Title/Name/Summary
ADA Transition Plan Self-Assessment Assistance
History
According to the Federal and State laws, all public agencies are required to develop and maintain a formal document, available to the public, outlining agencies’ compliance or lack thereof, with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The process includes conducting a self-evaluation of building facilities, right-of-way facilities and communications in order to identify any accessibility obstacles or issues that need to be addressed. The document establishes the transition steps necessary to achieve full compliance with the ADA.
The Village previously retained Strand Associates, Inc. (Strand) to prepare the core of the ADA Transition Plan. This was completed in January 2021. The Village is now initiating the self-assessment step to complete the next element of the ADA Transition Plan. In order to reduce costs, the Village’s engineering and public works staff will be performing our own building, facility, and right-of-way self-assessments in compliance with the elements outlined in the ADA Transition Plan. Staff recommends extending Strand’s contract to provide training to the Village staff and to prepare the exhibits to be added to the Transition Plan. The Village requested and received a proposal from Strand (attached) and their scope of services is briefly shown below:
Strand’s Scope of Services
1. Assist Village through training of staff, quality control review of documents, Transition Plan updates, and Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of the collected data.
2. Attend a project kickoff meeting with the Village to discuss project scope, schedule, and communications. Prepare and distribute meeting minutes.
3. Prepare self-assessment documents based on forms provided in the Village's ADA Transition Plan and provide to Village.
4. Prepare a Microsoft Access data base and provide to Village for entry of self-assessment data by the Village.
5. Provide training to Village ...
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