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TAX BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING MINUTES Appeal Hearings Tuesday, August 11, 2020 West Hawaii Civic Center, Building G Kailua Kona, Hawaii CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Michael Hughes called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Present were: Board Members Michael Hughes, Grace Reinhard, Nelson Harano, Michael Okumoto and V. Diane Blancett-Maddock; Deputy Corporation Counsel J Yoshimoto; Real Property Tax Asst. Administrator Keita Jo, Real Property Appraisal Supervisor Dionne Costa and Real Property Appeals Board Clerk Sherlyn Aronce. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC There were no statements from the public. TAX APPEAL CASE HEARINGS Note: Prior to the start of the case hearings, Deputy Corporation Counsel J. Yoshimoto announced the general procedures of the appeal hearing and advised all Appellants and the Department of the procedure the Board would be following for the rendering of their decision and the Appellants' further right to appeal to the Tax Appeal Court located in Honolulu within 30 days from the date of the decision letter that the appellant will be receiving via certified mail. For each appeal case, the appraiser submitted a packet of information to the Board, unless there had been a prior settlement with the Appellant or withdrawal. If the Appellant was not present, any information sent in by the Appellant was presented to the Board along with the appraisers' packet. REQUEST FOR PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIALITY OF DOCUMENTS BY TOWER WAIAKEA APARTMENTS, LLC, FOR THE TAX APPEALS FILED WITH THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR 2020 Mr. Yoshimoto provided a brief summary of the previous discussions on this matter from the July 7, 2020 meeting. Given that the two new board members were not present at the July 7t" meeting and the minutes from that meeting are not available, it was suggested that discussions are continued at a future meeting when the July 7t" minutes are available for Mr. Okumoto's and Ms. Blancett-Maddock's review in order to make an informed decision. Motion by Mr. Harano to defer this discussion to the August 25, 2020 appeal hearing and that the July 7t" meeting minutes are available beforehand for all board members to review in order to make an informed decision. Seconded by Mr. Okumoto. Motion passed by a vote of 4:0, Ms. Reinhard abstained.