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Resolution to Accept, Approve and Appropriate a Grant from the Michigan Department of State for Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities Program through Funding from the Help America Vote Act ($15,300.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
The City Clerk’s Office has been notified by the Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections, that the City of Ann Arbor has been awarded three grants totaling $15,300.00 to improve the physical access to three school buildings in the Ann Arbor Public Schools system, which are used by the City as polling places, in order to bring these locations into compliance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act as it pertains to polling places.
Under the terms of the grant, the City of Ann Arbor will make accessibility improvements to three polling places (King Elementary School 2-7, Tappan Middle School 3-3, and Eberwhite Elementary School 5-6) and will be reimbursed by the State of Michigan after the work is completed. The grant award includes funding for such improvements as accessible ramps and automatic doors, parking lot striping, accessible signage and handrails. All polling place improvements must be completed by September 30, 2008. Funding for this grant is provided through federal assistance under the Help America Vote Act. No matching funds are required.
As part of the requirements of the Help America Vote Act, polling place accessibility surveys were completed on all buildings, public and private, that are used as polling places in the City of Ann Arbor. In 2006, using federal grant dollars to make improvements, all privately owned buildings used as polling places in the City, such as clubhouses and churches, were certified as fully compliant. However, the majority of the City’s polling places are housed in public school buildings. This latest grant application period allowed the City Clerk’s Office to concentrate applications on the school buildings most needing improvement. Systems Planni...
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