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266861 WHI7E - CITV CI.ERK - PINK - FINANCE CITY OF SAINT PAITL Council ���p�� CANARY - DEPARTME T BLUE - MAYOR File NO. Z' �� � - il esolution Presented By Y Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WAEREAS, on the request of the Mayor an.d with the approval of the City Council, the Mayor' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People was formed for the purpose of making recommendations to the City of Saint Paul concerning better ways in which city government can relate to the needs of handicapped people ; and WHEREAS, following several meetings, the committee submitted a report to the City Council dated February 2, 1976, entitled, Saint Paul : A Citv for A31 Its Citizens; and . WHEREAS, the committee reeommended that such committee become a permanent eommittee of the City and that the City provide staff personnal to assiat sueh committee , now, there- fore, be it RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul� that the City Council hereby adopts the final. re commendations of the Advisory Gommittee on Handicapped Peogle as follows : 1. That the Advisory Committee on Handicapped People become a permanent advisory committee of the City and serve in an advisory capaeity to the Mayor and City Council. 2. That the City of Saint Paul provide staff personnel to coordinate the work of the adviso�y committtee as such committee assists the City in implementing the reeommendations of the report dated February 2, 1976. 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Latix�xcF D. CoxEY January 19� 1976 '.�IAYOB TO: Council President Dave Hozza FP.OP�: Cathie Hartnett SUBJECT: Mayor Cohen's Advisory Committee on Handicapped Persons The Committee has finished their report and would like to give an official presentation to the council.. They plan to meet individually with each council member to discuss the report before the presentation. The Committee would like to present a short slide show at the council meeting and br��Ely present the report. It will take about 20 minutes for the full pre- sentation. �' If possible I would like to schedule the presentation at the council meeting February�, 1976. � � CH:cfc ��r��.... ,; :22 / Final Report MAYOR COHEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HANDICAPPED PEOPLE �. February 2, 1976 History The Mayor' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People was formed in order to coordinate the various sources of information available to the Mayor. Upon his recommendation, and with the consent of the City Council, this committee was established as neither ad hoc nor permanent. This was in order to leave open the possibility of makin3 the committee permanent, with staffing and expenses paid at such time as the City Council acts upon the administration' s proposals regarding committees. �� In June, 1975, Mayor Cohen' s Advieory Committee on Handicapped People began ita work. Purpose The purpose of this committee is to make recommendations to the Mayor concerning better ways in which city government can relate to the needs of handicapped people. These recommendations are the result of the committee gathering information, as well as discussions with department heads and their staff concerning programs, procedures, policies and future plans which directly or indirectly affect handicapped people. The committee noted from the start the importance of assisting the city in complying with the Federal regulation for handicapped people. The basic premise on which the committee conducted all its work is: -- Saint Paul is a city for all its citizens. � I Objective To make 5aint Paul a city for all its citizens. To bring the city of Saint Paul into compliance with Chapter 55 of the State Uniform Building Code. Summary The Mayor' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People has met since June. The committee met with all divisions and departments of the city to gather information on p�esent policy and programs, and to discuss further expansion or reduction of projects. Rt the conclusion of the meetings with departments, the committee divided itself into task forces. Each task � force included members of the Mayor' s Advisory Committee, as well as other members of the community (membership appendix) . The task forces were: Employment Housing Transportation Parks and Recreation The task forces reviewed information relevant to their subject which the committee had collected as a whole. Then, in several cases , they met with departments in small groups separately in order to discuss more specific details. The committee as a whole reviewed all work of the task forces, and the final recommendations have all been approved by the full committee. In the process of formulating their recommendations, the committee found themselves serving some immediate functions for the city: Community Develo�ment Revenue Sharing Funds Year II proposals were submitted by October 31. Several of these proposals dealing with handicap programs were reviewed by the committee before they were submitted to the Community Development Office. The committee felt it was important to . be involved in the process of studying these proposals. The committee informed Mr. Patton of this action. City Budget: The MACHP had not intended to make any recommendations that would affect the 1976 budget, but through meetings with the Parks and Recreation Division, the Parks and Recreation Task Force studied a proposed program which would involve transportation to and from park programs for handicapped people. Through the help of other organized groups concerned with handicapped people, the Finance Committee of the City Council unanimously supported the project and included it in the 1976 proposed budget. The final report of the committee includes recommendations which affect the internal operations of city government as well as city-wide concerns. ` * * * -1- The Mayor' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People made recommendations in many areas. Specific task forces researched the areas of Employment, Housing, Transportation and Parks and Recreation. The full committee met with eight divisions and departments of the city to gather information on present policies and pr�grams, and discuss further expansion or reduction of projects. The final recommendations are as follows. RECOMMENDATIONS EMPLOYMENT Immediate: 1. Notice of job openings should be consistently - published through organizations where handicapped people are likely to see them. Notices tacked on local public library bulletin boards do not reach � people who cannot read or climb stairs� Use such local resources as the Radio Talking Book, the D.V.R. job placement personnel, newspaper listings, or scripts for spot Public Service Announcements for local broadcasting stations. Publish a monthly job listing which could be mailed to handicapped organizations. 2. Develop clear procedures for handicapped people applying for jobs. Arrangements must be available to the applicant, such as readers for the blind, interpreters for the deaf and writers for the non-writers. Long�Term: 1. Department heads, city managers, personnel staff should be required to participate in a training session in which they can become educated and sensitized to the abilities and strengths of handicapped people. Any medical personnel employed to evaluate otherwise qualified applicants for city j�bs should absolutely be required to take part in this training session. -2- 2. A comprehensive review of job deacription requirements by the city' s Affirmative Action Officer and members of the Employment task force to note and take effective action on any unnecessary or inappropriate requirements which handicapped people cannot meet. 3. Each department head should review the functions and duties of his or her staff, and attempt to make the organization flexible in its operation. Job descrip4ions should be analyzed in order to revise job duties within each office so that verbal orders and limited mobility do not limit a disabled person' s application for a specific job she or he could perform if given the chance. 4. Revisions in the city Civil 5ervice system which require more than one medical opinion to disqualify a person from taking a job for which he or she is otherwise qualified. A study should be made of the appeal procedure in order to assure any rejected applicant a fair and just hearing. In the case of y an appeal because of a medical rejection, a thorough physical examination including a report of the applicant' s personal physician should be required. ' The Civil Service Commission, which is appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council, should receive directives from these officials to implement these recommendations. 5. The Service Worker II position was created to provide opportunities to mentally and physically disabled people. As yet, there are few places where this position has been integrated into the department. The Personnel office must study and work with departments in the inclusion, where appropriate, of this position. . HOUSING l. The city of Saint Paul will reject any federally financed housing projects in the future that do not have five per cent of the project designed for citizens who have physical disabilities. -3- 2. In an effort to provide equal housing opportunities to all its citizens, the city will see that the housing standards are enforced to aseure disabled citizens equal housing choices. 3. Mayor Cohen' s Advisory Committee on the Handicapped will assist HRA in the redrafting of an appropriate redefinition of "substandard" and recommend that it be used in all city policy relating to rehabilitation programs. TRANSPORTATION Long-Term: 1. Handicapped people need low-cost, accessible, public transportation so that folks can travel where they need to go at a cost they can afford, without being segregated from the rest of society. - 2. Hospitals, schools, and all other buildings for public use in the city of Saint Paul should have ramped curbs in surrounding blocks. 5hort-Term: 1. Accessible transportation is an immediate necessity for disabled people, even if it is segregated such as the Parks and Recreation Department vans or the MTC' s soon-to-begin "Project Mobility, " a dial-a-ride 24-hour notice limited geographic area demonstration project. 2. Any building designed for public use needs one 12-foot wide parking space for every fifty spaces, marked with a "Handicapped Parking" sign, located near the primary building entrance and exit, with a ramp between the space and the building entrance and exit. 3. All downtown parking lots with fifty spaces or more need to have handicapped parking spaces in a 1/50 ratio and with the above specifications. 4. Any new curbing in the city of 5aint Paul should be built with ramps. -4- PARKS AND RECREATION 1. It is recommended that the CD project entitled, "Adaptive Recreational Equipment" be approved, and that the $5, 861 worth of adaptive equipment aids be made available for immediate use in relation to the program described in Item 1 above. 2, All new construction and renovation in regards to Parks and Playgrounds facilities will be made totally accessible to the handicapped by meeting current building code regulations. It was urged, particularly in relation to construction of lavatory facilities, that such conatruction actually exceed these regulations. 3 . This committee supports the CD request entitled, "Special Recreational Center, " submitted by the Parks and Recreation Division. Such a center would provide a major step in making year-round recreational activities accessible and available for the handicapped, - in addition to the general population. We would strongly urge, however, that this center be available not only to the handicapped, but all other residents - as well. We strongly concur with the concept of a centrally located recreational resource with outside as well as inside activities geared to the handicapped. (This recommendation, however, should in no way be interpreted to mean that all handicapped individuals should go to this one center, or that the neighborhood centers are not of key importance. ) 4. It is recommended that all activities made available to the handicapped should be well publicized via the newspapers, monthly mailings, and other appropriate media. It will be one of the key responsibilities of the Parks and Recreation Department to give full visibility of programming to Saint Paul's handicapped citizens. 5. All program efforts should work toward the goal of integrating handicapped individuals with the non-handicapped. It is recognized that initially certain pro_qrams may be geared predominately to the handicapped; however, eventual movement toward the "mainstreaming" concept should be a prime and continuing goal. -5- 6. Efforts should be undertaken to provide a comprehensive in-service training program for all Parks and Recreation employees, including both the professional and non-professional staff. Sensitivity awareness, the use of adaptive techniques, and t2chniques for integrating handicapped with the able-bodied should be the prime areas of discussion. OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Accessibilit�Review The City Inspection Department, in cooperation with Handicap Housing Services, will select and hire a qualified person to review proposed construction within the city of Saint Paul. This review will apply to all buildings intended for use by the _ public, in order to assure accessibility. Proposals must pass this review by the City Inspection _ Department before a building permit is issued. The purpose of this proposal is to insure compliance with State Uniform Building Code. 2 . Barriers Ins�ection and Removal $100,000 of CD II funds to inspect all commercial, office, and recreational space in the central business district, and to provide funds, on a matching basis, to aid in the removal of barriers. Hire two people . to work through the city inspector' s office to do the inspections. The Saint Paul Mayor' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People will interview and hire the two people. Working with the City Inspection Department, they will make recommendations to building owners as to architectural changes needed. These inspectors will keep complete records of all inspections, recommendations, and changes made. Records will include money spent and date completed. The Saint Paul Mayor's Advisory Committee on Handicapped People will screen and hire the two people and will determine the priority of barriers to be removed and the percentage of matching money expended on each _ barrier. -6- 3. Citizen Participation Th� Citizen Participation process will be responsible for setting spending priorities for Community Development Revenue Sharing. The problems and concerns of disabled people are city-wide. It is essential that in all designated neighborhoods full participation by disabled people be ensured. a. All citizen participation meetings (both neighbor- hood and general) be held in fully accessible meeting places (at entry level or accessible by elevator) . b. All meeting places be accessible by public tiansportation. c. The governing body of such meetings take affirmative action to provide transportation to meeting places. d. All reasonable efforts be made to ensure that - meeting notices and pertinent material be available in a form usable by handicapped participants. e. All results of any meeting not fulfilling the above requirements be considered by the city of Saint Paul as null and void. f. Mayor Cohen ' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People take immediate steps to organize "advocates" in each designated neighborhood to ensure participation by disabled citizens in the planning processes. g. A letter from the Mayor be sent to each of the 17 districts encouraging neighborhoods to include their disabled neighbors in the participation process. 4. The city designate only accessible buildings as polling places in every city election. 5. A Design Review Service In order to respond realistically and effectively to needs and basic requirements of handicapped people, it is necessary to establish a comprehensive information center to which prospective clients (institutions, architects-engineers, developers, contractors, and _ others) may refer prior to initiatinq a project. -�- This information cente� would then relate to and provide the following services in three individual and separate categories (stages) as follows : a. _C_o__�ncep t review stage. A primary review of the a�i concepts program (as related to community needs) together with schematic studies of the proposed project. b. Development review stage. A secondary analysis of the preliminary (advanced) studies, including the more detailed elements (construction, costs , etc. ) of the project. c. Construction document review sta e. A final review o a 1 elements of the pro7ect, prior to the request for construction proposal and/or issuance of a building permit. - * * * = Page 8 FINAL RECOMMENDATION This recommendation is listed separately from the others because the committee felt it was essential to the implementation of all others. BE IT RESOLVED, that Mayor Cohen' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People become a permanent committee of the city, and serve in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and City Council; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that there be a full-time staff person to coordinate the work of the committee as they assist the city in implementing the recommendations of this report. Page 9 CONCLUSION Mayor Cohen' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People has attempted to study and make realistic recommendations which will assist the city in better serving its disabled citizens. In working with department personnel, we found a sincere concern and willingness to cooperate with any requests the committee made. It became clear to the committee that in most cases, departments were willing to make many changes in order to be more responsive to disabled citizens, but do not have regular information as to what is necessary. The disabled citizens of the city have a responsibility to make their needs known and organize themselves so that priorities can be set and presented in a clear process. The recommendations and work of this committee have " resulted in many hours of careful research and thought. It is only the beginning of a long road to making our city a place for all people. This report must be a working document for the present and the future. It will take time and commitment to implement these recommendations, but with the help of staff and elected officials, Saint Paul can make it possible for all people to have an opportunity to work, live and recreate in our city. Follow-through is essential to the success of this report. The committee feels a strong commitment to continue their work with departments in the implementation of the recommendations. In closing, we would like to express our thanks to the many people in the city who have assisted us in developing this report. * * * APPENDIX I Members MAYOR'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HANDICAPPED PEOPLE Ms. Jamie Becker Vernon Schultz 838 Lincoln Avenue Special Vocational Saint Paul, 55104 Rehabilitation Service Unit St. Paul Public Schools 360 Colborne Street Ms. Mary 0'Hara Saint Paul , 55102 690 Hampden Square Saint Paul, 55114 Richard Ducharme 2849 Centerville Road Tom Heinl Saint Paul, 55117 456 Blair Avenue Saint Paul, 55103 Ms. Sue Benjamin 1869 Marshall Avenue Charles Van Heuveln Apt. #5 826 Payne Avenue Saint Paul , 55104 - Saint Paul, 55101 Robert Tuttle - W. 0. Klaenhammer 2341 Taylor Avenue 1470 York Avenue Saint Paul, 55110 Saint Paul, 55106 Michael Bjerkesett Robert H. Kerr 6450 York Avenue, S. 972 Carmel Court Minneapolis, 55435 Saint Paul, 55112 John Morris Charles Bradley 208 Sherburne Avenue West Publishing, 7B Apt. #4 50 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, 55103 Saint Paul, 55102 Ms. Catherine Hartnett Richard Ramberg Mayor' s Staff 4215 - 22nd Avenue S. 347 City Hall Minneapolis, 55407 Saint Paul, 55102 APPENDIX II TASK FORCE WORK DESCRIPTIONS EMPLOYMENT TASK FORCE It is difficult to assess or document the extent to which mentally and physically handicapped people are being denied an opportunity to gain and hold employment with the city of Saint Paul. Statistics are now being kept carefully to identify the number of applicants that apply who are physically or mentally handicapped. Hiring, promoting, and firing of handicapped persons must always fit within the rational framework of the work rules that govern all employment. There is, however, a necessity to take creative and initiative steps in implementing the rules and working conditions so that handicapped persons are not only allowed, but encouraged to enjoy, the dignity of employment and the satisfaction of participating fully in helping perform the everyday ' duties to do the city' s work. There is a delicate, and difficult, balance to be struck between paternalistic overconcern on the one hand; and the imposition, however inadvertent, of unnecessary barriers to employment. This is basically an attitudinal difficulty and does not lend itself readily to solution by policy statements or edicts from above. Equal opportunity and affirmative action, the two keystone concepts of increasing employment opportunities, cannot be simply ordered with the expectation that the problems will disappear. The statements of policy embodying them are beginnings, not ends. The implementation of them calls for certain obvious moves, such as the evaluation of job description requirements in order to look for unnecessary or inappropriate requirements which handicapped people cannot meet; or initiating training to sensitize city managers to the capabilities and strengths of handicapped persons. The Employment Task Force was highly c�oncerned when discussing with Personnel staff the required physical examination of each city employee. The opinion of one physician appears to be a determining factor in deciding whether a person, able-bodied or not, can perform the duties required of the applicant 's job description. APPENDIX II - Page 2 Job descriptions should be analyzed as a general part of the mission and operation of each office. Is it really necessary to be literate in order to perform certain jobs well, or could the job orders be conveyed orally? Could the workload of an office be redistributed so that a requirement of full mobility could be eliminated from a particular job in that office and so open a new opportunity to handicapped people? The task force felt that some of their recommendations could be implemented in a short time, while others would take more time to plan and effect the necessary reorganization. Thus, the recommendations are not listed in order of importance, but in order of the timetable of implementation. HOUSING TASK FORCE This task force worked through the already existing Handicap Housing Service. The following is a report of - what the Service has accomplished to date, and what their future plans are: - Housing Services: A DESIGN-REVIEW SERVICE to study blueprints and other preliminary construction plans, and to work with architects to ensure that new construction proposals submitted to the Housing and Urban Development Agency, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, the Minnesota Housing and Rehabilitation Agency, and the Saint Paul Housing and Rehabilitation Agency are truly accessible. A HOUSING INSPECTION SERVICE, which so far has inspected 50 apartment complexes in t e metropolitan area and rated them on a consistent scale of accessibility. A REFERRAL SERVICE matching handicapped people with the too ew accessible units available. Contacts made to begin moving handicapped people out of nursing homes into accessible, independent living units. Other Rccom�lishments : MAKING LOANS AVAILABI,E for handicapped homeowners to re a i itate t eir omes through the Saint Paul Housing and Rehabilitation Agencies by making inaccessible homes an "immediate health and safety" code item if a resident of the house is handicapped. APPENDIX II - Page 3 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT for all local fiUD management rms to ocument e �rte to contact housing tenants for housing units when they become available through natural attrition or through moving able-bodied tenants to other units within the complex. COORDINATION established between HUD and Minnesota Housing an�Finance Agency on housing requirements for such things as door width, turn-around space, kitchen and bathroom specifications. COORDINATION established between Minnesota Architectural Association, State Building Code Division, and HUD office to ensure design quality. HUD STANDARDS, "HUD and the Handicapped" put in force as loca minimum property standards. LIAISON with HUD, Howard Goldman, and liaison with MHRA, Grace Brewster, established. ' COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVENUE SHARING proposals totaling 300, 000 submitted to the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis to rehabilitate neighborhood housing into � accessible residences. Future Plans Include: CONTINUING all established contacts and building new ones. PUBLISHING a detailed listing of accessible housing, using information compiled from our apartment building inspections. Suburban high-rent complexes, moderate income 236 and 221 d-3 complexes, and low-income high rises and complexes will all be included. Information on public housing and leased housing programs will also be included, along with an explanation of the rehabilita- tion loan and grant programs available to homeowners through local housing authorities and the Minnesota HFA. REHABILITATING PRESENT HOUSING using Community Development Revenue Sharing funds for han icapped people to live in Saint Paul and Minneapolis neighborhoods. BUILDING ACCESSIBLE HOUSING or supplying expertise and coordination to others who wish to construct housing for handicapped people. APPENDIX II - Page 4 TR.ANSPORTATION TASK FORCE Handicapped people have a difficult time getting around. How can the city of Saint Paul make available transportation more accessible and accessible transportation more available? Meeting with city officials , members of the Metropolitan Tranist Commission, and other handicapped consumers, the Transporation Task Force of the Mayor' s Advisory Committee surveyed the current transportation situation as it relates to disabled individuals. We found that the private van companies are costly, charging approximately $19 per day and 50 cents per mile, to move someone in a wheelchair from home to job and back; this fee is usually paid by the handicapped person' s employer or by the state agency concerned with rehabilitation, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Other handicapped people depend on friends or colleagues - for rides to work, to the doctor, or wherever they want to go. - A few handicapped people, primarily those who are mentally retarded, mentally ill, blind, deaf, or able to use crutches, braces or canes (but not those in wheelchairs) , are able to use the present bus system. But the majority of handicapped are not, because wheelchairs cannot climb steps; because a person on crutches has difficulty climbing the steep stairs in our present buses; because a blind person cannot read street signs and the stops are not announced. Even disabled people who drive their own cars have a laborious time gettinq '�rom one place to another, because wider parking spaces �rid ramped curbs are still few and far between. People c�;��o use wheelchairs need three extra feet beside the driver' s seat in order to transfer to their wheelchair. Ramped curbs need to be designed at a gentle angle so people can get up them as well as down, with a maximum 1/2 inch lip so that a wheelchair can easily move over the edge, and a consistent design so that blind and elderly people do not trip over it. APPENDIX II - Page 5 PARKS AND RECREATION TASK FORCE The Parks and Recreation Task Force has reviewed the full spectrum of recreational programming for the handicapped in Saint Paul. Recreation is an essential part of every person' s mental and physical well-being. As in employment, also in recreation, the disabled person is seeking inclusion, whenever possible, into the mainstream of society, rather than isolation in special programg. When this is not possible, it is necessary to offer alternatives because recreation should be a right of every citizen rather than a privilege. The Parks and Recreation Task Force is most appreciative of those consul�ants, community agencies, and other resource personnel who assisted in the above recommendations. This task force stands ready to serve as needed in an advisory capacity to the Parks and Playgrounds Department - to assist in the implementation of these recommendations . Chapter 55 of the State Building Code (Appendix 3) should ' be adhered to in any remodeling or renovation of all buildings in the park system. Consultation with handicapped people on the best lavatory design would be of great help in the future. The special recreation for the handicapped proposal was strongly endorsed by this task force. As a result of this endorsement, in a hearing held before the Saint Paul City Council Finance Committee, this proposal was accepted and is now operational. (See Appendix 3) * * * - � APPENDIX I I I �:�rm PF-2 . Page 1 Pn�e 3 � C I 11' OF S�A I NT PAUL CODI�IUNTTY lll?V):T,OPMI;NT BI,(�K G1tANT PROGRAM Project Proposal Form 1 . Project Narne Downtown Accessibility 2. A�;ency Mayor' s Advisory Committee on Handicapped People 2. 1. Section 3. Project Manager Richard L. Ramberg and Susan K. Benjamin, Co-chairpersons , (name and title) Mayor's Advisory Committee 4. St�tement of Need Iiandicapped people are blocked by architectural barriers from use of the commercial, employment, and recreational facilities concentrated in downtown Saint Paul. Our city needs to become accessible to all its citizens. S. Service Area/Population : Project will focus in downtown central business district. Downtown Accessibility will serve all of Saint Paul 's handicapped population -- 30, 000 citizens -- approximately 10 per cent of Saint Paul ' s population. City-wide service. 6. Statement of Objectivea Inspect all commercial, office and recreational space in the central business district. Aid in the removal of architectural bar.ri�rs by providing funds on a matching basis. � ti APPENDIX III � Page 2 Form PF-2 Page 4 7 . Description of Activities/Services ActiviCies: A. Planni�ig J. Constr��ction B, Community Organization K. Contractual Services C. Public Information/O�itreach L. Information and Referral D. Design and Engineering M. Counseling and Outreach E. Acquisition N. Transportation Services F. Demolition and Clearance 0. Administration and G. Relocation Support Services H. Code Enforcement P. Other I. Rehabilitation Activit A enc A. Planning A. Mayor's Advisory Committee, Project sta£f, Inspection Department C. Public Information/outreach C. Mayor' s Committee D. Design & Engineering D. Build.ing Owner J. Construction J. Builcling Owner O. Administration & Support Service O. D9ayor' s Advisory Committee P. Inspections, recommendations and P. Two Downtown Accessiblity record-keeping Project staff P. Coordination: determine barrier P. Mayor' s Advisory Committee removal priority, determine percent of match - - APPENDIX III � Page 3 I'ori�i P�'-2 _ P.�ge 5 7 . 1 . I:li�il>ility Requirements Eligibility: ].ocation in Saint Paul 's central business district. $. Work Program One year after receipt of funds, all inspections will be complete, recommendations made and on file, and all funds committed. 9. Agency/Program Coordination Downtown Accessiblity would coordinate accessibility of downtown development with City Planning, Public Works, Port Authority, and HRA. �e 10. Budget $100, 000 11. Long-Range Financial Impact ' Once insp�ctions are complete and recommendations are made in CD II, further matching funds may be needed to complete work in the central business district to assure accessibility for all of Saint Paul 's citizens. Submitted by: . � � ���'� � ����r, --- _L!_�L�ICl/,t���'�. �,�)=�"'—"--� - Co-Chair, Mayor' s Advisory Committee Co-Chair, Mayor'�'� Advisory Committee on HandicaF�ped People on Handicapped People Dated: %�� /` '. /_1 : _ � � ' � i . . �� . " CITY OF SAII� PAUL APPENDIX III . Page 4 CO2�iU1�LITY D�VFIAP'YL�:lYr BLOCK GR;�NT P�OC�AM � Pro�ect Proposal Farm l. Pro3�.ct Ilame Handicap 1�ousin�; Services Rehab_ Pro jec� _ — 2. Ag,ency Handicap Housi_n� Se'rvices 2.1. Srction Handi.ca F?ousing Services Staff , St. Paul_ HRA Rehab De�t. 3. F'ro�ect rSanuger Mary O' Hara, Co-Director Fiandicap �Iousing Services (nar�.� and title) �}. Sta'ce�'�n.t of Need Through extensive contact with the handicappad community, and a complete survey of existing "accessible�� housing, Yandicap Housing Servic�s has determined that; 1) disabled people capable of independent living need choices in housing; 2) alternatives rnust be provided between complPte nursin� c�re facilities and multi-family housing projects; 3) di.sabled people want low density housing in existing residential 5� Ser�rJ.ce Area�Papulation ne ighborhood s. , • not applicable, this is a ciCy-wide project ' 6. State�en� of Ob3ectives This project consists o£ selecting and acquiring units of low density housing for rehabilitation and/or removal of architectural barriers to meet th.e needs of disabled people capable of independent living. This project will be carried out in conjunetion with existing HRA programs, and in co-ordination with the ci�y-wide rehab loan and grant program. Funds will be used primarily to write down rehab costs. `fhe objective this year is the rehabilitaCion of 10 to 30 units of low-c�ensity housing. Through rehabilitation, this project contributes to the elimination of blight and to the conservation of the housing s'�ock. Neighborhood diversity is increased by including disabled people in the community. This projecC demonstrates how to prevent the further segregation and ghe�toization of disabled people. Neighborhood councils' support and assistance wi.11 be solicit�d in selecting locations, and handicapped consumers will participate in design. , . (PF-2) % ��� � APPENDIX III ; . � ' Page 5 "'7. D'escription of Activities/Sarvices � Activities: A. Planning J. Construction . B. Co�nunity Organization � K. Contractual Services C. Public IaforQation/Outreach L. Information and Referral D. Design and Engineering M. Counseling and Outreach E. Acquisition N. Transportation Services F. Deaolition and Clearance 0. Administration and - G. Ralocation Snpport Services - - . �i. Code Enforcement . p. Other � Z. Rehabilitation ActivitQ A en Single family, duplex, fourplex � residences capable of rehab for access- ibility will be selected by Handicap Housing Services (HHS) , HRA rehab staff and city inspection team, and neighbor -hood groups working in conjunction. � Designs will be determined through . handicapped consuner input, HRA design staff, and HHS. Process of rehab, f inancing, and closing will be monitore by HFtA and HHS. Co�nunity organization, ' information and referral, �and outreach will be accomplished by HHS and community groups in cooperation. • A. Planning A. Consumers, HHS, HR4 � B. Community Organization B. HHS, Neighborhood Organi2ations C. Public Information/Outreach C. " " � " L. Information and P.eferral L. " " " D. Design and Engineering D. Consumers, HHS, HRA E. A�quisition (purchase) E. HHS � � I. Rehabilitation I. HRA, where applicatile; HHS othe� N. Transportation � � N. HHS O. Administration and Support Services 0. HHS P. Ozher . P. HH� ( management and coordination in the future) I . . , . : � ��: � . � APPENDIX III .- , Page 6 � ?.1. Eligibility Requireaeats � - this pro,7ect is designed for handicapped citizens specifically. - income limits for the Sec.8 program (HUD, Metro Council) apply in those units leased through Sec.8 - Ramsey County residency requirements and income limits will apply in those places where attendants are provided through the Welfare Dept. �8. Hor3� Prograxs . Design, selecti.on, rehabilitation and/or remodling, financing, closing, information, and occupancy complete by Dec. l , �976. Program planning, preliminary design work, information to begin immediately. Selection and pur�hase and rehab to begin approximately May, 1976. Coordination with city-wide program to begin immediately. 9. Agency�Program Coordiaation Occupants will be solicited in .coordination with nursing and rehabilitation facilities. Units will be located near support services . The primary ` agency/program involved with the project is St. Paul HRA' s rehab dept. anc! the city-wide rehab loan and grant program. Coordination will take place thzou�h HRA�s Renewal Dept. The city� s resources have never been coordinated to provide accessible housing through rehab of existing units. 10. Buclget $ 200,000 � � � �1. Loag Eange Financi�.1 Impar� This is a demonstration pro ject. It can be replicated with funding from other sources ( MHFA, Foundations, developers once it is shown to be workable. b�bmitt.ed by: 1 ' 1 � '� Mary 0'Ha=a � Co-Director, Handicap Housing SQrvices ��; October 1 , 1975 , . APPENDIX III ' Page 7 . 1. Project Hame: �necial R rrAatin; for the Han��g�e� � 2. Project Number: 3. Agency: Department of Communitu Services 3.1. Section: Division of Parks and Recreation 4. Project Manaqers Gerald W. Prill, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation 5. Statement of Need: ,; Approximately 10% of the population of the City of Saint Paul is either physically o� mentally handicapped. (Grant Study: Estimates , in Disabilitv, Rene Dawes, July 1970) The non-handicapped portion of the City' s population currently enjoys a diverse range of recreation opportunities and programs, the disabled are many times unable to keep up with able-bodied individuals in the same programs, Trans- portation problems also discourage the handicapped from participating in any out-of-the-home programs. � Many local agencies have attempted to meet the leisure time needs of the handicapped on a small scale, but there is a need � to provide a centralized program for handicapped citizens. A centrally organized program will provide a broader range of resources and information for the handicapped in Saint P�ul than is now offered. 6. Service Area/Population: Citywide- Handicapped citizer►s of Saint Paul. 7. Statement of Objectives: a. To provide the disabled population o� Sa2nt Paul with a comprehensive recreation program based on opportunities equal to those currently enjoyed by the non-handicapped populace of our communi�ty. This program will serve people with all disabilities including the physically handicapped and the mentally retarded. b. To organize and develop programs providing a variety of recreatior► activities including arts and vrafte, athletics, table games, cooking and sewing, campinq, winter sports, apecial events and weekend programa. � c. To provide traneportation by furniehing vans and personal • assistance so that the diasb�ed can take advar►taqe of community . reaources. APPENDIX III � , Page 8 ' 8,. Description of Activities/Services: Activitv p,qencv N. Transportation Services Division of Parks and ( Two (2) vans for the Recreation handicapped) O. Administration and Support Services (Two (2) Recreation Leader I and .one Recreation Director I) P. Other (Handicapped Recreation Activities) .� 8.1 Eligibility Requirements: Participants should be handicapped citizer�s reaidinq in Saint Paul. 91:• Work Program: Ongoing � 10. Budget: � (aee attached) TOTAL- $41,686 11.1 Personnel: (see attached) 11.2 Longrar�ge Financial Impact: a. Seek City £�ding to continue the same level of operation. b. Seek City funding for a reduced level of operation.