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Committee on Aging Meeting Minutes of September 26, 2018 Page 3 needed for meals to be delivered to the home. O'ahu office does not re- quire it. Lito shared that Hawaii County started requesting physician's notes as an alternative to waiting for Case Management to approve; this shortens waiting time. 6. HARA / Union meeting: Kimo shared that he presented at their last meeting. The attendees at the meeting shared that they are concerned that Medicare and Medicaid is running out of money. What will happen when they age? 7. Kupuna Trans: Mark Nakashima has been awarded approx. $700K to use for social transportation for Kupuna in District 1. The award will go into the Parks & Recreation budget, and will eventually come out to $500K/3 years. The program will use RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program) drivers and service the Kaumana to Hamakua Districts. 7. GOAL #3 OF THE AREA PLAN: ENHANCE THE ADRC We used this time to discuss the development of a new Area Plan. Clayton Honma reported that: • Debbie Wills will take the lead. The overall 5 goals remain the same; it will simply need to be updated. • Clayton Honma passed out the "Hawai'i County Office of Aging Key Informant Needs Assessment Survey" for us to fill out. We felt that it was for agencies, not for people like us. We asked that another one be developed. (Later, Debbie sent us an appropriate one; she had sent the wrong one to the meeting.) • Two focus groups on needs assessment are planned; one in Hilo and one in Kona. It was suggested that this may not reflect the issues of rural Kupuna; Kimo and Clayton said they would consider doing two more in Puna and Waimea. • It was asked whether there was an evaluation of the last plan. Kimo said that yes, there is an evaluation, and the Committee will get copies. • Lito, Chair of the ad hoc sub -committee on the Area Plan will talk with Debbie to see how the committee can assist. 8. FINALIZE BY-LAWS: The two changes passed last meeting: (1) reducing the quorum to 1/3 and (2) updating the section on meeting notification. It have been incorporated into the new By-laws that are now in effect. 9. LEGISLATIVE ISSUES: Jim Cisler from PABEA had nothing new to report. Lito Asuncion asked PABEA to stop the practice of "gut and rep/ace"that is common in the legislature. Jim felt that PABEA must focus on senior issues and that others will take the lead on that one. Shelly Ogata, member with PABEA, shared that the legislative Kupuna Cau- cus just released a statement asking for input, so if anyone has ideas, please share with PABEA. Kimo shared that these suggestions/comments can be sent to Meizhu for collection and discussion, then will be forwarded on to PABEA and HCOA.