2004-02-06 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. VOLUNTEER PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE Î A. LEVIN/SGT. APELE A. Levin distributed and reviewed the Volunteer Disabled Parking Enforcement Program quarterly statistics for the year 2003. The fourth quarter statistics reflect more man hours worked than the previous quarters. J. Lawhead reported that the increase was because they were allowed to put in more hours at different times of the day. In the past, they were unable to work after 4 p.m. They are now putting a minimum of 20 hours a month. In addition, they are receiving a lot of cooperation from various businesses with having their parking area painted and access aisle sign up. There are still only four volunteer officers in Kona. A. Levin reported that Sergeant R. Apele is now in the process of recruiting more volunteers for West Hawaii and new volunteers for East Hawaii. M. Gleason offered to initiate another request for Sergeant R. Apele to attend the Kona meeting and provide an update. J. Souza asked if West Hawaii includes Waimea. J. Lawhead responded that they have never been to Waimea and she is not sure if they need to get permission to patrol the area. They have gone as far as Captain Cook and past the industrial area by Costco. However, they went once to the KingsÓ Shops in Waiko J. Hartman asked if the police officers are using the volunteer officers for enforcement on accessible parking since they are not doing much of anything. A. Levin stated that every time this question has been raised the police department has said they will enforce the regulations if called or if they see a violation. B. UPDATE FROM DCAB Î C. FLEMING/N. OLESEN None. C. ADA COORDINATORÓS REPORT Î A. LEVIN A. Levin shared two notices that DCAB has printed for anyone to use to put on windshields of cars that are parked illegally. One notice is for the access aisle and the other notice is for disabled parking. DCAB will be printing more notices for interested people to use. J. Hartman asked if the parking notice was approved by the Corporation CounselÓs Office because MCPD printed some notices in the past and they re committee to put them on yellow paper because they looked too much like a ticket. A. Levin replied that he is not certain if the Department of the Attorney General approved the notice but DCAB is a state agency. A. Mitchener reported that the Department of Parks and Recreation printed the same notice on light blue and light yellow paper for park directors. Approximately 3,000 4