2003-10-03 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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position. He sent S. GoldenÓs citation to F. Wai and C. Townsen comments. Unless there is a different explanation, A. Levin said he will inform the Department of Parks and Recreation to change its standards. A. Levin reported that a couple of years ago the county was charging for issuing parking placards. However, due to a court decision it was made aware that it was not appropriate except for temporary placards. The state program is carried out by the county without any funding. The Legislature and the Governor have not seen fit to fund the program by giving money to the counties. This issue was brought up at the last ADA CoordinatorsÓ meeting on Oahu. DCAB is asking for funding to be included in the Department of Health budget in the 2004 Legislature. This approach has not been successful in the past and may not be successful this time. Therefore, the idea was to have the Mayors who meet regularly with the Governor to suggest that she take the lead in saying to the DOH that they will include it in their budget. Mayor Kim has agreed to take the lead and present it to the Governor and a memo is in the process of being drafted. A. Levin will report back to MCPD on any progress. D. PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT Î A. MITCHENER M. Gleason reviewed a report submitted by A. Mitchener. E. Mason suggested that A. Mitchener indicate where the events are being held (in Hilo, Kona, Waimea, etc.). E. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS L. Scadden reported that he read the Emergency Evacuation Preparedness manual that was referred by C. Fleming. He felt that the manual is aimed strictly for people with disabilities themselves and efforts could by made by the Civil Defense Agency to make that available to people with disabilities. He wrote to Troy Kindred, Administrator of Civil Defense, to make sure that the early response personnel receive training on how best to work with people with disabiliti their disability. He has not received a response from T. Kindred and a copy of the Civil Defense plan was also requested. L. Scadden mentioned that he received notice that Civil Defense training will be available for community groups next week. He would like this kind of training to include components or modules within it regarding people with disabilities. NEW BUSINESS A. BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR FY 2004-05 M. Gleason reported that he will be responsible for preparing the budget estimates for FY 2004-05. He asked MCPD members to inform him of any ideas or changes regarding the budget. E. Mason noted that our travel expenses have been decreased since our sign language interpreter lives on the Big Island. 4