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TAX BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING MINUTES Appeal Hearings Tuesday, July 25, 2017 West Hawaii Civic Center Building G (Community Hale) Kailua-Kona, Hawaii CALL TO ORDER Chairman Donald David called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. Present were: Board Members Donald David, Grace Reinhard, Wesley Takai and Melvin Ventura; Deputies Corporation Counsel Craig Masuda and J Yoshimoto; Real Property Tax Administrator Stanley Sitko, Real Property Appraisal Supervisor Keita Jo and Real Property Appeals Board Clerk Elizabeth Nina Swain. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC There were no statements from the public. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES Board Members were provided with meeting minutes from the March 1, 2017, and March 29, 2017, meetings for approval. Corrections were noted as follows:  Ms. Reinhard stated that her name throughout the minutes should be reflected as “Ms. Reinhard” and not “Mrs. Reinhard”. Correction noted. stth Mr. Takai moved to accept the minutes of March 1 and 29 as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Ventura. A call for discussion was made. Motion passed by a vote of 4:0. TAX APPEAL CASE HEARINGS Note: Prior to the start of the case hearings, Deputy Corporation Counsel Craig Masuda 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.