Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Venice IT director outlines aggressive website redesign to meet federal ADA deadline

Venice Citizens Advisory Board · December 17, 2025
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

IT Director Roger Navarro told the Citizens Advisory Board the city aims to redevelop its nearly eight‑year‑old website with an ADA‑compliant, vendor‑hosted platform, phased vendor selection beginning January and a planned summer soft launch; CAB input and citizen surveys will be part of the process.

IT Director Roger Navarro told the Venice Citizens Advisory Board on Dec. 17 that the city will begin a phased redevelopment of its website to meet federal Americans with Disabilities Act requirements due in January 2027 and to improve a dated, hard‑to‑use site.

Navarro laid out an aggressive schedule that starts staff and steering‑committee work in January, includes vendor demos and contracting over several months, and anticipates a summer soft launch. "There are ADA requirements from the federal government that we must meet by January 2027," Navarro said, adding the city would like to be a few months ahead of the legal…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

  • Unlimited articles
  • AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
  • Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
  • Follow topics and more locations
  • 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans