2015, 03-18, Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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J Yoshimoto informed the committee that Darryl Oliveira did provide a presentation for the Council recently. So, maybe as a precursor to this invitation, we watch the February 3, 2015 meeting. Go to the County website at hawaiicounty.gov and click on Council meetings on the left margin, look for Public Safety and Mass Transit Committees, and fast forward to the discussion with Civil Defense. . A. Mitchener feels that the committee needs to educate themselves about the whole disaster process before they make recommendations to the Mayor. So, once they have a common piece of information, then they can call for public response. Discussion Regarding Representation from Kona L. Tobosa inquired about suggestions regarding Kona representation. According to Laura, in the past, the committee would go to Kona every third month or so. One month would be in Hilo and the next in Kona. Because of budget cuts Kona meetings had to be limited. There was one meeting in Kona and no one from the public attended. Jesslie Hook was the representative from Kona but she resigned. G. Avilla will ask people from support groups in Kona if they would be interested in J. Floyd being a member. will be in Kona on the first Wednesday for IDD and he stated that if the committee had something that they wanted announced he could issue an announcement to them. A. Mitchener announced that in the past the committee had a brochure that outlined their purpose and contact information. She will check if she still has it. She suggested it would be good to have a flyer or a brochure to share and say that we’re actively seeking members from Kona. REPORT OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘IEQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICER AND ADA COORDINATOR, TERI SPINOLA-CAMPBELL See attached report. REVIEW FROM COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I ADA RECREATION SPECIALIST, ALISA MITCHENER See attached report. ANNOUNCEMENTS J. Floyd announced that the 2015 East Hawai‘i Disability Legislative Forum will be scheduled for August 20, from 4-7:00 p.m. at Aunty Sally’s. We’re looking at having the organization which the State of Hawai‘i belongs to and that is called Employment First do a mentoring program. It is going to be scheduled for May 20 for Hilo. There will be three sessions. One in the morning, which is for front line staff. From 2-3:30 p.m., it will be for employers. The one in the evening is from 6-7:30 p.m. and it’s going to be a family informational session with families and advocates. Once I get that done, I’ll have more information on where it’s going to be. -3-