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<br />Town of Lexington <br />Commission on Disability <br />Victoria Buckley, Chair <br />August 8, 2014 <br />Thomas Hopkins, Director <br />Commonwealth of Massachusetts <br />Department of Public Safety <br />Architectural Access Board <br />One Ashburton Place, Room 1310 <br />Boston, MA 02198-1618 <br /> RE: 394 Lowell Street, Lexington <br />Dear Mr. Hopkins, <br /> At the monthly meeting held on August 7, 2014, the Commission on <br />Disability spoke to representatives of the property known as Harrington Park, <br />located at 394 Lowell Street, Lexington.The representatives were Thomas Wood, <br />Principal Property Manager, of J.A. Wood Management, and John Greco, <br />Attorney. The Commission originally contacted the AAB about this property in a <br />letter dated 6/7/14. The original request concerned asking the Commission to <br />support a variance for the relief of providing ADA compliant bathrooms in two <br />units on the second floor of the condominium building. The two representatives <br />made it clear that they would like to work with the Commission but it is unclear <br />what to advise at this point. <br /> As a Commission, we are concerned that the entire complex is not <br />accessible. This raises the question of why they are seeking relief from <br />compliance for bathrooms located on the second floor. There are no elevators or <br />chair lifts to the second floor. <br /> Since the original renovation costs for those second floor conjoined <br />condominium units was over 30% of the value, the ADA compliance issues are <br />1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE • LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420 <br /> <br />