2018-05-18 Letter to Jane Williams re TMK 8-8-012-038-0000

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•41 os Otti. • Wil Okabe ♦�•, Managing Director am%.• Harry Kim s,•z. ; Mayor Barbara J.Kossow rjos'IVO Deputr Managing Director County of Hawai`i Office of the Mayor 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 May 18, 2018 Ms. Jane Williams P.O. Box 2804 Valdosta, GA 31604-2804 Dear Ms. Williams, RE: TMK: 8-8-012-038-0000 Thank you for your letter dated May 1, 2018. I hope my letter will address your concerns as well as the concerns you have in a similar letter the Finance Director received. Milolii Beach Lots have private roads. County tax maps (also known as plat maps) do not indicate whether the roads are paved, unpaved or what the type of access there is. The areas listed on the plat map reflect the parcel areas and represent what was designated as area for roadways and in this case by the developer as these roads are private. The Milolii Beach Club Association II owns the roads in the subdivision. Attached is an older image of approximately where the roadway you mentioned ends, however, the association does have the area available in case someone or the association wants to construct the road. At the time when assessment notices are prepared (in February) and mailed in March, we do not know what the tax rates will be as the Hawai'i County Council has up to June 20 to change it. The assessment notice does not indicate the actual tax amount. The minimum tax was at that time $100, however, it was changed to $200 on June 5, 2017 (second reading of the Hawai'i County Council, copy attached) with an immediate effective date which began on the July 1, 2017, tax year. You also indicated you did not appeal as you believed taxes would be $100 for minimum tax. The current basis for appeals are: 1) the assessed land or building value; 2) exemption; 3) property classification (which would be the applicable tax rate); or 4) other County of Hawaii's an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer