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FUJIMOTO: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. My name is Ken Fujimoto. I come before <br />you as not only as a board member of HIVMI, but also importantly as a veteran. I served in the <br />U.S. Army from 1963 to 1966. I fought in the Vietnam War as a helicopter crew chief. In 1964, <br />I was wounded transporting South Vietnamese troops into battle, and because of my injury, I rely <br />heavily on the community-based, outpatient clinic or CBOC. And, I look at it this way. As the <br />County has done with the ADRC, I'd like to see a similar situation for the veterans where we can <br />have a one-stop shop. We can have our medical taken care of and go to the other side and have <br />our other—if we have any questions on other veteran issues or filing claims, we would have that. <br />And, if possible, maybe an office for one of the veteran service organizations with their service <br />officers which a lot of veterans are more comfortable with that instead of going direct to the VA. <br />So, and that would be nice because for now, to get our medical services, we run all the way up <br />Waianuenue, and to get other veteran services, we gotta run all the way down to Lanihuli Street, <br />and as was reported by Mr. Raffipiy, there's always hardly any parking, and it's frustrating at <br />times, but we carry on and hope in the future they'll be a better situation. <br />And as for the housing component, an affordable senior rental apartment community would be <br />best for a lot of the fellow veterans and their spouses and also for those in need of housing. This <br />housing availability will help our homeless and elderly veterans with shelter. Although I do own <br />my own home in Ninole, I can see that someday, I won't be able to maintain the property. That's <br />when a senior rental apartment would be the best situation for me. So, I thank you for allowing <br />me to speak on behalf of the veterans. Thank you. <br />KELLEY: Good morning, everyone. My name is Jeremy Kelley. <br />CLARKSON: Please use the mic. <br />HALL: Please use the microphone. <br />KELLEY: The mic, sorry. <br />HALL: Yes, please, thank you. <br />KELLEY: My name is Jeremy Kelley. I joined the naval air reserve in Seattle at the age of 17. <br />After one year in the reserve, I served three years of active duty and was honorably discharged <br />from the Alameda Naval Air Station in October of 1961 and then five more years of reserve after <br />that. I took advantage of veterans' benefits including a home loan in the mid -60's. Educational <br />benefits provided me with a huge range of aviation training all the way up through airline <br />transport certification, flight instructor, helicopter flight instructor, a bunch of stuff And, for the <br />past ten years, I've utilized the medical, CBOC, also as a part of my veterans' medicals. <br />I've been on the Board of Directors of Hawaii Island Veterans' Memorial for the last ten years, <br />and have been the board secretary for the last seven. I joined the board with the idea of giving <br />back as much as possible for the VA benefits that changed my life for the better since the mid - <br />60's, and I'm thankful to be actively helpful in implementing our mission to provide a really <br />nice, low-cost senior independent living community with preference to veterans and their <br />EXHIBIT C <br />11 <br />