ATTACHMENT J: Modifications to Altered Facilities

Please Note: Paragraph 35 of the Settlement Agreement requires that within three 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.

The chart below lists the facilities surveyed by the Department, the access issues identified during the survey, and the actions required to correct the access issues. Required actions are listed using an alphanumeric code. The key to the alphanumeric codes is provided in Attachment M to this Agreement.

In order to ensure that the following spaces and elements in the City’s facilities in which alterations occurred after January 26, 1992, are readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities, the City will take the actions referenced by the alphanumeric code and described in detail in Attachment M to this Settlement Agreement within the time period specified below, which time period will begin to run on the effective date of this Agreement.

Cemetery, located at 608 W. 8^th Ave., Fort Morgan, CO

Parking: The parking lot, with no marked spaces, has no designated accessible spaces provided. This lot requires at least one van accessible space, to the extent that it continues to be used for parking.

P1

6 months

Entrance: The entrance to the office area, which was constructed between 1992 and 2012, contains two doors in a series creating a vestibule. The vestibule between the doors is not sufficiently deep.

D4

6 months

Men’s Toilet Room

The pull side of the door has less than the required 60” minimum depth because the water closet is in the clear floor space.

D5

18 months

There is insufficient clear floor space provided at the toilet, due to the door swing.

TR24

18 months

The lavatory water supply and drain pipes are not insulated or otherwise configured to protect against contact.

LS2

18 months

The paper towel dispenser contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities. Additionally, it protrudes into a walkway and is not detectable to blind persons using a cane.

AR7, CT1

18 months

The soap dispenser contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities.

CT1

18 months

The side grab bar is mounted with the far end 51 inches from the rear wall.

TR17

18 months

Women’s Toilet Room

The pull side of the door has less than the required 60” minimum depth because the water closet is in the clear floor space.

D5

18 months

There is insufficient clear floor space provided at the toilet, due to the door swing.

TR24

18 months

The paper towel dispenser contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities.

CT1

18 months

The toilet’s flush control is on the closed side.

TR4

18 months

The side grab bar is mounted with the far end 51 inches from the rear wall.

TR17

18 months

City Complex, located at 710 E. Railroad Ave., Fort Morgan, CO

Parking: The parking lot serving the Utility Billing Office, with a total of 48 parking spaces, has no designated van accessible space provided and the designated accessible space on the right is not served by an access aisle. This lot requires 1 van accessible space and 1 standard accessible space.

P1

6 months

Entrance to Utility Billing Office: There is a slope of 9.1% within the door’s required maneuvering clearance.

D7

30 months

Entrance to Planning and Zoning Office: There is a slope of 7.1% within the door’s required maneuvering clearance. The vestibule between the doors does not provide sufficient maneuvering clearances.

D4, D7

30 months

Women’s Toilet Room: The toilet room contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities.

TR1

30 months

Men’s Toilet Room: The toilet room contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities.

TR1

30 months

City Hall, located at 110 Main Street, Fort Morgan, CO

There are no vertical signs designating the accessible parking spaces.

P3

6 months

There is no sign to notify the user that the lift is not available on the level where the user needs it, and the user must know to use the down or up arrows to summon the lift.

LF1

6 months

Elevator:

The clearance between the car platform sill and the edge of the hoistway landing is 1-1/2 inches.

E9

18 months

The elevator emergency buttons are not grouped together at the bottom of the panel and are not marked with an appropriate symbol.

E4E8

18 months

2^nd Floor Drinking Fountain: Although a designated accessible drinking fountain is provided, there is no drinking fountain provided for people who have difficulty bending or stooping.

DF3

6 months

2^nd Floor Unisex Toilet Room:

The top of the toilet seat is 15 inches high.

TR9

6 months

The pedestal lavatory lacks the required toe and knee clearance.

LS3

6 months

Basement Women’s Toilet Room:

The surface-mounted paper towel dispenser, which is kept stocked, contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities. The recessed paper towel dispenser would be accessible to persons with disabilities, but it is not kept stocked.

AR7

6 months

The surface-mounted paper towel dispenser protrudes into the walkway and is not detectable to blind persons using a cane.

CT1

6 months

The toilet’s flush control is on the closed side.

TR4

6 months

The centerline of the left toilet paper dispenser is more than 36" from the rear wall.

TR6

6 months

The toilet seat cover dispenser is mounted too high for a side reach and no forward reach is possible given the limited space between the water closet and the side partition.

CT4

6 months

The toilet compartment for persons who use wheelchairs is inaccessible because the door is not self-closing.

TR23

6 months

Basement Men’s Toilet Room:

The centerline of the far toilet paper roll is too far from the rear wall.

TR6

6 months

Library and Museum, located at 414 Main Street, Fort Morgan, CO

Entrances: Although the Main Street entrance is accessible to persons with disabilities, at the State Street Entrance there is no level landing within the door’s required maneuvering clearance. The building does not have directional signage posted at the inaccessible State Street entrance directing patrons with disabilities to use the accessible Main Street entrance.

D10, D7

6 months

Community Room: The kitchenette includes a microwave oven that is mounted with its highest operable part at 62 inches high over the food preparation counter. The top of the sink is at 36 inches high and no knee clearance is provided.

LS3, CT3, K1

18 months

Elevator: The elevator car position indicators do not emit audible signals sounding once for up and twice for down.

E10

6 months

Unisex Accessible Toilet Room 106:

The surface-mounted paper towel dispenser, which is kept stocked, contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities. The recessed paper towel dispenser would be accessible to persons with disabilities, but it is not kept stocked.

AR7

6 months

Although diaper changing stations are provided at the adjacent inaccessible men’s and women’s toilet rooms, no diaper changing station is provided in the unisex accessible toilet room.

EB1

6 months

Inaccessible Toilet Rooms Adjacent to Unisex Accessible Toilet Room 106: The men’s and women’s toilet rooms are designated with the International Symbol of Accessibility, when they are not accessible. Remove the International Symbol of Accessibility on the signs for these toilet rooms.

TR10

6 months

Drinking Fountain: Although a designated accessible drinking fountain is provided next to unisex toilet room 106, there is no drinking fountain provided for people who have difficulty bending or stooping and the moveable box step at the designated accessible drinking fountain interferes with knee and toe clearances.

DF3

6 months

Library Doors: Some of the doors within the library, including the door to the computer lab, have knob hardware that requires tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist to operate.

D2

6 months

Accessible Route to Children’s Library: Nondisabled patrons may access the lower level Children’s Library by walking down a flight of stairs. Although a somewhat circuitous accessible route is available to the Children’s Library via the building’s main elevator from the common interior hallway, there is no sign indicating the availability of an accessible route and the route cannot be used independently without asking for assistance or requesting a key at the circulation desk.

AR8

6 months

Police Department and Municipal Court, located at 901 Beaver Avenue, Fort Morgan, CO

Parking

The parking lot has no van accessible parking space.

P5

6 months

The designated accessible parking space on the west side has a cross slope of up to 2.6%.

P4

6 months

Neither of the two designated accessible spaces has an access aisle.

P2

6 months

The curb ramps serving the designated accessible parking spaces lack a 36 inch minimum long top landing and the flared sides have slopes greater than 1:10.

AR3, AR4

6 months

Signage: The signs provided for permanent rooms do not consistently have raised and Braille characters.

D15

6 months

Lobby - Inaccessible Toilet Rooms (unaltered elements)

There is no signage directing people with disabilities to the accessible toilet rooms located at the court / basement level.

TR10

6 months

Although the facility contains a fire alarm system, there are no visible alarms provided in the lobby toilet rooms.

AL1

18 months

Court Service Counter (altered element):

The counter protrudes into the walkway and is not detectable to blind persons using a cane.

AR7

6 months

The counter is 38 inches high.

C1

6 months

Drinking Fountain - Court Level (altered element): Although a designated accessible drinking fountain is provided, there is no drinking fountain provided for people who have difficulty bending or stooping.

DF3

6 months

Men’s Toilet Room - Court Level (altered element):

The toilet room sign is mounted on the door.

TR11

6 months

No accessible mirror has been provided.

TR5

6 months

The surface-mounted paper towel dispenser, which is kept stocked, contains a number of inaccessible elements and is not accessible to people with disabilities. The recessed paper towel dispenser would be accessible to persons with disabilities, but it is not kept stocked.

AR7

6 months

Women’s Toilet Room - Court Level (altered element):

The toilet room sign is mounted on the door.

TR11

6 months

No accessible mirror has been provided.

TR5

6 months

The toilet paper dispenser is mounted with the far end more than 36 inches from the rear wall; the centerline is not within 7-9 inches from the front of the toilet.

TR6

6 months

Courtroom (altered element)

The sign identifying the courtroom is a piece of paper mounted on the door and it does not have raised and Braille characters.

D15

6 months

The courtroom, with a defined occupancy load of 145, has only wheelchair space provided in the back of the room, with no companion seats. A total of 2 wheelchair spaces is required, located at the front of the courtroom’s spectator gallery.

AA6

18 months

There is no assistive listening system provided.

AA10

6 months