anchor Description
This program provides for an on-going comprehensive effort to ensure that all parks and park facilities are built, renovated, and maintained in compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. This program includes both the correction of deficiencies identified by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) during its proactive Project Civic Access assessment of various park facilities, the results of a comprehensive self- evaluation process as well as efforts to comply with the revisions to Title II of the ADA, which went into effect on March 15, 2011. Improvements may include, but are not limited to, grading, pavements, site amenities, drainage improvements, building modifications, signage, etc. and are often combined with other projects.
anchorCost Change
Increase due to the addition of two fiscal years to this ongoing project.
anchorOther
$50,000 Current Revenue is budgeted for required ADA retrofits to leased properties that cannot be funded with general obligation bonds.
anchorFiscal Note
FY21 and FY22, reduction of $50,000 each year for fiscal capacity; FY19 Special Appropriation of $100k in State Aid. FY18 Appr. for $100k Bond Bill for MLK Recreational Park. FY18 reduction of $10k in Current Revenue for fiscal capacity. FY18 reduction of $49k in Current Revenue to reflect the FY18 Savings Plan. Prior year partial capitalization of expenditures through FY16 totaled $3,648,000.
anchorDisclosures
Expenditures will continue indefinitely.
M-NCPPC asserts that this project conforms to the requirement of relevant local plans, as required by the Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Act.
anchorCoordination
United States Department of Justice, County Attorney's Office, Department of General Services, ADA Compliance: Local Parks, PDF 128701.