2010-03-18 Veteran Advisory Committee Minutes

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Veterans Advisory Committee Page 5 March 18, 2010 Veterans Cemetery III — West Hawaii — Audit of Funds — Add to Next Month's Agenda Mr. Delbert Nishimoto asked to add Audit of Funds for Veterans Cemetery III Expansion Project to next month's agenda. Project received $2.75 million dollars for improvement project. Requested that someone from DAGS attend the next meeting to report on spending. Director Fitzgerald said he will talk to OVS Director Mark Moses on funds and report next month. There was an audit at the cemetery in 2008 and there are some items, such as permanent water source, mapping of cemetery and no curbs and sidewalks in the area that must be addressed. These are requirements for obtaining federal funds. According to Mark Moses, the auditor in Washington D.C. is asking if curbs and gutters an ADA accessible walkway from roadway to cemetery have been installed. He will talk to Mark Moses not only about the audit, but also whether we can continue receiving federal funds without these things being done. Chairperson Fox asked if the State Veterans Advisory Committee members could get numbers together and Director Fitzgerald could get information from OVS Director Mark Moses for next month's meeting. Mr. Lum said the contract for Phase IIC — which includes columbariums, new cremain area, committal shelter and so forth, the contract came up to about 2.7 million or pretty close to that amount. He said that Gina Ichiyama of DAGS should be familiar with all costs concerning projects at the cemetery. Mr. Nishimoto asked Mr. Lum if $435,000 was the cost for the first phase. Mr. Lum said he doesn't know. Homeless Veterans Chairperson Fox reminded members about the upcoming annual Outreach Event for Homeless Veterans to be held on May 28, 2010. There are planning meetings between now and then. Carolle Brulee- Wilson announced that the next planning meeting will be held on March 25th and encouraged members from all veteran organizations to attend. Palace Theater Symposium Chairperson Fox announced there will be a Symposium this Saturday March 20th at 5pm at the Palace Theater regarding Affordable Housing. There will be a total of ten speakers. Veterans Cemetery III - West Hawaii — Irrigation Line Minoru Hanato asked if the County accepted the expansion project yet. The irrigation line on the cemetery grounds near the columbariums has blown up around two or three times already. He would like to know if inferior materials were used. Director Fitzgerald said we have not officially signed off on project, there was a walk through recently and asked what the problem is.