Housing and Community Development Act of 1977

Modifications proposed:

Lower public telephones, drinking fountains, paper towel dispensers and soap dispensers; provide visual fire alarm system; provide automatic exterior door openers.

2. School Name: George Mason Center

Handicapped pupils served: 82 trainable mentally handicapped and multihandicapped students. (See spot map attached)

Other handicapped programs served: Senior citizens participating in DHR activities which are conducted in the same building.

Justification: These alterations will benefit trainable mentally handicapped and multihandicapped students. The ramps will not only help wheelchair students and cane walker students, but will also aid in the mobility of senior citizens who attend activities planned by the Department of Human Resources at the Center.

George Mason Center students come from all areas of Arlington County. The numbers from each area have been indicated on the enclosed 1970 Census Tract шар.

20 students are on free lunch and 2 are on reduced lunch; this indicates
the income level of 1/3 of our student population.

It is vital that George Mason Center have an adequate, operable intercom system since the safety of our students depends upon the ability to relay messages quickly from the classrooms to the office. Because of their handicapping conditions, out students have seizures, may fall, or may run out of the building.

All of these improvements will greatly improve the mobility and safety
of our students not only in the building but also on the playground.

Modifications proposed: Paving to improve wheelchair access; elevator for persons with motion impairment ($55,000); curb cuts and ramps; extend and improve intercommunication system.

3. School Name: McKinley Elementary School

Handicapped pupils served: 20 physically handicapped.

(See spot map attached)

Other handicapped programs served: Physically handicapped Boy Scout Troup (10/15) Amount requested:

$32,000

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Justification: To improve accessibility for wheelchair and those using crutches. To provide shelter while loading and unloading passenger vehicles. improve safety and to provide for the teaching of living skills to handicapped.

Modifications proposed: Curb cuts and ramps; bus loading shelter; handrails

in hallways, toilets and classrooms; enlarge classroom toilets and provide bathing facilities; provide and install washer, dryer and stove for teaching living skills to handicapped students; improve room security; provide room dividers in multiple handicapped room.

Handicapped pupils served: Nine children with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and post polio. (See spot map attached). Family activities related to above.

Amount requested: $3,600

Justification: To provide interior circulation (currently must use outdoor
ramps), and to permit use of bathroom facilities in addition to those in
the clinic.

Modifications proposed:

install grab bars.

Interior ramps and rails; modify toilet booths and

School Name: Thos. Jefferson Jr. High School & Community Center
Handicapped pupils served: Very few on a regular basis.

Amount requested: $2,500

Justification:

This Community Center is a focal point to the entire community. While access is generally good, certain small improvements would make it better.

Modifications proposed: Curb cuts; signage; grab bars in toilets, emergency
lighting in elevator; vision strips at lower level indoors.

Relation to Selection Criteria

Though removal of architectural barriers is a CD eligible activity, it does not relate directly to the discretionary grant selection criteria. However, as the attached maps show, a significant number of the handicapped children who would be aided, if these proposals were funded, do reside in CD target census tracts. Consequently, we believe that the removal of the barriers will enhance neighborhood schools, which will in turn enhance and stabilize specific neighborhoods which is the primary CD objective.