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CITY OF BATAVIA

COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE

GEORGE A SPINNEGAN GEORGE A SPINNEGAN
Council President CHRISTINE M. FIX
DAVID E. KLEIN
KENNETH F. WITT 10 West Main Street
President Pro Tem Batavia, New York 14020 COUNCIL MEMBERS
(716) 343-8180 BARRY W. BOWER
WILLIAM R. REEMTSEN FAX: (716) 343-9221 (Illegible) M. MAGUIRE
City Manager KENNETH F. WITT
EDWARD DELANEIRO, JR
REBECCA CHATT SWANSON STEPHEN R.
BRECKENRIDGE
Clerk - Treasurer ROSE MARY CHRISTIAN

KEVIN EARL
City Attorney
July 14, 1995

Congressman William Paxon

5500 Main Street
Williamsville, NY 14221

RE: American's for Disabilities Act Requirements as they Apply to

the Dwyer Stadium Grandstand Construction Project in the City
of Batavia

Dear Congressman Paxon:

The purpose of this letter is to request your assistance in

clarifying certain ADA requirements as they apply to the City of
Batavia's Dwyer Stadium grandstand project. Recently, Highland
Associates, the City's design architect, told us that the Eastern
Paralyzed Veteran's Association (EPVA, had informed the (Highland
Associates) that there were new American's with Disabilities Act
requirements with which Dwyer Stadium would have to comply.
Specifically, the new requirement according to EPVA applies to
elevation for persons who are wheelchair bound.

Highland Associates has been attempting to determine if what EPVA

has been telling them is in fact a new ADA requirement or if it is
simply a non-mandatory standard that EPVA is advancing. The City's
architect has provided us with some documentation describing the
wheelchair seating elevation specifications, which I have enclosed
with this letter.

Can you please tell us if this is in fact an ADA specification with

which the City must comply or is this simply a non-mandatory standard
which the Eastern Paralyzed Veteran's Association is attempting to
have incorporated in the stadium?

We would appreciate your response at your earliest possible

convenience, in as much as this is one of last issues that has to
be resolved so that the City can go to bid in a timely manner and be
able to meet the construction deadline. If you need any clarification
on this request, please telephone me at (716) 343-8180. Thank you
for your assistance.

Very truly yours,

William Reemtsen
City Manager

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