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Parking Information from Accessibility Survey Report Form
Prepared for Disability Advisory Council Meeting 10/01/97
City Hall
No designated access isle
GIAC & GIAC Pool
Cass Park
Two spaces at pavilion, no spaces at tennis courts
No curb cut at bus stop ,
Union Fields
One space at north lot, no designated access aisle
No accessible route from parking to bathroom, picnic shelter or concession stand
Stewart Park
Eight spaces, no designated van access aisle, (recheck)
Commons
DeWitt Park
Southside Community Center
Central Fire Station
See West State Street Parking Lot, below
Streets & Facilities Building
One space with standard access isle. No van space
Newman Clubhouse
Parking lot or street parking? No spaces designated for accessibility
City Court
Police Station
Youth Bureau
One space, no sign, no designated access isle
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Parking Lots & Garages
Dryden Road Garage
Lower level, one space
Upper level, two spaces
Low signs, narrow access aisle
West State Street Parking Lot(Central Fire Station, Family Medicine)
Central Fire Station - One space no access aisle
Family Medicine- One space, no access aisle, low sign
Green Street Garage
Total three spaces, one van accessible space required with 8' access aisle
Low signs
Seneca Street Garage
Total six spaces, three without access aisle, one van accessible space required with 8'
access aisle
Low signs
Woolworth's Parking Lot
Total seven spaces
Seven foot one inch access aisles only at Cayuga Street spaces
One van accessible space required with 8' access aisle
Low signs at Mental health, Green street and footbridge spaces
Lot E (Miller's ?)
One space, no access aisle
Low sign
Document 1
06/02/99 09:33 FAX 607 274 6561 CITY PLANNING Q002
COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF rrHACA,NEW YORK
Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. September 3,1997
PRESENT:
Mayor Cohen
Alderpersons(10)- Vaughan,Sams, Shenk,Mackesey,Hanna,Gray,Thorpe,Marcham,
Blumenthal,Efroymson
OTHERS PRESENT:
City Clerk Conley Holcomb,City Attorney-Geldenhuys, City Controller-Cafferillo, Deputy
Controller-Thayer,Building Commissioner-Eckstrorn,Punning and Development Director-
Van Cort, Superintendent of Public Works-Gray,Police Chief-Basile
COMMUNITY ISSUES COMMITTEE:
18.1 Handicap Parkin
By Alderperson Sams :Seconded by Alderperson Gray
WHEREAS,the Disability Advisory Council should be empowered to create a survey to be
distributed to all handicap parking permit holders in Tompkins County. The purpose of the
survey would be to gather information from many people about their experience of parking
abuse. This survey would be distributed by mail to all permit holders, and
'WHEREAS,the City should keep multi-year records of parking tickets issued for handicapped
parking violations,and
WHEREAS,the city should engage in a public education campaign to be coordinated by the
DAC which will include media work to inform:residents of the need to respect designated
parking,inform people of the penalties for abuse,and announce the City's intention to assure
that spaces be respected,and penalties be enforced;communication with handicap parking
permit holders to get a better sense of the adequacy of the amount of designated parking, and the
extent of abuse, and
WHEREAS,the City should gather in one place the actual number of designated spaces,
WHEREAS,the City ADA Coordinator and the DAC should report to Common Council and
recommend a common sense number of spaces which ought to be designated based on the
following-The number of spaces available,the number of spaces currently designated, the
feedback from current handicap parking permit holders,now therefore be it,
RESOLVED,That intermunieipal cooperation and coordination should be done with the
municipalities within.Tompkins County,and joint cooperation with the City Clerk's Office,
ADA Coordinator and the Disability Advisory Council regarding the issue of handicapped
parking.
Carried Unanimously
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