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FLEET
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JUNE
2003 SUPPLEMENT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This document is the first Supplement to the Settlement
Agreement ("the Agreement") entered into on February 28,
2001. The parties to this
Supplement are: Bay State
Council of the Blind, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts, Sight
Loss Services, Bob Hachey, Amy E. Hasbrouck, Cynthia Ice, Brian Langlois,
Rhonda Mencey, Phyllis Mitchell, Guy Zuccarello (hereinafter Athe Claimants@), and Fleet National Bank (hereinafter AFleet@).
RECITALS
A.
Pursuant to Section 3.7.1, of the Agreement,
in December 2002 the
parties began negotiating in good faith regarding the schedule for installing
Fleet Talking ATMs at remaining Fleet ATM locations at which talking ATMs had
not been, or been scheduled to be, installed pursuant to the Agreement. This
Supplement is the product of those good faith negotiations and is adopted
pursuant to Section 3.7.2.
B.
By entering into this Supplement, Fleet does not admit, and continues
specifically to deny, that it has violated or failed to comply with any
provisions of the ADA, any applicable laws of any state or local government
relating to accessibility for persons with disabilities to public
accommodations, any regulations or guidelines promulgated pursuant to those
statutes or any other applicable laws, regulations, or legal requirements.
Neither this Supplement nor any of its terms or provision, nor any of
the negotiations connected with it, shall be construed as an admission or
concession by Fleet of any such violation or failure to comply with any
applicable law. This Supplement
and its terms and provisions shall not be offered or received as evidence for
any purpose whatsoever against Fleet or its related entities in any action or
proceeding, other than a proceeding to enforce the terms of this Supplement or
the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties listed above hereby agree to the
following provisions:
1.
The Fleet Talking ATM Rollout described in Section 3.3 of the Agreement
shall be continued beyond September 30, 2003 so that by December 31, 2006, all
Fleet ATM Locations existing on that date will have at least one Fleet Talking
ATM, with the exception of ATM
Locations acquired in a Bulk ATM Acquisition, which will remain subject to
Section 3.5 of the Agreement. As to
Fleet ATM Locations at which Talking ATMs were not installed pursuant to the
Agreement, Fleet will make best efforts to install one Talking ATM per ATM
Location according to the following timeframe:
December 31, 2003 14%
June 30, 2004
28%
December 31, 2004 42%
June 30, 2005
56%
December 31, 2005
70%
June 30, 2006
85%
December 31, 2006
100%
All Talking ATMs
installed pursuant to this Supplement will have user-controlled volume control.
2.
Section 3.7 (Subsequent Negotiations Regarding Further Deployment of
Fleet Talking ATMs) will deemed to have been satisfied by this Supplement
and shall no longer be applicable.
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.
In the event of any inconsistency between the Agreement and this
Supplement, this Supplement=s
provisions shall control. All
provisions of the Agreement not specifically amended herein shall remain in full
force and effect and shall apply to this Supplement.
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.
Section 3.10.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.10.1 During the Fleet Talking ATM Pilot and Rollout, Fleet will
notify Claimants=
Counsel in writing or electronically of the address of each Fleet Talking ATM.
Such notification will occur monthly, within the first two weeks of the
month, and will include locations upgraded during the previous month.
5.
This Supplement will take effect on June 3, 2003, and will terminate on
March 1, 2007.
FLEET
NATIONAL BANK
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
BAY
STATE COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF MASSACHUSETTS
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
SIGHT
LOSS SERVICES
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
____________________________
BOB
HACHEY
____________________________
____________________________
AMY
E. HASBROUCK
RHONDA MENCEY
____________________________
____________________________
CYNTHIA
ICE
PHYLLIS MITCHELL
____________________________
____________________________
BRIAN
LANGLOIS
GUY ZACARELLO