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File ID: 2024-01167 6/18/2024 Consent Item 16.
Approval of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Public Right-of-Way Prospective Plan for Fiscal Year 2023/24
File ID: 2024-01167
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion approving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Public Right- of-Way Prospective Plan for Fiscal Year 2023/24.
Contact: Cecilyn Foote, Associate Civil Engineer, (916) 808-6843, [email protected]; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Manager, (916) 808-5054, [email protected]; Department of Public Works
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-FY 2023/24 Prospective Plan
Description/Analysis
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 2023/24 ADA Prospective Plan for the City Council approval. There was a delay in bringing this year’s Prospective Plan forward due to staff changes and scheduling challenges. Staff had begun work on next year’s
File ID: 2024-01167 6/18/2024 Consent Item 16.
Prospective Plan to ensure that it is presented at the appropriate time.
The City’s estimated FY 2023/24 Annual Obligation is approximately $6,645,000. The FY 2023/24 Prospective Plan expenditures are estimated to be $13,584,000.
Staff expects that every year there will be either an overage or a shortage in expenditures carried forward from the prior year. In past years, the City typically exceeded the Annual Obligation and carried an overage forward. The current ADA overage is over $6 million.
Policy Considerations: Implementation of the ADA accessibility programs and improvements is consistent with the City’s General Plan goal of providing an equitable, sustainable multimodal system that offers a range of viable and healthy travel choices for users of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities by improving walking connectivity and removing barriers.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA):Approval of the FY 2023/24 Prospective Plan is not subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Under CEQA General Rule 15061-B-3, CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. This action will have no effect on the environment, and is thus, not subject to CEQA.
Prior to final approval, each individual project included in this prospective plan will be subject to environmental review in compliance with CEQA.
Sustainability: Implementation of the ADA accessibility programs services and improvements is consistent with the sustainability goal of improving air quality by designing and constructing pedestrian ways that encourage walking and accommodate all users including persons with disabilities.
Commission/Committee Action: Staff presented and reviewed the FY 2023/24 Prospective Plan with the Disabilities Advisory Commission (DAC) on May 1, 2023. The DAC reviewed and accepted the proposed plan 2023/24 and appreciated the preview of projects that will likely be included in the next (2024/25) prospective plan. The DAC requested staff bring the prospective plan forward sooner in the fiscal year.
Rationale for Recommendation: Approval of the Prospective Plan by the City Council is required under the terms of the Barden Settlement Agreement.
File ID: 2024-01167 6/18/2024 Consent Item 16.
Financial Considerations: The estimated value of the FY 2023/24 Prospective Plan for Accessibility Improvements in the Public Rights-of-Way is $13,584,000.
The FY 2023/24 ADA Prospective Plan is being funded through the following capital improvement projects and programs:
Program Estimated Expense
Accessibility Program FY2020 (T15200600*) $1,370,000
Transportation Corridor Improvements FY20 (R15200000) $1,424,000 Del Rio Trail (K15165100*) $5,800,000
Broadway Complete Street Phases 1 and 2 (T15175300) $2,300,000 Stockton Boulevard & 12th Avenue Pedestrian Signal (T15180400*) $500,000 Northwood School Access Improvements (T15186100*) $2,100,000 Florin Road Vision Zero Resurfacing (T15215800) $90,000 $13,584,000
*Funds have already been expended as construction is underway or completed.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable
FY 2023/24 Prospective Plan
For Accessibility Improvements in the Public Rights-of-Way Program Area
Description of Accessibility Work Estimate
Curb Ramps, Detectable Warning
T
iles, and Sidewalk
Curb ramps, detectable warning tiles,
barrier removals, and other accessibility
work associated with Street Overlays,
Sidewalk Repairs and Drain Inlet
Upgrades. Estimated 85 curb ramps.
$2,584,000
Citizen Requests Ci
tizen requests related to curb ramps,
truncated domes, crosswalks, audible
signals, and other barrier eliminations
along class members’ daily path of travel.
Estimated 22 curb ramps.
$190,000
Transportation Div
ision
Accessibility Improvements
Estimated 2 curb ramps in support of
crosswalk installations, accessibility work
within pedestrian islands, etc.
$20,000
Speci
fic Capital Improvement
Projects with Accessibility
Features
(List Attached)
Accessibility features (Curb Ramps,
Crosswalks, Pedestrian Signals,
Pedestrian Islands, Sidewalks, Bulb Outs,
etc.) constructed as part of other projects
for overall efficiency of project work.
$10,790,000
TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS $13,
584,000
ATTACHMENT
Specific Capital Improvement Projects with Accessibility Features Included in FY 2023/24 Prospective Plan
CIP No.
Project Name
Project Description
Estimated
Cost
K15165100
Del Rio Trail
Construct multi-use trail, sidewalk, curb
and gutter, and curb ramps, place
truncated domes, and install flashing
beacons and marked crosswalks.
$5,800,000
T15175300
Broadway Complete Street
Phases 1 and 2
Construct sidewalk, curb and gutter, and
curb ramps, place truncated domes, and
install flashing beacons and marked
crosswalks.
$2,300,000
T15180414
Stockton Boulevard and 12th
Avenue Pedestrian Signal
Construct pedestrian signal.
$500,000
T15186100
Northwood School Access
Improvements
Construct sidewalk, curb and gutter, and
curb ramps, place truncated domes, and
install marked crosswalks.
$2,100,000
T15215801
Florin Road Vision Zero Pavement
Resurfacing
Construct curb ramps.
$90,000
TOTAL ESTIMATED CIP COSTS $10,790,000