TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, City Manager
FROM: Brook Redding, Assistant to the City Manager
DATE: January 4, 2021
RE:
Title
American with Disabilities Act - Self-Evaluation, Transition Plan, and Public Involvement Plan
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: Safe and Secure Community
Goal II: Responsive City government supporting a diverse and viable economy
Goal III: City investment in today and tomorrow
Goal IV: Desirable place to live, work and recreate
Goal V: Financially sound City providing exemplary city services
Goal VI: Collaborative citizen and business engagement
Executive Summary:
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulates programs, activities, and services provided by state and local governments. The City of Fayetteville must comply with this section, which states: "no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity" (42 USC Sec. 12132; 28 CFR Sec. 35.130).
Following Title II, the City of Fayetteville has conducted an ADA compliance self-evaluation of its services, programs, activates, and facilities on public property and in public rights-of-way. With this information, an ADA Transition Plan has been developed to share findings of the self-evaluation and to establish strategies for improving ADA accessibility within our community. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the process of public involvement was initially limited. The staff has developed a Public Involvement Plan using innovative methods to bring Fayetteville residents to the discussion with the highest level of inclusion and access as possible.
Background:
In 2020, the City drafted its ADA Transition Plan, Public Involvement Plan, and conducted a self-ev...
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