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Home My WebLink About2018-12-04 Veterans Advisory Committee AgendaHarry Kira Mayor Wil Okabe Managing Director 4 (Count!) of 4pboaCt VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 101 Paua hi Street, Suite 6 • Hilo, .1.1awail 96720. (808) 961-8311 • Fax (808) 961-8411 Michael Doolialc ( Carone Dfolee-Wilson, Vice -Chair Marcia Brinkley. Menthe'. Anionio (.,iaspar, Menther kfinuru 1lanai., Member Debra 1 ,ewis,. Member Isaac. Nahakuelk10,, Member George Sheridan, Riernber Emile \Very., IVIember Dale Wilson,. Niernber Z,3, r") rr) ) NOTICE OF MEETING DATE: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 TIME: 2:00 p.m. LOCATIONS: HILO — AUPUNI CENTER — OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Lir 655 KILAUEA AVENUE, CONFERENCE ROOM B HILO, HAWAII 96720 VIDEO CONFERENCE SITE— KONA — WEST HAWAII CIVIC CENTER 74-5044 ANE KEOHOKALOLE HIGHWAY, BLDG C, 2FLOOR KAILUA-KONA„ HAWAII 96740 (MAYOR'S OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER a. (Check for Quorum — 7 Members Needed) 2. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS 3. OLD BUSINESS a. Expand Scope of the Powers and Duties of the Veterans Advisory Committee i. Letter From Mayor Kim ii. Bill 213 b. Update on Cemetery Projects 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Resignation of Dale Wilson b. Town Hall Style Veterans Discussions REPORT ON CEMETERIES — STATE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD c. Hawaii Vsland — East Hawaii Representative — Roddy Sueoka, Office of Veterans Services 5 ANNOUNCEMENTS 6. NEXT MEETING — FEBRUARY 26, 20 7 ADJOURNMENT 0 P.M. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, other reasonable modification, or language interpretation to access the meeting, please contact the Department of Parks and Recreation at 961-8311 as soon as possible, but no later than five (5) working days prior to meeting to arrange for accommodations. "Other reasonable modification" refers to communication methods or devices for people with disabilities who are mentally and/or physically challenged. Veterans Advisory Committee December 4, 2018 Page 2 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (hereinafter "HRS") 92-3.5, the Hawaii County Department of Parks & Recreation will be conducting this meeting via videoconference, If the audio stream between Kona and Hilo is lost for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. Veterans Advisory Committee Members will be present at the following locations: Hawai'i County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 655 Kilauea Ave, Confr. Rm B (Members Michael Doolittle, Debra Lewis, Isaac Nahakuelua, George Sheridan, and Emile Wery will be participating from the Puna Conference Room,) Kona Mayor's Office, West Hawaii' Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keonokalole Highway, Building B (Members Marcia Brinkley, Carolle Brulee-Wilson, Antonio Gaspar, and Minoru Hanato will be participating from the Kona Mayor's Office.) BOARD PACKET. Pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes Section 92-7.5, the board packet provided to members of this board for this meeting is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Department of Parks & Recreation located at 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6, Hilo Hawai'l 96720, Copies of this agenda are available on the Department of Parks & Recreation web page at ht1pliwww.havvaiicounty.agylparks-and-recreation/. For further information, please call 961- 8311. NOTICE TO LOBBYISTS 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, 25 Aupuni Street Suite 1402, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720. County of Hawari is an Equal Opportunity Provider' and Employer. Harry Kim 11 ay or Old Busi:•:ss Correspondence: a(l) (grattifg Paiuttri Wi Okabe Managing Director Barbara J. Kossow Deputy Managing Dwector OffIrr uf fife Atatir 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • 101o, Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax (808)961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalok Hwy., Bldg. C • Kailua-Kona,ilawai'i 96740 (808)323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 October 10, 2018 Veterans Advisory Committee Atten: Michael D. Doolittle, Chair P.O. Box 342 Hakalau, HI 96710 Re: Powers and Duties of the Veterans Advisory Committee Dear Mr, Doolittle, I am in receipt of your letter received on June 27"), requesting support to expand the stated purpose and duties of the Veterans Advisory Committee (VAC). As stated in your letter, the VAC is tasked with advising the county on matters strictly pertaining to veteran cemeteries. In light of the many challenges faced by our veterans today (homelessness, health care, unemployment, etc.), your request is well taken. Pursuant to Hawai'i County Code section 15-64, 1 ask that the VAC expand the scope of its current power and duties to include discussions of and make recommendations on other veteran -related issues and concerns for the benefit of all veterans residing in our communities, I look forward to your recommendations and report. Thank you for time and commitment to serving on the Veterans Advisory Committee. Sincerely, Harry Kim Mayor c; J Yoshimoto, Deputy Corporation Counsel County of Hawai'i iis an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. COUNTY OF HA A ORDIN Old Business Correspondence: STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 213 NO. _ AN 0 INANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 7, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2916 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF FLAVVAPI: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to expand the scope of the powers and duties of the Veterans Advisory Committee. At this time, the Veterans Advisory Committee is authorized to act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and Council for matters concerning veterans cemeteries in the County of Hawai`i. Only at the request of the Mayor or the Council shall the committee shall discuss and make recommendations on other veterans - related issues. Mayor Harry Kim has requested that the Veterans Advisory Committee be authorized to initiate discussions and formulate recommendations, on its own accord, regarding homelessness, health care, unemployment, and other issues relating to Hawaii County's veterans. The purpose of this ordinance is to allow the Veterans Advisory Committee to initiate discussions and make recommendations on veterans -related issues and concerns without a prior request by the Mayor or the Council. SECTION 2. Chapter 15, article 7, section 15-64, of the Iawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 15-64. Powers and duties of the committee. It shall be the duty of the committee to act in an advisory capacity to the mayor and the council concerning all matters pertaining to the operation, management, and maintenance of the veterans cemeteries in the County{-] , and discuss and make recommendations on issues affecting veterans residing in Hawaii County. At the request of the mayor or the council, the committee shall discuss and make recommendations on other specific veterans -related issues. The committee may recommend such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the enhancement and proper management of the veterans cemeteries, or for the orderly transaction of rnatters referred to it." SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable, SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval. ai`i Date of Introduction.: Date of lst Reading: Date of 2nd Reading: Effective Date: REF ENCE Comm. 72 INTRODUCED BY: OUNCIL MEMBBR, COUNT'F 2 iyo, Brittany From: Sent: To: Cc: Su Oct: New Business Correspondence: a Dae VVilson <docdaie6@gmail:com> Friday, November 16, 2018 6:32 PM Iyo, Brittany Antonio Gaspar; Caroile Brulee-Wilson; Debra Lewis; werye095@gmail.com; George Sheridan; Isaac Nahakuelua; Marcia Brinkley; Michael Doolittle; roddyksueoka@hawaii.gov; Waltjen, Roxcie; Messina, Maurice; Yoshimoto, J; Mahi, Sharol L. Re: FW: FW: Veterans Advisory Committee RE: Notification of Available Documents in Laserfiche I regret to report that I must resign from the committee. We are moving to northern Idaho in a couple of months. The Military Order of the Purple Heart will nominate a replacement for me ASAP. Keep up the good work! Mahalo. dale "The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. —George Orwell htup://army.to2ctherweserved.cornisbv;Dzde Oson On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 11:33 AM lyo, Brittany <f3rittanv.iyo(g)lawaiicourgov> wrote: Aloha VAC Members, Below is notification from Mayor's Office EA, Rose Bautista of the attached PM being heard at County Council this coming week. if you are able to attend, the meeting will be heid in Kona at the West Hawaii Civic Center with a video stream from the Hilo Council Chambers at the Hawaii County Buiiding. Aloha and we hope to see you there. E3rittany