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Veterans Advisory Committee <br />Page 2 <br />November 15, 2007 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />P &R Director Patricia Engelhard introduced Deputy Corporation Counsel Julie <br />Mecklenburg as the new attorney signed to the Veterans Advisory Committee. <br />PREVIOUS MEETINGS MINUTES — October 18, 2007 <br />• The minutes of the October 18, 2007 meeting were approved as submitted. <br />REPORT ON CEMETERIES — STATE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD <br />Hawaii Island - East Hawaii Representative Mr. Herring Kalua <br />Hawaii Island - West Hawaii Representative Mr. Herb Lum <br />Veterans Cemetery - Maintenance Funds <br />Mr. Herring Kalua confirmed that the OVS Director used the funds received from the <br />legislature for maintenance of the cemeteries to purchase graveliners for all cemeteries <br />throughout the state. He will ask Director Engelhard to provide budget proposal again so <br />he and Mr. Lum can present to the legislature and work together to obtain additional <br />funding for maintenance and other needs statewide. <br />Veterans Cemeteries I and II - Columbariums <br />Mr. Kalua reported they would try to order new columbariums through the legislature. <br />Vice Chair Fox asked if they would purchase the same temporary kind as Veterans <br />Cemetery III in West Hawaii. Mr. Kalua confirmed that was correct. <br />Veterans Cemetery III - West Hawaii - Landscaping Proiect <br />Lama Tree <br />Mr. Lum reported that all is going well. The result is that the VA Arborist approved <br />leaving the tree in its place. Tree will be saved and volcanic rock will be placed around <br />it. <br />Phase II - B - Restoration of Burial Field <br />Mr. Lum reported that burial field has been excavated and refilled. Conversation with <br />Major Mitsuyoshi indicates that project may be ahead of time in terms of completing the <br />burial field, however, some of the members on the West side may have comments. <br />Mr. Lum said he received a copy of the October 5th Engineering Report at last weeks <br />Board Meeting, he had not seen it before and was shocked. He read from report: "A <br />decision has been made to completely abandon development of Phase II -C work on the <br />south side of the cemetery. This decision was made based on the adamant position by the <br />VA to develop the left side of the property." <br />