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YATES: Under Department, I mean, you know, State of Hawaii.
<br />MASON: But the County
<br />YATES: Now—
<br />MASON:—collects—
<br />YATES: —now, if we are looking at doing hotels and, but when it comes under primary airports,
<br />that's when you can build other things at the airport? Is that, how.,is it governed, as well as taxes?
<br />When you say it's going to help us with taxes, I don't know,how,that happens—
<br />MASON: Property—
<br />YATES: —this island—
<br />MASON: property—
<br />YATES: —goes to the State, so I'm not understanding hoW taxes aregoing to,help us as a county.
<br />So I'm just wondering, you know, theretseems to be a lot of.different things like_'who's going to
<br />determine, who's going to take care, what airport comes in,there, how many airports come there, you
<br />know, those kinds of things. And, for yourself and; for Mr. Wong_ Yuen, do you folks currently work
<br />for the State? Are you, you have an entity that you -folks-are, c0mesunder that, you know, where
<br />people can have questions answered? Or is .it just yourself= -
<br />CARR SMITH: Go ahead, Mr. Mason—
<br />YATES:
<br />ason—YATES: —want- to know like who are, you _guys, where do you folks come, where are you coming
<br />from?
<br />MASON: The County makes property: taxes, right? And that's the thing that the County collects
<br />and that's Where they make.1heir money. "So, you know, any, any development that goes on, even in
<br />public trust la'nds'.-you know, the County actually does collect property taxes. Therefore, the lease
<br />that that is actually made with the State government, which is, you know, the DOT at this time, is,
<br />that goes to either the,CAFR or it -goes to the general fund, all depends on how the lease was actually
<br />stated. So the things for me is that the creation even of the jobs is most important, because I'm
<br />actually willing to pay higher than any other hotel. And, because I know the numbers. And the part
<br />for me, being a local boy from here, it's an entity; I come from a corporate entity. I created the
<br />entity. I guess Chauncey them can speak for themselves, but they do actually work for the
<br />government, State government at the airport.
<br />YATES: I - - - like when you say taxes—I know that, you know, everybody has to pay taxes.
<br />County, transient taxes, are you saying taxes on these people will Come in, build a hotel, so on top of
<br />them paying rent or, you know, lease, rent, whatever it is, taxes on top of that then goes to the
<br />County? But if it's State land, doesn't the State also get monies for that, too?
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