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November 9, 2015 - City Council Work Session
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A
E
C
B
G
I'd
like
to
start
by
giving
just
a
little
bit
of
background
about
how
we
got
to
where
we
are
today,
the
American
with
Disabilities
Act
was
passed
by
congress
in
1990.
It
is
a
wide-ranging
civil
rights
law
that
prohibits
discrimination
based
on
disability
on
july
of
26
1992
it
be
cover.
Manure,
then
required
to
develop
a
compliance
plan
and
on
july
2799
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
passed
their
compliance
plan.
If
you
think
that
stands
out
july,
26
1992
is
actually
on
a
sunday.
G
G
So
here's
a
a
history
of
the
timeline
and
the
evolution
of
the
the
ad.
A
again
it
was
passed
in
nineteen
ninety
became
effective
1992.
There
were
some
Supreme
Court
rulings
which
changed
the
manner
in
which
it
was
implemented.
In
2008
they
passed
the
amendments
act
which,
which
greatly
changed
the
definition
of
disability,
really
broadening
the
scope
of.
What's
considered
a
disability
and
then
in
2010
there
were
some
design
standard
updates
and
now
in
2015
were
celebrating
25
years
of
having
a
DA
policies
on
the
record.
G
So
more
today,
the
city
manager
has
passed
all
of
our
city
departments
with
undergoing
a
self-evaluation,
and
some
accomplishments
have
been
made
to
date.
I
want
to
go
over
some
of
those,
and
then
we
have
a
lot
more
work.
Yet
to
do
so,
someone
compliments
accomplishments
to
date,
their
most
noticeable
on
the
city's
website.
G
Every
web
page
now
has
a
footer
which
has
an
accessibility
portal
which
will
take
you
to
all
this
information
detailed
here
we
changed
our
notice
to
include
Department
of
Justice
recommended
language.
We've
clearly
identified
our
ad
a
compliance
coordinator
being
Ernestine
Jackson,
we've
added
a
complaint
form
that
can
be
downloaded
by
citizens.
We've
posted
our
grievance
procedures.
We
also
found
our
1992
plan
of
compliance.
It
was
too
large
volumes
of
documents.
We've
now
digitized
those
and
they're
available
to
the
public
on
our
website,
and
we've
created
this.
G
So
what
does
the
Department
of
Justice
require?
They
have
five
general
requirements.
Those
are
listed
there.
Every
one
of
those
general
requirements
were
satisfied
in
the
previous
slide,
so
everything
on
our
website
now
falls
under
those
five
general
require
the
ATA.
They
also
have
13
points
of
program,
access
and
they've
developed
this
title
to
technical
assistance
manual
to
help
local
governments
evaluate
whether
their
compliance
or
not
so
we're
using
this
self-evaluation
manual
to
go
through
each
one
of
these
13
points.
So
the
department
justice
is
recommended
evaluating
our
programs
and
our
services.
G
So,
with
the
next
steps,
what
are
we
going
to
do
once
we
complete
these
self-evaluations?
We
are
going
to
go
then
solicit
input,
we'd,
like
input
from
the
council
we'd
like
input
from
citizens
and
interested
organizations.
Once
we
get
that
input
we'd
like
to
incorporate
any
of
that
into
the
document
and
then
have
it
formally
recognized
by
council
and
adopted,
but
there
have
been
there
had
been
I
did
one
to
point
out.
G
There
have
been
significant
other
strides
that
didn't
make
the
slide
that
we
that
we
have
recently
accomplished,
one
being
our
sidewalk
master
plan
that
the
council
recently
approved
as
a
major
undertaking,
a
major
component
requirement
through
the
Department
of
Justice,
that
you
have
those
schedules
in
place.
Another
one
is
our
facilities
assessment.
That's
also
was
significant
undertaking.
That
was
part
of
why
the
1992
compliance
plan
was
so
voluminous,
but
we've
we.
G
F
I
can't
mayor
I
just
want
to
add
some
final
comments,
and
that
is,
you
can
see
this
entire
program
as
a
federal
mandate.
Yes,
it's
federal
law,
but
the
Department
of
Justice
doesn't
take
lightly
to
cities.
States
who
ignore
the
a
DA
doesn't
keep
up
to
date
and,
and
we
have
had
some
local
assistance-
some
of
you
know
Twyla
and
George
Braden.
That
is
the
mayor.
You
know
and
they've
helped
to
remind
us
that
you
know
lack
of
funding.
F
Lack
of
focus
is
no
excuse
and
I
think
this
is
a
real
positive
that
the
progress
that
has
been
made,
because
for
many
years,
maybe
they're
just
wasn't
that
focus
that
attention
being
given
and
the
competent
personnel.
You
know
it's
just
as
I've
seen
some
of
the
Public
Works
type
of
standards
boy.
They
just
keep
changing
almost
every
three
or
four
years,
but
you
have
to
have
people
who
can
stay
on
top
of
this
and
granted,
even
though
I
think
even
the
ad
a
coordinator,
and
who
is
that
person?
F
Sometimes
people
don't
know
and
again
that's
earnest.
Ting
Jackson,
but
she's,
assisted
by
tom
Dave
Ryan,
are
Jim
karch
many
other
people
in
the
city
depending
upon
what
the
issue
is.
So
a
lot
of
progress
has
been
made
here.
I
think
it's
also
important
to
point
out.
This
is
kind
of
part
of
our
ongoing
priority
based
budgeting,
because
a
DA
compliance
is
a
critical
service
that
has
to
be
funded.
F
We
have
to
have
the
personnel
and
I
think
this
is
again
a
the
progress
being
made
to
make
sure
that
it
is
a
program,
a
service
that
continually
gets
the
funding
resources,
the
personnel
or
the
contract
personnel
to
help
ensure
that
we
are
staying
in
compliance
and
make
sure
that
we
don't
have
a
Department
of
Justice
coming
down
on
us.
Like
recently,
they
have
I
think
it
was
Champaign
County.
F
You
know
going
after
them
with
some
pretty
hefty
fines
for
lack
of
compliance
and
staying
on
task
with
this
so
appreciate
all
that
Alex
has
done
for
in
helping
get
us
back
on
where
we
needed
to
be,
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
on
this
and
even
ask
the
Braden's
to
continue
to
assist
us
as
some
citizen
volunteers.
It's
a
Bayer
tournament,
you
of.
F
D
A
little
vomit
and
thank
you
very
much
very
informative,
and
it
is
an
unfunded
type
issue
that
we've
got
to
face.
I
realize
I'm
just
wondering
how
in
tune
we
are
to
the
actual
community,
those
that
are
affected
and
are
we
are
we
focusing
on
those
neighborhoods
and
those
issues
that
they're
facing
first
as
part
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
as
we
move
along.
D
You
know,
I've
got
some
of
those
issues
in
my
own
neighborhood
we're
replacing
sidewalks
with
you
know,
88
compliance,
and
maybe
we
really
don't
need
them
necessarily
right
there,
but
we
have
to
do
it
because
it's
a
mandated
investment
that
we
have
to
make
when
we
repair
that
street
so
understand
that
as
well,
but
are
we
are
we,
you
know,
sort
of
like
I
talked
with
Jim
20
weeks
ago,
when
we
talk
about
infrastructure
and
sidewalks
for
the
kids?
Are
we
being
are
we
looking
at?
D
F
F
We're
also
making
sure
that
we're
just
in
compliance
with
federal
law
too,
because
it's
like
these,
when
we
get
into
major
overlays,
we
have
no
choice
if
those
sidewalk
where
they
intersect,
the
intersection
are
not
in
compliance
were
mandated
to
bring
them
in
the
compliance.
So
but
I
will
say
this
I've
seen
in
some
cities,
where
there's
even
been
greater
outreach
and
trying
to
find
out
in
each
neighborhood.
F
E
E
And
I
I
want
to
underscore
what
Kevin
saying
there
in
terms
of
it,
to
the
extent
that
we
can
prioritize
I,
know
jim
koch
and
his
staff
have
been
great
with
pastor
dale
miller,
who
is
you
know,
he's
out
and
about
in
his
wheelchair
all
the
time
and
and
he's
very
proactive,
and
I
think
both
the
Millers
and
the
Braden's
can
probably
help
us
do
some
prioritizing
I
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
this
Alex.
Thank.
B
You
other
questions
comments
seeing
none,
okay,
thank
you
again.
Alex
would
very
much
appreciate
it,
calling
this
attention
to
a
critical
issue
that
faces
us
and
is
continuing
to
face
us.
So
at
this
point,
is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn
move
by
all
the
women
Schmidt?
Is
there
a
second
second
by
all
the
women
howlman,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
we're
adjourned
and
we'll
see
you
in
about
11
minutes.