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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE -
NOTICE OF WORKSHOP
BILL 49, DRAFT 3
DATE: August 24. 2004 (Tuesday) rv
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
PLACE: Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria ~
67-1225 Mamalahoa Ilighway
Kamuela, Hawaii 96743
Notice is hereby given that the Council's Committee on Finance will be holding a workshop on Rill 49, Draft 3
(Comm. 118.6), an Ordinance amending Chapter 19, Articles I (Administration), 7 (Tax Maps_ Valuations) and R
(currently Reserved) of the tlawai'i County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), relating to Real Property Tax Definitions:
Non-Dedicated Agricultural Use Assessment and Agricultural Use Dedication.
Workshop Format: In order to promote a healthy exchange between Committee members, administration, and
members of the public, public comments will be encouraged throughout Committee discussion at the call of the
Chair rather than at the customary beginning of the workshop.
Generally, amendments proposed in this bill include, but are not limited to, the following:
(I) Adds agricultural-related definitions to clarify terminology.
(2) Clarifies the category of non-dediculed agricultural use ae.eessrnerrls; requires property to be in
certain County zoning districts; changes the tax rollback period; and sets assessment at twice the
dedicated productivity value.
(3) Clarites the category of u~>ricul[urcd use dedicutirni by requiring new dedications be for 10 years and
the dedicated property be used for commercial purposes (gross revenues of $2.000/year);
grandfathers 20-year agricultural dedications; requires property to be in certain County zoning
districts; changes hreach conditions; adds breach exceptions; changes rollback period; and modifies
the dedication period to allow farmers/ranchers who lease their land to dedicate it for the period of
their lease if that period is at least five years.
Copies of this notice and the bill are posted and filed at the County Clerk's Office, 25 Aupuni SL, Hilo; the Office
of the Mayor. 75-5706 Kuakini Highway, Suite 103, Kailua-Kona; and the Kona Councihnembers' Office,
77-6399 Nalani St., Suite 104, Kailua-Kona. For further information, please call
961-8245.
fhe meeting place is accessible for persons with physical disabilities. Persons who need special accommodations
to attend this workshop should call 961-8245 by August 18, 2004. Persons using TDDs may call 961-8521.
Aaron S.Y. Chung, Chair
COMMIT'I'EEON FINANCI~;
Dated: August 9, 2004