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Consultation has concluded
Consultation for this project has closed.
As a city, we continually strive to ensure that every resident can fully access our services, programs, facilities and activities regardless of a resident's cognitive, visual, auditory, motor or speech abilities. We are taking another important step with an evaluation and transition plan to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. As part of the assessment, we need you, the residents, to tell us how we are doing.
We want to hear from you! Please participate in this project. The assessment involves several parts that range from using recreational activities and facilities to visitingContinue reading
Consultation for this project has closed.
As a city, we continually strive to ensure that every resident can fully access our services, programs, facilities and activities regardless of a resident's cognitive, visual, auditory, motor or speech abilities. We are taking another important step with an evaluation and transition plan to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. As part of the assessment, we need you, the residents, to tell us how we are doing.
We want to hear from you! Please participate in this project. The assessment involves several parts that range from using recreational activities and facilities to visiting Lakewood.org, the city's main website. You can participate in several ways:
Tell us your story about your experiences with accessing Lakewood's services, programs, facilities and activities to provide us another tool for this assessment.
Draft Self-Evaluation Assessment (379 KB PDF): summarizes all the actions taken by the city to identify barriers to programs, services, or activities.
Evaluation process
City engages consultant
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The city hires a consultant, Meeting the Challenge from Colorado Springs, to conduct the assessment.
Draft assessment reports provided
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The consultant provides the city with reports covering all the areas that were assessed.
Public participation
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City launches website for online feedback.
In-person meetings
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City has in-person meetings to reach residents with diverse needs. Below are the scheduled dates, times and locations for these meetings:
April 18, 4-6 p.m. Fletcher Miller School, 200 Kipling St. This will be a private event for invited stakeholders only.
April 21, 7-9 p.m. Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St. Open to the public.
April 29, 10 a.m.-noon. Bowlero Lakewood, 945 S. Kipling Parkway. Open to the public.
Project outcome
Accessibility in Lakewood is currently at this stage
City uses information from assessment process to find ways within the city's available resources for addressing the challenges in creating full accessibility.