68-18 Approving Update to ADA Transition Plan of 2013 and Title VI Plan: Non Discrimination in City Services, Programs & Activities under the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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O'Brien Fitness Center, Pinhook Pavilion, Rum Village Nature Center, and numerous parkland areas). • PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES (Central Fire Station and Stations 1 through 11, Fire Training Center, Police Department building). A summary of those findings from 2015 indicating ADA barriers within existing City buildings and facilities is attached as Attachment#3, and the completed self-evaluation form for each building or facility can be inspected in the City's Department of Public Works, 13th Floor, County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana. The ADA Barriers identified in Attachment 3 are based upon four priorities for accessible buildings, facilities, services and programs, under the relevant sections of the ADA, as follows: Priority 1: Accessible approach and entrance Priority 2: Access to goods and services Priority 3: Access to rest rooms Priority 4: Any other measures necessary CAVEAT: The Findings in Attachment 3 may have been accurate at the time the individual assessments were performed at various dates in 2015. Remediation and changes have occurred since then. Therefore, no specific finding in Attachment 3 can be deemed an accurate description of conditions existing at a specific site at the time of this report in 2018. PRIORITIZATION IN REMOVING BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY IN EXISTING BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES Removal of barriers to accessibility in City buildings and service/program/activities facilities will be prioritized on the basis of specific criteria listed below. Each listed factor is of equal importance with no single factor having more importance than another. In determining the order for removing accessibility barriers among City buildings or facilities, a building or facility having a higher number of applicable criteria will take priority over another building or facility with fewer applicable criteria. The criteria are as follows: — Level of use—the extent or frequency of public use of the building or facility — Social need—use of buildings or facilities for important social or emergency needs, such as senior centers, cooling centers, storm shelters, education program centers, etc. — Public Rights—buildings or facilities where citizens exercise their rights such as voting centers, courthouses, public meeting centers Page 16