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for people to cross because they knew people were crossing in the area, but they <br />didn't want them crossing between cars. Also, the county didn't want to set up a <br />crosswalk in the middle of a street or to incur the cost of curb cuts. The crosswalk or <br />curb cuts would not be of any benefit for a wheelchair user because the accessible <br />path would be on the sidewalk around to the corner and along the sidewalk to <br />Aupuni Center. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />A. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Î CIVIL DEFENSE AND FEMA <br />A. Mitchener reported she would like to review the National Organization on <br />Disability letter to see if MCPD wanted to pursue creating a new committee for <br />emergency preparedness to include people with disabilities in emergency planning. <br />Also, to promote a comfort level between the emergency teams and people with <br />disabilities. <br />L. Tobosa felt we all need to be responsible for our own plans i <br />B. Whitney suggested that MCPD get an update from O. Bergin, American Red <br />Cross, on Project Impact. A. Mitchener said we should also get an update from Civil <br />Defense and Parks and Recreation. L. Tobosa offered to contact O. Bergin and get <br />a status report. <br />B. Whitney suggested having a panel discussion through Disabilit <br />A. Mitchener offered to contact R. Amundson and suggest coordinating a panel. <br />J. Souza suggested that the deaf people get involved in the panel discussion. Every <br />month the deaf community on the island has a meeting and issues on disaster <br />preparedness have been brought up. <br />A. Levin reported that MCPD sent a letter to the Mayor dated April 2002 referring to <br />the letter from the National Organization on Disability. A response from B. Davis <br />was sent to the Managing Director dated May 3, 2002. A. Levin read the response. <br />Interested members should provide their names to A. Levin or Civil Defense directly <br />if they want to get involved. <br />N. Olesen said that there are certain conditions for people with disabilities in case of <br />an emergency that are above and beyond what the normal person would be <br />exposed to. It was left up to the community to provide their input. <br />J. Souza raised concerns about the recent article in the Hawaii Tribune Herald about <br />having people who are deaf or hearing impaired accept post-meeting written <br />summaries rather than expensive video captioning of council meetings. He <br />suggested that MCPD send a letter saying we are not in favor of <br />closed captioning. <br />5 <br /> <br />