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VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
May 15, 2014, Thursday
HILO – COUNTY BUILDING – PUNA CONFERENCE ROOM
25 AUPUNI STREET, ROOM #1501
VIDEO CONFERENCE – KONA - WEST HAWAII CIVIC CENTER
KONA MAYOR’S 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 – Kona Mayor’s Office 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 October 17, 2013 Meeting)
5) REPORT ON CEMETERIES - STATE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD
Hawaii Island - East Hawai‘i Representative – Mr. Harold Bugado
(Veterans Cemetery I & II)
Hawaii Island - West Hawai‘i Representative - Mr. Herb Lum
(Veterans Cemetery III – West Hawai‘i)
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)Top Entrance Automatic Gate – Sensor (Repaired)
2)Cemetery Lawn – Management Plan Update
b)Veterans Cemeteries – Columbaria Rules (Draft)
1)Columbaria – Flowers Are Only Allowed in the Vases for Each Niche
No Flowers on the Concrete (To Avoid Staining Concrete – Signs are
being made and Mortuaries Informed)
Flowers can be placed at the statue
(Copies of Draft Rules Circulated To Members)
c)Membership
Letter submitted to Mayor Kenoi recommending changes that will
remove inactive organizations. If approved the quorum requirement will
be reduced.
Organizations to be removed from Chapter 15-62 (b):
Club 100; Veterans of the Vietnam War; and Hawai`i Island Women’s
Veterans Association
Veterans Advisory Committee – Agenda
May 15, 2014
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7) UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a)Report on Status of Reforestation Project
(Written Report from Dr. Richard Stevens)
8) NEW BUSINESS
a)Cost of Government Commission
(Copies of the Letter Circulated to Members)
Members can send in comments individually to the Cost of Government
Commission
9) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
10) ANNOUNCEMENTS
11) NEXT MEETING – August 21, 2014
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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If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk
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.