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Page 1 of 1 Safarik, Gary From: LMartin933@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:44 AM To: gsafarik@interpac.net Subject: Tax Valuation July 4th, 2001 Hawaii county Council Finance Committee 25 aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Subject: The bill to increase the minimum real estate taxes to $100 proposed by Councilman Curtis Tyler. Dear Council Person: We purchased our "little bit of heaven" in 1968 when my husband and I were on our honeymoon. We have had nothing but miscommunication and the reminder that this truly was a bad investment since! The current tax rate for vacant unimproved land is 10.00 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The current assessed value of lots in Kalapana Gardens is $100.00 With the proposed minimum tax of $100.00, the tax levy on Kapana Gardens lots would be $1,000 per $1,000! That's one hundred times greater than the currently established tax rate! That would be gross discrimination. I feel that we have been discriminated against already by the FIMA problems!!!!! I respectfully request that land recently covered by lava be removed from the tax roles until infrastructure is restored to provide access and water service. This will save the county tax department the incremental cost of servicing these properties. ACTUALLY the discriminatory taxes collected since 1992 sould be refunded!!! There is no evidence that adding one tax lot to the current tax roles would increase the operating costs of the tax department by anything near $100.00. The Council should initiate a study to determine the actual incremental cost of adding a single tax lot to the tax roles. The minimum tax should (at the most) be based on the incremental cost of adding a tax lot to the tax roles. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL KILL THE BILL TO INCREASE IN MINIMUM REAL ESTATE TAXES TO $100.00 PRPOSED BY COUNCILMAN CURTIS TYLER. Sincerely, Lilli & Edward Martin LMartin933@aol.com 7/6/01