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DRC supports ramp and in‑kind roof repairs for Dan German building, asks for salvage effort
Summary
Design team proposed a side ADA ramp and replacement of most of the roof at formerly Dan German Hospital; staff and commissioners endorsed in‑kind replacement and recommended salvaging decorative metal ridge pieces and matching porch details where possible.
Ben McCreery presented proposed work for 135 Fourth Avenue South (the Dan German building), saying the county owns the property and plans to use it for public programming. He described an 18‑inch grade difference from the sidewalk to the porch and proposed a U‑shaped, mostly hidden ramp tucked behind an existing wing wall, with simple metal handrails and a concrete platform where needed.
McCreery also proposed replacing roughly 80 percent of the roof, matching existing metal…
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