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I. Introduction 1. .1 Goals & Objectives The City of Eugene ("the City") Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan for Public Rights -of -Way ("the Plan") is created as a plan separate from the City's existing ADA Transition Plan in order to better address accessibility specifically within the City's public rights-of-way (R/W) for persons with disabilities. In addition, the Plan recognizes the goals of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's (Access Board) proposed guidelines for the design, construction, and alteration of pedestrian facilities in the public R/W as published for public comment on July 26, 2011 (and published with corrections on July 29, 2011) in the Federal Register, 36 CFR Part 1190, Docket No. ATBCB 2011-04. (2011 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or NPRM). The City's commitment to safe and equitable pedestrian accessibility within the R/W is expressed in various plans and documents (outlined below) and considers the Plan to not be just a fulfillment of a federal requirement, but rather an instrument by which the City can provide a richer mobility experience, to the extent possible, to persons with disability within the community. 1.2 City ADA Transition Plan History Upon the adoption of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City embarked on a comprehensive accessibility evaluation of its facilities. To date three such evaluations have been undertaken and completed in 1992, 2000, and 2008. After extensive public input, Phase 1 of the City's existing ADA Transition Plan, including a three fiscal -year schedule for completing prioritized accessibility projects, was approved in 1993. Subsequent phases of the existing Plan have been prepared and implemented and the existing Plan in 2012 represents Phase 7. While a schedule for curb ramp installation has always been a part of each phase of the existing Plan, the City is pleased to publish a companion ADA Transition Plan that more specifically and comprehensively addresses accessibility within the R/W. Upon adoption of the Transition Plan for the Public Rights of Way, the City will have two ADA Transition Plans, one specific to accessibility outside the R/W and one specific to accessibility within the R/W. 2. Legal Requirements Discrimination against persons with disabilities is prohibited on federal, state, and local levels and enforced with enacted laws and regulations and approved/accepted policy plans and documents. A summary of those edicts most closely related to the funding, design, construction, and alteration of pedestrian facilities in the R/W to ensure access by pedestrians with disabilities is provided below. The following is a summary of various federal, state, and local ADA -related plans and documents. 2.1 Federal Title Vl of the Civil Right Act of 1964, [42 U.S.C. 2000d-1] Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal assistance. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29 U.S.C. 794] Section 504 prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The DOT routinely provides such assistance to state and local governments for the development of transportation networks. City of Eugene Transition Plan for Accessibility in the Public Rights -of -Way Page 2