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ADA Transition Plan 12-2021City of Port Orchard Americans with Disabilities Transition Plan Update "I ( �r J (p0� 0" December, 2021 Prepared by: City of Port Orchard Public Works Department Accepted by: City of Port Orchard Mayor and City Council Introduction and Background The City completed its first ADA Transition Plan in December of 2016. This effort involved the use of consultants and public outreach. The current update to the ADA transition plan is intended to be limited in scope to documenting progress and changes to the original plan and is being completed by the public works Staff. Public works is involved in the implementation of the plan and is the most knowledgeable about past and current implementation efforts. This update is intended to supplement rather than replace the original ADA transition plan. No further public outreach effort is included in this update. Additional community engagement since 2016 The City Clerk's Office, Human Resources, and Public Works all maintain logs of correspondence logs of communications received by the public regarding the condition of City facilities including City Buildings, Parks, and Streets. A chronology of these communications has been compiled in Appendix A of this plan update. The City has received no formal complaints or notices regarding ADA compliance to date since the development of its first ADA Transition plan in December of 2016. However, the City has received communications regarding the condition of sidewalks which are documented in the Appendix. Council's Transportation Committee has ongoing discussion about prioritization, funding, and implementation to address accessibly deficiencies. The most notable accomplishments of these efforts are as follows: • In 2019 the City Council for the first time budgeted ongoing annual dollars for funding street preservation activities. The Council has prioritized using community block grant funding for accessibility improvements in lower income areas of the City. The City received a CDBG grant in 2020 for sidewalk and ADA ramp repairs and retrofits for Lippert Road and in 2021 for sidewalk improvements to address a gap in sidewalks at Pottery Avenue in 2022. Tip: Citizens with concerns about accessibly issues are encouraged to contact the City's ADA coordinator. Citizens with ideas about prioritization, funding, and implementation are further encouraged to provide comment at the City's Transportation Committee. Meetings include three Council Members and City Staff and are held monthly. Refer to the City's web page for dates and times. Table 1- ADA related inquiries received by the City Clerks Office and Public Works Category 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total ADA inquiries received 4 3 2 2 3 14 Changes to the 2016 Plan The human resources manager is identified as the ADA coordinator. Debbie Lund is the current human resources manager/ ADA coordinator. Otherwise no changes have been made to the original ADA transition plan. The 2016 plan is the bases of this update and should be referenced for more comprehensive and detailed information. Implementation and Progress The City Public Works Department provides ongoing maintenance and preservation and improvements to streets, facilities, and parks Facilities and Parks: • ADA accessible doorways and elevators at City facilities are repaired within days as needed on an ongoing basis • Pedestrian pathways are maintained as needed on an ongoing basis. Streets: Deficiencies at sidewalks are repaired as they are discovered. Work is batched and generally completed within 6 months or less of reporting. This includes grinding sidewalk panels that present trip hazards or barriers to accessibility and the reconstruction of deteriorated sidewalk panels and ramps. Public works also upgrades streets to meet ADA requirements as funding can be made available for projects. The City's Capital Improvement Plan identifies streets that are in need of improvements to meet level of services needs for motorized and non -motorized users. The City also budgets funding annually for preservation of roadway surfacing and some of this funding is made available to address accessibly deficiencies. Accessibility deficiency are included when other work is performed in the immediate vicinity and for addressing the highest priority locations. Note that most funding is directed to road preservation due to financial implications associated with deferred maintenance and overall funding limitations. The City has made some of its limited funding available for accessibly improvements the highest priority locations in accordance with the ADA Transition Plan. Refer to the table below summarizing street related upgrades. Refer to Appendix B showing a map of new ADA sidewalks constructed. Refer to Appendix C showing locations of ramp upgrades and Appendix D showing locations of driveway upgrades. Table 2 - Street ADA Deficiency Repairs and Upgrades Category 2016* 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Miles of new ADA sidewalks 0.359 0 1.959 0.264 1.420 0.733 4.775 per mile Deficient ramps upgraded 5 1 22 0 4 7 39 per each Deficient driveway entrance 0 0 26 0 0 0 26 upgraded per each Ped signals upgraded per 2 2 intersection '* Post data collection for 2016 study Table 3 - Progress since the previous ADA Transition Plan update Category Starting Total 2016 to 2021 Ending Total 2016 Upgraded 2021 Miles of new ADA sidewalks 122.0 4.775 126.775 per mile Deficient ramps (non- 595 39 556 compliant & partially compliant) upgraded per each Deficient driveway entrance 156 26 130 (non -compliant & partially compliant) upgraded per each As the City develops, additional streets are constructed. Since 2016 approximately 4.775 miles of new accessible sidewalks have been built. The City has undertaken several projects including the reconstruction of Tremont Street and repairs to Sidney Avenue. As a result 30 deficient ramps and 26 deficient driveway entrances were upgraded. Of the deficient ramps 4 of 11 non -complaint ramps have been reconstructed, with the others upgraded being partially compliant. Refer to Appendix E and Appendix F showing updated inventory and Conditions of the City's sidewalks, ADA ramps, and Driveway entrances. No new public facilities have been remodeled or constructed in the past 5 years. Planned Activities An overview of planned improvements for the next five years is provided below. Facilities and Parks: • Continued pathway and access maintenance as previously described in this document • No upgrades to existing facilities and parks are planned. Existing public buildings are fully accessible. Streets: • Continued sidewalk maintained as previously described in this document. • Continued development of system planning and development of capital improvement plans utilizing the City's ADA Transition Plan. Opportunities for ADA retrofit in close proximity are considered in all public projects (including utility projects). • Allocates a portion of the City's designated ongoing annual funding roadway preservation for sidewalk repair and retrofit. • Submit grant applications for projects identified in the City's capital improvement planning. This includes HUD CDBG and TIB Complete Streets programs. • The City's Transportation Improvement Plan includes two sidewalk improvement projects, at the following locations. o Lippert Drive — Sidewalk repair and retrofit. o Pottery Avenue (from Sunset to Clay) —Sidewalk extension and retrofit. • The City's Transportation Improvement plan includes several arterial corridor projects that included non -motorized elements and provide for new sidewalks and multi -use pathways. In addition to planning and implementation of public projects the City provides oversight/ permitting of private development projects to ensure new facilities and streets meet current standards. IDate I Address I Complaint I Resolution I Date of Resolution I Per Dan Castillo: Reported 9/15/21 by 6/27/2017 4296 Chanting Sidewalk Panel at this location lifts 6 inches I Checked walk -raised 1 Tony Lang that it was front of his utilities when it gets really hot out. inch and cracked side to repaired side. Needs repaired. Per Marc Fourney: Dropped off a letter for them and 1230 Sidney Deb Howard as City ADA coordinator received Avenue to cut back a call from Mr. Wood who informed her, he their vegetation back 8/15/2017 1226 Sidney was contacted by a woman saying it was away from thesidewalk. Gave them 8/29/2017 difficult to get a wheelchair through on the until 8/29/2017. Marc sidewalk because of overgrown vegetation. Fourney dropped off letter giving homeowner till the 29th to take care of. Per Tony Lang: Will be added to concrete list. Reported 9/14/21 by 9/7/2017 Dwight Street Sidewalk panel in front of Clayton Park needs Cannot grind, it will still Tony Lang that it was to be round down has lip)Tripping hazard. g ( �'� pp g be out of regulation. g repaired Going to need to be replaced. Talked to Renter and Curb in front of his house is painted yellow. asked him to let the There is no driveway, and he uses a property owner know 12/15/2017 1020 Kitsap wheelchair. Wondering if they could modify that it is being looked at 12/21/2017 so that he could park in front of his house. by the City Engineer (Mark D) and he said he would. Appendix A - Chronology of Correspondence December 2016-December 2021 Page 1 IDate I Address I Complaint I Resolution I Date of Resolution I Intersection of Lone Wants to know if City is responsible for 5/7 - ADA dome has 1/30/2018 Bear and Feigley replacing yellow transition plate at the end of now been replaced. 5/7/2018 sidewalk at this location. Up around the corner on the loop, we also have a cracked sidewalk with what looks like an open pit underneath with rocks inside. I'm 4/20/2018 Lowren Loop concerned about it because it looks like it's 5/31/2018 - Being 5/31/2018 open space in there with nothing to hold it up. completed today. It is between 2998 and 2770 Lowren Loop on the left side of the street if you are walking up the middle on the one way. Walking back from the park with my 3-year-old granddaughter and she took a terrible fall on Corner of Seattle and the sidewalk. The sidewalk is buckled a few Reported 9/14/21 by 5/4/2018 Dekalb inches from the tree roots. I am wondering Add to PW Project? Tony Lang that it was how to go about requesting it to be repaired. repaired It is in front of the white house on the corner of Seattle and Dekalb. 5/8/2019 Sroufe &Sidney Sidewalk panel with lip needs to be assessed, Sidewalk is fixed per 6/6/2019 patron tripped and fell. Per Rob Putaansuu Tony Owner of Serenity Salon wants someone to Per Marc, Tom & Caleb 10/24/2019 1014 Bay street look at the sidewalk on the right -side entrance completed this. 10/29/2019 to the parking lot. Claims that it is unsafe. Appendix A - Chronology of Correspondence December 2016-December 2021 Page 2 IDate I Address I Complaint I Resolution I Date of Resolution I 3/4/2020 Sidney & Sweany Concerned about the walking surface crossing Job Completed per 3/10/2020 Sweany St. Chris Esguerra Customer calling as he has concerns that in front of Walmart on Bethel heading towards Discussion between City Sedgwick there is no ADA ramp on the Engineer and customer. sidewalk. He states that if he is on the Resolved with the 4/23/2020 Bethel Rd SE sidewalk passing the reclamation pond that he Dutch Brothers 2020 has to go all the way up into the Walmart frontage parking lot and onto the dirt easement in improvements. order to get back onto the road. He is wanting to speak to someone about this. Pothole along sidewalk and Bethel Ave. when 2/16/2021 1034 Bethel Avenue turning into Family Pancake House. It is Completed 3/5/2021 growing. One section of my sidewalk is cracking and breaking up due to the heat expanding the 8/20/2021 2525 SW Siskin Circle section of concrete during the day. This has The crack was patched. 8/17/2021 been ongoing for almost 8 years now but now the sidewalk is starting to break up into small pieces. An employee from the City of Port Orchard Public Works reported that the sidewalk needs Code enforcement was 9/28/2021 9/28/2021 228 Bravo Terrace to be fixed due to a tree in Columbia State notified for compliance. Banks landscaping. It is causing a tripping hazard for pedestrians. Appendix A - Chronology of Correspondence December 2016-December 2021 Page 3 IDate I Address I Complaint I Resolution I Date of Resolution I Appendix A - Chronology of Correspondence December 2016-December 2021 Page 4 Appendix B U Legend, October 2021 N No Sidewalk w e Install_Date S. 2016 new 0.359 miles 2017 new 0 miles 2018 new 1.959 miles 2019 new 0.264 miles 2020 new 1.42 miles 2021 new 0.773 miles O COPO Boundary New ADA sidewalks installed 2016-2021 4.77 mile 0 CHARD. 0 0.25 0.5 1 Miles Appendix C • !� A — • sees �I ••• •• • 1•ns• • • - • •seen# • • • n01601 0 • • • ' r • • • • • of • i SO -ft •#•� • • •• • • i • • • t • Legend, October 2021 ••` ► • d • COPO ADA Ramps Upgraded Date • i_ .0 • • <all other values> • • Refurbished Date • • • • ❑ 2016 upgraded 5 ��• • ..i ■ 2017 upgraded 1 • • ■ 2018 upgraded 22 •' • •• ■ 2020 upgraded 4 s • / ■ 2021 upgraded 7 N O COPO Boundary W* S ADA Ramps Upgraded 2016-2021 total 39 ORCHARD. 1 0.25 0.5 1 Miles Appendix D {_ eQ { r t ' •Y . e . • i« . •w.ir. . icy ,,, �•.j ,i ; Legend, October 2021 w f •!•� % Driveway Pad s <all other values> O Refurbished Driveway 2016-2021 total 26 U COPO Boundary Drivepads Refurbished 2016-2021 ORCHARD. 0 0.25 0.5 1 Miles Appendix E Jr. f+ � `4 r r 3 I � S e IT f f f� } r F Legend, October2021 No Sidewalk SW_Conditi F Very Good fr ' Good {' Fair { f Poor N Very Poor Q COPO Boundaryw E s Existing Sidewalk Condition ORCHARD. 0 0.25 0.5 1 Miles F_ Appendix F C C o Fai are Ls� ■� - o a e ■ ❑ ❑ B EY1eoG� LL L Elo e MLIT - rgrGl� J � G G Q ❑ LF7.- ¢� a o lJT§ � 151 v� Ef o ❑ 17 a 0 all G Legend, October 2021 E E IP COPO ADA Ramps Upgraded Date E.5V • <all other values> RAMP_ ype ❑ 6LE ■ Compliant to Current Standards ❑ E C IIICompliant to Older Standards LE ❑ Partially Compliant ECE ❑ Not Compliant ■ No Ramp -Not Required ■ No Ramp -High Priority N Q COPO Boundary w E s Existing Curb Ramp Condition 0 0.25 0.5 1 Miles ORCHARD.