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he is here and wants to be part of the group. He thanked the committee and invited <br />them to feel free to stop by and visit. <br /> <br />Presentation by Stan Shigeishi of Stan’s Taxi Regarding the Need for a <br />Wheelchair Lift on a Taxi Van <br /> <br />W. Tanigawa <br /> stated that he left a message for Stan about today’s meeting but it looks <br />like he was not able to make it. We can move this for another meeting. <br /> <br />Discussion of Additional Recommendations to the Mayor Regarding Public <br />Transportation <br /> <br />W. Tanigawa <br /> stated the committee would like to add in public transportation to the <br />airport as one of the recommendations. <br /> <br />C. Cholas <br /> agreed that it is definitely needed - bus service for everyone and specialized <br />services like wheelchair lift service. Many wheelchair users have to be on their chair <br />and cannot get off their chair to sit in the taxi. <br /> <br />E. Burton <br /> wanted something done to make the taxi companies be more accountable for <br />the services they should be providing. He feels that once the taxi companies pass their <br />L. Tarring <br />probation period, they don’t service disabled people like they should. agreed <br />with Ed. She was also left waiting for a cab that never came. She stated that when she <br />first signed up for Shared Ride Taxi service there were seven taxi cab companies and <br />now there are only four. She also recommended using County Coordinated Services <br />for the Elderly for transportation to a doctor’s appointment, getting medications and to <br />do food shopping. <br /> <br />J. FloydW. Tanigawa <br />After inquired about the discussion, notified him that this is an <br />addendum to that report and we were adding public transportation and improving the <br />Shared Ride Taxi. Jesse feels that there is no accountability in place that takes this <br />information and works with it, gets community input and tries to develop a coordinated <br />transportation system with coordinated plans. <br /> <br />H. Hedrick <br /> had requested a Mass Transit Agency plan eight years ago. She stated that <br />there is still no plan, no coordination, no accountability, and there has been no response <br />from various department heads, specifically Mass Transit Agency and the Mayor’s <br />Office, to repeated requests. She stated that it is 2015 and the committee is only now <br />developing an addendum to this problem. She stated that it’s been years now since the <br />Mayor has been contacted and nothing has happened. At one time she said that Bob <br />Jacobson believed that it was important to have public transportation to the airport so he <br />took it to the Council and twice they did not vote for it. <br /> <br />J Yoshimoto <br />Regarding public transportation to the airport, does remember it coming <br />before the Council. Basically that’s what happened. It became a political issue. It was <br />addressed but did not pass any legislation to basically make it happen. <br /> <br />P. Aughe <br /> suggested that maybe it is time to revisit having the people that were invited <br />to our meetings to come back and give us a report based on the discussion that we had <br />in 2013 and see where they are at in terms of the recommendations we made. <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />