CC RES 2013-034 RESOLUTION NO. 2013-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, ADOPTING THE CITYWIDE ACCESSIBILITY SELF-EVALUATION
AND TRANSITION PLAN.
WHEREAS, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed
into law in 1990, requires the City of Rancho Palos Verdes to prepare a program
to implement removal of identified physical barriers and to ensure access by
persons with disabilities to the programs, activities, and services offered by the
City; and,
WHEREAS, the ADA prohibits discrimination and provides comprehensive
civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment,
public accommodations, government services, public transportation, and
telecommunications; and,
WHEREAS, during the last 20 years the City has removed multiple
physical barriers by providing or upgrading sidewalk curb ramps, accessible
restrooms, parking lots, and reception counters either through specific ADA
compliance projects or as part of larger improvement projects; and,
WHEREAS, the ADA program requires the City to prepare a `Self—
Evaluation' report for all City facilities with respect to accessibility and a
`Transition Plan' to schedule and fund implementation of corrective work to
achieve ADA compliance; and,
WHEREAS, the City hired a consultant to prepare a citywide Accessibility
Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan (SE & TP); and,
WHEREAS, the consultant has prepared the citywide Accessibility SE &
TP, which is on file with the City Clerk office and the Department of Public Works;
and,
WHEREAS, as required by the ADA, the City provided three weeks notice
and invited members of the disabled community to attend a public outreach
meeting, which was held on May 4th 2011, at Hesse Park; and,
WHREAS, the purpose of this meeting was to obtain and record the
community's input, questions and concerns and to include them in the SE & TP
documents for consideration and implementation; and,
WHEREAS the American's with Disabilities Act requires the City to assign
an ADA Coordinator and a Transition Plan Implementation Manager for the City;
and,
WHEREAS the City Manager of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
appointed the Public Works Director to be the ADA Coordinator and, the Public
Works Deputy Director to be the Transition Plan Implementation Manager for the
City; and,
WHEREAS, the City of RPV Accessibility SE & TP has an implementation
schedule for addressing all identified physical barriers, providing access to City
programs and services and, addressing the accessibility aspects of the City's
emergency response plans and procedures as required by law; and,
WHEREAS, the implementation schedule gives priority to addressing
barriers identified as Potential Safety Hazard (Severity Level A) and, Severe
Barrier or No Access (Severity Level B); and,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes Self Evaluation and Accessibility
Transition Plan, which is on file in the City Clerk's Office and in the Department of
Public Works and is made a part hereof by this reference, is hereby adopted and
shall be implemented by the City, in accordance with the criteria established
therein and the annual City budgets, which are approved by the City Council. A
copy of the SE & TP shall be posted on the City's website.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 4th DAY OF JUNE 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
State of California
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County of Los Angeles )ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify
that the above Resolution No. 2013-34 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on June 4,
2013.
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City Clerk
Resolution No. 2013-34
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