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Approval of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Public Right-of-Way Prospective Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00473
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Pass a Motion approving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Public Right-of-Way Prospective Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26.
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Contact
Contact: Cecilyn Foote, Associate Civil Engineer, (916) 808-6843, cfoote@cityofsacramento.org; Jesse Gothan, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-6897, jgothan@cityofsacramento.org; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Manager, (916) 808-5054, oavalos@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Public Works
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-FY 2025/26 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Public Right-of-Way Prospective Plan
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The Barden Settlement Agreement requires the City to remove or ameliorate obstacles in the pedestrian right-of-way and to submit to the Barden Class Counsel an annual Prospective Plan of accessibility improvements.
The Barden, et al., v. City of Sacramento class action lawsuit was settled effective January 1, 2004. A primary provision of the settlement agreement requires the City to expend an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of its annual "Transportation Funds" (defined as eligible Measure A and Gas Tax funds) on removing or ameliorating obstacles in the public rights-of-way. The obligation under the Barden Settlement Agreement lasts 30 years from the above effective date.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the City agreed to submit to Barden's Class Counsel a Prospective Plan each year specifying how the City is proposing to spend the Annual Obligation during the year. In compliance with the settlement agreement, staff prepared the FY 2025/26 ADA Prospective Plan for the City Council approval.
The City's estimated FY 2025/26 Annual Obligation is approx...
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