2003-01-03 Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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B. Fischlowitz-Leong, executive director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center on Oahu, attended the meeting. A. Mitchener reported that A. Miyake said she was planning to go to TutuÓs House in Waimea to see the assistive technology lending library they manage for ATRC. A. Miyake also wants to offer deaf awareness training for her staff. She has more requests for training, but she doesnÓt know the resources to tap into and there's no budget. A. Mitchener recommended that the county training department in concert with A. Levin coordinate these trainings on a yearly schedule instead of having to scramble month by month searching for volunteers to coordinate and create trainings that the county is mandated to offer. A. Mitchener said a survey from the November workshop contains nominations for public awareness awards to honor people in our community. After some discussion, MCPD decided to set a March 7 deadline to submit nominations and the awards luncheon to be held at the May meeting in Hilo. A decision whether to have a separate recognition luncheon in Kona will be brought up at the next meeting in Kona. E. Mason expressed concerns about having one islandwide luncheon instead of two awards luncheon because she did not want to divide the island. C. TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE Î B. WHITNEY No report. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. VOLUNTEER PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE Î A. LEVIN A. Levin reported that the volunteer parking program is up and running in Kona with five volunteers commencing in December. Sergeant Apele did not know how many tickets have actually been issued. He is concerned because every time a volunteer goes out, they are supposed to submit a packet to him and he hasn't gotten The program has not started in Hilo because only one person has gone through the training and they want to send people out in pairs. A second person is in the process of being trained in January. B. UPDATE FROM DCAB Î C. FLEMING/N. OLESEN/L. RINK N. Olesen reported that a meeting was held on December 18 regarding the new parking rules that passed. The changes or questions by those attending the meeting had already been incorporated. It was approved at that meeting and sent to the Governor's Office for signature. The DCAB is planning to have a meeting with the Senate on January 8 for a lobbying effort. There will be a panel discussion and then they will make a presentation before the Senate. 2