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<br />Jesse also stated that Curtis Tyler who is the chair of the State DD Council and <br />the West Hawai‘i DD Committee, would like to know if this committee has plans <br />to meet over in Kona. <br /> <br />P. De Lima <br /> agreed that the committee should have a meeting in Kona. Her <br />personal thought is that Kona should have its own committee because it’s just <br />too hard. She would like to firm up the dates for the meetings with Public Works, <br />Mass Transit and Police, and then fit in Kona for one of the meetings. Jesse will <br />suggest to Curtis Tyler about having a separate committee for Kona and have <br />him contact the Mayor regarding that. Paige stated that if that’s not possible then <br />the committee will just deal with it. <br /> <br />L. Tobosa <br /> just wanted to say that she had an opportunity to attend the National <br />Council on Independent Living, (NCIL) Conference in Washington, D.C. This <br />was done through the statewide Independent Living Council here where she <br />serves on the board. They are pushing for Senate Bill 1356 to go through and <br />this is the reauthorization of the Rehab Act. Congress is supposed to reauthorize <br />this legislation every five years but it’s been nearly 15 years since they did that. <br />So they are trying to get that passed and in the bill instead of CIL, Centers for <br />Independent Living and the Statewide Independent Living Councils be under <br />RSA (Rehabilitative Services Administration), they wanted to be under ILA, which <br />is Independent Living Administration. They want it moved out from what it is <br />now. So RSA will have nothing to do with it. And this ILA will be under the <br />Department of Education. The other priority is ABLE act. They are trying to pass <br />this bill which will allow individuals and families to save more private funds for <br />parents of a child with a disability, tax free account which is an ABLE account <br />that they can put in for the support of their health care, their education, their <br />independent living and all of that. That’s another priority. So if you go to the <br />website, NCIL.com it has all the priorities. The last couple of pages show a <br />summary of what they are supporting and what they are opposing. <br /> <br />ADJOURNMENT <br /> <br />Meeting adjourned 11:40. <br /> <br />NEXT MEETING <br /> <br />To Be Announced <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Sandra Arriola <br />Transcriber <br /> <br />6 <br />