Finance Committee Page 8
August 3, 2016
Mr. Hunnewell
| would have to ask a lift company to come in and provide a cost proposal for a platform lift to negotiate four
steps for access only to the 2™ floor. It would only provide access to the Mayor’s office and not the 3” floor
auditorium where as you know, you have public meetings. Those may have to be rescheduled to
accommodate our citizens with disabilities.
Alderman Clemons
Isn't that the hallway the reason why there are two elevators? Downstairs there is a ramp; you can get from
one side to the other, right?
Mr. Hunnewell
No, there is no ramp; there are steps that you need to negotiate.
Alderman Clemons
| guess | would be interested to see versus the cost of that...| mean that’s something that we should probably
invest in anyway because it’s kind of embarrassing that you can’t get from one side of City Hall to the other
without having to go through a maze if you are in a wheelchair. I’d like to also see the cost of a ramp or
something very simple just to negotiate those stairs would be in addition to anything that comes back.
Vice Chairman Cookson
Mr. Hunnewell, can you get an estimate that would allow a person to enter from the rear of City Hall and
navigate the first and second floors to have access to all areas of the first and second floor of City Hall when
you do that estimate for lifts and stairs.
Alderman Clemons
That’s what | just asked.
Vice Chairman Cookson
That’s correct, | was just reiterating it.
Mr. Hunnewell
Okay, just so | understand the request, it’s to provide access to the second floor? We have the elevator over
here that provides access to all levels with the exception of the 2™ floor which is the Mayor’s office and the 3”
floor which is the auditorium.
Vice Chairman Cookson
Right, so If that elevator is going to be out of service for any extended period of time and we want to provide
access to all areas within City Hall then somebody would have to navigate from the back of City Hall near the
City Clerk’s office, navigate some steps in the middle, get to the rotunda elevator and then have access to all
three floors. Also, they would have to navigate these steps in order to access the Aldermanic Chamber as well
as the other areas on the 2" floor.
Mr. Hunnewell
Thank you for clarifying that, | understand.
