2006-03-03 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes_febattach

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ADA Coordinator Activities February 2006 ADA - Title I Provided information from Job Accommodation Network on · accommodations for deaf and/or hard of hearing employee to supervisor; Reviewed SCSEP (Senior Community Service Employment Program) · participant form, forwarded to Director Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for opinion re question related to disability; ADA - Title II & S. 504 Followed up on informal complaint re unsafe sidewalk, Kinoole St. with · DPW and providedinformationtoComplainantre schedule for improvements; Responded to one inquiry for Sign Language Interpreter fluent in Pidgin; · Researched one inquiry re requirement for service animal (dog) to be on · a leash on a bus; Forwarded email regarding outreach to voters with disabilities in Hawaii · County from State Office of Elections to various disability groups; Reviewed Transition Plans; · Reviewed Consultant proposal for overseeing Transition Plans; · Met with Deputy Corporation Counsel, Director-Public Works, Director · Parks & Recreation and Park Planner to discuss Consultants proposal recommended revisions; Attended teleconference with Officials of Federal Highway · Administration, Washington, D.C., Deputy Corporation Counsel, Director- Public Works and Engineering staff re complaint regarding noncompliant curb cuts, Mamalahoa Highway in Waimea; Coordinated with Parks Planner and requested Disability and · Communication Access Board to conduct 3 workshops for County employees on Surveying a Site and ADA Accessibility Guidelines; Received one informal complaint from County resident that Mayors · Committee on People With Disabilities is ineffective and does nothing; ADA Title III Referred County resident to Hawaii Disability Rights and Department of · Justice ADA Techinal Information line re inaccessible swimming pool in condo; Referred County resident to Hawaii Disability Rights re allegations that · Security Guards at supermarket rush people with disabilities; ADATraining ArrangedInformationSessiononAlzheimersDiseaseforCounty · employees to be delivered in April by Alzheimers Association; Conducted 7 classes for 158 supervisory and 3 non-supervisory employees · on Title I;