2003-06-06 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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Action required: MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Letter to Mike Ben Î M. Gleason Friday, June 6, 2003, 10:30 a.m. Kona Mayor's Office Conference Room PRESENT: Michael Gleason, Chair; Betsy Whitney, Secretary; James Souza, Laura Tobosa, Ted Yamanaka EXCUSED: Elizabeth Mason, Lawrence Scadden GUESTS: Chuck Fleming, DCAB Board Member; Susan Golden, John Hartman, H.A.W.K.; Andy Levin, Mayor's Office; John Little, Recreation Director-Department of Parks and Recreation; Alisa Mitchener, Recreation Specialist-Department of Parks and Recreation; Malina Thorpe, Interpreter CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 10:52 a.m. An introduction of committee members, staff, and guests was made. APPROVAL OF MINUTES B. Whitney made a motion to accept the minutes of April 4, 2003 as submitted. T. Yamanaka seconded the motion. The motion was passed. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ISSUES None. TREASURER'S REPORT The treasurer's report was reviewed. T. Yamanaka made a motion to accept the treasurer's report as submitted. L. Tobosa seconded the motion. The motion was passed. CORRESPONDENCE A. Letter to Mayor H. Kim from Lorna Nekoba regarding covering all accessible stalls in the County of Hawaii B. Letter to L. Nekoba from Mayor H. Kim referring the letter to A. Levin and MCPD B. Whitney suggested forwarding the letter to the person who does the guidelines. A. Levin reported that he passed on the letter to the Department of Public Works (DPW) and Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB). The response from DCAB was that obviously it would be a nice idea, but it is not required and the question was where the funding would come from. However, DCAB would support it if we wanted to do it. He did not expect a response from DPW and he did not receive one anyway.