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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes May 22, 2018 Page 9 Emile Wery said there's got to be a way to verify they are a veteran in fairness to veterans and that's the DD214 or Veterans ID card if they're retired. There's got to be some kind of means to identify them otherwise you'll go nuts. Debra Lewis confirms they may have no documentation because they may have lost everything. But they may have their wallet with their Veteran Card. Emile Wery stated in reality not that many have lost their home. He lives in Leilani, there's 1000 homes in Leilani and maybe 30 have been lost. A lot of what their saying that burned are sheds. Debra Lewis said the gardens have been pretty much burnt. A whole wall is going down to the ocean now. Emile Wery confirmed there's only about 30 homes in Lanipuna Gardens. It's a real small subdivision. The total amount of homes lost now is about 40. Debra Lewis confirmed but they did displace the rest and it's the evacuees that are out of their homes. But it is good to know who are the one's that've lost everything; like Joe West (?) who lost their homes and their business. Emile Wery stated, there are other factors as well. If they have insurance, the insurance will cover the home the contents and they'll relocate them and he thinks they'll give them up to 12 months' rent to rebuild their home. Debra Lewis stated, depending on the insurance, one of the veterans lost their business and lost their house and it is not covered. They had house insurance but it's like you say it's not usable. If it's not usable you can get it. If you say fire they don't cover. But a different insurance company, the insurance did exactly what Emile said. Emile Wery stated if you have a mortgage on your house, you need to have fire insurance. So anyone that has a mortgage on their house has to have insurance and the coverage's are fire, replacement, contents as well as rebuilding. Debra Lewis noted that because of the vog, if their business is growing plants, the air quality is affecting their business. Either directly or indirectly and some are suffering more than others but right now is a time of great generosity and a lot of resources leaning forward. They have a meeting once a week on Monday's with like 50 agencies coming in. But the idea is we need to get the word out and track, if you find someone affected please try to pass the word with contact information and as much detail as you can offer that way we can try to give them some relief. This group is coming May 29, 30 and 31St VFW State headquarters are coming to our facility but she's already found Veterans who are quadriplegic who can't leave their location, some that don't have transportation from the rec enter and so their looking at the third day to try to go out to remote locations and identify so you save those funds and say they are designated.