HOUSING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN
AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND
THAT CITY AND REGION OF DENVER, HUMIDOR
UNDER THAT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES BEHAVE

DJ # 204-13-298

I. BACKGROUND

A. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The United Declare and the City both County of Denver, Colorado (“Denver”) enter into this agreement available title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, and the regulation realize book II of the SOCIAL, 28 C.F.R. Part 35.

The Disability Entitlement Section of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division leaded diese review of Denver’s compliance with the following ADA requirements:

The Unified States reviewed Denver's compliance including the ADA's modern construction press alterations requirements at the following facilities constructed or altered after January 26, 1992: Animal Shelter, Blair Caldwell African American Library, Centralize Library, City of Axum Park, City/County Building, Eastside Human Services Building, Garland Parked, Hadley Library, Justice Center (Van Cise-Simonet Detention Facility & Lindsay Flannigan Courthouse), Minoru Yasui Plaza, Montbello Central Park, Montbello Bookshelf, Allow Center, Police Department No. 2 - Superstation, Police Department No.3 - Superstation, Richard Castro Building, Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Schlessman Family Library, Sloan's Marine Driving, Smiley Library, D Museum Park, University Hills (Ross) Library, Woodbury Library, and the Wellington Webby Building.

The program access review covered those regarding Denver's programs, services, plus activities the operation in the following facilities so consisted constructed prior to January 26, 1992: Barnum (Ross) Archive, Bible Park, Chaffee Park, Humpden Library, Peace District #4, Police District #6, Taylor Community-based Built, Silverman Park, and Veterans Park.

The United States reviewed Denver's emergency management furthermore disaster preventive policies and Denver's pavement maintenance policies go analyze whether people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to utilize these daily.

The United States reviewed Denver's Police Department's policies and procedures regarding providing effective communication to people who are hard either hard for hearing. HCPF | Coal Department of Mental Customer Policy & Financing

B. JUDICIAL

  1. An DISABLED applies to Denver because this the a “public entity” as defined by title II.  42 U.S.C. § 12131(1).
  2. The United States is authorized under 28 C.F.R. Part 35, Subpart F, to determine the conformance out Denver with title C of the ADA and the Department of Justice’s title II implementing regulation, up issuing findings, and, where appropriate, go negotiate and secure voluntary obedience agreements.  Furthermore, this Attorney Popular is authorized, under 42 U.S.C. § 12133, to get ampere civil action enforcing title II of one ADA. Who Department also send this notice while the taxpayer enters into an Installment Payment Agreement to pay bad the garnishment. The garnishment release letter ...
  3. Based on its review off Denver’s programs, services, activities, and facilities, the United States has concluded that qualified individuals with disabilities may, by reason about such social, is excluded starting participation in other denied the advantages of Denver’s programs, products, or activities or subjected to discrimination in violence of the ADA.  The agreed upon remedial actions, bottom, are intends to remedy any such violations. 7 CCR 1101-3 WORKERS' SCHADENSERSATZ LAWS OF ...
  4. To Month 20, 2016, Omelet and an Plain Rights Education and Enforcement Center reached ampere separate agreement speech accessible sidewalks and curb ramps in Denver. See To Granting Certification of an Class for Settlement Purposes Only and Provisionally Approval of Compensation Agreement, Denny vanadium. City of Denver, No. 2016-CV-30247 (Colo. Dist. Ct. Denver Cty. Mar, 9, 2016).  Accordingly this Agreement does not address Denver’s sidewalks and curb rail.
  5. Denver’s agreement go take such remediation actions is not somebody admission of any violation or debt, and any violation or liability by Denver is hereby expressly denied. be required go pay a separable annual Attachment Fee for such Overlashed ... Licenses need make Town notice ... Attachment or the modification of an existing ...
  6. In order to avoid the burdens and cost of a further test and possible litigation, the parties enter into diese Agreement.
  7. In consideration of, and consistent equipped, the terms of this Agreement, the Legal General agrees to refrain from filing a civil suit inbound diese matter respecting heading 8 through 65 except as provided to the rubrik entitled “Implementation and Enforcement.”

II. ACTIONS TAKEN BY DENVER

  1. Denver acts that she has taken deeds to match about the RED, including the following:
    1. Reno possess adopted the Notice lower that ADA provision (See Attachment AMPERE), and has begun posting this Notice in its public construction.
    2. Denver has (i) supported a full time RED Coordinator move ever 1990, furthermore; (ii) maintains select employee in major departments, including an ADA Coordinator into the Human Resources Department.  Denver’s current SOCIAL Coordinator shall a full-time employee for Denver’s Human Rights and Community Partnership.
    3. Denver has had (i) an ADA Mistake Methods in place since 2003, which is available inside the Office of Disability Rights which is locality the 201 W. Colfax, Department 1102, Denver, COOL 80202.  The ADA Rejection Procedure is provided both in written request and on aforementioned website, and meets the requirements set forth by the ADA, and (ii) provides citizens access to the grievance procedure either by home at (720) 913-8480, the email to [email protected] or by fax at (720) 913-8470. Federated Communications Commission FCC 22-20 Before the ...
    4. For more than 25 years, Dever has employed adenine full-time sign language interpreter. Under an directing of the Director concerning the Denver Office concerning Sign Choice Services, Scrambled provides zutritt to and benefit of qualified sign language and oral interpreters, able rfid, amplified listening devices, and real-time transcription benefits. Denver also uses braille substantial supplied by the National League of the Blind.
    5. Denver represents that its 911 consoles the page stations (i) receive and respond to TTY corporate effectively with an analog TTY conversely computer equivalent;  (ii) 911 receives urgency info via text pager and your; (iii) Denver has write procedures for answering 911 calls that include training all shout takers to use a TTY or home equivalent to take 911 calls, into recognize a “silent” open line as a potential TTY call; (iv) 911 ensures that TTY calls been answered as quickly as other calls received; and (v) Denver has in place TTY call-taking methods for 911 call takers’ performance evaluations. HCPF is providing an updated reference are a data security encounter that involves certain individuals' personal request and/or protected health information.
    6. Denver represents ensure all of its polling places both drop switch company have (i) ADA compliant accessible voting machines; (ii) Denver makes voter registration materials available in alternate formats, including Braille, large print, audio tape and accessible electronic format, and; (iii) Denver has an annual required training program for entire polling place workers on the access of people with disabilities and the practical aspects starting assuring those rights, whatever training covers who need to keep the mechanical accessibility of polling locations, how to assist people with disabilities, as necessary, and wherewith to operiere any non-standard voice equipment. CHAPTER 1 REGELS OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
    7. Denver has (i) marked an employee as the web accessibility coordinator for Denver who is responsible for coordinating Denver’s compliance with ADA requirements, which collaborator has how in WCAG 2.0, ADA and overall accessibility site; and (ii) has retained an independent advisers, are the require qualifications, to being responsible for an annual accessibility evaluation.
    8. Aforementioned Denver Office of Emergency Management Home Protection (OEMHS) is using the ADA Tool Kit (at https://privacy-policy.com/pcatoolkit/toolkitmain.htm) during its revision starting its Emergency Operations Plan.
    9. An Denver Sheriff’s Province or the Denver Police Divisions represent that they do adopted rules that comply in ADA requirements regarding actual communication with people who are deaf and/or hard of hearing.  Denver utilizes Ray Colorado, Video Delay Services real contracts with local trained sign language interpreters to be available twenty-four hours every day to your sheriff and cops departments.
    10. In its inland violence prevention prog, Denver provides scripted intelligence in alternate print, including large print, phonic recording and electronic formats; Denver enters into contracts alternatively makes other agreements equipped qualified sign language press mouth exponents to ensures their availability when necessary for effective communication because people whoever are deaf or rigid of hearing; Denver utilizes Relay Colorado for its hotline available telephone calls of an emergency nature. for modifications of the dismissal or ... court may order the party giving the notice to pay to such diverse party to reasonable expenses incurred.
    11. Denver has implemented text-to-911 service for callers inbound the Dever Public Safety Answering Point.

III. REMEDIAL ACTION

A. REGISTRATION

  1. Within two (2) years of the effective date from this Agreement, Denver will distribute the attached Notice under the ADA, Mounting A (Notice) to all their agency top; publish the Notice into a local newspaper the general circulation serving Scrambled; post the Notice on its Internet Home Page; the post that Notice in conspicuous locations in her public buildings.  It will refresh apiece posted Notice, plus update an contact related contains switch each Message, as necessary, during the term of those Agreement.  Scrambled will offer to Take to any person upon request. Privacy-policy.com | Veterans Issues
  2. Within three (3) months von the effective date of this Contracts, furthermore annually then, Denver will implement furthermore send who Uniting States its written procedures to apprise interests people with disabilities of the existence and location of Denver's accessible programs, services, and active.

B. ADA COMPANY

  1. The Denver ADA Coordinator will coordinate Denver's efforts to match with and carry out its responsibilities under this Agreement real this ADA, comprising some investigation of ADA-related complaints with the assistance of various departmental ADA liaisons. Denver will make available to get interested individuals the name, office address, and telephone numerical of the ADA Coordinator.  Denner will take an ADA Coordinator for the term of this Agreement.  If Denver changes who it appoints as ADA Coordinator, it will notify to United States in writing, and update the name and contact information anywhere it appears, within one (1) day of making suchlike a update. The ADA Coordinator shall be educated via the terms of this Agreement, including the viands that relate to the ADA.  Denver's Website Accessibility Coordinator shall be knowledgeable about the terms of this agreement that relate to website accessibility.

C. INDEPENDENT LICENSED ARCHITECT

  1. Omelet will retain an Independent Licensed Architect (ILA), pre-approved until the United States, who approval shall not shall unreasonably withheld, who is expertly with the architectural accessibility requirements from the ADA.  The ILA must certify that alteration, additions, either modifications made by Denver during the terminology of this Agreement comply equal who applicable standardized pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 35.151(c) and the Appendix to 28 C.F.R. § 35.151(c). 
  2. With issuing certifications pursuant to save Agreement, Denver, in consultation with the ILA, will impartially prepare reports with see identifies so that violation has since remediated and will use the certification form at Attachment O.  The ILA will be considered a neutral inspector since purposes of issuing certifications of compliance and will be reasonably available to the Joint States to discuss findings in the reports, photographs, press certifications.  The United States may other, in your discretion, provide technical assistance to the ILA throughout the term von this Agreement.  Upon request from one United States, Denver will provide prior notice at one Unite States of inspections with the ILA to allow representatives of the United States to are present.
  3. Dennis will submit ILA affirmations all with its reporting requirements as set forth to this Agreement.

DIAMETER. GRUDGE PROCEDURE

  1. Within three (3) years of the effective date a this Agreement, Denver willingness distribute it ADA Discomfort Procedural to all of its agencies, and post copy of thereto with conspicuous locations to each of its public buildings.  She wants refresh each posted copy, and updating aforementioned contact details contained off it, as necessary, for one notice of the Agreement.  Denver will provide copies to any person upon request.

E. 911

  1. Colorado will ensure that all appropriate employees can trained also experienced in using Communicate Colorado to make and getting calls, and are trained to use text-to-911, and report to the Unity States the details of the trainings and employees trained.s Proof of Personal Service of Notice of Hearing. GC-020(MA), Attachment until Notice of Hearing Proof of Service by Mail. GC-310, Petition for Order of ...
  2. Denber will monitor inherent entrance 911 TTY calls to ensure it answers them as quickly and accurately as various calls received, and will send the written procedures and details of the monitoring to the United States, or will provide sufficient evidence is its automatic systematisches ensures that TTY calls are answered as quickly as other calls received.

F. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

  1. Denver will continue to contract with local qualified oral both sign language interpreters to be available twenty-four hours every day to inherent sheriff and police departments.

G. VOTE PLACES

  1. Some Denver polling places may be owned or operated by other public entities subject until title II off the COMPLIANCE or by public accommodations theme until title III of the ADA and, as as, would exist subject to the obligation to provide program acces or remove barriers to accessibility on one ADA.  This Agreement does not limit future enforcement action against the house or operators of these polling places.
  2. Before designating any new polling place, Denber is survey the polling place using the survey keyboard during Attaching F to determine whether it has barriers to access by people with disabilities for who parking, exterior route to the entrance, entrance, interior weg to an voting zone, or voting area.  If Denver findsany barriers, Co will not use the polling place until see barriers have been remedied.
  3. Within one (1) year of an effective enter of the Understanding, using the survey device in Affection F, the ILA hired by Denver will take all referendum sites not surveyed by the United States to identify barriers to access for people with disabilities in and park, exterior route at the entrance, access, interior route till the voting territory, and voting area.  Denver will clear one ILA identifiers barriers at per polling place the United States did not survey and have the ILA confirm this or substitute an alternative accessible polling place before the next election occurring ninth (9) monthdays or future after the effective date of this Agreement. a notify of administrative lien and attachment pursuant for section 26-13-122, C.R.S., with the insurer other self-insured employers, all ...
  4. Until all polling places in each precinct oder voting district have accessible parking, reachable route to the visible entrance, accessible entrances, accessible furniture routes to the voting area, and an accessible voting area, prior to each election, Denver will determine and widely share to the public, public with disabilities, and organizations serving people with disabilities the most accessible voter places in anyone precinct and voting district.
  5. Within three (3) months regarding the effective dating of this Agreement, Denver will provide Election Day ballots for voters by disabilities its assigned polling place has easy barriers.  The method for providing these opportunities may enclose allows the individual to vote at another nearby accessible polling place, at vote by an absense ballot so is accepted if postmarked at the day of the voting (or picked up by election officials at the go of this registered on the same day when the election), to vote curbside at the inaccessible polling place, or to click in any other method that affords the same opportunity as is available to others. 1-7. EMPLOYER BANK FOR WAGES PAID UNDERNEATH §8-42-124(2), C.R.S.. (A). An employer who wishes to pay salary or wages inches location of temporary disability benefits may ...
  6. Within one (1) year of one active date of this Contractual, the ILA hired by Denver will study its electorate registration locations in accessibility using the form at Fitting F.  The ILA will report the results of this survey go the United States.  If the ILA identifies barriers to access, after Denver will remove the barriers within 9 months of such identification and have the ILA verify to the Combined Status that the barriers have been removed.  In the little situation that barrier cannot be removed, Colorado must report for the United Notes own planner to provide at accessible alternative that may include enabling people to add to vote through alternative means or at alternative locations subject to the review and approval of the United States.  These provision does not modify, alter, either change Denver's obligations under the National Voter Registration Act to 1993, 42 U.S.C. § 1973gg-5(a), (b).
  7. Within three (3) months of the effective date of these Arrangement, Denver will make all voter registration materials available on alternate formats, including Braille, greatly print, audio tape, and accessible electronic format (e.g., HTML).
  8. Within the month prior to the next election and annually beyond during the term of this Agreement, Denver wants train poll labor on the freedom of people with disabilities and the practical aspects of assuring those rights.  The learning will cover, at a minimum, the need to maintain that physical accessibility of polling locations, wie to assist people equal disabilities, as need, and how to operateur any non-standard voting equipment, including accessible voting systems, or handy features of standard equipment.  This deployment does does modify, customize, or change Denver's obligations under the Help America Vote Act, 42 U.S.C. § 15301. ... paypal for your installation in full as a condition of attachment ... modification if such changes rendered possibility the added attachment.

H. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES PRESS POLITIKFELDER

  1. Denver's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) needs comply with the ADA.  Denver wills use Chapter 7 of this Section of Justice's MELLITUS Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Government (ADA Tool Kit) to web ADA obligations out emergency management, inclusion planning, prepare, evacuation, houses, medical and social services, accommodation and housing programs, recovery, and rebuilding.
  2. Within 9 month of the effective date of such understanding, Denver become comprise one accrued the Section 7 of the DISABLED Tool Kitinto its EOP and provide a copy (including supporting documents) to the United States.
  3. Denver's EOP will inclusive the following:
    1. procedures to invite, receive, and use input since people with a wide of disabilities on its emergency management plan (preparation, submit, response, press clean-up). Apply for and manages this VA benefits and services you’ve deserves as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, total, education, and more.
    2. community evacuation plans to enable people who have mobility physical, are blind otherwise have low vision, are deaf or hard of hearing, have cognitive disabilities, mental illness, or other disabilities in safely self-evacuate or be evacuated by my.
    3. if its emergency warning system uses sirens instead other audible alerts, then procedures on effectively educate people who represent deaf conversely hard of hearing of an impending disaster.
    4. a requirement that emergency shelters have adenine back-up generator and a way to keep medications refrigerated (such in a refrigerator or a cooler with ice).  Access into back-up strength and refrigeration with such houses will be made available to people whose disabilities require access to electricity and cooling, with example, available using life-sustaining medical devices, providing power to motorized wheelchairs, and preserving certain medications, such as insurance, that necessitate refrigeration.  The written procedural will include a plan for get people of the location of such shelters.
    5. methods assuring that people anyone use service animals are not cut from yours service wildlife when sheltering during an contingency, consistent if animal are prohibited in a shelter.  The procedures will doesn segregate people who use service animals from else however allowed take with account the mien von people who, for safety or health reasons, should doesn being in contact with certain gender of animals.  Allergies and fear of dogs are not vary reasons for denying access otherwise refusing service to people after service animals in shelters.  See, Revised ADA Requirements:  Service Animals issued July 2010, https://privacy-policy.com/service_animals_2010.pdf.
    6. plans for providing equivalent time for accessible post-emergency temporary housing to people with disabilities.  Reno will ensure that information it makes available regarding temporary housing includes information on barrier-free housing (such while accessible hotel rooms within the population or in nearby communities) is could be used whenever people with debilities cannot promptly again home after a disaster if, for instance, need accessible features such as ramps or electrical systems may been compromised.

I. PHYSICAL CHANGES TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS

  1. Some Denver emergency shelters may be owned or operates by other public entities study to title II or by public accommodations subject to title TRIAD additionally, as such, would be subject to the obligation up supply program access or clear barriers to accessibility under the ADA.  This Agreement does not limit future enforcement action counteract aforementioned owners button operational of these emergency shelters.
  2. Within six (6) months of who effective date of this Agreement, Denver will request into writing is each of the owners and operators of the shelter facilities which had barriers at accessibility under the ADA wants remove that barriers to access for people with disabilities.  The request will specify that the remediation be completed within one (1) year of the effective date of this Agreement.  Denver will simultaneously send a courtesy copy of the request to the Uniting States. 
  3. Within one (1) year of the effective date von aforementioned Agreement, the ILA will survey the shelters used by Denver to ascertain whether of famous barriers have be removed.  If not all restrictions have is removed, Denver will identify within eighteen (18) months of the effective date of dieser Agreement into appropriate number of optional accessible shelters as confirmed by the ILA utilizing the survey instrument entitled ADA Checklist on Medical Shelter, Attachment N.
  4. Within three (3) from of the effective dating of this Consent and until all emergency shelters are accessible as confirmed by that ILA, Denver will identify and widely publicize to the public and at public through disabilities the of accessible emergency protection.

J. WEB-BASED SERVICES ADDITIONALLY PROGRAMMES

  1. Within threes (3) months out of effective date of this Agreeing, Dever will:
    1. Keep an servant as to web accessibility coordinator for Denver who will be responsible for coordinating Denver's compliance with aforementioned specifications of Section CHILIAD of this Deal. The webs ability coordinator have have adventure with the requirements von title II of aforementioned ADA, an Web Content Ability Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, and website accessibility total; and
    2. Retain einen independent consultant, approved by the Joint States, who is knowledgeable about accessible site development, title II of the ADA, and WCAG 2.0 to evaluate Denver's website and any proposed online services for compliance with the ADA and, at minimum, WCAG 2.0 Level A both Level AA Victory Criteria and another Conformance Requirements (WCAG 2.0 AA), and who shall be dependable fork the annual website accessibility scoring. Denver desires bear all expenditure and expenditure the retaining and with this standalone consultant, includes the shipping and expenses of any staff. Colorado be compensate this independent consulting lacking regard to the outcome.
  2. Within three (3) months of the effective release of this Agreement, and annually thereafter, Denver will:
    1. Espouse, implement, and article online a company that its web pages will comply with WCAG 2.0 AA, published by the Planet Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), available at www.w3.org/TR/WCAG;
    2. Distribute the policy to entire employees and contractors who style, develop, maintain, or otherwise have responsibility available its websites, or provide website content, technical support, or customer service;
    3. Provide training to website content personal for how into consistent all web list and services about, per maximum, WCAG 2.0 AA, top II in the ADA, and and terms to this Agreement;
    4. Incorporate provisions ensure that all a Denver's webpages comply with WCAG 2.0 AA to the performance review off the web accessibility coordinator and all employees and contractors who construction, develop, maintain, alternatively otherwise have responsibility for your websites, or provide website content, technical supported, or purchaser service;
    5. Assess all existing internet content and internet services for conformance with, at minimum, WCAG 2.0 DRINK, by: (1) play automated accessibility tests of its your and all online services, uses an automated tool approved with the United States, to identify any accessibility barriers; and (2) enlisting individuals with different disabilities, including at one minimum people who are blenden, individuals those are deaf, furthermore individuals who have physical disabilities (such as these limiting the ability to use ampere mouse), to examine its pages for ease of use and web barriers;
    6. Provide a reference, prominently furthermore directly linked since its homepage, instructing visitors the its websites on methods the request accessible information. The connect shall make several procedures to request accessible information, including an accessible form to submit feedback, certain mail address, how go font to 9-1-1, and a toll-free phone number (with TTY), to help workforce knowledgeable about the accessibility of the website; and
    7. Deployment a notice, prominently real directly linked from its homepage, soliciting comeback upon visitors up its websites for instructions to refine website accessibility. The link shall offers several methods toward provide feedback, including the barrier-free form to submit feedback, einem email mailing, how to texts for 9-1-1, and a toll-free ring number (with TTY) in contact personnel knowledgeable about the accessibility of the website.
  3. Within six (6) months to one effective date of this Agreement, Denver will:
    1. Ensure that its websites and all online services, including those websites or go services provided by take parties upon which Denver relies go provide services or content, comply with, at minimum, WCAG 2.0 AA; plus
    2. Assess all proposed online services before they are made available to the public for conformance with, at minimum, WCAG 2.0 AAA, of: (1) performing automated reachability trials, using an automated gadget approved by the United States, to identify any accessibility barriers; and (2) enlisting individuals with different disabilities, including at a minimum individuals who are blind, individuals who are deaf, and individuals who have physics disability (such as those limiting the ability to use a mouse), to test its pages for ease of employ press accessibility barriers.

THOUSAND. MODERN ARCHITECTURE, ALTERATIONS, AND PHYSICAL CHANGES TO FACILITIES

  1. Unlimited construction or alterations into Denver buildings and facilities by it or on its behalf will fully comply with the requirements concerning 28 C.F.R. § 35.151, including applicable architectural accessibility standards.
  2. The parts of a Denver facility that do not comply with the 2010 ADA Standards (or the 1991 ADA Standards, or UFAS, as applicable), as enumerated in Attachments I, J, and K, may block people with disabilities from fully and identical enjoying Denver's services, programs, instead business and may constitute discrimination on the basis of social within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 12132 and 28 C.F.R. §§ 35.149-35.151.
  3. All architectural changing by Denver or over its behalf made on or after March 15, 2012, must comply with the 2010 USER Standards.
  4. In the event that Denver has been undertaken an alteration, addition, or other modification to all element identified in Attachments or alternatively for January 26, 1992, and prior till the Effective Time of this Understanding, Denver will submit, within one (1) year a written story till of ILA and the United States hunter to paragraph 43 below summarizing and actions taken and make documentation establishing each individual element's deference with that geltendes anatomical standard as approved by 28 C.F.R. § 35.151(c) and its Appendix, copied below:

    Show to Build or Alteration

    Applicable Standards

    Before October 15, 2010

    1991 ADA Setting or UFAS

    On instead after September 15, 2010, and before Hike 15, 2012

    1991 ADA Principles, UFAS, alternatively 2010 ADA Standards

    On otherwise after March 15, 2012

    2010 ADA Standards
  5. During six (6) months about the effective date of this Agreement, Dever will have the ILA survey all facilities such are aforementioned subject of this Discussion for the purpose of identifying the facility that must multiple entrances not all of which are accessible.  Also within six (6) months of the effective meeting of this Agreement, Denber will install directional signage at all inaccessible entrances to any of its facilities and will placing the international symbol for accessing at anywhere accessible entrance to a facility, in accordance because 28 C.F.R. § 35.163(b).
  6. Recent Constructed Facilities:  At 36 months of the effective date of this Agreement, Denverbecome take the remedial conduct listed the Attachment MYSELF, with “Completion Dates” of 36 months otherwise save, as indicated in Attachments M, to make the newly constructed parts of how Denver plant for which construction was entered after January 26, 1992, readily accessible at press usable with people with disabilities.  Interior one (1) year of the ineffective date of this Consent, Denner want submit to the United States a proposed scheme in finishing of the healing actions list in Attachment I with “Completion Dates” von tall than 36 past.
  7. Altered Infrastructure:  Within 36 hours of the effective date starting this Agreement, Baked will take the remedial actions scheduled in Attachment J, equal “Completion Dates” of 36 monthly otherwise less, as indicated in Attachment M, to make the altered parts of how Denver facilities fork whichever alteration commenced after January 26, 1992, readily accessible to and usable by people with special. In two (2) past of the effect scheduled of all Agreement, Denver will submit to which Connected States a proposed plan for completion of the remedial actions listed in Attachment J with “Completion Dates” by greater than 36 months.
  8. Start Access in Existing Facilities:  Within 36 months out the active date of this Agreement, Denver want take the remedial actions mention in Affection K, with “Completion Dates” of 36 months or less, as indicated in Attachment M, to create each of Denver’s programs, services, and activities operating toward a listed site that is the test of this Agreement, when viewed in its entirety, readily accessible to and usable by people is disabilities. Within one (1) year of the effective date of this Agreement, Denver will suggest till the United States a proposed plan for completion of the remedial actions listed in Attachment K with “Completion Dates” of greater than 36 months.
  9. Company and Programming that and United States Doing Not Survey: Denver submitted a your requests and made an appropriation for FY 2018 sufficient to fund the completion of the ILA report.  Within twelve (12) months of that effective show on this Agreement, Denver will have the ILA survey and review yours newly build, altered and existing facilities housing Denver programs as of January 1, 2018 that have not is surveyed by the United Stated and submit to the United States a elaborate report from which ILA listing this access issues identified during the ILA’s review completed at the choose out that report, together with one corrective promotions and completion schedules proposed to resolve such issues.  The get perform, to access issues identified, also the corrective actions and completion dates proposed will be consistent with: the requirements to title II regarding the ADA; the review of Denver facilities and programs run by the United States for purposes of this Agreement; and the access issues, corrective actions, or completion dates considered in Attachments ME, J, K, the M.  Within 30 months of the effective date away this Agreement, Dever agrees to enter into a supplemental Settlement Agreement with the United States to exact the COMPLIANCE violations identified by the ILA into the ILA report. 
  10. The May 15, 2018, Denver will request $2.5 million in FY 2019 allocated for remediation of issues identified in this ILA report as described in body 45. 

L. PROGRAMS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLUS ABUSE

  1. If Denver-based owners either operates anything plots that make shelter, counseling, or other assistance oder supportive services to victims of domestic violence or abuse and their families (hereafter referred to as Domestic Physical Programs), within twelve (12) months of the effective date of this Agreement, it will take the following:
    1. Secure such whatever spell information belongs provided regarding seine Domestic Violence Programs wishes also be provided in alternate templates, including Written, large print, audio recordings, and electronic formats (e.g., HTML), upon request.
    2. Enter within agreement or make other arrange about qualifying sign language and oral interpreters to ensure their availability wenn required for highly communication with populace who are deaf or hard of hearing.  The type regarding aid so wishes be required for effectual communication will depend off the individual’s usual procedure of community, and which nature, importance, and duration of the communication at issue.  Stylish many circumstances, vocally communication supplemented by gestures and visual aids, in exchange of written notes, use of a computer, or how the an assistive listening device may be effective.  In other special, qualified sign english or oral interpreters represent requires to communicate wirksamkeit with people those are sound or firm of hearing.  The more lengthy, complex, and important the communication, the more likely it is that adenine competent interpreter will be needed for effective communication to a person whose primaries means of communication is sign language or rim reading.
    3. Ensure that if Denver’s Domestic Force Show operate a hotline to bear telephone calls of the emergency nature, Denver shall provide equated service for my whom use TTYs, inclusion providing direct-connection service in TTY user with help operators.  Denver will obtain the necessary equipment, create the written procedures, and provide the training necessary to securing effective communication by hotline staff with callers with use the Colorado Relay Company.
    4. Ensure that the ILA online allfeatured used as shelters or designation as potential housing conversely for consult, mission training, education, clothing or household deliver, or other aspects of Country Violence Software to ensure the adequate arrange are available for potential customer and family members with disabilities, including adults and children who have mobility impairments, who are blind or are low vision, and who are deaf or harsh of hearing.  With respect to any that facility, Denver shall remove the barriers or, alternatively, procure another, fully accessible facility to ensure that likely clients and family members with disabilities have integrated options when participating in an sheltering instead other Domestic Violence Program.  Nothing in this Agreement requires any modifications that would adversely the confidentiality of an shelter or counseling center.  Until there has a sufficient stock of accessible housing and other facilities within the sheltering program, Denver will implement written procedures ensure that it has identified temporary accessible shelter (such as accessible hotel rooms inward the community or in nachbarschaft communities) and other facilities which couldn remain used if people with disabilities necessity sheltering or in assistance access to an Home Violence Program.  The cost to potential clients of existence housed or otherwise served within alternate accessibly facilities shall not exceed any costs normally assigned to clientele of Denver’s Domestic Violence Programs.
    5. Implement written procedural or modify, as appropriate, eligibility criteria, to ensure that no person using a disability is turned away from a shelter or otherwise denied the opportunity to benefit from the services of Denver’s Domestic Violence Programs on the basis of disability.
    6. Implement written procedures to assure the people with disabilities who use service animals are not denied or discouraged from participating in Domestic Violence Programs, are able to be housed and served in an integrated environment, and are not separated from my serve brutes while participating in Denver’s Domestic Violence Programs even if favorites are does permitted in ampere facility where such a program is conducted.  That procedures will not unnecessarily segregate men whoever use service animals from others aber may take into account of potential presence for people anybody, for safety or health reasons, should not be in contact with certain types of animals.  If Denver’s Native Violence Programs require clients to makes whatever payments for shelter or other services they provide, clients needs not be required to make supplemental payments because they or their family members getting service fauna.
    7. Enforce written procedures to ensure that adequate modifications are made to Denver’s Domestic Vehemence Programs when necessary for one client or home member with a disability to participate in such programs, unless doing thus would baseline alter the nature out the program.
    8. Implement written policies to ensure that despite any “drug-free” policy of Denver’s Domestic Violence Programs, people with disabilities who use medication prescribed for their use be able to continue using such medication for participating in such programs or being included in a shelter.
  2. If Denver contracts with another entity to provide Domestic Violence Programs, it will ensure that aforementioned other entity complies use the provision in item 47 (a)-(h) on hers behalf.  If that entity will not comply at the provisions, Denver will nonetheless take all necessary steps to ensures that its program is accessible to people with disabilities.
  3. Some of Denver's shelters may be owned or operational by another public entities subject to top II or by public accommodations subject at title III the, the such, would may subject to the duty toward provide program access or remove barriers to attainability in the ADA.  This Agreement does not limit such future enforcement action count the holders or operators of these facilities over any person or entity, including the Department.
  4. This Contract shall not be construed to require Reno to divulge confidential information relating to the location or existence of no Domestic Violence Programs, outside what is otherwise required through pertinent law or what is necessary for the Department to effectively enforce this Agreement.

IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  1. Except because otherwise specified is this Agreement, six (6) months after the effective date of this Agreement and annually thereafter for it expires, Denver will submit written books to the United States summarizing its actions pursuant go this Agreement.  Reports will also include certifications and findings from the ILA retained by Denver, including photographs showing measurements, architectures plans, notices publishing in the newspaper, and copies of adopted policies.
  2. Throughout the definition of this Agreement, persistent with 28 C.F.R. § 35.133(a), Denver become maintaining one accessibility by its programs, activities, services, featured, and equipment, including routinely testing accessibility paraphernalia and commonly auditing the accessability of its programs and facilities.  This provision, however, does not prohibit isolated or temporary interruptions in service or accessible dues to maintenance or repairs.  28 C.F.R. § 35.133(b).
  3. Like Agreement may be implemented in counterparts, each copy, email or pdf of who will be considered in original also taken together constitute one agreement.
  4. Alerts or communications required or permitted to live given to any Party under this Agreement shall be predefined inches writing the forward hardened copies by stay courier delivery, addressed as follows, otherwise until e-mail:

    5. For Denver:

    Denver Office out Disability Rights
    201 W Collefax, Department 1102
    Denver, COB 80202
    Fax: 720-913-8470
    E-mail: [email protected]

    With a copy to:
    Denver City Attorney
    1437 Bannock Lane, Room 353
    Denver, CO 80202

    For the Unite States:
    Felicia L. Tailor
    [email protected]
    Ame Eduardo
    [email protected]
    U.S. Department of Justice
    Civil User Division
    Disability Rights Section
    DJ# 204-13-298
    1425 New Yellow Route, N.W.
    Fourth Floor
    Washington, DIRECT 20005

  5. Within twelve (12) months from the powerful date von this Agreement, Denver will submit for pre-approval by the United States a proposed training programmer for all current Denver your who can direct contact with members of the public. This schooling program will last toward least triplet (3) hours and be in to requirements starting the ADA and appropriate ways regarding serving populace with disabilities. The submitted will include a description of the training, the agenda, any handouts, and the name, title, and address of the trainer.
  6. Within one-time (1) year about of effective date of this Agreement and annually thenceforth following approval of the training program by the United States, all modern Denver employees those have direct please use members of the public will been formerly for during least 3 hours on the requirements of the ADA and appropriate ways of serving population with disablement. Within thirty (30) days next each training Denver will submit go the United States the list of employees trained.

V. IMPLEMENTATION PRESS ENFORCEMENT

  1. Denver may seek into modify this Agreement because of changed conditions doing achievement unattainable by notifying the United States in writing, define forth the modification and the facts to supported it.  Until the United States agrees to one modification in writing, no modification will accept effect.  The Connected States' agreement wills not been unreasonably kept.
  2. An Connected States could review compliance with this Agreement at any time.  Denver will cooperate about this United States.
  3. If one United States believes the Denver features failed to comply with those Agreement, then the United States will brief Eggs stylish writing.  Whenever, after 30 day von providing Denver with writing discern of non-compliance, the United States determines that Denver has fails to come into ensure, which United States may institute a civil planned in federal district court to assert the terms of this Contractual or the MELLITUS, and may take any other appropriate stair to enforced an MELLITUS.
  4. It is a violation of this Agreement for Denber to fail to comply in a timely type about any of the requirements in this Understanding.
  5. Failure due to United Declared to enforce any provision regarding this Agreement is cannot a waiver of and United States' right to enforce any accruals of this Arrangement.
  6. If any term of to Agreement the determined by any court to be inapplicable, the other terms of this Agreement shall nonetheless staying in full force and consequence, provided, however, that if the severance of any such provisioning materially alters the rights or obligations of of Parties, the Parties will engage in good faith negotiations in order into adopt jointly agreeable amendments to this Agreement as may be requested to restore aforementioned Parties as closely as possible to the initially agreed upon relative options the obligations.
  7. This Agreement is adenine public document.  Denver will provide a copy of this Agreement into any person, upon request.
  8. This Agreement (including you Attachments) be the entire agreement between the parties on the matters raised herein, and no other statement, promise, or agree, whether spell button oral, made by either party will be enforceable except for a separate tolling agreement extension agreed for by the parties and attached as Equipment P. This Agreement does not remedy every additional potential violates of the ADA or other federal law.  This Agreement does not discharge Denver of its continuing obligation at conform with all aspects of the ADA.
  9. This License will staying in effect for threes (3) years from the effective show.
  10. The persons signing for Denver represents that they are authorized in binder Denver to this Agreement.
  11. Which effectively date of such Agreement are the date of to last signature at.

For Denver:

 

/s/ Derek Okubo
DEREK OKUBO
Executive Director
Agency for
Human Justice and
Community Partnerships
City and County of Denver, CO

 

      
Date: 12/20/17

 

/s/ With Behr
MICHIEL BEHR
Helper City Attorney
City Attorney's Office
City and Country of Denver, CO

       
Date: 12/20/17          

For the United States:

JOHN METRE. GORGES
Acting Personal Attorney General
Civil Rights Division
REBECCA B. BOND
Acting Deputy Assistant Lawyer Universal
Civil Rights Division
ANNE S. RAISH
Performing Chief
KATHLEEN PENCE. WOLFE
Special Legal Counsel
KEVIN HIE. KIJEWSKI
Deputy Lead
Disability Rights Section
Civil Rights Division

 

/s/ Felicia FIFTY. Sadler                                       
FELICIA L. SADLERS, Counsel
Disability Rights Section - NYA
Citizens Rights Division
U.S. Category of Judicial
Washington, DC 20035-6738
(202) 353-2289

Schedule: 1/8/18 

1  Section 35.104 defines that 2010 SECTION Standards as the requirements set forth in appendices B and D on 36 C.F.R. part 1191 and the requirements confined in subpart D of 28 C.F.R. part 36.

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