2013-07-31, Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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C. Cholas recommended the approval of the three invitations to the guest speakers with corrections. It was seconded by Wes. All were in favor. None opposed. Letter to Mayor Kenoi Regarding Awareness Day Letter was read by Pauline. The committee discussed different things they could do with the Mayor like going shopping with James, with Dr. Ron crossing the streets, or Pauline, Janice and Chris, with wheelchairs going into a store that’s not really accessible. And after all that go down to Richardson’s to tie in with beach access day. Pauline will be the contact person for the letter. P. De LimaP. Aughe asked for a motion to approve the letter. made a motion to C. Cholas approve and it was seconded by . All were in favor. None opposed. Motion was passed. When the date is set, Paige will contact Ilihia who is the Public Relations person from the Mayor’s Office. 2. Emergency Preparedness Committee P. De Lima inquired if Jesse goes to the Civil Defense station for emergency preparedness and if he has relations with people that have special needs. Jesse stated that he works with the individual within the framework of the skills they need in order to being safe. The county is putting out the AFN-TIPS which is an app for accessibility to professional responders. The first responders can access the information - their medical needs, their physical limitations, behavioral needs issues, dietary, etc. And that app is going to be statewide. On the Big Island, the point person is Mar Ortaleza. If you like, he will come and he will present that application to you. According to Chris there will be an emergency preparedness collaboration between Civil Defense and the Puna Action Committee. They will be using Keaau High School and will be showing different aspects of being prepared for emergencies. This is for the rural areas such as Leilani Estates and Fern Acres where they’re really trying to encourage the neighborhood associations to be more on top of getting involved with the first responders. Some of those people have gone to Oahu to get training. And they inform the residents in their subdivision what’s available in terms of emergency, evacuation, shelter. Communication/Education, Housing, Employment Committee Because the understanding from legal advisor is that if there is no active objective on an ad hoc committee, then we should do away with it, it was decided to discontinue Communication/Education, Housing, and Employment Committees for now. Recreation Committee The Recreation Committee designed the letter so that’s done. Wes stated that at the last meeting Alisa mentioned discussing an activity to recognize persons in the community who provide services to people with disabilities. Since Alisa is not here it was decided to wait until she is present. 4