Accessibility Compliance

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Accessibility Compliance

• Presented by
• Ron Vicari, Senior Civil Engineer
• Sacramento County Department of Transportation

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Background

• Sacramento County Department of Transportation
  (SacDOT) began work on its ADA Transition Plan
  and Pedestrian Master Plan project in April 2002.
• The cost for consultant services to produce both
  plans is roughly 1.1 million including
  contingencies.
• Consultant performed a five month survey of
  pedestrian facilities to document existing
  conditions in the public right of way.
• Public participation and outreach program was
  established to encourage and facilitate the
  maximum degree of participation.
• Final ADA Transition Plan adopted by the
  Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on January
  25, 2005.

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Background (continued)

• Developed ADA Codes and Standards and County
  Standard Improvement Drawings.
• Developed ADA Capital Implementation Plan to
  describe the projects necessary to implement the
  ADA Transition Plan.
• Workshop for the draft ADA Transition was held
  at the Board of Supervisors on August 14, 2004,
  followed by a 45 day comment period on the
  document.
• Focus group meetings were conducted during the
  draft comment period to solicit input on the
  draft document. Meetings included California
  Council of the Blind, Friends of Macular
  Degeneration, National Federation of the Blind
  and California Disability Rights.

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Accessibility Compliance

• The ADA Transition Plan is required by Department
  of Justice rules to address the following aspects
  of accessibility
• If a public entity has responsibility or
  authority over streets, roads or walkways, its
  ADA Transition Plan shall include a schedule for
  providing curb ramps or other sloped areas where
  pedestrian walks cross curbs, giving priority to
  walkways serving entities covered by the ADA,
  including State and local government offices and
  facilities, transportation, places of public
  accommodation, and employers, followed by
  walkways serving other areas

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Accessibility Compliance (Contd.)

• The ADA Transition Plan shall identify physical
  obstacles in the public entitys facilities that
  limit the accessibility of its programs or
  activities to individuals with disabilities
• The ADA Transition Plan shall describe the
  methods that will be used to make the facilities
  accessible and
• The ADA Transition Plan shall specify the
  schedule for taking the steps necessary to
  achieve compliance with the ADA and, if the time
  period of the ADA Transition Plan is longer than
  one year, identify steps that will be taken
  during each year of the transition period.

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Accessibility Compliance (Contd.)

• Priority to walkways serving entities covered by
  the ADA
• All intersections and roadway segments were
  classified as Priority Level 1 (High Priority),
  Priority Level 2 (Medium Priority) or Priority
  Level 3 (Lower Priority).
• Priority Level 1 includes State and Local
  Government Buildings, including County-owned
  facilities Public schools (approximately
  one-quarter mile radius for the main streets)
  Hospitals, health clinics and health centers
  (public and private) Public housing and homeless
  shelters, including senior facilities and
  rehabilitation facilities Sheriff's facilities
  Transportation hubs (includes bus lines and
  transit stations) Department of Motor Vehicles
  offices County parks and Prisons.

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Accessibility Compliance (Contd.)

• Identify Physical Obstacles
• Approximately 2,200 miles of streets and roadways
  covering over 15,000 individual segments of
  roadway boundaries were traveled and surveyed to
  document physical conditions along the roadways.
• The inventory focused on more heavily used
  roadways and on those roadways serving
  governmental, public service, and commercial
  uses.
• Collected and analyzed data on items such as curb
  ramps, crosswalks obstructions, ped signals,
  sidewalks, tactile guidestrips, transit stop,
  curb type, detectable warnings, slopes, etc.

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Accessibility Compliance (Contd.)

• Describe the methods
• Developed ADA Codes and Standards to combine and
  resolve any conflicts between ADAAG, California
  State Building Code, Part 2 and County Board
  approved policies and standards. The Draft
  Guidelines for Public Rights-of-Way, published by
  the U.S. Architectural and Transportation
  Barriers Compliance Board were also considered.
• County Standard Improvement Drawings for curb
  ramps, sidewalks, driveways, bus stops and other
  applicable issues were developed based on the ADA
  Codes and Standards

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Accessibility Compliance (Contd.)

• Specify the schedule
• Developed ADA Capital Implementation Plan to
  describe the projects necessary to implement the
  ADA Transition Plan.
• Includes approximately 1,800 project locations.
  Anticipates a 15-20 year implementation period to
  achieve compliance with program accessibility
  requirements.
• Includes a funding commitment by the County from
  sales tax funds ramping up from 300,000 in
  FY03/04 to 3,000,000 in FY07/08 and thereafter.
• Allows for citizens request to advance the
  location on the priority list.

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Accessibility Compliance (Contd.)

• Other Compliance Measures
• Countys ADA Transition Plan includes a complaint
  procedure to address accessibility requests that
  have not been corrected in a timely manner.
• ADA Oversight Committee was formed to address
  policy issues.
• The Countys Project Access Coordinator attends a
  monthly Disabled Access Subcommittee meeting to
  update members of the disabled community on
  upcoming projects and citizens requests.

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Accessibility Compliance (Contd.)

• Other Compliance Measures
• The County has initiated a policy to install ADA
  upgrades at all new and retrofit signal
  installations including audible pedestrian
  signals (APS), countdown ped heads, ADA compliant
  push buttons and curb ramp upgrades.
• The County has initiated a policy to make all
  four corners of an intersection accessible if one
  of the corners is impacted by development. This
  applies to private and public projects.

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Contact Information

• Ron Vicari, Senior Civil Engineer
• Sacramento County Department of Transportation
• Phone [phone]
• Email vicarir_at_saccounty.net
• Sacramento County Department of Transportation
  website www.sacdot.com