New budget

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Transient Accommodations tax increase

Just received this update from Lynda Gill of Re-Max.  It's not related specifically to AOBO only but I thought it was important for all owners to be aware of this upcoming change.

TA Tax To Increase By 1% To Help Bail Out Honolulu Rail Project
The controversial “Rail Bail Out Bill” passed the House and Senate and was signed last week by Governor Ige. The bill is projected to generate $2.278 billion, which is enough to show the Federal government that the State of Hawaii has their amount of funds needed to receive the $1.55 billion from the Federal Transit Administration which is needed to complete the Honolulu Rail Project. With the passage of this bill the State now has until September 15 to submit a financial recovery plan to the Federal Transit Administration to receive $1.55 billion in Federal funds.

The bill impacts the entire state in the fact that the Transient Accommodation Tax (TAT), which is the hotel tax mostly paid by tourists, will go from 9.25% to 10.25% for 13 years. This TAT tax increase will apply to timeshare as well and goes into effect January 1, 2018. The GET tax surcharge that ONLY Oahu is currently paying will be extended from the current 10 year to an additional 3 years.

Thanks, Lynda, for keeping us up-to-date!

Clarification

The information the AOBO is seeking regarding insurance is only being requested with respect to condos in Phase II through V.  We are not seeking information from any Phase I owners.

Sorry for any confusion.

Randy Danto Nordstrom
Vice-President
AOBO

Insurance information sought from homeowners!

Notice of upcoming meeting in SF and agenda

Owner's meeting - San Francisco, August 12

This is a reminder that we have an upcoming AOBO owner's meeting to be held near the San Francisco Intl Airport.

 August 12, 2017.

Lunch is at 11:30

Meeting starts at 12:30

This time, the meeting will be held at: 

Embassy Suites

250 Gateway Blvd.

South San Francisco

650-589-3400

I believe that the ORC will be having their meeting in the morning.  If you'd like a room to stay over, please check with Marianne Thesken. 808-742-3521.

Hope to see you there!  This will be an opportunity for you to meet our new board with three new board members as well as reconnect with friends.

Fire Dept training building 18 July 3

Dear Kiahuna Homeowners,

On Monday, July 3^rd from  10:00am – 10:30am , the Koloa Fire Department will conduct a training on Building 18 to ensure they are prepared to service our property and other properties like ours.  They plan to use one of the stairways of the building to train the fire fighters on location to access the property and run the stairs with hoses and equipment. 

We have already advised the rental agents and provided AlohaGrams for them to distribute to guests in Building 17, 18 and 19.

Thank you. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Warmest aloha,

Marianne Thesken

Business Manager

KIAHUNA PLANTATION RESORT KAUAI

By Outrigger

2253 Poipu Road

Koloa, Hawaii 96756

TEL    +1 808 742-3521

FAX   +1 808 742-9015

WEB  outrigger.com

New hybrid water heater and also something not AOBO related but valuable anyway~

We were at Kiahuna last month with our grandkids and happened to see the installation of one of the new hybrid water heaters.  I thought you might want to see what they look like:

I thought the entire installation process was very well organized and efficient!  Thanks to that team who has facilitated this project!


Also, on an unrelated matter, I recently performed a minor upgrade to my shower doors and I thought that those of you with glass doors might be interested.  My doors were constantly looking cloudy, with the water leaving marks on the inside of the glass.

Last month, I happened to see the Hammonds' shower doors and was so impressed.  I had to copy theirs!  Thank you Jim and Sandy!

Here is what my doors looked like before.  Not sure you can see the icky look but trust me-- they were not looking great.


I contacted this company:


Jules was wonderful , professional and prompt-- and installed these films on the outside of the doors.  They require no cleaning.  In fact, you can't use windex on them at all. He has the equipment to manufacture the design on this film, which he then installed onto the doors. Amazing, don't you think?  And it provides an element of privacy not otherwise there.


I think the cost is approx. $350 for mine.
I'm not providing any warranty or trying to sell anything.  I thought you might be interested in perking up your showers!  And, as an aside, if you have windows that are allowing too much sun in (heating up the room, for instance), they also have a film to filter the light.  Just another idea. 

AOBO Newsletter

upcoming meeting schedule

Board and Committee roster

Apologies for the typo

Please forgive me for making a typing error:
Our two departing board members are Tom Becker, who chaired the Planning and Policy Committee (and got us on track with Google Docs) and Dean Berlon, who did a fabulous job on Buildings and Grounds.

I should also point out the Charlotte Talman resigned recently because of the sale of their unit.  We thank her very much for her service as well!

Owners' meetings

The owners' meetings have come to an end and we have 3 new members on the AOBO board.  A big welcome and congratulations to Kelly Lee, Dave DiMare and Rick McCormick!  A sad good bye to Dean Berlon and Tim Becker.  We will miss you!  And thanks so very much for all your contributions and hard work.

Barbara Sieverts organized an O'Hana celebration this week at Kiahuna-- one of the functions she organized was a tour and dinner at the Allerton Gardens.  A large group of us went on Tuesday night and had a wonderful time.  She really spent a lot of time and energy and I personally really appreciate it.  This is our group posed in front of the most amazing Moreton Bay Fig trees, the scene of the Jurassic Park movies!  We even had a couple of grandkids along!  Craig Brown's kids came with their kids!  If you've never been to Allerton, I highly recommend the tour and dinner!  What a treat it was!



We got a picture of the 3 blog-mistresses:  Denise Hart, Barbara Sieverts and myself! If you don't already follow the other blogs, you should:
kiahunacrab.blogspot.com (Castle RAB) and kiahunaorc.blogspot.com (Outrigger ORC).


I'll be posting the new AOBO Board roster next week along with the new committees.  If you have any interest in serving on any committees and sharing your enthusiasm and expertise, please contact me and I'll connect you to the right people!  We are always looking for new owners to join in!!

Randy Danto Nordstrom
randy@kiahuna39.com

Charity Walk

Meeting materials for homeowners' meetings in Kauai on May 8 - IMPORTANT