REPORT TO AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMMITTEE
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Americans with Disabilities Act Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan - 2025 Annual Report (He)
Report
BACKGROUND
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 prohibits discrimination by public entities on the basis of disability. Under Title II of the ADA, the City is required to evaluate its services, policies, and practices in order to identify any barriers to access, and to make necessary modifications to eliminate such barriers. For barrier removals requiring structural changes to facilities, the City is required to develop a transition plan setting forth the necessary steps to complete the modifications. The City previously completed a self-evaluation and transition plan in 1993 to comply with the ADA requirements.
Since the completion of the 1993 Plan, ADA regulations and standards have been updated. The City has acquired and disposed of facilities, performed capital improvement projects, modified organizational structures, and developed and implemented different programs, services, and activities that are accessible to the public but that differ from the original plan. Therefore, the City prepared a comprehensive update to the plan in order to evaluate and ensure that City programs, services, activities, facilities, and public rights-of-way are accessible to the public under current ADA requirements.
On August 20, 2024, the City Council adopted the comprehensive update to the City's Americans with Disabilities Act Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan (Plan). The Plan evaluates existing public services, policies, practices, and facilities to identify ADA barriers and includes recommendations to improve them over time. Accessibility-related improvements to public facilities and the public right-of-way are identified in the Plan and criteria is included to prioritize the improvements.
The Plan's adoption was a significant milestone in the City's e...
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