduled meeting following May 10. Mr. Gerardo
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SUBJECT DISCUSSION I ACTION
seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0
Stipulation/ 1. 13-0000925 S.Howatt Jeff Krueger 2-8-028-088-0000
Withdrawal 2. 13-0001026 K.Hester John T Waterhouse Trust 3-1-002-004-0000
3. 13-0000962 K.Hester William Hogarth 5-8-009-039-0000
4. 13-0000879 K.Hester Crowe Family Trust 5-4-008-053-0000
Mr. Diogo moved to approve the County's stipulations on the above appeals. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion carried
4:0
Appeals 1. 13-0000899 S.Howatt Continental Assets Management, LLC 1-2-012-014-0000
(cont'd)
It was noted that neither the appellant nor his representative was present. Ms. Howatt was in attendance for the County and
stated that she had not received any written testimony from the appellant.
Mr. Diogo moved to sustain the County's assessment. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0
With the arrival of Mr. Miller at 1:19 p.m., Mr. Diogo moved to reconsider his original motion to allow testimony from the
appellant. Mr. Kyono seconded the reconsideration. Motion carried 4:0
Mr. Lee Miller, authorized representative on Kauai for the appellant, was present and presented testimony on behalf of the
appellant. Ms. Howatt was in attendance for the County to present her report to the Board. Following the Executive Session,
the Board ratified the decision in Open Session to sustain the County's assessment.
Executive Chair De Costa read the Hawai'i Revised
Session Statutes provision as outlined on the agenda to
take the Board into Executive Session for the
purpose of exercising the adjudicatory function
of the Board and to consult with the Board's
Attorney.
Mr. Diogo moved to go into Executive Session
at 1:41 p.m. for the purposes outlined. Mr.
Kyono seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0
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SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Return to Open Ratify the Board's actions on scheduled appeals reviewed in Executive
Session Session and make those decisions public Mr. Diogo moved to ratify the Board's actions in
Executive Session and make those decisions
public. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion
carried 4:0
Executive Session Minutes approved as amended.
Sustain County's assessment for Appeal 13-
0000899.
Announcements Next Meeting: Friday, May 10, 2013, 1:00 p.m.
Adjournment Mr. Diogo moved to adjourn the meeting at 1:48
p.m. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion
carried 4:0
Submitted by: Reviewed and Approved by:
Barbara Davis, Staff Support Clerk Craig De Costa, Chair
( ) Approved as is.
( ) Approved with amendments. See minutes of meeting.