[Access] Accessibility/Facilities items

[Lucinda Pitcairn]

Leslie, I agree. In fact, I KNOW it is just a simple swap out. I've had 
it done on two doors in my house by a friend. I invite anyone to come to 
my house to see them in action.  Cindy

leslie gilbert wrote:
> I think he is misinformed about the door hinges.  It should be a 
> simple swap-out of the hinges, of course that will only gain you an 
> inch or two.  Ideally, the changing table up there could be moved and 
> then a new, wider doorway created, but that _would_ be a major 
> undertaking.
>
> > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:41:37 -0800
> > To: access at uueugene.org
> > From: ruthken at pacinfo.com
> > Subject: [Access] Accessibility/Facilities items
> >
> > Accessibility Friends,
> >
> > Since your meeting on December 4 is right AFTER our meeting, I
> > thought I would alert you to items on our agenda and where I think
> > things stand with them. These comments are so you can give me input,
> > so that I can help the Facilities Council decide what can and should
> > be done.
> >
> > 1. Today, Leslie Gilbert and I Iooked at the accessibility from the
> > parking area with a focus on wheelchair accessibility via a ramp. We
> > recommend that a five-foot strip be available for this, located as
> > follows: facing the church from the parking lot, it would be just to
> > the right of the church post nearest the street. We would paint this
> > strip yellow, and I would like a sign explaining why. I recommend
> > "Wheelchair Loading Zone." As to the ramp, I favor accepting Cindy's
> > offer to look into a portable ramp. The height of the curb at our
> > recommendation location is about 3 1/2 inches.
> >
> > Because of concerns expressed about parking down near the street,
> > I've been watching that area and haven't seen what appear to be
> > problems. I need to know more what the problems are, and then I need
> > to understand David Gilmartin's ideas of what might be done (signs,
> > cones, etc?).
> >
> > 2. George Koris and I looked at the idea of making the doors to the
> > two more-nearly-ADA-compliant restrooms wider by using recessed door
> > hinges. George is convinced that this would be a major project
> > involving reframing and re-hanging the doors so that they open on the
> > left. George is convinced that we would have to have this work done
> > by a professional. In view of the expenses involved, we feel that we
> > need to be very sure that this change is needed before going forward.
> >
> > 3. This week, Ed Zack is going to look into putting up a solar light
> > near the upper part of the RE pathway, where light is most needed,
> > and he will do so unless there's some unexpected reason why not.
> > Assuming that this will work at all, we can then assess whether more
> > needs to be done to provide adequate lighting down to the RE area.
> >
> > 4. I remind you that we're committed to making a smooth threshold
> > for the entrance to the more-nearly-ADA-compliant restroom in the RE
> > area, when the temperature is high enough. In fact, Ed Zack will
> > take care of this.
> >
> > See you December 4, if not before.
> >
> > Ken
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> > Ken Ross
> > ruthken at pacinfo.com
> > home phone: 541-686-1549
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