2003-08-01 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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M. Gleason replied that last year MCPD wrote a letter to Bill Davis, Civil Defense Administrator, recommending that a new Civil Defense Committee for Emergency Preparedness be created. B. Davis said that he did not believe it was necessary to create a new committee, but he was very willing to include persons with disabilities in civil defense planning projects. A. Mitchener stated that people forgot what project impact was and suggested calling it "emergency preparedness." Perhaps a subcommittee could be established in MCPD. M. Gleason suggested seeking a subcommittee to see if there is any recommendation that MCPD could make. He would like to put this on the agenda for next month as emergency preparedness and ask the full member establishing a subcommittee. L. Scadden offered to spearhead th with assistance from E. Mason and C. Fleming. A. Levin mentioned that Troy Kindred is the new Civil Defense Administrator so MCPD might receive a different answer if it raises these issues again. C. Fleming mentioned that he knows of an excellent manual on emergency preparedness for disabled people which is available from the Center on Disability. He offered to obtain the website and forward the information to J. Viernes for distribution to MCPD members. J. Souza brought up a concern about police officers stopping deaf people. There have been several incidents already. He felt that police officers need training about how to approach deaf people properly. He suggested an identification card issued by the police department for hearing impaired people. He has not heard anything from DCAB about this issue. C. Fleming offered to follow up with DCAB. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON-AGENDA ISSUES S. Golden asked the status of the curb cut near the Kona Alii Condominium. The manager of the condominium told her on May 1st that it would be completed within 90 days. As of this date, there has been no construction and she is wondering what happened. A. Levin reported that tentative drawings have been submitted by the condominium to him which he forwarded to DCAB. DCAB wrote to the condominium representative directly, pointing out what needs to be done, and the county is now waiting for the condominium to come back with detailed plans. J. Hartman mentioned that he has a copy of letter dated July 28, 2003 from F. Wai to Mr. Bill Stockton regarding the Kona Alii Condominium. F. Wai tried to tell them some of the issues that they didn't address or didn't address properly. (This is the letter th A. Levin was referring to.) 5