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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS <br /> DATE: February 17, ] 998 RE: COMM. NO. 690 <br /> PLACE: Councilroom <br /> TIME: 9:00 a.m. <br /> Chair and Members <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 690, <br /> is from Keith T. Burley, Vice Commander for District IV, American Legion, Department of <br /> Hawaii, informing that he was advised by Dr. C. O'M. S. Smith, Commander of Post 20, that <br /> their membership unanimously approved to request and petition the Council to approve the name <br /> of "PU 'U HO 'OMAHA O NA PO 'E KOA O HAWAII KOMOHANA" for the Veterans' <br /> Cemetery in West Hawaii. <br /> Communication No. 690.01 is from Constance R. Kiriu, Legislative Auditor, dated <br /> February 14, 1998, informing your Committee that the use of the macron is in question, and is <br /> awaiting a response from the University of Hawaii-Hilo Hawaiian Language department. <br /> Mr. Burley agreed that there was a typographical error in the Hawaiian spelling. <br /> Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Communication No. 690, and <br /> recommends a bill be drafted and waived to full Council for passage on first reading, naming the <br /> West Hawaii Veterans' Cemetery "PiJ'iJ HO'OMAHA O NA PO'E KOA O HAWAII <br /> KOMOHANA". <br /> Respectfully submitted <br /> COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS <br /> AYES NOES A&E EX <br /> <br /> YAGONG X V <br /> REYNOLDS X DOMINIC YAGO , ~ 11R <br /> <br /> CHUNG X 9] <br /> LEITHEAD-TODD X PW&PC REP T NO~ <br /> RAY X ^TLSD - 06/16/SB <br /> SANTANGELO X <br /> SMITH X <br /> ARAKAKI E.O.M. X <br /> <br />