Attachment L: Access to Gary Programs Housed
in Others= Facilities
Access to City
Programs Housed in Others= Facilities: In order to ensure that the City=s programs, services, and activities that are
the subject of this Agreement and that are operated by the City at facilities
owned or controlled by other entities, when viewed in its entirety, are readily
accessible to and usable by persons with mobility impairments, the City will
take the following actions:
1.
Within 24
months of the effective date of this Agreement, the City will implement and
report to the Department its written plan regarding how the City=s programs, activities, and services will be
made accessible to persons with disabilities at the Community Development
Office, 201 East 5th Avenue:
b.
Permanent
Room Signage: The permanent room signs do not have raised and Braille characters, are not mounted
at 60 inches above the finished floor, and are not on the latch side of the
door. Provide permanent room signage
with upper case, sans serif or simple serif type letters and numerals, meeting
the requirements of the Standards for character height, raised characters,
finish and contrast, accompanied by Grade 2 Braille; mounted on the wall
adjacent to the latch side of the door or on the nearest adjacent wall at a
height of 60 inches above the finished floor to the centerline of the sign; and
located so that a person may approach within 3 inches of the signage without
encountering protruding objects or standing within the swing of a door. Standards '' 4.30.1, 4.30.4, 4.30.5, 4.30.6.
c.
Entrance to
Community Development Office: The door to the Community Development Office
is inaccessible because knob hardware is used.
Provide a door with hardware that is easy to grasp with one hand and
that does not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist to
operate. Lever-operated mechanisms,
push-type mechanisms, and U-shaped handles are acceptable designs. Standards ' 4.13.9.
d.
Men=s and Women=s Toilet Room with Stalls: Both toilet rooms contain a number of inaccessible elements, including
the toilet room entrances, mirrors, toilet stalls, toilet grab bars, urinal,
coat hooks, and lavatories. Provide an
accessible unisex toilet room such that all of the room=s elements, including signage, door, door hardware,
clear floor space, water closet, stall size and arrangement, stall door, urinal
(if provided), grab bars, lavatory, mirror, controls, and dispensers, comply
with the Standards. Provide accessible
directional signage with the International Symbol of Accessibility at the
inaccessible toilet rooms indicating the location of the nearest accessible
toilet room, and provide accessible signage with the International Symbol of
Accessibility at all accessible toilet rooms.
Standards '' 4.1.2(7)(d), 4.1.6(3)(e)(iii), 4.13,
4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.26, 4.27, 4.30.1, 4.30.2, 4.30.3, 4.30.5, 4.30.7,
Fig. 30.
2.
Within 12
months of the effective date of this Agreement, the City will implement and
report to the Department its written plan regarding how the City=s programs, activities, and services will be
made accessible to persons with disabilities at the Health Department Annex,
3814 Grant Street:
a.
Parking:
Although there are 23 spaces, none are designated as reserved for
persons with disabilities. On the
shortest accessible route to the accessible entrance, provide one van accessible
space designated as reserved for people with disabilities. Ensure that van accessible spaces are a
minimum of 96 inches wide and served by access aisles at least 96 inches
wide. At all spaces designated as
reserved for persons with disabilities, provide vertical signs with the
International Symbol of Accessibility located such that they cannot be
obstructed by parked vehicles. At van
accessible spaces, provide an additional AVan-Accessible@ sign located below the International Symbol
of Accessibility. Ensure that all
spaces and access aisles for persons with disabilities are flat and level, with
slopes and cross-slopes not exceeding 1:50 in all directions, and that their
surfaces are firm, stable, and slip-resistant.
Standards '' 4.1.2(5), 4.6, 4.30.7(1).
b.
Social
Worker=s Office
i.
There is a one
inch threshold in the route to the social worker=s
office. Provide an accessible route to
the Social Worker=s Office with required minimum width, passing
space, head room, surface textures, slopes, and changes in level. Standards '' 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.8.
ii.
The office
entrance is inaccessible because knob hardware is used. Provide a door with hardware that is easy to
grasp with one hand and that does not require tight grasping, pinching, or
twisting of the wrist to operate.
Lever-operated mechanisms, push-type mechanisms, and U-shaped handles
are acceptable designs. Standards ' 4.13.9.
c.
Unisex
Single-User Toilet Room: The toilet room contains a number of
inaccessible elements, including the signage, toilet room entrance, towel
dispenser, toilet, grab bars, coat hook, and lavatory. Provide an accessible unisex toilet room such
that all of the room=s elements, including signage, door, door
hardware, clear floor space, water closet, stall size and arrangement, stall
door, urinal (if provided), grab bars, lavatory, mirror, controls, and dispensers,
comply with the Standards. Provide
accessible directional signage with the International Symbol of Accessibility
at the inaccessible toilet rooms indicating the location of the nearest
accessible toilet room, and provide accessible signage with the International
Symbol of Accessibility at all accessible toilet rooms. Standards '' 4.1.2(7)(d), 4.1.6(3)(e)(iii), 4.13, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19,
4.26, 4.27, 4.30.1, 4.30.2, 4.30.3, 4.30.5, 4.30.7, Fig. 30.
3.
Within 12
months of the effective date of this Agreement, the City will implement and
report to the Department its written plan regarding how the City=s programs, activities, and services will be
made accessible to persons with disabilities at the Lake Street
Community-Oriented Policing (COP) Office, 601 Lake Street:
a.
Exterior
Entrance: There is a 6 inch step up to the office with
no alternate accessible entrance.
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 '' 4.13.8, 4.5.2.
4.
Within 12
months of the effective date of this Agreement, the City will implement and
report to the Department its written plan regarding how the City=s programs, activities, and services will be
made accessible to persons with disabilities at the Tri-City
Community-Oriented Policing (COP) Office, 4491 West 5th Street:
a.
Parking: The
parking reserved for persons with disabilities lacks appropriate signage. At all spaces designated as reserved for
persons with disabilities, provide vertical signs with the International Symbol
of Accessibility located such that they cannot be obstructed by parked
vehicles. At van accessible spaces,
provide an additional AVan-Accessible@
sign located below the International Symbol of Accessibility. Standards '' 4.6.4, 4.30.7(1).