[NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Public Meeting - Thomas Jefferson Memorial Accessibility Project

[BrianMiller]

Good afternoon,

 

I wanted to share the below announcement with the chapter, as this is a unique opportunity to provide direct input to the National Park Service regarding the accessibility of one of our national monuments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Buzzell, Jeremy [mailto:jeremy_buzzell at nps.gov] 
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 1:23 PM
To: Miller, Brian; Barrett, Sean
Subject: Fwd: Public Meeting - Thomas Jefferson Memorial Accessibility Project

 

Formal notice . . .

 

I wanted to make you aware of a public meeting we will be having on a project to improve the accessibility of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial here in DC.

 

This project is being undertaken as part of the Targeted Accessibility Improvement Program, which encourages holistic principles of Universal Design during the visitor experiences and the memorial facilities. To address the experience/facility holistically, the project must improve both physical and programmatic accessibility from entry to exit for a broad range of disabilities.

The purpose of this project is to make the experiences and facilities of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial accessible to visitors with mobility, sensory, and cognitive disabilities through the application of principles of Universal Design. The visitor experience at the memorial includes arrival at and use of the facilities in and around the memorial (parking spaces, sidewalks, restrooms, information desk, food kiosk, wayfinding and orientation) and utilization of accessible routes to the memorial.

 The project is needed because the memorial currently has only one accessible route to the chamber level, which requires visitors to use a ramp on the south side of the Memorial to a sidewalk leading to lower level entrances on the northwest or northeast sides. If coming from the Tidal Basin (north side), the visitors must travel all the way around the memorial to the south side ramp and then back toward the north along the sidewalk leading to the lower level entrance. Visitors then follow a ramp to the lower level, and take the elevator to a non-compliant ramp to reach the chamber level.

The public meeting will analyze the potential environmental impacts of alternatives (including the no-action alternative) for accessibility improvements at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The project will propose new/or develop alternatives to improve the existing routes and/or walks to more efficiently get visitors of all abilities to the chamber level. Alternatives will include new exterior routes and/or walks from the tidal basin plaza (north of the memorial) and the former car parking location (south of the memorial). Design of a route from the memorial to the existing concessions kiosk near the bus drop-off is included.

Date: November 16, 2017

Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Location:

American Association of People with Disabilities

2013 H Street, NW

1 st Floor Conference Room

Washington, D.C. 20006

I would appreciate it if you could spread the word about this public meeting so the disability community is well represented.  Thank you.

 

-- 

Jeremy Buzzell

Chief, National Accessibility Branch

Park Facility Management Division

National Park Service

184

​9

 C Street, NW

7th Floor 7400 Corridor MS 7454

Washington, D.C.  20240

 

Working Hours:  M-F 7:15 to 3:45, Eastern

 

202-513-7027 (desk)

202-768-4894 (mobile)

202-371-6675 (fax)

 





 

-- 

Jeremy Buzzell

Chief, National Accessibility Branch

Park Facility Management Division

National Park Service

184

​9

 C Street, NW

7th Floor 7400 Corridor MS 7454

Washington, D.C.  20240

 

Working Hours:  M-F 7:15 to 3:45, Eastern

 

202-513-7027 (desk)

202-768-4894 (mobile)

202-371-6675 (fax)

 

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