FACILITIES SUB-COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
June 10, 2008
Present: Mike Skiple, Larry Zitzow, Fawn Behrens Smith, Marsha Nelson,
Pat Berntsen and Judy Sannes
Facilities’ Report
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The Behavioral Science Center next to Nursing will be open this fall. The
Harrington addition, which is a leadership and entrepreneurship center,
will be open next month. New bathrooms on first floor Harrington will be
done this fall. Bathrooms are being added in the Armory and a research
facility next to the Hilton is in progress.
No work order for the electronic door openers on the Medical Science
Library has been filed. Mike was asked to contact the Facilities person in
the Med. School to see if they are planning to make that request. DSS
has given their old electronic opener to that project. If the Medical School
decides not to move forward on this project, the disposition of the opener
will probably be reviewed.
The lifts for the Choir Room in the Fine Arts building and the third floor of
Merrifield have been ordered and should arrive in July and be installed
before the beginning of fall semester.
Old Business
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Members shared their opinions of the success of the ADA Conference.
The evaluation results were very positive. The participants were very
attentive throughout the entire day. An inspector who helped Larry
promote the conference said he has never seen such a successful
conference on access standards. We have a balance of $356.58, due
mostly to the fact that we did not have to pay for ramp parking. (The ramp
was unavailable due to roadwork.) Larry offered to find out if we can carry
over the surplus and use it for another conference in the future or if we
need to (or should) return the surplus to the donors. Thank you to
everyone who helped with the conference.
New Business
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Pat brought up a concern about the lack of a curb cut from the Ralph to
Suite 49. Larry explained that a long range plan will be developed to
address sidewalk and curb cut needs for all the buildings on the Bronson
Property. The property is own by UND and leased to the individual
businesses. The legal issues about who will be responsible for
construction costs of the walkways and curb cuts are being addressed
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now. Therefore, no new cuts will be made until these issues are settled
and a long range plan is in place.
Marsha asked if the door to the accessible men’s stall on the first floor of
the Union can be fixed so it opens completely. Mike reported that a wall
would have to be moved and structurally that can’t happen. One solution
would be to eliminate the accessible stall on the first floor. Marsha stated
a preference for retaining that stall. She asked if the adjacent toilet could
be removed, thereby increasing the side of the accessible stall so the door
would work. Mike will find out if code will allow one less stall in the
bathroom, and if so, the cost will be determined.
Marsha also reported that there is no curb cut at the end of the sidewalk
leading from the elevator exit door on the west side of the parking ramp.
People using wheelchairs and carts would have to use the curb cut on
Second Avenue and then wheel back across that street to get to the Union
or beyond. Mike offered to check into this situation.
No meetings are planned for the rest of the summer. Judy will convene the
group in September.
Respectfully submitted,
Judy Sannes, Chairperson