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OTHER REVENUES:
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
OTHER REVENUES:  
OTHER REVENUES:

(9)          OTHER REVENUES:

Other revenues consist of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended April 30, 

 

    

2020

    

2019

 

 

(in thousands)

Oil & gas royalty

 

$

608

 

$

 —

Private infrastructure reimbursement covenants

 

 

324

 

 

 —

Public improvement district reimbursements

 

 

113

 

 

 —

Other revenue

 

 

301

 

 

441

 

 

$

1,346

 

$

441

 

Other revenues includes the recognition of deferred revenue related to royalties received during 2020 from oil and gas production for the period March 2019 through April 2020 by a third party lessee with respect to the Company's mineral rights in Brighton, Colorado, private infrastructure reimbursement covenants,public improvement district reimbursements, forfeited deposits from customers, non-refundable option payments earned by the Company, amortization of deferred revenue and miscellaneous other income items.

The Company owns certain minerals and mineral rights in and under approximately 55,000 surface acres of land in Sandoval County, New Mexico leased to a third party for a term ending in September 2020 and for as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced and marketed in paying quantities from the property or for additional limited periods of time if the lessee undertakes certain operations or makes certain de minimis shut-in royalty payments. If the lessee or any of its affiliates provides any consideration to obtain, enter into, option, extend or renew an interest in any minerals or mineral rights within Sandoval County, Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County or Valencia County in New Mexico at any time from September 2017 through September 2020, lessee is required to pay the Company an amount equal to the amount of such consideration paid per acre multiplied by 55,000. The lessee is required to assign, or to cause their affiliate to assign, to the Company an overriding royalty interest of 1% with respect to the proceeds derived from any minerals or minerals rights presently or hereinafter owned by, leased by, optioned by or otherwise subject to the control of lessee or any of its affiliates in any part of Sandoval County, Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County or Valencia County in New Mexico. As partial consideration for entering into the lease, the Company received $1,010,000 in fiscal year 2015, of which $76,000 was recorded as revenue in 2019. The Company did not record any revenue in 2020 related to the lease. No drilling has commenced with respect to this property.

The Company owns certain minerals and mineral rights in and under approximately 147 surface acres of land in Brighton, Colorado leased to a third party for as long as oil or gas is produced and marketed in paying quantities from the property or for additional limited periods of time if the lessee undertakes certain operations or makes certain de minimis shut-in royalty payments. The lessee has pooled approximately 1,240 acres of minerals and mineral rights, including the Company's minerals and mineral rights, for purposes of drilling and extraction. After applying the ownership and royalty percentages of the pooled minerals and mineral rights, the lessee is required to pay the Company a royalty on oil and gas produced from the pooled property of 1.42% of the proceeds received by the lessee from the sale of such oil and gas, and such royalty will be charged with 1.42% of certain post-production costs associated with such oil and gas. The lessee commenced drilling with respect to the pooled property in 2019, with initial royalty payments made in 2020. The Company received $608,000 of royalties with respect to the pooled property during 2020 from oil and gas production for the period March 2019 through April 2020. No royalties with respect to the pooled property were received during 2019.

A portion of the Lomas Encantadas subdivision and a portion of the Enchanted Hills/Commerce Center subdivision are subject to a public improvement district. The public improvement district reimburses the Company for certain on-site and off-site costs of developing the subdivisions by imposing a special levy on the real property owners within the district. During 2020, the Company collected $113,000 of reimbursements from the public improvement district. The Company may accept discounted prepayments of amounts due under the public improvement district.

The Company instituted private infrastructure reimbursement covenants on a portion of the property in Hawk Site. Similar to a public improvement district, the covenants are expected to reimburse the Company for certain on-site and off-site costs of developing the subject property by imposing a special levy on the real property owners subject to the covenants. The Company has accepted discounted prepayments of amounts due under the public improvement district.During 2020, the Company collected $324,000 in connection with these private infrastructure reimbursement covenants.