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CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> PARK BOARD MEETING <br /> MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1995 <br /> sites in the City with issues, costs, site priorities, and issue <br /> priorities listed. Some of these costs may or may not reflect <br /> accurate costs for these facility upgrade needs. <br /> Marty continued by saying The Americans with Disabilities Act <br /> requires the city to allow the public the opportunity to <br /> participate in the planning process to make the city' s policies, <br /> programs, services and benefits available to everyone. <br /> Marty said he was going to meet with the ADA Compliance Committee <br /> on March 8th, to review the manuals and go over what needs to be <br /> done to start meeting the requirements. <br /> He said this policy will have to be adopted by the City Council. <br /> Marty then discussed the ADA Recreation Consortium. He told the <br /> committee that he has been working with neighboring communities <br /> to form a consortium. He has sent out resolutions, to <br /> surrounding communities, to get them to commit to this program. <br /> If we get enough communities involved we could possibly hire <br /> another ADA Coordinator. <br /> George felt the costs in the report were unrealistic because the <br /> dollars have not been budgeted. George wanted to know where or <br /> what is the funding source to do these modifications. Marty <br /> could not answer his question because this has not been <br /> discussed. <br /> Amy wanted to know if we are under a time frame when all of this <br /> needs to be done. Marty said it was already supposed to have <br /> been done, we are behind schedule. Pam asked if we could be fined <br /> for not having this completed. Marty felt as long as we were <br /> showing progress we would be ok. <br /> Sharon wanted to know who the enforcing agency is. Marty said <br /> there is a Federal Compliance Agency but generally the only time <br /> they contact someone is if they have received a complaint against <br /> them. The compliance agency encourages people to work out the <br /> problem with the local agency before contacting them. <br /> George wanted to know what the board should be doing when <br /> planning neighborhood parks. Marty responded access trails, <br /> resilient surfaces, and transfer points on playground equipment <br /> are all typical elements that are of higher priority. <br /> There was additional discussion on resilient surfaces, whether <br /> the city has received any complaints from local residents on park <br /> access, budgeting for new neighborhood parks, handicap accessible <br /> 2 <br />