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122 <br /> <br />JABA had talked several years ago with the Senior Center <br />about cooperation between the Senior Center and the nutrition <br />program but the Senior Center had not been receptive to the <br />proposal. Rev. Smith stated that he felt a senior center <br />downtown would be an important emblem and noted that <br />transportation is an important issue as the Carver Center is <br />between two bus lines. <br /> <br /> Mr. Jeff Dreyfuss, 2622 Jefferson Park Avenue, <br />representing Second Street Gallery, stated that he felt the <br />Gallery is still worth of consideration for the McIntire <br />Library building as the building offers room to expand and <br />the Gallery would attract visitors downtown and could expand <br />its outreach and education efforts. Mr. Dreyfuss stated that <br />he felt the Gallery was discounted because of their perceived <br />financial inability to pay rent. <br /> <br /> Ms. Waters questioned whether any conversations had been <br />held between the Historical Society and Second Street Gallery <br />about combining the programs but Mr. Dreyfuss stated that no <br />such discussions had taken place. Ms. Waters recommended <br />that consideration be given to discussing this matter further <br />prior to a decision by Council. <br /> <br /> Mr. Darden Towe, 607 Davis Avenue, Chairman of the <br />City's Parks Committee and a member of the Senior Center <br />Board, stated that the Senior Center has extended a welcoming <br />hand to participants of the senior nutrition program and <br />transportation has been provided to the Senior Center site by <br />the Department of Parks and Recreation. Mr. Towe noted that <br />the daily attendance figures for the Carver nutrition program <br />average 25 to 30 at a cost of $48,554 to the City and $49,771 <br />t0 JABA which he felt is a high per capita cost. Mr. Towe <br />stated that he would favor continuing to look for ways to <br />bring people in the nutrition program and Senior Center <br />together rather than keeping them apart. <br /> <br /> Mr. Paul Wright, 749 Exton Court, requested that Council <br />give further consideration to allowing Second Street Gallery <br />to use the McIntire Library building as he felt such use <br />would fulfill the intent of Mr. McIntire's gift to the <br />community. <br /> <br /> Mr. Thomas Rivers stated that he felt taxes and <br />assessments were too high and there should be a cap on <br />property tax for the elderly and disabled. <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TRANSITION PLAN <br /> <br /> Mr. Jim Herndon, planner in the Department of Community <br />Development and member of the City's Advisory Committee on <br />the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), explained that the <br />ADA was adopted by Congress in 1990 and requires that all <br />public facilities and programs be examined to assure that <br />they are or will be made accessible to all persons regardless <br />of any disability. Mr. Herndon stated that the transition <br />plan is merely the beginning of the process to comply with <br />the ADA.~ <br /> <br /> Mr. Clyde Gouldman, City Attorney, stated that the <br />Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing on the ADA <br />Plan and advised Council to take the comments made at the <br />public hearing under advisement and delay taking action on <br />the plan until after a recommendation has been made by the <br />Planning Commission. <br /> <br />The public hearing was.opened. <br /> <br /> Ms. Carolyn Berry, 118 Park Road and a member of the ADA <br />Advisory Committee, stated that she is visually impaired and <br />urged the Council to approve the ADA Plan to benefit the <br />elderly as well as the handicapped. <br /> <br /> <br />