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Prichard Auditorium fails ADA audit

By John Nixon

11/04/2021

(KLZA)-- The Falls City Council approved moving forward with upgrades to sidewalks, curbs and parking at Prichard Auditorium when they met Monday evening.

Ward 4 Council member Derek Leyden said that an American's With Disabilities audit determined that Prichard Auditorium is not in compliance with ADA standards. Richardson County utilizes the Auditorium as a polling place for three precincts during elections.

A suggestion is to change the sides of the street where there is parallel parking and diagonal parking on 17th Street. Currently the diagonal parking is on the north side of the street with parallel parking on the south side of 17th Street. The change would not result in a loss of parking places on the south side of the building.

Leyden said the sidewalks on the property and the large cement area leading to the front doors are in poor condition.

The good news is, there are federal dollars that would go to Richardson County to help cover at least part of the costs of the upgrades. The money would then be paid to the City by the County for the improvements.

In addition, Richardson County would also purchase some rubber ramps that will slope from the basketball arena floor, out to the entryway floor to bypass the step up onto the playing floor where the voting booths and poll workers are located during voting.

The City will need to work with the County and with engineers to to determine the work to be done outside and along the street.

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