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<br />Town of Lexington <br />Commission on Disability <br />Victoria Buckley, Chair <br />December 11, 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: Giroux Building <br /> 2 Crest Circle, Lexington <br /> Via Lago Variance Application <br />Dear Mr. Hopkins, <br /> At the monthly meeting held on December 6, 2014, the Commission on <br />Disability reviewed the AAB application for variance of 2 Crest Circle, Lexington, <br />the expansion Via Lago Restaurant, 1845 Massachusetts Avenue. Bill Erickson of <br />Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects presented the plans and asked for the <br />Commission’s support for a variance on two aspects of their proposed plans. <br /> The first part of the request is the access entries into the restaurant. The <br />main front entrance is not due to be changed and the Commission wants it <br />changed. The plans show the HP entrance on the side street, not the main entrance <br />that everyone uses. The main entrance should be right for everyone – we do not <br />want a separate entrance! They need to fix the main entrance, since they are doing <br />construction anyway. Right now people in power wheelchairs find it too narrow, <br />there are double swinging doors that impede safety for people on walkers and <br />crutches, and there is not enough turning radius for those in wheelchairs to safely <br />get into the restaurant. In fact, four of the people on the Commission have had <br />difficulty there and there have been complaints filed from other citizens as well. <br />1625 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE • LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420 <br /> <br />