HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0675.115 2022-2024 Earlier versions of the TAR acknowledged and excluded regulating STVR's on KSBE
Ag lease lands. Later versions re-instated regulating STVR's on these leased
lands.
So the negative effects of the currently-proposed TAR on KSBE Agricultural
leases are that the County's taxbase shrinks,there will probablybe class-
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action lawsuits between KSBE, its leases &the County, all while reducing t-- '
funding for Kamehameha Schools, etc. So the proposed TAR creates massive
problems while simultaneously failing to address it avowed aims of increasing c—;
long term housing, etc. It creates problems rather than solving them
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My KSBE Ag. leases specifically allow for limited STVR's and the fee for � �=
allowing these is a flat$8,600 yearly to KSBE plus paying KSBE an additional �=
6% of the STVR gross receipts,plus paying GET and TAT to the county.The
lease also mandates having all causes insurance plus allowing periodic
inspections, etc. These leases also prohibit building any additional structures.
They also require that I live here on my farm.Thus any STVR is hosted by me
and my farm manager as well and we do live here.
So if the TAR is passed, STVR's wouldn't be allowed here, plus a few of the
clauses in the KSBE lease become unenforceable in that they would be having
an illegal purpose.
This would pit leasees against KSBE and probably end up with a declaratory
relief class-action lawsuit. Worse than that, it would reduce the amount KSBE
would be able to collect for funding Kamehameha Schools while at the same
time reducing Hawaii County's tax base for Real Property Taxes as well as GET
and TAT taxes that the County would/could use to fund the massive increases
necessary to expand the Planning Department needlessly in order to enforce
the TAR.
Please immediately address this massive issue by reinstating the exclusion of
KSBE leased Agricultural lands from the proposed TAR.
Coffee farmer in Captain Cook
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Ref. Date (LAN 2 3 2024