ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
May 1, 2006
Minutes

A quorum was not present, therefore, the recommendations are consensus only.

#1 Florida Marines Agency Shipping Lines and #4 Herrle Communications Group were deferred at the request of the applicants.

#2 Little Haiti Soccer Park : The project was reconfigured to provide accessible seating on the first and top rows; to provide covering over accessible seats and to lower handrails to 26” to not impede sightlines. The Council also recommended that the playground facilities be developed using the proposed ADAAG guidelines for recreational facilities. The recommendation is to grant.

#6 Regions Tower : The applicant requested a waiver from providing vertical accessibility to an addition to a parking garage as well as the required 98” clearance at the entry way. The applicant stated it would be technically infeasible to install an exterior elevator serving all levels as well as being disproportionate to the cost of construction. Consensus of the Council was to recommend granting the request, provided an awning is installed over exterior van accessible surface parking.

#7 Legal Services of North Florida : The applicant requested a waiver from providing interior vertical accessibility to all three levels of an office building. Because of terrain, both the first and second levels are accessible at grade and the third level is used by employees only. The Council recommended granting the request since the applicant demonstrated disproportionate cost. It was also suggested that the applicant be sensitive to the needs of the public by making intake counters and desks accessible at 34”.

#8 Greyhound Bus Terminal . The applicant requested a waiver from providing vertical accessibility to the second level of a bus terminal that is only used by drivers. Federal DOT standards prohibit a person with severe mobility impairments from being employed as a bus driver. The Council recommended granting the request because it is unnecessary and the applicant demonstrated it would be disproportionate to the cost of the alteration to make the second level accessible.

#5 Seminole Community College : The Council recommended deferring further review until the next meeting to allow the applicant the opportunity to reconfigure classroom seating dispersing accessible seats in more than the front of the auditorium.

#3 Planet Fitness : The Council recommended denying the waiver since the applicant was not present and has submitted no further information that had previously been requested.