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For more information about Willamalane's ADA Transition Plan, contact Jake Risley at jaker@willamalane.org or 736-4049.
Individuals may request the following services:
• Large print copies of Willamalane publications are available within
two days notice.
• Audiotape sections of the Willamalane Program Guide are available with
three days advance notice. Patrons may also ask that sections of the guide
or the Web site be read to them.
• Sign language interpretation is available with three days advance notice.
Please request this service at the time you register for Willamalane programs.
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Those who may need assistance in order to enjoy Willamalane programs should contact us in advance so we may arrange for the accommodations. The Risk Manager serves as the Willamalane ADA coordinator. For more information call (541) 736-4544.
Willamalane has made every effort to make this Web site as accessible as possible. However, some documents presented in Portable Document Format (PDF) may not be fully accessible to some individuals. Please contact us if you require accommodations.
The Willamalane ADA Transition Plan includes an inventory of physical barriers and needed changes for each of Willamalane’s parks and major facilities. The inventory includes a description of each barrier removal required, the estimated cost of each barrier removal, and a schedule for completion of barrier removal projects.
Click on the link to view each portion of the Plan. When you click on the link, the document will open in a separate window. You will need Acrobat Reader to view the documents (see the sidebar).
Main Report
Includes: Introduction, Transition Plan Development, Conclusions, Quadrant
Map, Park Index by Quadrant, Sites and Facilities List, High Priority
Projects, Five-Year Plan, Summary List of District-Wide ADA Projects,
Small Budget Projects List.
District ADA Policies and Procedures
District ADA Grievance Procedures
The links below are outline specific ADA projects to be completed at each park site.
Accessibility Guideline References
On January 26, 1992, a federal law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), went into effect. This law prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities by both public and private agencies with regard to accessibility of services, programs, activities, and facilities.
What this means is that all individuals with disabilities of any kind must be able to have access to the same services, programs, activities and facilities at Willamalane that individuals without disabilities have.
The ADA is a complex act that identifies steps to be taken to enable an agency such as Willamalane to be recognized as being in compliance with the intent of the act.
The Willamalane District Board approved a draft Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan at its April 26, 2006 Board meeting. The draft plan was produced by an eight-member ADA Committee comprised of staff from various Willamalane departments. The Committee has been meeting regularly since January 2005 to research, analyze, and prioritize the barriers to access at all of Willamalane’s park sites and facilities.
In order to implement the ADA Transition Plan, a five-year fiscal-year-specific capital improvement plan was developed for Willamalane’s high priority projects. This included an outline of the ADA barrier, the actions to be taken, the estimated cost of each of the actions, and the relative priority of those actions at a specific park or facility in relationship to all the projects within the District.
The high priority projects and parks within each quadrant were identified and a five-year schedule was created to complete those projects, assuming an annual budget of approximately $30,000. All the remaining projects were prioritized and a final list of all ADA renovation projects currently identified was generated.
It is recognized that the Transition Plan is a dynamic and living document and that priorities may shift depending on a variety of factors such as, newly introduced projects, grant opportunities to complete specific projects, and community service projects that complete barrier removals.
Annual review and analysis will be required by the ADA committee and the proposed projects will compete for funding with other capital improvement projects.