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7/12 0:23 page RONALD RAY SMITH CONSULTANT ONACCESS FOIL THE DISABLED 12621 Medlar Street r Yucaipa, CA 97399-4955 USA • (714) 790-1927 AT&T Mail: !ronaldrsmith a TLX: 156241563 "RONALDRSMITH" Dear Building Official: SAVE YOUR STAFF VALUABLE TIME You have a problem: decreased budgets, a staff shortage, overwork of what little staff you have, and increasingly complex building codes that consume enormous amounts of time. The most time consuming are the disabled access requirements of Title 24, ECD, HUD, and ADA. It's almost impossible for your overworked staff to devote the necessary counter time, and field inspection work, that increasing permit activity is bringing. 2 MORE WORK FOR YOUR STRAINED RESOURCES Coming up, is The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that will require your city/county's pre -1973 public accommodations to provide minimum levels of accessibility (conforming to tight standards) by January 26th, 1992. That's only six months away! The Act requires retrofit of ramps & other critical items in every existing restaurant, store, hotel, etc. How are you going to handle this surge of Permit applications: THE ANSWER The answer is: by working with me, a qualified consultant. I'm available to work with your Applicant and Permittees one-to-one, answer their questions, visit their sites, and help them produce plans & specs that comply. They can benefit from an articulate wheelchair -user as an advocate for their proposals. No one does it better: That means more time for your staff to do other, more pressing things. MY ONLY BUSINESS Access for the disabled is my business and has been since 1973. WHEN TO REFER YOUR PERMITTEES AND APPLICANTS: You'll want to keep me in mind when you see these situations, in the field, or at the counter: