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TAX BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING MINUTES Appeal Hearings Wednesday, August 26, 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, 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 Craig Masuda 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. CASE #39471 — GONIK, ELIZABETH L TM K 6-4-018-005-0000 Present was appellant, Elizabeth Gonik. Present for the County was appraiser, Charlie Brown. Property is located in Puukapu Homesteads just east of White Road. Appeal is on building and land value and exemption. Appellant presented their case and provided the Board with additional documentation. County presented their case and recommended sustaining the assessed values to $0 for building and $230,800 for land. A call for questions was made.