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VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
October 17, 2013, Thursday
HILO – COUNTY BUILDING – PUNA CONFERENCE ROOM
25 AUPUNI STREET, ROOM #1501
VIDEO CONFERENCE – KONA - WEST HAWAII CIVIC CENTER
74-5044 ANE KEOHOKALOLE HIGHWAY, BLDG B, 2ND FLOOR
(OHCD & ELECTIONS OFFICE)
3:00 p.m.
PROPOSED AGENDA
1) CALL TO ORDER
(Check for Quorum – 9 Members Needed)
2) ATTENDANCE
A) East Hawaii – County Building – Puna Conference Room
B) West Hawai‘i Civic Center – OHCD & Elections Conference Room
3) STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES I, II or III
(Both East Hawaii and West Hawai‘i)
4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
(Approval of Minutes of the August 15, 2013)
5) REPORT ON CEMETERIES - STATE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD
Hawaii Island - East Hawaii Representative – VACANT
(Veterans Cemetery I & II)
Hawaii Island - West Hawaii Representative - Mr. Herb Lum
(Veterans Cemetery III – West Hawaii)
6) REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION
(Director Clayton Honma or Deputy Director Robert Fitzgerald)
a)Veterans Cemetery III – West Hawai‘i
1)Water
Discussion Regarding Kona Water Service Company - Provision of
Water Service to the West Hawai`i Veterans Cemetery III and Usage
2)Portable Restroom Placement on Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway
3)Restroom – ADA Fixture Concerns
4)Vehicle Stops
5)Top Entrance Automatic Gate - Sensor
6)Cemetery Lawn – Management Plan
b)Veterans Cemetery I
1)Memorial Board Report
7) UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a)Report on Status of Reforestation Project
(Written Report from Dr. Richard Stevens)
Veterans Advisory Committee – Agenda
October 17, 2013
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8) NEW BUSINESS
PRESENTATIONS
a)MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART
Request to Place a Monument in Veterans Cemetery II
(Presentation by Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D., Major, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Commander)
b)POW/MIA PLAQUE AND MEMORIAL GARDEN
Request to Create a Memorial Garden and Place a Plaque at Veterans
Cemetery III – West Hawai`i
(Presentation by Veterans Advisory Committee Chairperson
David Carlson, He also serves as President of the West Hawai`i Veterans
Cemetery Association and Commander of American Legion Post 20)
9) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
10) ANNOUNCEMENTS
11) NEXT MEETING – 2014 SCHEDULE WILL BE SENT TO MEMBERS
12) ADJOURNMENT
The meeting place is accessible for persons with physical disabilities.
Persons who need special accommodations to attend this meeting should
call 961-8311 at least five (5) days prior to meeting date.
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within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i
County Code}
A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration
who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month
period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative
action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public
officials.” {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawai‘i County Code}
Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the
Office of the County Clerk-Council, 333 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720.