BUREAU VERITAS TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS LLC

BV has experience with public outreach, including public input to the transition plan. Public outreach must be conducted prior to development of the Transition Plan, in order to determine user priorities and program opinion. BV will arrange for and conduct a public outreach meeting for the community at large. BV will reach out to local disability rights and service organizations for their valuable community input. BV’s goal is to assist the City in providing the most economically viable improvements for its users. The results of the initial public outreach and the advice of the City’s ADA Compliance Team will be incorporated into the Transition Plan. BV will provide barrier removal recommendations to improve the amenities necessary to comply with the applicable standards to provide facility and program access. The ADA requires that a public entity solicit and allow for the participation of interested persons in the development of a Transition Plan. The public outreach effort for the Draft Transition Plan will include advertisements in local newspapers in the weeks leading up to a public meeting for presentation of the draft Transition Plan. It will be the responsibility of the City to post notice of the public meeting on the City’s website. An example of survey results from public sessions is included below. OPTION: Website Accessibility Review The ADA applies to Title III public accommodations’ websites, regardless of whether there is a specific regulation or technical standard in the ADA standards. In a 2018 letter to Congress regarding business owned websites, the Department of Justice (DOJ) noted, as it has in the past with other elements, spaces, or technologies for which there are no technical accessibility specifications, that the absence of a technical standard does not “serve as a basis for noncompliance” with the ADA’s general obligation to ensure equal access to goods and services. Rather, it means that public accommodations have “flexibility” in how to facilitate that access. Existing website standards and guidelines can help web developers create and maintain accessible websites. DOJ has often referred to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0), developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), as a way of measuring the accessibility of websites. BV will analyze and evaluate the City’s website for accessible content, including use of the WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool or similar technology. Applying the current WCAG version (currently 2.1), BV will determine barriers to accessibility within the City’s website and present appropriate barrier removal. This review is limited to up to 7 templated pages and forms that are representative to your website and those general edits will need to be remedied throughout the entire site. Facility Assessments An experience accessibility field observer will visit each property to observe the general condition of the site, facility interior, facility exterior improvements, and review available documents in order to familiarize themselves with each site’s specific accessibility issues. BV will conduct a walk-through visit of each facility in order to observe and identify physical accessibility deficiencies and formulate recommendations to eliminate the physical barriers. As a part of the assessment process, BV will meet with a City representative in order to gain a clear understanding of the overall features and programs, property condition, and completion dates of additions and/or renovations, either on-site as part of the individual site assessment or at the City’s offices reviewing the entire inventory. Areas to be observed include all interior and exterior features of the property, including parking lots, amenities, sidewalk/ pathways, recreational assets, exterior access ramps, all interior areas accessible to the public, and employee areas. The field observer will develop recommendations based on the walk-through visit and interviews with City representatives and BV’s vast experience gained on similar properties previously evaluated. The field observer may also question others who are knowledgeable of the property’s physical condition and operation, or of similar systems to gain comparative information to use in evaluation of the property. The field observer will review documents and information provided by the City that could aid BV’s knowledge of the subject property’s physical improvements, extent and type of use, and/or assist in identifying material discrepancies between reported information and observed conditions. During the walk-through, the observer will utilize a field checklist based on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, which are the current ADA accessibility guidelines (ADAAG), as well as any more stringent accessibility standards defined by the State and local accessibility codes. The field observer will utilize a digital level, measuring tape, door pressure gauge, light and sound meters, and digital camera or an iPad with equivalent capability to evaluate existing elements to determine if barriers are present. The observer will identify and prioritize any Docusign Envelope ID: 7CF951A9-F5A4-4F8B-B02B-90C4522C309B