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<br /> ADA Coordinator’s Report <br />August 19, 2015 <br /> <br /> <br />ADA Training for Hele-On bus Operators <br />Earlier this month at the request of the Mass Transit Agency, I conducted Americans <br />with Disabilities Act and Service Animal training for Hele-On Bus operators in Hilo. We <br />also used a DVD from Easter Seals Project Action, A.C.C.E.S.S. Matters, which took <br />bus operators through various scenarios with passengers with disabilities. Waylen <br />Leopoldino from our Department of Human Resources also conducted Customer <br />Service training. <br /> <br />Multi-Modal Master Plan for Downtown Hilo <br />I attended a “Zoom In – Zoom Out” meeting for the Multi-Modal Master Plan for <br />Downtown Hilo. The need for more viable parking spaces to make downtown more <br />attractive to consumers and a shuttle bus for the downtown Hilo area was discussed. <br /> <br />8th Annual Municipal Attorneys Training Conference <br />I prepared and delivered a presentation on “The Legal Framework for Making Electronic <br />Information Accessible to Individuals with Disabilities” at the 8th Annual Municipal <br />Attorneys Training Conference last week at the Hapuna Beach Prince. <br />Dr. Larry Scadden, former chairperson of the Mayor’s Committee on People with <br />Disabilities, joined me to discuss the barriers that people with different disabilities <br />encounter in the virtual world. <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />