2007-09-20 Veteran Advisory Committee Minutes

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Veterans Advisory Committee Page 3 September 20, 2007 Veterans Cemetery II - East Hawaii Mr. Kalua reported on East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery II - M &E conducted the final inspection of landscaping checklist items on April 23, 2007 and approved to accept the project with consent of the HIENG and County of Hawaii. Process for final close out starts. County of Hawaii started maintenance of the cemetery, Phase 11 on April 30, 2007. M &E will process the final payment and close -out documents for this project upon completion of items discovered in the final inspection. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Veterans Cemetery I and II - Columbariums Director Patricia Engelhard reported that she's not satisfied with what was done to the columbarium at Veterans Cemetery IL A steel cover was installed for 12 vaults and its not going to work. She's asking maintenance staff to go back to the drawing board. The columbarium may be knocked down if it doesn't work, but we'll continue trying first. The way the columbarium is built, if an individual cover is made for each niche, they will all look off because the framework isn't good. Staff recommends installing a big frame around it and install smaller covers for the individual niches. We will have to see if it looks acceptable. We're trying to make do with something that we shouldn't have to do. Mr. Mukai later commented that he went to see columbariums at both Veterans Cemeteries I and IL He said that standard urns are 5" and 4 1/2" with a height of 8 ". The standard urn would not fit in the niche. It sounds like we will have to tear them down and start from scratch. Veterans Cemetery III - West Hawaii - Water Director Engelhard responded to Herb Lum that she has not heard anything about water allotment from Kukio, but she will contact them to ask if they have made an arrangement with anybody. She said she knows that personnel from DAGS working on the contract did need a commitment from Kukio for more water than we are getting. They were going to try and get something, but they did not report if they got anything. Director Engelhard will find out and report at the next meeting. Veterans Cemetery III - West Hawaii - Expansion Project Chairman Highley asked when the start date is and what the contract amount is for the expansion of Veterans Cemetery III. Director Engelhard reported that the project is being handled by DAGS and we don't know what the contract amount is. Mr. Lum said he believes the contract amount from a previous Engineering Report was $473,000. Chairman Highley said there may possibly be additions to that.