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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=joeharcz@comcast.net href="mailto:joeharcz@comcast.net">joe harcz
Comcast</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rbernstein@sambernstein.com
href="mailto:rbernstein@sambernstein.com">Richard Bernstein Esq</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=MCODY@mpas.org href="mailto:MCODY@mpas.org">MARK
CODY</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 04, 2012 9:41 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> another state building out of compliance</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the summary of the State Library where
public hearings on the rummied MCB state plan will be held. Note this was
conducted belatedly by DTMB in 2008 and note these are only highlights of
violations of program access requirements under ADA, Title II to have been
implemented January 26, 1992. Also Title I of the Rehab Act requires fully
accessable facilities for public hearings!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My Lord, the ADA is now almost 22 years old, 504 is
older and we don't have program access for the blind and other PWD in state
buildings used for the blind and PWD concerning VR programs? How ludicrous and
how utterly discriminatory is this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The State of Michigan needs to be systemically sued
over these ongoing civil rights violations.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh happy Independence Day by the way. My
independence day is July 26.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Harcz</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Segment from DTMB survey:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Michigan Library and Historical Center Survey
Building #10 Page 4 <BR>filled in for CACIL). To aid the auditors, the
Department of Management and Budget provided Integrated <BR>Architecture with
existing drawings of the forty buildings. Each State owned building was audited
by <BR>walking through all spaces accessible to the public, taking notes on the
building floor plans, and <BR>documenting the existing conditions (measurements
and photography). Following the building audits, the <BR>representatives from
Integrated Architecture were responsible for filling out the checklist. Each
building <BR>checklist was tailored to the specific conditions of that specific
building. After the completion of the <BR>checklist, Integrated Architecture
compiled a building summary that listed code related and non-code <BR>related
items. With the help of CACIL and the DMB, this list was then prioritized and
assigned a <BR>preliminary budget to complete the most urgent. Michigan Library
and Historical Center Survey Building #10 Page 5 <BR>Michigan Library and
Historical Center <BR>702 W Kalamazoo Street Lansing, MI <BR>Survey Building
#10 <BR>The Michigan Library and Historical Center is located on the Southeast
corner of Butler Boulevard and <BR>Allegan Street in Lansing, Michigan. The
Michigan Library has five floors that are accessible to the public <BR>(1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Floors) and the Historical Center has six floors that
are accessible to the public (1st, <BR>2nd, 2M, 3rd, 3M & 5th Floors). The
following is a list of recommendations made by Integrated Architecture <BR>&
CACIL after surveying the building in order to address barrier free
deficiencies. <BR>These recommendations are divided into two categories: items
pertaining to the code, and items that are <BR>not specifically pertaining to
the code but are recommendations made as a reasonable measure of barrier
<BR>free accommodations. The only hierarchy in the items listed is that the
items in bold have been identified <BR>as the most urgent priority.
<BR>Accessibility items specifically related to 2006 Michigan Building Code
Chapter 11, ANSI 117.1-2003 or <BR>ADAAG: <BR> Replace interior signage
throughout with proper signage (many locations have existing signage <BR>that
may be brought into compliance by relocating it and only adding additional
Braille signage). <BR>See photo 10_344. <BR> Provide permanent directional
signage throughout to help aide way-finding thru the public spaces,
<BR>especially on the 1st floor. See photo 10_004. <BR> Provide vision impaired
grooves in the concrete at the curb cuts on the south side of the building.
<BR>See photo 10_265. <BR> In each of the eighteen restrooms, mens &
womens on all floors of the building: <BR>o Remove one toilet in each restroom
in order to convert two existing stalls into one <BR>barrier free stall.
Existing side wall grab bars may be reused, but new grab bars <BR>for the back
wall are needed. New partition door hardware must be operable with a <BR>closed
fist. <BR>o Provide a power assist door operator where there is not adequate
clear floor space <BR>on the push/pull side restroom doors. See photo 10_244.
<BR>o Provide anti-scald wrap on all of the exposed plumbing below the sinks
(this is not <BR>needed where there is a built-in valence that shields the
plumbing below the <BR>sinks). See photo 10_224. <BR> Provide signage at all
non-accessible restrooms that identifies where the nearest <BR>accessible
restroom is located. <BR> Replace existing drinking fountains that are
currently built into a counter top with ADA compliant <BR>drinking fountains.
See photo 10_201. <BR> Provide a power assist door operator at the following
locations: Executive conference <BR>room (5th Floor), Michigan Historical
Commission Room (5th Floor). See photo 10_218. <BR> Provide Braille at the
elevator call buttons for all elevators on all floors of the building. See photo
<BR>10_025. <BR> Provide an accessible height counter at the Library computer
desks (2nd, 3rd & 4th Floors). See <BR>Photo 10_309. <BR>Michigan Library
and Historical Center Survey Building #10 Page 6 <BR> Move furniture in the
Library to maintain proper clear aisle widths and walking paths (2nd, <BR>3rd
& 4th Floors). <BR> The planters on the 4th floor Library side should be
moved so that they can identify the <BR>vaulted walls (i.e. protruding objects)
to a person using a cane. See photo 10_286. <BR> In the various displays in the
Historical Center: <BR>o Provide alternate means of audio/visual/tactile
communication that are available to <BR>all patrons. See photo 10_040. <BR>o
Provide a fixed element (i.e. a railing, raised plinth or cane-detectable base)
in the areas <BR>where display elements involve obstructions that are not
detectable by a person using a <BR>cane (the specific areas are noted in greater
detail in our checklist). See photos 10_063, <BR>10_088, 10_117 and 10_199.
<BR>o Provide signage to identify areas where the flooring is uneven, or not
level (the <BR>specific areas are noted in greater detail in our checklist).
Also, a staff member <BR>should be present at these areas to help any patrons
that need assistance, or a call <BR>button should be provided to page a staff
member that can provide assistance. <BR>See photos 10_118 and 10_168. <BR>o
Provide a handrail at all ramps. See photos 10_123 and 10_125. <BR>Accessibility
items not specifically related to 2006 Michigan Building Code Chapter 11, ANSI
117.1-2003 <BR>or ADAAG: <BR> In the various displays in the Historical Center:
<BR>o Provide proper hardware, and tactile controls, for interactive displays,
such that <BR>they are easily identifiable and not a hazard for pinching ones
fingers (the specific <BR>areas are noted in greater detail in our checklist).
See photo 10_084. <BR>o Provide closed captioning for the narration of all video
displays. See photo 10_178. <BR> Provide signage at the elevator lobbies
indicating that the main reception desk for the Library is <BR>on the 2nd floor.
See photo 10_341. Michigan Library and Historical Center Survey Building #10
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