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ADA Coordinator’s Report <br />April - June 2014 <br /> <br />April: <br />I attended a one day conference the Disability and <br /> <br /> <br />Communication Access Board sponsored in Honolulu. Melissa <br />Anderson, Transportation Engineer with the U.S. Access Board <br />presented on Accessible Pedestrian Facilities. Warren Lee, the <br />Director of Public Works, and Casey Yanagihara from the <br />Engineering Division also attended. <br /> <br />I conducted Service Animal training for the staff of Hui Malama Ola <br /> <br /> <br />Na Oiwi in Hilo. Hui Malama is federally funded to provide health <br />education, health promotion, and outreach to native Hawaiians <br />and others who qualify for their services. <br /> <br />May: <br />An amended Request for Modification Procedure (RFMP) was <br /> <br /> <br />distributed to our departments and is now posted on the Equal <br />Opportunity Officer’s web page. The amended procedure was <br />submitted to the Federal Court in February prior to our annual <br />conference call in Russell v. the County of Hawai‘i. The new RFMP <br />clarifies its purpose and intent so those making requests have a <br />better understanding of the criteria we use to consider requests. <br /> <br />The Job Accommodation Network in conjunction with the Business <br /> <br /> <br />Leadership Network conducted “Building an Inclusive Workforce” <br />on May 15. The focus was on reasonable accommodation and the <br />interactive process. The session was well attended by County <br />employees. <br /> <br />I coordinated a DCAB training in Hilo on May 20. Mona Higa from <br /> <br /> <br />the Facility Access Unit of the Disability and Communication Access <br />Board delivered two presentations on ADA 2010 Standards – <br />“Application and Scoping Requirements” in the morning and <br />“Providing Access to Public Facilities” in the afternoon. The training <br />was targeted to design professionals and attended by County <br />employees and external consultants. <br /> <br />ADA Coordinator’s Report <br />April - June 2014 <br />Also in May, I conducted two Reasonable Modification training sessions <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />for County employees with William Brilhante, Deputy Corporation Council. <br /> <br />June <br />Anthony Akamine, Election Information Specialist with the State’s <br /> <br /> <br />Office of Elections conducted a session for our Nutrition Site <br />7 <br /> <br />