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C. TRANSPORTATION LIAISON – R. WAGNER-WRIGHT <br />No report. <br />D. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS LIAISON – L. SCADDEN <br />No report. <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />A. VOLUNTEER PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE – <br />SGT. K. KAAUMOANA-MATSUMOTO <br />Sergeant K. Kaaumoana-Matsumoto submitted program statistics for the Volunteer <br />Disabled Parking Enforcement Program for July to September 2008 which was <br />distributed to MCPD members. <br />B. UPDATE FROM DCAB – C. FLEMING/N. OLESEN/F. WAI <br />The October and November report from F. Wai, Executive Director of DCAB, was <br />distributed to MCPD members. <br />R. Wagner-Wright made an objection to the recent passing of the County law <br />certifying service dogs who are trained by their owners. R. Wagner-Wright based <br />his objection because the current ADA law is vague; thus allowing people who are <br />not disabled to quote and abuse the law to assist them in taking their animals into <br />public places. R. Wagner-Wright stated that his service animal was trained by an <br />international certified guide dog school and the cost of training each animal is <br />currently $30,000. This is a guarantee to all business owners and public places that <br />his is a service animal and will do not act like a pet dog. <br />R. Wagner-Wright informed the committee that many business and airlines are tired <br />of people using and abusing the ADA law and he stated that Roy’s restaurant in <br />Honolulu had contacted him to try and alleviate the situation. Also, R. Wagner- <br />Wright stated that airlines are now asking the question “which school was your <br />service animal trained at” in an effort to stop people abusing the ADA law and <br />brining uncertified service animals onto the plane – this was due to an incident in <br />which Delta airlines had a passenger who stated they had a service animal, and <br />when the food trolley was brought down the aisle – the dog jumped off the owners <br />lap and onto the food trolley and began eating the food. <br />T. Spinola-Campbell reported that she made a recommendation to allow certification <br />for service animals. Airlines are not subject to the ADA, but fall under the air carrier <br />transportation act. The ADA applies to the gate and then it’s the air carrier <br />transportation act. The new regulations will still not require certification for service <br />animals. <br />C. ADA COORDINATOR’S REPORT – T. SPINOLA-CAMPBELL <br />T. Spinola-Campbell provided her report as the ADA Coordinator for October 2008. <br />ADA Coordinator’s report attached. <br />2 <br /> <br />