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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

Americans w/ Disabilities Act Action Plan Annual Report

Neighborhood and Community Relations Department

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November 5, 2018

Overview

• 1. Council Action
• 2. Legal Requirements
• 3. ADA Action Plan
• 4. City’s ADA Infrastructure
• 5. Minneapolis Advisory Committee
• n People with Disabilities

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Council Action

• 1. Receive and file report
• 2. Extend existing plan 1-year and

report back October 2019 with new 3-year plan

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Legal requirement

• Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
• ADA Title II: State and local government
• Prohibits discrimination and ensures equal
• pportunity for persons with disabilities to State

and local government programs, services and activities

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ADA Action Plan 2016-2018

• Comprehensive policy document
• Identified strategies to remove physical,

communication and policy barriers

• Components
• City infrastructure to meet ADA Title II requirements set

by the Department of Justice

• Enterprise policies, procedures and strategies for

inclusion of people with disabilities

• Identifies accessible practices and timelines for

modifications, enhancements and barrier removal

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Accessibility benefits everyone

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City’s ADA Infrastructure

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Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act

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Programs and Services

MACOPD Property Services

Physical access to City owned and leased facilities

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Public Works

Maintain City right

• f ways;

sidewalks, roads, signals and curb cuts

Owned and Leased Facilities

Property Services

• 2018: Phase II
• Small projects – Upgrades to City facilities which

included over 200 specific items and many of our facilities

• On-going restroom and accessory modifications at all of

the City’s facilities noted on the ADA Transition Plan

• Entrances and sidewalks leading to several of City

facilities

• Upgrades to parking lot striping and signage at all police

facilities

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Owned and Leased Facilities

Property Services

• Larger projects
• Design work on upgrades to larger scoped projects at

Police, Fire, and Service Node Facilities:

• Police Precincts 1-5
• Lobby Restroom Renovations at 6 Fire Stations
• Restroom and entrance upgrades at 5 Service Node facilities
• Expected completion date is 2019

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Owned and Leased Facilities

Property Services

• Looking forward and building in accessibility
• New facilities
• East Side Storage and Maintenance Facility – estimated

completion in 2020

• MPD Warehouse Facility – estimated completion in 2019
• New Impound Lot Facility – estimated completion in

2019

• New Public Service Center – estimated completion 2020

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Public Right-of-Ways

Public Works

2018 Accessibility Accomplishments

Removing physical barriers in the public right of way

• Pedestrian Curb Ramps
• ~379 ramps have been upgraded this year
• ~100 additional ramps are under construction
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)
• ~35 intersections were upgraded this year with APS push buttons
• Sidewalks
• ~4.33 miles of new sidewalk built through street reconstruction

projects

Programs, policies, procedures, and ADA training

• Sidewalk Gap program
• New capital program to construct sidewalks in corridors where they

are missing

• First year of sidewalk gap program (2018): Chicago Ave between

44th and 46th St E

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Public Right-of-Ways

Public Works

ADA Transition Plan for Public Works drafted in 2012

• Update began in late 2017
• ADA Transition Plans should be updated periodically
• Draft Plan anticipated in early 2019

Purpose of Plan Update

• Reevaluate PW programs, policies, procedures, and ADA training
• Identify criteria for prioritizing improvements
• Develop an updated implementation plan

Public Works Plan is a supplement to the City of Minneapolis ADA Action Plan

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Programs and Services

Neighborhood and Community Relations

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City programs, services, activities Access

• Review and modify City procedures, practices and policies to enhance accessibility and inclusion of people with

disabilities

• Reasonable Accommodations
• Interagency coordination

City Enterprise Support

• ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program
• Trainings: Disability Awareness and Accessible Content
• Provide auxiliary aids and services
• Engagement support and connection to service providers, technical support agencies, and community
• rganizations

ADA Grievance Procedures Respond

Minneapolis Advisory Committee on People w/ Disabilities

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City Ordinances and Policies Programs and Services Public Realm Emerging Trends

Live Broadcasts and City Videos

Communications

• Captioning Services
• ADA: Effective Communication (ADA Title II, § 35.160)
• Proposed funding in the Mayor’s 2019 Recommended

Budget

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Web Content Management System

IT Department

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 AA
• 2017 :
• Training and Awareness
• Selected Clockwork to manage the “Website Project”
• 2018
• Selected Content Management System (Terminalfour)
• Building in accessibility requirements
• Web Content Owner Users Group
• Additional training on making accessible PDF and content
• Using Siteimprove to analyze website accessibility issues
• Decluttering website and content

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Web Content Management System

IT Department

• 2019 Timeline
• Design
• Preliminary site design to be tested by WeCo
• Build to be tested by accessibility experts
• Training
• Making web pages ADA compliant
• Making PDFs ADA compliant
• Writing in Plain Language
• ADA Goal: Capable of identifying and addressing

digital accessibility issues

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Conclusion

ADA Title II Status Report

• Meet federal requirements
• Identified deficiencies and barriers
• Created a plan with strategies and priorities for barrier

removal

• 2018: Made significant improvements and

enhancements to achieving those goals

• Continuing efforts in-place to ensuring City

programs, services and activities are accessible

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Thank you

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