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Mr Jonathan Lowell November 25, 2015 Page 3 name of the Estate As of November 16, 2015, the Estate checking account has a balance of$339,924 06 (Financial documents - Attachment 3) Attachment 3 has the relevant quickbooks reports from the checking account, including the check register, a report of expenditures by vendor, the and separate expenses and deposits reports We are blessed in that the District Attorney prepared a detailed inventory of Jean Jones various assets dated May 2014 in the course of investigating the elder abuse case My Office Manager Dee Vernon has annotated that inventory to show what proceeds we actually received, or expect to receive upon sale of each respective asset Also included in Attachment 3 The remaining items to be liquidated that will result in additions to the checking account are sale of the stocks, and sale of the 1969 Mustang The stocks based on November 16, 2015 stock prices will add approximately $33,749 37 to the Estate checking account (note Attachment has same stocks but value from one week earlier) The 1969 Mustang has been appraised as worth $3,000 (part of Attachment 3) The restitution (though it will be received over time) will be a $29,952 asset We will be asking the beneficiary for authorization to auction the 1969 Mustang on ebay Those additions to the Estate checking account will bring the account to approximately $376,673, plus whatever comes in on the restitution payments The December property taxes have been paid, but $5,992 92 will be due on April 1, 2016, if the house is still owned by the Estate The personal items, furniture, and jewelry within the home, though extensive, were not of sufficient value to attract a commission estate sale company, after several attempts We are pursuing having Pleasanton Heritage Association and the Humane Society jointly conduct the estate sale in exchange for keeping the proceeds from the estate sale —these are both worthy causes supported by Jean While not loaded with expensive jewelry, Jean had accumulated substantial collectibles, much of it quite interesting We have tentatively set the date of Saturday, January 16, 2016 for the open house and estate sale 2 Conserve Historic Home and Property We paid off the Bank of America mortgage on 309 Neal Street in May 2015, for $188,810 The caretaker for Jean Jones in her declining year was Barbara Cleaver, who was living in 309 Neal Street while caring for Jean at the time of Jean's death We had Barbara stay on as caretaker of the home (without rent) and to sort through the mass of material left by Jean Jones, who was a bit of a hoarder We paid Barbara $18 per hour for this