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MAYOR’S COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES Friday, March 15, 2024 Partner with Voter Accessibility Advisory Committee to do voter outreach with the various disability organizations. Committee member to do a presentation or sharing of information regarding employment for individuals with disabilities prior to the legislative forum in October. Availability of County services in relation to disabled homeless individuals. Working with County to help train stray animals in the community in possibly make them support animals. Presentation regarding neurodivergent, to make the County Council meetings and the Health and Human Services Committee more aware and accessible to individuals that are neurodivergent. Request for the 988 mental health crisis lifeline phone number and other resources to be posted at the various Hawai’i County parks. Request for County, State, and Federal policies and procedures regarding reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Vice Chair Christen Zulli suggested creating a PIG, in order to work with another committee member in researching the policies of various companies in the public and private sector, regarding employment for individuals with disabilities. Deputy Corporation Counsel Suzanna Tiapula explained that there had been a request to add to the next agenda an item regarding employment for individuals with disabilities, and an item for a presentation regarding neurodivergent. Deputy Corporation Counsel Tiapula explained several other projects that were identified as agenda items such as an invitation for a presentation from Civil Defense and Human Resources. Amended motion made by Committee Member Zahava Zaidoff that the Mayor’s Committee on People with Disabilities accept the nine items as goals for the 2024 year. Vice Chair Christen Zulli seconded the motion. Committee Member Julia Althoff expressed concern regarding some of the items listed as goals, and although extremely important, they constitute more as focus areas. Committee Member Zahava Zaidoff explained that all of these nine items can be goals, because a goal doesn't necessarily have to include an action step, in the way that we traditionally look at action steps, and part of what a goal means is a focus area. Amended motion made by Committee Member Zahava Zaidoff that the Mayor’s Committee on People with Disabilities accept the nine areas as both focus areas and goals, for the 2024 year. Committee Member Julia Althoff seconded the motion. 6 votes Aye, 0 votes Nay. Motion carries. 6