So now that our front door is publicly labelled as accessible, we need to install an automatic door opener & remote button (kickplate & hand-height or a long bar) to make it legal. 

Reason I bring this up to you guys is, the opener system will need to integrate into our existing/future access control somehow. The quote I got is $2800 (50% parts, 50% labor) for a package including the Open Sesame Model 233 (brochure, spec sheet), made in San Leandro. 

Also, some of us met last week re: sketching out Omni's accessibility plan, and Yar suggested this might be a good time to also implement RFID system for the front door, if that was possible? In part because, proximity to an RFID fob is more accessible than a card swipe which (after thinking about it) I realized requires a pincing motion that is likely not ADA... because of the excessive door opening pressure and iffy slope on the front landing, we need an RFID & auto-opener. 

So -- I'm not sure if any more work has been done on the RFID systems I put in sudo a little while ago (stashed in under-stair storage area), might it be possible to integrate these into the door opener? I note in the brochure they offer a keypad access option - perhaps an opportunity for 2-factor authentication like Marc had talked about? Anyhow what do you guys think? 

I apologize for not helping y'all more with a better access control system (helping spaces post-ghostship consumed my bandwidth), but as there is now renewed pressure I want to help as I can. Would installing a trial RFID/throw on the Omni Office for example still be helpful towards getting this nailed down? Lmk

Fwiw - I see the opener as pressing at this point not just 'cause its long overdue, but because every day our front door is labelled as accessible when it's technically not, is actually a not-insignificant liability issue (accessibility lawsuit). Plus of course, we are still under scrutiny by the city, nimby neighbors trying to call us out for bogus reasons, etc etc. And per building code the front door must be made fully accessible before any other accessibility work starts on the rest of the building - at some point an inspector's gonna notice since they all go through that door..anyhow. 

Let me know how myself & those of us working on accessibility might be able to help -

Best,

David