Laserfiche WebLink
SoU Tg 8� <br /> 1400 COUNTY-CITY B[J€wwG <br /> '►y \�'� /j PHONE 574/235-9241 <br /> 227 W JEFFERSON BOULEVARD FAX 574/235-7670 <br /> Souni BEND,INDrANA 46601-1830 r �� <br /> .r` <br /> R R <br /> 1865 <br /> QTY of SOUTH BEND STEPHEN]. Lt F_m, MAYOR <br /> DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br /> CHARLFs S. LEONE A1.ADEAN M. DP-Ros1v <br /> C77YATTORNEY CHTFF Ass1STANT CrFYATTORNEY <br /> November 21, 2011 <br /> Mr. Derek Dieter <br /> President, South Bend Common Council L <br /> 4'1r Floor, County-City Building -- - <br /> South Bend, IN 46601 <br /> Re: Resolution Regarding Americans with Disabilities Act — ADA Coordinator, Grievance <br /> Procedure, and Policy <br /> Dear President Dieter: <br /> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990 to eradicate <br /> discrimination against disabled persons. South Bend's Human Rights Ordinance prohibits <br /> discrimination against the disabled in employment and housing. South Bend also joined with St. <br /> Joseph County and the City of Mishawaka to form a Disability Rights Commission, which <br /> among other things, was designated to receive and resolve complaints from disabled persons <br /> about problems with accessibility. The Commission regularly discussed issues affecting the <br /> disabled in our County and cities. <br /> South Bend is now in the process of updating its ADA Title li Transition Plan and it has <br /> been working with the Michiana Area Council of Government (MACOG) on this process. The <br /> attached Resolution is a step in that direction. It formally names and designates an ADA <br /> Coordinator, which had been done informally in the past. It also adopts an ADA policy for <br /> South Bend and a grievance process. <br /> Previously, South Bend's designee to the Disability Rights Commission was the City's <br /> ADA Coordinator. The attached Resolution designates me as the ADA Coordinator due to my <br /> knowledge, as counsel to the South Bend Human Rights Commission, of ADA laws and rules. <br /> The ADA Notice attached to and cited in the Resolution is essentially the form of Notice <br /> recommended by MACOG which will be or has been adopted by other governmental members <br /> of MACOG. <br /> The ADA Grievance Procedure adopted in this Resolution is based on a MACOG <br /> template but was revised after I reviewed Grievance Procedures adopted in other U.S. cities. The <br /> attached policy, borrows from good ideas contained in other city grievance procedures. <br /> Ti4omAS L. BODNAR CHFRYL A. GREFNE ANN-CAROL NASH <br /> ANDREA L.BEAmKOFSKY LAWRF.NcE J.MFTEIVER JEFFREY L.SANFORD JOHN E. BRODEN <br />