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Other Board Business
The GRF Board voted to add a handicap unisex bathroom, including an automatic door, to Clubhouse 4 at a cost not to exceed $78,790, from capital funding. The cost includes the automatic door, which the Board added to the project at a cost of $8,500.
The GRF Physical Properties Department issued a request for bids to 12 contractors, and PIP Plumbing and Construction was the only company to reply.
While the current men’s and women’s restrooms are handicap-friendly, they are not fully ADA-compliant, according to a staff report from the Facilities Committee. The original clubhouse restrooms were recently refurbished, and the existing stalls were designed to be as handicap friendly as possible without undertaking the costly plumbing reconfiguration necessary for full ADA compliance.
The bathrooms were built before 1990, when ADA laws were first passed, so there is no legal obligation to provide fully handicap accessible facilities. But the board majority agreed that the clubhouse should have one so everyone can participate in Clubhouse 4 events.
“When you know better, you do better,” said GRF Director Jeff Mulqueen, who represents Mutual 1. “Today we’d like to have all of our members have access to our facilities.”
GRF Director Janet Isom of Mutual 16, agreed: “I believe we have a moral obligation to meet the needs of our community.” The unisex bathroom will provide one completely ADA-accessible bathroom at the heavily used clubhouse.
