Resolution 16-019 Establish ADA Compliance Committee and Appoint ADA Coordinator Melissa Jacobsen

CITY OF HOMER
                                                                                HOMER, ALASKA
                                                                                                                                                                City Manager

                                                                           RESOLUTION 16-019

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHING AN AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A TRANSITION PLAN AND ESTABLISH A GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE TO COMPLY WITH ADA REQUIREMENTS AND APPOINTING DEPUTY CITY CLERK MELISSA JACOBSEN AS THE ADA COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF HOMER.

WHEREAS, The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) requires that State and local governments comply with Title II of the ADA that covers programs, activities, and services of public entities; and

WHEREAS, Title II is intended to protect qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of disability in the services, programs, or activities of all State and local governments; and

WHEREAS, Title II requires that public entities take several steps designed to achieve compliance with the ADA to include the preparation of a self-evaluation. In addition, public entities with 50 or more employees are required to:

1) Develop a grievance procedure;

2) Designate an individual to oversee Title II compliance;

3) Develop a transition plan if structural changes are necessary for achieving program accessibility; and

4) Retain the self-evaluation for three years.

WHEREAS, It is necessary to establish an ADA Compliance Committee (ADACC) to develop a Transition Plan and Grievance Procedure and appoint an ADA Coordinator for the City of Homer.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Homer hereby establishes the Americans with Disability Act Compliance Committee (ADDCC).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Melissa Jacobsen, Deputy City Clerk, is appointed as the ADA Coordinator for the City of Homer.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Committee membership shall be one member of the City Council, and four members of the community, two of those members shall reside with the City of Homer.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee should select within its membership a chairperson to run meetings and provide the clerk’s office with agenda content, a vice chair in the chair’s absence, and a secretary to take notes at meetings.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the scope of work shall include:

Prepare a Self-Evaluation of the City’s policies and practices and analyze whether these policies and practices adversely affect the full participation of individuals with disabilities in its programs, activities, and services.
Develop a Transition Plan that lists the physical barriers in the City’s facilities that limit the accessibility of its programs, activities, or services to individuals with disabilities; the methods to be utilized to remove these barriers and make the facilities accessible; and the schedule for taking necessary steps to achieve compliance.
Develop a Grievance Procedure to outline the process of providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action that would be prohibited by Title II.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Committee shall establish its own work schedule and shall remain in effect to review any new programs, activities, and services within the City of Homer.  

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 8th day of February, 2016.

CITY OF HOMER

                                                                                                         _____________________

                                                                                                         MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

___________________________

JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal information: N/A