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Streator holds public hearing on ADA transition plan; staff seeks comments through April 1
Summary
City staff presented a draft Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition plan and ramp inventory covering roughly 1,200 curb ramps, proposed a preliminary 14-year schedule and an annual budget estimate, and opened the plan for public comment through April 1.
The City of Streator opened and closed a public hearing on a draft Americans with Disabilities Act transition plan on a council agenda item that included a citywide ramp inventory and a proposed schedule for corrections.
The plan matters because it formalizes how the city will identify and correct barriers for people with disabilities and it ties future capital work to ADA compliance, staff said at the hearing. The plan also documents the city’s obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990, amended 2009) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for recipients of federal assistance.
Jerry, a city staff member who led the presentation, said staff developed a sidewalk-and-ramp mapping database this year that lists the location and compliance…
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