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HomeMy WebLinkAboutX-A-01 Adopt ADA Transition Plan City Council Memorandum To: Mayor Fasbender & City Council Members From: John Caven Date: March 20, 2019 Item: Adopt ADA Transition Plan Council Action Requested: The council is requested to approve the ADA Transition Plan. Background Information: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against individuals on basis of disability. The law requires a government agency to bring their infrastructure within the public right of way in to ADA compliance within a reasonable amount of time. In 2018, the Engineering Department hired an intern to collect data on what infrastructure we have and in what condition it is in. Sidewalks, trails, pedestrian ramps, and parking lots were identified and rated. Costs for upgrading the deficiencies were calculated. By December 2018, a draft ADA Transition Plan was drafted that described a 30 year plan to bring its infrastructure in to full ADA compliance. After meeting with the Operations Committee on January 23, 2019, City staff held an informational public meeting on February 27, 2019 to discuss the draft plan and to gain feedback from the public. For reference, these comments are attached. Applicable comments have been updated within the plan. City Council is requested to approve the ADA Transition Plan. Approving of the plan allows the City to continue its practice of applying, when applicable, for Federal Funding for projects within the public right of way. The proposed ADA Transition Plan can be found on the City’s website: www.hastingsmn.gov/ADA Financial Impact: The City of Hastings is mandated (unfunded) to bring the system in to ADA compliance. The cost estimate to bring all infrastructure within City of Hastings public right of way in to ADA compliance is 4.7 million dollars. The ADA Transition Plan recommends spreading this cost out over 30 years through various funding mechanisms. • Absorb replacement of deficient pedestrian ramps and sidewalks in with annual reconstruction project. • Absorb replacement of deficient pedestrian ramps in with annual mill and overlay project. • Include annual budget request for stand-alone project to improve parking lots and trails and to accelerate improvements on pedestrian ramps and sidewalks. Attachments: Public Comments (4) X-A-01 P UB L I C C OM M E N T S AD A T R A N S I T I O N P L A N Na m e / O r g a n i z a t i o n / A d d r e s s C o m m e n t s C i t y S t a f f R e s p o nses Ni c o l e D e P a l m a Pa r k s & R e c C o m m i s s i o n (P h o n e ) Ho w d o w e s e e o u r P a r k s a n d R e c r e a t i o n v e n u e s , s e r v i c e s , an d p r o g r a m s b e c o m i n g m o r e " u s e r f r i e n d l y " f o r a l l o f o u r Co m m u n i t y t o h a v e a c c e s s t o , a n d b e a b l e t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n wh a t o u r P & R s y s t e m h a s t o o f f e r ? Ve n u e s , s e r v i c e s , a n d p r o g r a m s s h o u l d a l s o h a v e a p l a n t o be f u l l y “ u s e r f r i e n d l y . ” T h e p l a n p r o p o s e d t o d a y h o w e v e r is s t r i c t l y f o r t h e p u b l i c s p a c e w i t h i n t h e r o a d r i g h t o f w a y an d p u b l i c p a r k i n g l o t s . I n o t h e r w o r d s t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n co r r i d o r s t a k i n g p e o p l e t o t h e i r d e s t i n a t i o n . S o f o r t h i s , we ’ r e t a l k i n g a b o u t s i d e w a l k s , t r a i l s , p e d e s t r i a n r a m p s , a n d pa r k i n g l o t s . T h e i n v e s t m e n t t o b r i n g t h i s a l l i n t o co m p l i a n c e i s j u s t u n d e r 5 m i l l i o n d o l l a r s . T o m i t i g a t e t h e fi n a n c i a l b u r d e n , t h e C i t y i s p r o p o s i n g t h i s w o r k t o b e sp r e a d o u t o v e r 3 0 y e a r s p r i o r i t i z i n g t h e m o s t s e v e r e de f i c i e n c i e s f i r s t o r t h o s e w i t h g r e a t e s t n e e d , w h i c h i s a l l on p a r w i t h s u r r o u n d i n g c o m m u n i t i e s p l a n s . 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T h i s i s w h a t H a s t i n g s ch o o s e s t o d o t o h e l p f u l l y c l e a n u p a n a r e a a n d h e l p t h e pr o p e r t y o w n e r s o u t . H o w e v e r , D a k o t a C o u n t y m a y b e di f f e r e n t . I t ’ s b e s t t o c h e c k w i t h t h e m d i r e c t l y o n w h a t t h e i r po l i c y i s . T h e y l i k e l y w o u l d b e r e q u i r e d t o u p g r a d e d e f i c i e n t pe d e s t r i a n r a m p s d u r i n g t h e i r n e x t m i l l a n d o v e r l a y , m i c r o su r f a c e p r o j e c t , o r r e c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t . S i d e w a l k s th e m s e l v e s h o w e v e r a r e a d i f f e r e n t k i n d o f a n i m a l s o i t w o u l d pr o b a b l y b e b e s t t o s p e a k w i t h t h e C o u n t y d i r e c t l y o n w h a t th e i r p o l i c y i s o n s i d e w a l k s d u r i n g p r o j e c t s . X-A-01 P UB L I C C OM M E N T S AD A T R A N S I T I O N P L A N Na m e / O r g a n i z a t i o n / A d d r e s s C o m m e n t s C i t y S t a f f R e s p o nses Ly n n H o e s c h e n 41 9 6 th S t (A t t e n d e d M e e t i n g ) Co m m e n t e d t h a t a d j a c e n t 8 f t v a n a c c e s s i b l e p a r k i n g st a l l s d e s i g n e d t o l o a d a n d u n l o a d o f t e n a r e u s e d f o r pa r k i n g ( i l l e g a l l y ) . C a n n o p a r k i n g s i g n s b e i n s t a l l e d t o co m p l i m e n t t h e p a v e m e n t s t r i p i n g ? Me n t i o n e d p l a y g r o u n d s w i t h m u l c h r e s t r i c t m o b i l i t y o f us e r s i n w h e e l c h a i r s Ag r e e d t h i s i s u n f o r t u n a t e . P e r h a p s e n f o r c e m e n t a c t i o n b e ta k e n w h e n t h i s o c c u r s a s w e l l a s c r e a t e a n o u t r e a c h co m p o n e n t s p e c i f i c t o e d u c a t i n g t h e p u b l i c o f t h e n e e d o f th i s s p a c e . Di f f e r e n t m a t e r i a l s a r e a v a i l a b l e s o t h i s c a n b e a d i s c u s s i o n po i n t w h e n i n s t a l l i n g n e w p l a y g r o u n d s . El l i o t W o l c u t 19 9 7 S i e r r a L n (A t t e n d e d M e e t i n g ) 30 y e a r s s e e m s t o o l o n g . M y k i d s w o u l d h a v e t o w a i t f o r th e t r a n s i t i o n o u t s i d e m y h o u s e . I t s e e m s t h a t w e c a n d o be t t e r t h a n 3 0 y e a r s . Wh a t a r e y o u d o i n g t o i n c r e a s e e f f i c i e n c i e s t o r e p l i c a t e th e p r o c e s s o v e r a n d o v e r a g a i n f o r t h e s e p r o j e c t s t h a t yo u h a v e p l a n n e d o u t ? Ag r e e 3 0 y e a r s i s a l o n g t i m e b u t 4 . 7 M d o l l a r s i s a l a r g e co s t a n d n e e d t o b e r e a l i s t i c o n h o w w e a p p r o a c h t h i s . A n y in j e c t i o n o f a d d i t i o n a l f u n d i n g t o t h e p r o g r a m w o u l d de c r e a s e t h i s t i m e f r a m e . Ch o o s i n g r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d m i l l a n d o v e r l a y p r o j e c t s t h a t ar e p e d e s t r i a n r a m p h e a v y . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , r o a d p a v e m e n t su r f a c e c o n d i t i o n a n d u t i l i t i e s u n d e r n e a t h d i c t a t e w h e n a ro a d i s c o n s t r u c t e d . A D A c o m p l i a n c e s h o u l d b e c o n s i d e r e d as w e l l t h o u g h . Ef f i c i e n c i e s a r e g a i n e d b y e c o n o m y o f s c a l e s , m e a n i n g pu t t i n g p l a n s t o g e t h e r w i t h h i g h e r b i d d i n g q u a n t i t i e s re s u l t i n g i n l o w e r u n i t b i d p r i c e s . Ni c k H a l t v i c k 90 2 3 6 th S t (A t t e n d e d M e e t i n g a n d E m a i l ) Wh a t a b o u t t r a i l s ? R a m p s a r e t h e e a s y o n e s . W h a t a r e th e i s s u e s w i t h t h e t r a i l s : w i d t h s , p a t c h i n g , p o t h o l e s . Wh a t a r e t h e A D A r e g u l a t i o n s w i t h t h a t ? 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