Attachment I: Modifications to Newly
Constructed Facilities
Please Note:
Paragraph 44 of the Settlement Agreement requires that within eighteen months of
the effective date of this Agreement, the City will provide signage as necessary
to comply with 28 C.F.R. ' 35.163(b),
after having surveyed all facilities that are the subject of this Agreement for
the purpose of identifying those that have multiple entrances not all of which
are accessible.
In order to
ensure that the following spaces and elements in City facilities, for which
construction was commenced after January 26, 1992, are readily accessible to and
usable by persons with disabilities, the City will take the following
actions:
Public Safety
Complex - 325
Washington Street Within three years of the effective date of
this agreement, except where otherwise noted, the City will complete the
following modifications to the Public Safety
Complex:
A.
Parking Garage and Front Parking Lot
1.
The parking
garage (459 parking spaces), and the front parking lot immediately in front of
the Public Safety Complex (57 parking spaces), lack adequate numbers of spaces
designated for people with disabilities and appropriate signage. In the parking garage, on the shortest
accessible route to the accessible entrance, provide 2 van accessible spaces and
7 standard spaces designated as reserved for people with disabilities. In the front parking lot, provide 1 van
accessible space and 2 standard spaces designated as reserved for people with
disabilities. Standard accessible
spaces shall be a minimum of 96 inches wide and served by access aisles at least
60 inches wide. Van accessible
spaces shall be a minimum of 96 inches wide and served by access aisles at least
96 inches wide. All spaces
designated as reserved for people with disabilities shall have vertical signs
with the International Symbol of Accessibility located such that they cannot be
obstructed by parked vehicles. Van
accessible spaces shall have an additional AVan-Accessible@ sign located below the International Symbol
of Accessibility. Standards
'' 4.1.2(5), 4.6,
4.30.7(1).
2.
In the parking
garage, the spaces reserved for persons with disabilities are inaccessible
because the cross slope of the access aisle is not level. Provide designated accessible parking
spaces and access aisles that are flat and level, with slopes and cross-slopes
not exceeding 1:50 in all directions, with surfaces that are firm, stable, and
slip-resistant. Standards
'' 4.1.2(5), 4.3.6, 4.5.1, 4.6.3.
3.
The parking
garage doorway is inaccessible because there is a 2 inch change in level at the
threshold to the door. Provide an
accessible door with a threshold that is no greater than 3 inch, or is no greater than 2 inch and is beveled with a slope no greater
than 1:2. Standards '' 4.1.3(7)(a), 4.13.8,
4.5.2.
B.
Telephone on
Accessible Route
1.
The telephone
at the Public Safety Complex is inaccessible because it lacks signage. Provide an accessible telephone with a
clear floor space of at least 30 inches by 48 inches that allows either a
forward or parallel approach by a person using a wheelchair such that bases,
enclosures, and fixed seats do not impede approaches to the telephone; with the
highest operable part of the telephone mounted no more than 48 inches above the
floor for a front approach or no more than 54 inches above the floor for a side
approach; that is hearing aid compatible and has a volume control mechanism;
with telephone books, if provided, located between 15 and 48 inches above the
finished floor for a front approach or between 9 and 54 inches above the
finished floor for a side approach; with a cord of at least 29 inches long from
the telephone to the handset; and with signage that complies with the
Standards. Standards '' 4.1.3(17), 4.31,
4.30.7(2).
C.
Lobby
Elevators
1.
The two
elevators at the Public Safety Complex are inaccessible because the doors close
less than 5 seconds after notification and do not remain open for 20 seconds
after reopening. Provide doors that
open and close automatically with a reopening device that will stop and reopen
the car door and hoistway door automatically if the door becomes obstructed by
an object or person. Ensure that
the device is capable of completing these operations without requiring contact
for obstructions passing through the opening at heights of 5 inches and 29
inches above the finished floor; that door reopening devices remain effective
for at least 20 seconds, after which the doors may close; that the minimum time
from notification that a car is answering a call until the doors of that car
start to close is 5 seconds; and that the minimum time for elevator doors to
remain fully open in response to a car call is 3 seconds. Standards '' 4.1.3(5), 4.10.6, 4.10.7, 4.10.8, Figs.
20, 21.
2.
The left
elevator at the Public Safety Complex is inaccessible because the emergency
communication system does not work.
Provide a two-way communication system such that it does not require
voice communication, the highest operable part is a maximum of 48 inches above
the finished floor of the car, and it is identified by a raised symbol and
lettering located adjacent to the device.
If the system uses a handset, ensure that the length of the cord from the
panel to the handset is at least 29 inches. If the system is located in a closed
compartment, ensure that the compartment door hardware operates without tight
grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist. Standards '' 4.1.3(5),
4.10.14.
D.
Police
Department Locker Rooms
1.
The door on the
employee-only Police Department men=s locker room is inaccessible because the
pressure required to open the door is 15 pounds. Provide a door that requires no more
than 5 pounds of force to open.
Standards '' 4.1.3(7)(b),
4.13.11(2)(b).
2.
The benches in
the Men=s and Women=s Police Department locker rooms are not
attached to the wall. In each
locker room, provide a 24 inch by 48 inch bench fixed to the wall along the
bench=s longer dimension. Ensure that the bench has sufficient
structural strength and is mounted with its surface between 17 inches and 19
inches above the finished floor.
Provide clear floor space alongside the bench to allow a person using a
wheelchair to make a parallel transfer onto the bench. Standards '' 4.1.3(21), 4.35.4, 4.26.3.
E.
Municipal Court
1.
The courtroom
is inaccessible to people with hearing impairments because there is no assistive
listening system. Provide a
permanently installed assistive listening system (ALS) or a portable ALS with an
adequate number of electrical outlets or other supplementary wiring necessary to
support a portable assistive listening system. Also provide 2 receivers for use by the
general public and signage indicating their availability. 28 C.F.R. 35.160; Standards '' 4.1.3(19)(b), 4.30,
4.33.
F.
Drinking
Fountains
1.
The drinking
fountains throughout the Public Safety Complex are inaccessible because the
controls require more than 5 pounds to operate. Provide a drinking fountain with
controls mounted on or near the front edge that are operable with one hand, that
require 5 lbf or less to operate, and that can be operated without tight
grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist. Standards '' 4.1.3(10), 4.15.4, 4.27.4.
G.
Toilet Rooms
with Stalls 1st Floor B Public and Police Department (Employee
only)
1.
The toilet room
doors are inaccessible because the pressure required to open the doors is
greater than 5 pounds. For each
toilet room, provide doors that require no more than 5 pounds of force to
open. Standards '' 4.1.3(7)(b),
4.13.11(2)(b).
2.
The route to
the toilet stall in the first floor public men=s room is inaccessible because the paper
towel dispenser is a protruding object that would not be detectable to a blind
person using a cane. Provide an
accessible route at this location such that no objects with their bottom edges
measuring between 27 inches and 80 inches above the finished floor protrude more
than 4 inches into walks, halls, corridors, passageways, or aisles. Free-standing objects mounted on posts
or pylons may overhang 12 inches maximum from 27 inches to 80 inches above the
ground or finished floor. Standards
'' 4.1.2(3), 4.4.
H.
Auditorium
1.
There is no
accessible route connecting the wheelchair seating areas and the stage because
the rise to the stage is 4 2 inches. Provide an accessible route connecting
the wheelchair seating locations to all spaces used by performers. Standards '' 4.1.3(19)(a), 4.3,
4.33.5.
2.
The
performances on the stage are inaccessible to people with hearing impairments
because there is no assistive listening system. Provide a permanently installed
assistive listening system (ALS) or a portable ALS with an adequate number of
electrical outlets or other supplementary wiring necessary to support a portable
assistive listening system. Also
provide 4 receivers (4% of 105 total seats) for use by the general public and
signage indicating their availability.
28 C.F.R. 35.160; Standards '' 4.1.3(19)(b), 4.30, 4.33.
I.
Housing Court and Offices
1.
The door in the
courtroom is inaccessible because the pressure required to open the door exceeds
5 pounds. Provide a door that
requires no more than 5 pounds of force to open. Standards '' 4.1.3(7)(b), 4.13.11(2)(b).