0402RESOLUTION NO. 402
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY".COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROLLING
HILLS, CALIFORNIA, URGING THE OFFICE OF THE STATE
ARCHITECT, GENERAL SERVICES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA., TO
ADOPT MANDATORY AND COMPREHENSIVE STANDARDS GOVERNING
THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO INSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO
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SAID FACILITIES FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
WHEREAS, accessibility for the physically handicapped, the
Office of the State Atchitect, Department of General Services, State of
California, has proposed certain comprehensive, detailed standards and
regulations for governing construction of all buildings, walks, side-
walks, pedestrian ways, curbs, ramps, parking areas, etc., in the
State of California, and
WHEREAS, 15% of the population of the State of California
V have disabilities which substantially limit their mobility, and
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WHEREAS, the cost of altering the buildings, walks, sidewalks,
pedestrian ways, curbs, ramps, parking areas, etc., which are constructed
without providing accessibility for the physically handicapped would be
substantially greater, and
WHEREAS, standards which insure full and equal access for the
physically handicapped are a fundamental necessity to places of employ-
ment and public service offered by each county and city in the State
of California, and
WHEREAS, uniform regulations and the enforcement thereof are
required and necessary to assure to the physically handicapped full and
equal accessibility to said services and public facilities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the League of California
Cities assembled at annual convention in Anaheim, California on -Septem-
ber 27, 1978, go on record requesting that the State Architect promul-
gate mandatory standards which require that every building, walk, side-
walk, pedestrian way, curb, ramp, parking area, etc., in the,�.State of
California, be so constructed as to insure accessibility for•the
physically handicapped.
Passed, approved and adopted this 24th day of July, 1978.
/s/ Godfrey Pernell
Mayor