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5 The table below shows city responses in brief to the initial questions. Cities with asterisks are not required to have compliance plans or identified coordinators. Falcon Heights* Lauderdale* Little Canada* Maplewood Roseville 1. Official compliance policy? No No No No Yes 2. Compliance Officer? Yes No No No Yes 3. No. of Employees 8 5 21 167 217 4. Have compliance plan? Yes No No Yes Yes 5. Easily accessible grievance process No No No Yes No 6. Possible obstacles to compliance Financing Compliance occurs when city does upgrades. Financing Compliance occurs when city does upgrades. Financing Compliance plans addressed in question four were answered in various ways: • Larger municipalities and Falcon Heights had a formal Transition Plan for Facilities Within the Public Right-of-Way which included streets, sidewalks, transportation, trails but not things like access to city buildings voting or civic participation options. • Transition Plan for Parks and Recreation (Roseville). • Statements in Maplewood and Roseville employee handbooks state adherence to ADA requirements. • References to Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) which incorporated ADA compliance. • Transition intentions were also included in the 2040 Comprehensive Plans for Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, and Roseville. The table in Appendix A lists the cities’ full responses to our direct questionnaire that are also summarized in the Individual City Analyses section. PART TWO OF STUDY: ACCESS TO CIVIC BUILDINGS Equal access for city residents to the essential functions of government includes access to public meetings such as city council, planning commission, park commission, etc. While much of these are now available on local cable TV or through the internet, many people want or need to attend meetings in person to hear or be heard. Residents must have access to the offices of the city, including places where key employees work and where government records are maintained. Although most of the requirements are met by each city, there are deficiencies. Most of these can be easily corrected through modifications (e.g., the ADA requires accessible parking and at least one stall must be wide enough for “van” parking, labeled on a sign). Many parking lots do not have identified van parking.