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CLARKSON: I mean I did a subdivision along with another family member in 1988, and we
<br /> had to go through the Planning Department.
<br /> JACKSON: Okay.
<br /> CLARKSON: We didn't just make a survey and record it.
<br /> JACKSON: Okay. Maybe Susan or Jonathan could respond to your direct inquiry much better
<br /> than I could.
<br /> GAGORIK: Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the.Commission. My name is Susan
<br /> Gagorik, and I'm the manager for the subdivision, administrative permits and subdivisions is
<br /> under our section.
<br /> So, what happens, what has been happening lately is that we get requests from applicants saying
<br /> can you tell me whether this lot is a record, you know, a legitimate record. And, normally, this
<br /> happens before someone may decide to sell their property, and when they sell their property,
<br /> they get a title search. So, the title search company will look through all the records for that
<br /> particular property, and they'll find that there is no subdivision number for that property because
<br /> when we approve a subdivision with our=department, we issue a number, a final number. And,
<br /> that final number becomes the record for a legitimate property. So, if it doesn't show up in that
<br /> search process, that's how we find out about something. And, so through our process, we would
<br /> then document in a letter back to the applicant whether we had a record or not. And, so
<br /> normally, that's usually when you find out that the process has not been followed.
<br /> I don't know if that answers your question or if it's, you know, still a little vague, but we're the
<br /> central depository, and before, it was a surveyor's office, and they went through the process and
<br /> nobody, you know, they didn't check with us until we took over the mapping process in 1999.
<br /> So, then the process then comes tous all the time.
<br /> HENKEL:-=I'm sufficiently confused-. Orchid Isle Estates, is that, that's an established
<br /> subdivision or is it like a, one that was proposed in '61 and .
<br /> GAGORIK: Maija mentioned it never came through the Planning Department although there
<br /> was someone that created the file plan, and they filed it with the surveyor's office, the State's
<br /> surveyor's office at that time, and then it went to the Bureau for recordation.
<br /> HENKEL: Have they been paying taxes on these lots?
<br /> GAGORIK: Yes. So, this is a situation where you see all the conditions that are listed now that
<br /> are proposed? These individuals have a tmk. They have been paying taxes. Probably the lots
<br /> have been sold multiple times to different people and it's been recorded again. So, the
<br /> individuals that now own the lots say, you know, am I not a lot of record? Right? All of these
<br /> things have happened over the years. So, we are saying, we would like to acknowledge the fact
<br /> that these property owners have paid taxes. They were under the assumption they were a
<br /> legitimate lot of record, and they sold properties, you know, so things have occurred that make it
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