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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014_1010_Minutes Open_APPROVEDCOUNTY OF KAUAI Minutes of Meeting OPEN SESSION Approved as circulated 1/9/15 Board /Committee: BOARD OF REVIEW Meeting Date October 10, 2014 Location Mo`ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2 A/B Start of Meeting: 1:04 p.m. End of Meeting: 2:06 p.m. Present Chair Jose Diogo; Vice -Chair Dottie Bekeart; Members: Cayetano Gerardo and Russell Kyono Also: Deputy County Attorney Stephen Hall; Boards & Commissions Office Staff. Support Clerk Barbara Davis; Administrator Paula Morikami; Tax Manager Kim Hester; COK Appraiser Mike Hubbard. Excused Absent SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Call To Order Chair Diogo called the meeting to order at 1:04 p.m. with 4 members present. Approval of Open Session Minutes of July 11, 2014 Mr. Gerardo moved to approve the minutes as Minutes circulated. Ms. Bekeart seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Communication Letter dated September 23, 2014, to the Honorable Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., from Board Member Craig De Costa resigning his position from the Board based on his recent appointment as Per Diem Judge assigned to Family District Court Ms. Bekeart moved to receive the communication. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion carried 4: 0 Appeals 8. 14- 0000074 J.Herring Christie Kariakin 5 -8- 006 - 007 -0000 Mr. Kariakin was in attendance and presented his testimony. Ms. Hester was in attendance on behalf of Mr. Herring for the County and presented her report to the Board. The Board reviewed all testimony resented in Executive Session. 3. 14- 0000025 J.Herring Kalihiwai Investors, LLC (Pitt 500) 5 -3- 001 - 016 -0006 4. 14- 0000026 J.Herring Kalihiwai Investors, LLC (Pitt 600) 5 -3- 001 - 016 -0006 5. 14- 0000027 J.Herring Kalihiwai Investors, LLC 5 -3- 001 - 016 -0009 6. 14- 0000028 J.Herring Kalihiwai Investors, LLC 5 -3- 001 - 016 -0010 7. 14- 0000029 J.Herring Kalihiwai Investors, LLC 5 -3- 001 - 016 -0011 A letter was presented by Galen T. Nakamura, Es q., on behalf of Kalihiwai Investors, LLC, requesting a continuance to 2015 Board of Review Open Session October 10, 2014 Page 2 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION as the owner was out of State and the appraisal consultant was not available. Chair Diogo granted the deferral to February 2015. 1. 14- 0000136 M.Hubbard Chris Bonner 2 -8- 016 - 007 -0004 The appellant was not present but provided a brief email statement to the appraiser. Mr. Hubbard was present for the County and presented his report to the Board. The Board reviewed all testimony resented in Executive Session. 2. 14- 0000084 J.Herring Terry /Carol Wells 5 -3- 001 - 016 -0006 Ms. Bekeart moved to accept the County's stipulated value of $1,250,800. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Executive Deputy Attorney Hall read the Hawaii Revised Session Statutes as outlined on the agenda. Mr. Kyono moved to go into Executive Session at 1:55 p.m. Ms. Bekeart seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Return to Open Ratify Board of Review actions taken in Executive Session for appeals The meeting resumed in Open Session at 2:05 p.m. Session shown on the attached listing and make those decisions public. Ms. Bekeart moved to ratify the Board's actions and make those decisions public. Mr. Kyono seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 8. 14- 0000074 J.Herring Christie Kariakin 5 -8- 006 - 007 -0000 Ms. Bekeart moved to grant the home exemption for the year 2014 and also change the Tax Use Classification to Homestead. Mr. Gerardo seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Ms. Bekeart moved to amend her original motion to include both the homeowner's exemption and the low income exemption as well as the Homestead Tax Use Class and to uphold the County's assessed value of $331, 900. Mr. Gerardo seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 1. 14- 0000136 M.Hubbard Chris Bonner 2 -8- 016 - 007 -0004 Ms. Bekeart moved to sustain the County's assessment of $753,200. Mr. K ono seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Adjournment There are no further appeals scheduled for Board of Review Open Session October 10, 2014 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION calendar year 2014. Mr. Gerardo moved to adjourn the meeting at 2:06 p.m. Ms. Bekeart seconded the motion. Motion carried 4:0 Submitted by: Barbara Davis, Staff Support Clerk O Approved as circulated. O Approved with amendments. See minutes of Reviewed and Approved by: meeting. Jose R. Diogo, Chair