02/26/1991 Final Meeting Property Appraisal Adjustment Board
February 26, 1991
Stock Island Chapel
Key West
A meeting of the Property Appraisal Adjustment
Board took place on February 26, 1991 at 1 : 00 p.m. at the
Stock Island Chapel, Junior College Road, Key West, Florida.
Present and answering to roll were Commissioner Jack London
and Mayor Wilhelmina Harvey, and representatives of the
Monroe County School Board, Dr . Geraldine Caron and Mrs.
Ruth Alice Campbell. Commissioner Jones arrived after the
roll call. Also present were Nancy Cohen, Deputy Clerk;
Ervin Higgs, Property Appraiser ; Mary Greenwood,
Assistant County Attorney; John Dent, attorney for the
Property Appraiser ; and Staff of the Property Appraiser ' s
Office .
Kirk Burns , attorney for Petitioner 114-1990, Safe
Harbor Enterprises, addressed the Board. Mary Greenwood ,
Assistant County Attorney, read from Florida Statute 194 . 034
(2) . Special Master Raymond Bishop addressed the Board.
After lengthy discussion, motion was made by Commissioner
London and seconded by Commissioner Campbell to allow the
Special Master to respond to statements made by the attorney
representing Safe Harbor Enterprises , if he deemed those
statements to be inaccurate . Motion carried unanimously.
After further discussion, motion was made by Commissioner
Jones and seconded by Commissioner London to uphold the
Property Appraiser and the Special Master ' s report. During
discussion, motion was withdrawn. Special Master Jim
Flenner addressed the Board . Motion was made by
Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner London to
approve the negotiated figure of $836, 053. 99, based on the
income approach suggested by the Property Appraiser ' s
office . Roll call vote was unanimous.
Jim Hendrick, attorney for Petitioner 151-1990, Key
West Resort Golf Course Corp; Special Master Jim Flenner ;
and John Dent, attorney for the Property Appraiser ' s Office
addressed the Board . After lengthy discussion, motion was
made by Mayor Harvey and seconded by Commissioner Jones to
overturn the Special Master ' s report and grant the tax
exempt status of the Key West Resort Golf Course Corp. as it
serves a governmental, municipal or public purpose or func-
tion as found in F. S. 196. 012 (6) . During discussion the
motion was withdrawn. Motion was then made by Commissioner
Campbell and seconded by Commissioner Caron to overturn the
Special Master 's report and grant the tax exempt status of
the Key West Resort Golf Course Corp. , as it serves a
governmental, municipal or public purpose or function as
found in F. S. 196. 012 (6) . After discussion, motion was
withdrawn. Jim Hendrick, attorney for the Petitioner ,
addressed the Board and withdrew Petition 151-1990 inasmuch
as an agreement had been reached with the Property
Appraiser ' s Office .
There being no further business , the meeting was
adjourned .
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