RES 19-033 APPROVING THE ST. ANTHONY ADA TRANSITION PLAN FOR PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY

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Saint Anthony Village ADA Transition Plan for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way Page 4 3. POLICIES AND PRACTICES A. PREVIOUS PRACTICES Since the adoption of the ADA, the City of Saint Anthony Village has striven to provide accessible pedestrian features as part of the City’s capital improvement projects. As additional information was made available as to the methods of providing accessible pedestrian features, the City of Saint Anthony Village updated their procedures to accommodate these methods. The City has led recent efforts to upgrade traffic signals and curb ramps for compliance with the ADA as part of a recent Highway Safety Improvement Program project. The City continues to explore opportunities to upgrade curb ramps and traffic signals at key intersections, including intersections along county roadways. B. POLICY The City of Saint Anthony Village’s goal is to continue to provide accessible pedestrian design features as part of the City’s capital improvement projects. The City of Saint Anthony Village has established ADA design standards and procedures as listed in Appendix F. These standards and procedures will be kept up to date with nationwide and local best management practices. The City will consider and respond to all accessibility improvement requests. All accessibility improvements that have been deemed reasonable will be scheduled consistent with transportation priorities. The City of Saint Anthony Village will coordinate with external agencies to ensure that all new or altered pedestrian facilities within the City of Saint Anthony Village jurisdiction are ADA compliant to the maximum extent feasible. Maintenance of pedestrian facilities within the public rights of way will continue to follow the policies set forth by the City of Saint Anthony Village. All City street reconstruction projects with pedestrian facilities will be designed and constructed in accordance with the most current ADA guidance and design best practices to the maximum extent feasible. Requests for accessibility improvements can be submitted to the ADA Coordinator. Contact information for the ADA Coordinator is in Appendix B. 4. IMPROVEMENT SCHEDULE A. PRIORITY AREAS The City of Saint Anthony Village has identified areas near public buildings/facilities, schools, and commercial centers as a priority for planned accessibility improvement projects. Additional priority will be given to any location where an improvement project or alteration was constructed after January 26, 1991, and accessibility features were omitted. B. EXTERNAL AGENCY COORDINATION Many other agencies are responsible for pedestrian facilities within the jurisdiction of the City of Saint Anthony Village, including Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minneapolis Park Board, MnDOT, and Metro Transit. The City will coordinate with those agencies to track and assist in the facilitation of the elimination of accessibility barriers along their routes.