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
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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