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Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Receive a presentation on and approve the 2017 Americans with Disabilities Act Formal Transition Plan for County Maintained Roadways; and
2) Provide direction to staff as to funding to establish an annual budget for implementing the 2017 Americans with Disabilities Act Formal Transition Plan for County Maintained Roadways starting in Fiscal Year 2018/19. (Est. Time: 15 Min.)
FUNDING: General Fund, Road Fund, Tribe Funds, potentially Urban Surface Transportation Block Grant Funds, Senate Bill 1 Funds, Active Transportation Program Grant Funds, and other available state and federal funding sources.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services, Department of Transportation (Transportation), recommending the Board approve the 2017 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Formal Transition Plan for County Maintained Roadways (Transition Plan), which the County is required to have to meet Federal regulations and receive federal funding, and provide direction to staff as to funding to establish an annual budget item for implementing the Transition Plan. As listed above, there are many potential funding sources to pay for the required improvements, but all funds are currently allocated and prioritized.
While adoption of the Transition Plan will show compliance with Title II, the County must also provide budget/funds to demonstrate a commitment to construct the required improvements and bring deficient ramps into compliance. There are funds available for the first year of improvements which will be presented to the Board for consideration at a future meeting, but an annual ADA project list will be added to the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and funding must be identified for Fiscal Year 2018-19 and beyond. Work is currently being done on ADA projects; however, these non-General fund dollars being used, on current projects, are n...
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