HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1995-001 Americans with Disabilities ActRESOLUTION NO. R 95 - 1
A RESOLUTION approving and adopting an updated plan to meet Federal Transit
Administration Service requirements for complementary paratransit
service consistent with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation has published final
regulations implementing the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which
regulations include a requirement that public entities operating fixed -route transportation
service for the general public also provide complementary paratransit service to persons
unable to use the fixed route system; and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima does operate a fixed -route transportation service for
the general public and therefore is subject to the above -stated requirement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima Transit Division has prepared an updated paratransit
plan to meet the above -stated requirement and show progress toward the goal of full ADA
compliance by 1997; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The Americans With Disabilities Act Plan Update prepared by the City of Yakima
Transit Division, a copy of which is attached and incorporated as a part hereof, is hereby
approved and adopted for implementation by the City of Yakima Transit Division, as of the
date of this resolution's enactment by the City of Yakima City Council.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 1 nth day of January, 1995.
A'1-1'hST:
City Clerk
Acting
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Mayor