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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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