2006-03-03 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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Sergeant D. Veriato reported that there was an officer in Kona that cited a lady for having a disabled parking placard for her 11-year old disabled son who was at home, but she was using the placard to park in the disabled stall to run an errand for him. The judge dismissed the case because as long as she was parking in the disabled stall in the interest of the disabled person, she could usethe stall. MCPD disagreed. D. Cowdrey asked if the police officers also cite illegal parking (parking in the red zone, parking by a fire hydrant) besides placard violations. Sergeant D. Veriato responded that most of the citations issued are usually parking in a no parking zone. Most of the no parking signs are enforced more. L. Duwall reported that the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park does not have problems with their parking because the law enforcement officers are constantly driving aroundandtheywillissueacitationforillegalparking.Aminorproblemisthatthe tour buses who drive through usually slow down and stop for two to five minutes and they let the people look out the window. Unfortunately, the bus is on top of the accessible parking. They are aware of the problem and discussion is being held about restriping the parking lot so there is no conflict. In addition, the sulfur bank trails have two accessible spaces and they may be putting in more parking spaces. They also made three parking spaces universal so all parking spaces are 26 feet long, 11 feet wide with an access aisle. Therefore, all three parking spaces will accommodate anyone and it will be first come, first served. Sergeant D. Veriato reported that the police department is 70 positions short. Two recruit classes are in session. The calls for service have increased. They have a new management system so the police officers spend a lot of time on the computers rather than out on the road. Therefore, they are asking the state to provide monies so they can purchase laptops for the police officers car instead of having to come back to the station to input their information. T. Yamanaka asked if Sergeant D. Veriato could attend the next meeting on Friday, April 7, at 10:30 a.m. in the Kona Mayors Office conference room. Sergeant D. Veriato agreed to attend if he is available. B. UPDATE FROM DCAB C. FLEMING/N. OLESEN/K. SHAW The March report from K. Shaw, DCAB was distributed to MCPD members. C. ADA COORDINATORS REPORT T. SPINOLA-CAMPBELL T. Spinola-Campbell provided her report as the ADA Coordinator for February 2006. ADACoordinatorsreportattached. D.CowdreyclarifiedabouttheinformalcomplaintthatMCPDisineffectiveanddoes nothing. T. Spinola-Campbell said that the complainantnoticed that there are no reportssubmittedontheissuesfromthevarioussubcommitteeswhenreviewingthe minutes. The complainant felt that the committee has certain obligations under the TransitionPlanandensuringthattheCountyadherestotheTransitionPlan. 4