ADA Design
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan was completed and approved by Council in 2008. After further review of the plan, it was discovered that additional work was needed to help with clarification of certain sections of the plan. To that end, subcommittees were formed to work on the areas needed for compliance with the ADA.
In 2014, the City Manager assigned staff to provide liaison duties for the Commission on Disabilities. They were also given responsibility for maintaining and implementing the ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. One member was responsible for ADA compliance for all Public Works related infrastructure; this included everything in the public right-of-way, all City-owned buildings and parks, etc.
The program was awarded a grant to evaluate some of the amenities in the right-of-way and create a transition plan.
Washington State Law Against Discrimination – 49.60 RCW
The Washington Law Against Discrimination protects people from discrimination based on “race, creed, color, national origin, families with children, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.”
The Washington State Human Rights Commission enforces the Law Against Discrimination and focuses on the “elimination and prevention of discrimination in employment, in credit and insurance transactions, in places of public resort, accommodation, or amusement, and in real property transactions.”
If you wish to file a complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in the provisions of services, activities, programs, or benefits by the City of Tacoma, view the City of Tacoma Grievance Procedures under the Americans with Disabilities Act. To file a grievance please go to the City’s Online ADA Grievance/Complaint web page.
Questions?
Call 311 within Tacoma or (253) 591-5000 from anywhere else to reach Tacoma FIRST 311