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A. Levin shared follow up on the Therapeutic Recreation Specialist position. Seven <br />candidates have applied and they will be interviewed on February 28. <br />A. Mitchener expressed concern that part of the problem is no one has been <br />specifically put in place to coordinate Parks and Recreation staff training. Current <br />effort is sincere, but random. A coordinator is needed to organize an annual plan <br />with community resources to provide training for all nine divisions together. Instead <br />of waiting for MCPD to identify appropriate training recommendations, the <br />Recreation Department needs to know what kind of training is mandated by their <br />transition plan. <br />J. Beimborn suggested that MCPD make a motion to contact the County of Hawaii <br />and that they select a coordinator to mandate that the transition plan and other <br />avenues of enforcement is covered. Secondly, MCPD would like to see someone in <br />charge overseeing all of the county departments. <br />J. Hartman interjected and pointed out that the county is in violation of the consent <br />decree because of programs and procedures. Any motion MCPD make <br />sent to the responsible person telling him they are not in compliance and can be <br />forced into compliance. He felt it is the ADA Coordinator's responsibility to make <br />sure these things are being kept up to date and the individual departments have the <br />responsibility to make sure they are functioning under the consent decree. <br />N. Olesen recommended that MCPD request a letter asking who are <br />coordinators for each division in the Department of Parks and Recreation and what <br />is their plan with regards to training. <br />J. Beimborn suggested that MCPD have the ADA Coordinator see if these issues <br />are being complied with. T. Yamanaka referred it to A. Levin since he knows what to <br />do. MCPD agreed. A. Levin will submit a proposal or what is being done at the next <br />meeting. <br />D. PARK PROJECT VISITATIONS <br />MCPD decided to come up with their preferences of sites that should be visited at <br />the next meeting. <br />J. Beimborn stated that the purpose of the visitation is to see when a project is <br />completed and determine if there is any violation. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />A. ADA COUNTY COORDINATOR POSITION <br />A. Levin reported the MayorÓs new budget includes funds for the ADA CoordinatorÓs <br />position in the Department of Civil Service using the same job description <br />established a year ago. <br />6 <br /> <br />