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TY from Victor Ashe/Outgoing President, US Conference of Mayors This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu I \. - V'-V\.Vl 0 MEMORANDUM TO SENATOR DOLE DA: June 16, 199~ / FR: Alec Vachon I IV' RE: TY FROM VICTOR ASHE/OUTGOING PRESIDENT, U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS ATTACHED IS A THANK YOU LETTER FROM VICTOR ASHE, outgoing President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, for your March 24th letter to Attorney General Reno asking for an extension of the deadline for curb cuts by cities. (Justice is now moving forward on issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking.) Although Ashe is personally unenthusiastic about ADA, his letter is positive on ADA. Ashe also raises the issue of the costs of paratransit required by ADA--! have been talking with the Mayors about this. BTW, the new President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Norman Rice of Seattle, has the reputation of being very good on ADA. Page 1 of 2 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 1620 EYE STREET, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, O.C. 20006 TELEPHONE.(202) 293-7330 FAX (202) 293-2352 TOD (202) 293-9445 President: VICTOR ASHE Mayor of Knoxville Vitt President: NORMAN RICE June 5, 1995 Mayor of Seattle Put Presldenlll: JERRY ABRAMSON Mayor of Louisville ROBERT M ISAAC Mayor of Color2do Springs JOSEPH P. RILEY, JR. Mayor o( Charleston, SC The Honorable Bob Dole Tnu1tca: HECTOR LUIS ACEVEDO Majority Leader Mayor of San Juan CHARIBSBOX United States Senate Mayor of Rockford DEEDEE CORRADINI 141 Hart Senate Office Building Mayor of Salt Lake City PAUL HELMKE Washington, D.C. 20510 Mayor of Fon Wayne SHARPE JAMES Mayor of Newark, 1') JAMES PERRON Dear Senator Dole: Mayor of Elkhart EUZABETH D. RHEA Mayor or Rock Hill record PETE SFERRAZZA On behalf of The U.S. Conference of Mayors, I would like to Mayor or Reno DAVID SMITii our support for the letters which you and Senators Harkin, Kennedy, Hatch Mayor of N""''ark, CA GREG SPARROW and McCain have sent to the Attorney General on implementation of the Mayor of DeKalb MICHAEL WHITE Americans with Disabilities Act. The issues which your letters address -- the Mayor of Cleveland AdYisory Board: need for more time to make curb cuts and a simplified process for assuring RICHARD M. DALEY, Chair Mayor of ChiC3go that local building codes meet ADA requirements -- are real problems for our DENNIS ARCHER Mayor or Detroit cities. We appreciate both your strong support for the ADA and your efforts RICHARD ARRINGTON Mayor or Birmingham to make its implementation more realistic for our cities. We look forward to ROBERT COBLE Mayor of Columbia, SC the Attorney General's response to your letters. BRENT COLES Mayor of Boise CARDEil. COOPER Mayor or East Orange There is another issue relating to implementation of the ADA which we LOUISE GARDNER Mayor ofJefferson City must also bring to your attention, and that is the impact which its SUSAN GOLDING Mayor or San Diego implementation is likely to have on public transportation systems. As it KAY GRANGER Mayor or Fon Warth currently stands, compliance in early 1997 with ADA's paratransit MIKE JOHANNS Mayor of Uncoln requirements, when coupled with proposed reductions in federal operating JAN l.AVER1Y JONES Mayor of w Vegas assistance, threaten the future viability of many local transit systems and their FRANK JORDAN Mayor of San Francisco ability to deliver services m persons with disabilities. We urge you to work JOHN McCARTiiY Mayor or Everett with us to address this critical problem as well. PATRICK McMANUS Mayor of Lynn RITAMUUINS Mayor of Palatine Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the nation's cities. JOHN 0 NORQUIST Mayor or Mi!Waukee MEYERA E- OBERNDORF Mayor of Virginia Be2ch Sincerely yours, DONALD PLUSQUEWC M3yor of Akron SAUL RAMIREZ, JR Mayor or Laredo SHARON SAYU:S BELTON Mayor of Minneapolis KURT SCHMOKE Mayor of Baltimore Victor Ashe PAULSOGUN Mayor of Madison Mayor of Knoxville BRUCE TODD Mayor of Austin WEU.INGTON WEBB Mayor of Denver Euc:udvc Oittctor: ). TiiOMAS COCHRAN Page 2 of 2 . .... - . .. .
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