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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes February 25, 2020 Page 15 Chair Doolittle: We're hoping to break ground with that project by end of the year or spring. That's with Hawaii Island Veterans Memorial. George and I are both on the board there. That's a 98 -unit housing project. Just housing, no services. We're proposing a 21,000 sq. ft. area for CBOC. Lewis: You were thinking when? Chair Doolittle: EAH is telling us were probably going to break ground by end of the year or by Spring. There in the funding process, we've got 50 HUD housing vouchers for it. I think were about 80% funding by now. The CBOC center, back in October the VA sent us an RFI, they wanted all the information we had on location and they're starting to get serious about a permanent CBOC center. Instead of this dancing around from temporary transient facility to transient facility. We furnished them on October 21 a complete RFI, everything from transportation services, everything related to educational services and the like. The VA is looking at it. They new VA thing there is 7,500 sq. ft or less and it's on two floors, but they only have one of the floors. This is a 21,000 sq ft one stop facility that you could put everyone in one building. It's a big project, the board has been active for the last 20 years. It's a shovel ready project. We're a little frustrated with the VA on not moving on this. They want this to be some kind of competitive bid. How can you compete with free? The VA is wrapped up in their process and they're not wrapped up in doing things expeditiously. We're fighting through that. But the housing project is on the way, it will break ground. Those are really positive projects for the community. I'm really happy that George and I both serve on the board and we keep pushing this thing and were ready to break ground. It will be 62 and up, Veterans will have preference on the occupancy list but it's all going to be based on credit ratings and a lot of other bureaucratic stuff. If we don't fill it with veterans, it will be open to any other eligible senior. If you've seen the senior housing up the road on Mohouli, its similar to that. It's a great facility. But that's about it. Anything else? Wery: 13, 14 of May, Korean War Veterans will be power washing cemetery 1 and 2 as well as the Vietnam Memorial. VFW is finishing their candy sale this week, Thursday. Anyone want to buy candy? Nahakuelua: What kind candy? Wery: World's Finest, that's what it says. Lewis: Are you going to be there at 7:00 in the morning? Wery: Yes, we'll start as soon as we drop at Safeway. Minoru Hanato: Chair, this is Minoru Hanato. In conjunction with your combination of the CBOC and Veterans Administration combining together. We have a similar project here but the whole thing went on hold.