Attachment E

 

Pursuant to paragraph 24 of the Agreement, within one month of the effective date of this Agreement, the City will request in writing that each of the owners and operators of the polling places listed below will remove the noted barriers to access for persons with disabilities and the City will distribute to them the Department's ADA Checklist for Polling Places (www.ada.gov/votingck.htm).  The request will specify that the remediation be completed within one year of the effective date of this Agreement.  The City will simultaneously send a courtesy copy of the request to the Department:

 

1.         Helen Keller School:

 

a.         There is a built-up curb ramp in one of the parking spaces designated as reserved for persons with disabilities.  If a vehicle is parked in that space, there is no accessible route to the area used for voting.  Provide at least one accessible route within the boundary of the site connecting these elements that, to the maximum extent feasible, coincides with the route for the general public.  The accessible route must have a minimum clear width of 36 inches, or a minimum clear width of 42 inches if there is a turn around an obstruction less than 48 inches wide; have passing spaces at least 60 inches by 60 inches at least every 200 feet; have a minimum clear headroom of 80 inches; have a surface that is firm, stable, and slip resistant; have, in the absence of a curb ramp, ramp, elevator, or platform lift, no level changes in excess of ½ inch vertically; and have a running slope of less than 1:20 (5%) (or have been constructed as a fully accessible ramp) and a cross slope of less than 1:50 (2%).  Standards §§ 4.3, 4.5, Fig. 7.

 

b.         The third space designated as reserved for persons with disabilities lacks adequate demarcation.  Ensure that standard accessible spaces are a minimum of 96 inches wide and served by access aisles at least 60 inches wide.  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 "Van-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).