2010-06-17 Veteran Advisory Committee Minutes

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Veterans Advisory Committee Page 3 June 17, 2010 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION (Director Robert Fitzgerald on vacation) Deputy Director Clayton Honma reported that the hours will change on timers for the sprinklers at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery III. Sprinklers will turn on in the evenings in the cemetery and during the day on the hillside. Deputy Director Honma said that we are still waiting for Willocks Construction to provide the name of the flagpole manufacturer so we can order the ball for the top of the flagpole. Lastly process of edging out and raising up headstones is almost complete. Chairperson Fox reported that Director Fitzgerald sent a letter to families of Veterans Cemetery II that are growing their own grass at the cemetery. Families have been informed if the grass has not been removed by June 30th, P &R staff will remove it. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Veterans Cemetery III - West Hawaii Reforestation Project (Members reviewed May 17 and June 13 Reforestation Reports submitted by Dr. Richard Stevens) Veterans Cemetery H — East Hawaii — Columbarias Site Selection Chairwoman Fox reported that representatives from OVS, potential contractors and veterans met up at the cemetery and decided to put the (9) columbarias like a spoke of a wheel around a culdesac. It will look really nice and it will be made so that skateboarders can't get into it. She said we should be receiving plans from the engineer soon. We'll circulate plans upon receipt. NEW BUSINESS None EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home — Pet Therapy Program Juan Babiak, Veterans Affairs Liaison Officer for the Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home shared that they accepted a donation of a parrot and will be setting up a Bird Therapy program in compliance with VA requirements for pet therapy. A policy will be set up and it should be ready to implement in a few weeks.