goothe u.s. congress signed into law the americans with disabilities act. for property owners that are not doing remodeling, complying with the ada can be costly. cooperation with the department of public works to allow sidewalk modifications for cost- effective building entrances is critical. it would be a different story if of a property owner was proposing to be model of a building -- to remodel a building. mrs. levy has genuine concerns. i met with her to clarify the design. property owners and tenants were sued in federal court. one of the tenants has closed her business. this building was originally constructed in 1908 as a masonic lodge with five ground-floor places. we provided accessible entrances. i would like to describe the proposed design and a couple of options and we studied. let me start with the plan. right where my finger is is the corner. that is the entrance, pretty much as it is now, to the village pizzeria. there are another four stores. today the spaces have been combined, and the other spaces remain the same. this is the optionç we