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Commission on Disability Meeting Minutes for April 5, 2012 5: 45pm to 7: 00 pm Stone Room Main Floor of Cary Hall Members Present: Victoria Buckley, Susan Cusack, Janice Cyr, Julie Miller, Leonard Morse - Fortier, Janet Perry, and Francine Stieglitz. Members Not Present: Hank Manz, Michael Martinetti and Jennifer Williams Staff: Garry Rhodes and Linda Vine Additional Attendees: Mark Barrett, Town Project Manager and Doug Anderson, Manager of Code Advisory Group, Commercial Construction Consulting, Inc. Meeting Began at 5:45 PM 1. Minutes for the February and March meetings were approved unanimously. 2. Review of The Americans With Disabilities Act, Title II Self- Evaluation Project by consultant — Doug Anderson, Accessibility Consultant a. Title II Project is to benefit people who need access to Town of Lexington Public buildings. b. Doug Anderson reviewed the Americans with Disabilities Act- Title II Self — Evaluation Project. Comments: i. Project contains 3 Titles: Title I Development, Title II Self Evaluation, and Title III — Employment. ii. Title II is our main focus and is for State and Local premises. At core, Title II requires that every public entity perform a self evaluation to determine if the programs, activities and services are available and accessible for people with disabilities and to develop a transition plan to make them available. Entities must have a review every three years and provide a transition plan for each building (or department) to meet requirements. iii. Some buildings such as Lexington Town Hall, Cary Hall, should be clear of needing a transition plan. iv. The Department of Justice says anything not compliant is a violation and you must get a variance. Additionally, 60% of the building must be accessible (versus 50% years ago). v. It is better for contractors to use 1 and 13" instead of 1 and 12" for ramping since there is no permitted tolerance for ramps. AAB has specific tolerances for measurements required. c. The report developed by Doug Anderson identifies programs, activities, and services provided by Lexington at public facilities. The next step with the report is for the CoD to review all the information by each area and prioritizes each area.