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Communication No. 11-017: Letter dated July 21, 2011 to Council Chair Dominic Yagong and <br />to the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC) for <br />Council District 8 <br /> <br />Ms. Moon noted that this communication is a support letter <br /> <br />Ms. Moon then welcomed Ms. Hecht to the Commission and let everyone know how instrumental Ms. <br />Hecht was in the 2% initiative. <br /> <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REPORT <br /> <br />Mr. Van Bergen reported that there have been a couple twists and turns with the Kacquisition and <br /> the grant monies and move forward. The County has done <br />everything we can however; <br />anxious. <br /> <br />He mentioned that at the May, Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) meeting to approve the <br />Federal grant, Mr. Abel Lui showed up and filed a contested case hearing with the State, Department <br />of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). A submittal prepared by the Division of Forestry and <br />Wildlife was submitted to recommend that the BLNR not consider the contested case hearing which <br />rd <br />was initially scheduled for August but has since been moved to September 23. If that happens we <br />th <br />should close by mid-October. However; escrow is scheduled to close on September 15 and the seller <br />is asking that concessions or interest payments be paid by the County if we extend. <br /> <br />Ms. Hecht asked if the County forgives property taxes for landowners. Mr. Van Bergen replied that it <br />would require Council approval and it could be looked at on a case by case basis. <br /> <br />In regards to Kingman, the County is actively pursuing this acquisition as the landowner is holding <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Hirakami asked when someone asks for a c <br /> <br />very arbitrary. <br /> <br />Mr. Van Bergen replied <br />that the appraisal was completed and the appraised value came out to 845,000.00. The County <br />appraisal done. We were told verbally that the new amount is 1.75 million but have still not seen this <br />appraisal as we are very curious to see how they got those values. Mr. Hirakami said that the <br />845,000.00 sounds reasonable for conservation zoned land and the 1.7 million sounds more like <br />developmental values which leaves a lot of room for compromise. <br /> <br />received the second appraisal yet, and if necessary we could have another one done. <br /> <br />- 2 - <br /> <br />