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S. Golden reported that it was announced awhile ago that generators will be <br />purchased for the wells so that the water system would not stop during a power <br />failure. T. Kindred responded that it has not been done yet. Mayor H. Kim <br />appropriated $2 million this fiscal year in his budget to purchase those emergency <br />generators and Civil Defense will make it happen. T. Kindred said he is waiting for <br />the specifications for the generators from the Water Department so he can do a <br />specification bid sheet. The $2 million will cover at least one generator per district. <br />The Mayor is working with the Water Department and Civil Defense to determine the <br />best location to start. The funds need to be executed before June 30, 2007. <br />L. Scadden asked the accessibility of Level I, emergency shelters if people with <br />disabilities need to be sent there. T. Kindred responded he is being reacquainted <br />with the differences between Level I, Level II, and Level III for the different styles of <br />shelter. He does not believe that we have a shelter here that meets the Level II <br />requirements.HehasadetailedbinderfromtheStateCivilDefenseidentifyingalist <br />of the good things, bad things, and the things that need to be improved of each <br />facility. Furthermore, there is a new individual at State Civil Defense named Danny <br />Tengan who is very responsive to his questions. <br />There is a difference between a shelter and a center. A center is a county owned <br />facility and it is easy to open a center. A shelter is a school or facility operated by <br />another agency. Both of the shelter and center work for all emergencies until the <br />wind starts to blow. In a hurricane scenario, only the State Civil Defense can <br />designate what a hurricane shelter is. If its a hurricane event, the American Red <br />Cross will only go to a site pre-designated by State Civil Defense at the hurricane <br />shelter. There are three centers (Yano Hall, Imin Center, Pahoa) located on the Big <br />Island that they wanted to retrofit. However, the cost ratio benefit of how much it <br />would cost to retrofit that shelter versus how many people they can put in that <br />shelter was not too efficient. Therefore, the State Civil Defense has now floated a <br />list which he sent to the Mayor yesterday identifying Holualoa School, Keaau High <br />School and Intermediate School, and Konawaena Schools as hurricane shelters. <br />T. Kindred stated that they recently received a container from FEMA consisting of <br />500 cots, 500 blankets, 500 toiletry kits to load on a truck and take some place. He <br />is asking FEMA for more because he could use his Homeland Security Grant money <br />to purchase and try to put one of those in each community. <br />M. Gleason reported that if an organization was in the process of building a facility <br />and wanted to make it a Level II shelter, where would they go to find out the <br />specifications for that. T. Kindred suggested that he contact our local representative <br />at the Department of Health. If the Department of Health is unable to provide an <br />answer, then the State Civil Defense should be contacted. <br />L. Scadden said he has been asked a number of times by people in the county of <br />what may be done to make sure people with disabilities are included in the Civil <br />Defense drills and the thought process. T. Kindred responded that he thinks they <br />4 <br /> <br />