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B. UPDATE FROM DCAB – C. FLEMING/N. OLESEN/C. TOWNSEND <br />The January report from C. Townsend, Program and Policy Unit Coordinator of <br />DCAB, was distributed to MCPD members. <br />C. ADA COORDINATOR’S REPORT – T. SPINOLA-CAMPBELL <br />T. Spinola-Campbell provided her report as the ADA Coordinator for December <br />2006. ADA Coordinator’s report attached. <br />D. PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT – A. MITCHENER <br />No report. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />A. VIDEOCONFERENCING <br />L. Scadden reported he provided his feelings at the last meeting. He would like <br />comments from other members of the committee whether MCPD should promote <br />videoconferencing for the east and west sides of the island. L. Tobosa said that <br />MCPD has raised this issue before and it doesn’t work. J. Souza added that with an <br />interpreter it will not work. <br />D. Cowdrey mentioned that she recently attended two meetings sponsored by DCAB <br />regarding emergency preparedness and videoconferencing was available on various <br />islands. There were two interpreters on site on Oahu. She did not speak to the <br />people needing the interpreters and she was unsure their feelings on how effective <br />videoconferencing was. L. Scadden said that he has been involved with <br />videoconferencing in this type of venue and it works very well. However, he has <br />never heard anything regarding use of interpreters for the deaf who are not at the <br />originating place for the videoconference. <br />L. Tobosa made a motion that MCPD lay this issue to rest for the reasons <br />discussed. T. Yamanaka seconded the motion. The motion was passed. <br />B. CONCRETE CHANGE – DISABILITY RIGHTS HAWAII <br />C. Cholas reported that since he has been in Hawaii, he can probably visit <br />approximately less than 30 percent of his friends or family’s home. Anyone who has <br />mobility problems cannot do stairs or narrow doorways and he/she is eliminated <br />from a lot of visitation to other people’s homes. Concrete change is building homes <br />that are visitable for people that have a disability that requires an accessible <br />entrance to the house. More fully accessible housing for disabled people are <br />needed, but we also need to have homes that disabled people can visit. In the <br />future, the building industry will have some type of universal home design that will <br />accommodate all private construction.What is happening in dozens of places <br />across the United States is for local governments to pass ordinances requiring that <br />any new construction of homes or apartments that use any type of government <br />funding is visitable. Visitable meaning there should be one entrance with zero steps, <br />32 inches clear passage through all interior doors, including bathrooms, and at least <br />a half bath preferably a full bath on the main floor. <br />4 <br /> <br />