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TEAM REPORTS <br />A. EDUCATION/PUBLIC AWARENESS TEAM ‚ M. GLEASON <br />No report. <br />B. RECREATIONTEAM ‚L. SCADDEN <br />No report. <br />C.TRANSPORTATION TEAM ‚B. WHITNEY <br />B. Whitney reported that the pilot project for free public transportation is receiving <br />more ridership. <br />S. Golden said that two times last week there were two wheelchairs on the bus. <br />There are two places for wheelchairs on the bus. But, it is her choice not to be tied <br />down when she uses the bus because its easier for her to maneuver and the drivers <br />drive so slow anyway. <br />D. Cowdrey said that she works for Goodwill Industries and their waiver contract <br />says they need to provide transportation for their participants. The Hawaii County <br />Economic Opportunity Council (HCEOC) is the provider of this service. HCEOC had <br />to lay off drivers which means participants were unable to have transportation <br />because funding has not been received from the state to the county. Therefore, staff <br />members had to drive over to the homes and pick up the participants. There is no <br />transportationforanynewparticipantsatthispoint. <br />L.ScaddenfeltthisissueneedstobeaddressedwiththeGovernor. <br />M.Gleasonmentionedthatthebigislandrepresentativesandsenatorswillbe <br />traveling around this summer for public forums to get input from the community. <br />This concern can be addressed with them at the forums. A schedule will be <br />published in the next couple of weeks. He offered to e-mail the information to MCPD <br />if he can get the schedule. <br />S. Golden stated that there has been discussion about expanding the public <br />transportation for Kona during the evenings and weekends. <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />A. VOLUNTEER PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE ‚ <br />SGT. D. VERIATO <br />No report. <br />B.UPDATEFROMDCAB‚C.FLEMING/D.JACKSON/N.OLESEN <br />The May and June report from D. Jackson, DCAB was distributed to MCPD <br />members. <br />J.HartmanraisedaconcernaboutaplannedcurbcutonKuakiniHighwayby <br />McDonalds. The plans calls for the curb cut to be put in with side slopes of 15.5 <br />3 <br /> <br />