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16 using the same polling locations in Maplewood. The Maplewood official responsible for elections is the city clerk. Polling locations are inspected biennially or when a new site is chosen. Parks and Recreation Fifty parks and preserves serve as neighborhood anchors and provide places for community gathering, athletics, and respite, while the Nature Center and YMCA Community Center are hubs for programming. The mission of Maplewood Parks and Recreation states it is, “to provide diverse recreational opportunities for people of all ages and abilities, and to enhance and preserve parks, facilities and open spaces while providing environmental stewardship through education.” Parks and Recreation has developed a rating system for all park structures, trails, and turf. Playground inspections have been completed, and structures/buildings have begun. Surveying the parks identified many with missing ADA requirements including unpainted and unlabeled parking lots, inaccessible playground entrances, and inaccessible playground equipment. ADA Considerations • Review and enforce an ADA compliance audit of all public buildings, playgrounds, and parks. • Adopt a written position description for a designated ADA Coordinator and post completed and ongoing compliance requirements with progress dates. • Update online park information with correct addresses, photos, and parking information. • Maintain depth on playgrounds loose fill (wood chip) surfaces. • Identify accessible parking spaces by painting the lines with correct size and access aisles and providing signage. Roseville Compliance Requirements Roseville is the second largest City in the LWV of Roseville Area with a 2020 population of 36,254. Twenty one percent of the population are over the age of 65. Of those under the age of 65, 6.8% have a disability. Its geographic boundaries are relatively compact and abut St Paul and Minneapolis. Because it is a city with 217 full and part-time employees, Roseville is required to have an ADA Coordinator, grievance procedure, and transition plan. In 1992, Roseville adopted an ADA compliance policy and a grievance policy. The transition plan, adopted September 12, 2016, addresses street planning and construction projects. A complaint form is on the City’s website at http://www.cityofroseville.com/3042/Americans-with-Disabilities-Act-ADA, but only addresses issues within the Public Right-of-Way, not the park system or at voting places.