2007-07-26 Veteran Advisory Committee Minutes

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Veterans Advisory Committee Page 3 July 26, 2007 Chairman Highley said subject will remain under unfinished business until it is ready to be looked at. Veterans Cemetery III - West Hawaii Reforestation Project Mr. Minoru Hanato reported that staff of Kukio Resort have been monitoring water usage and checking the irrigation. They were there this morning. The next planting has not yet been scheduled. Chairman Highley said Dr. Stevens schedules planting projects. He reported that the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery Expansion and Development Association was thinking about installing a meter to monitor the amount of water that comes from Kukio daily. It is important to find out water usage to carry out the Master Plan of eventually constructing a restroom there. Meter would tell us how much water is being used compared to how much was committed. He heard that Kukio would be doubling amount of water compared to what was committed, but it may not be in writing. Mr. Minoru Hanato said Kukio has been monitoring the timers and said we're not using as much water compared to original usage and that's because the line burnt or blew up while we were using up to 15,000 gallons per day. Mr. Lum asked if there is any provision for water for the expanded gravesites. He said the bid includes sodding, but doesn't state anything about irrigation. Is P &R going to install the irrigation system? Chairman Highley said Director Engelhard is not here to answer that question and he doesn't know what the bid includes. He knows there was something about sodding and thinks something was set up regarding irrigation, but is unsure. Mr. Highley asked Mr. Ribbentrop if we could get a copy of the contract. Mr. Ribbentrop replied that contact has to first be finalized. Deputy Director Mizuno said they may need to look at the Bid Specifications instead of the contract. Chairman Highley said we may be able to get a copy of the CD bidders received. West Hawaii Veterans were told by former OVS Director Cruickshank that any questions regarding the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery should be referred to his office so it now gets referred to Director Moses. Mr. Ribbentrop said that the bid specifications should also be available online. Chairman Highley said the question is: Does the contract include irrigation and if not will the County install irrigation? The irrigation has to go in at the same time as the sod. He said the West Hawaii questions could be easily answered if there was a representative from the west side on the Governor's State Veterans Advisory Committee.