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Humboldt County Grand Jury • 2002-2003

03-pw-01 Americans with Disabilities ACT

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Findings 2 findings

F1 Page 31

Written procedures for handling citizen complaints are in place at all eight city and county law enforcement agencies.

F2 Page 31

The grand jury experienced that some officers of the Eureka Police Department would not voluntarily appear before the grand jury, when requested to do so by the grand jury.

Recommendations 2

R1
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Recommendation pertinent to F1: None
R2
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Recommendation pertinent to F2: The grand jury recommends that the Eureka City Manager inform the Eureka Police Department of the authority grand juries have in conducting investigations into citizen complaints and encourage public officials to voluntarily cooperate with those investigations, without having the need of the grand jury issuing subpoenas. RESPONSES: THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO REPORT 03-LJ-01 ARE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PENAL CODE 933 AND THE STANDARD FORMAT FOR RESPONSES. 1. The Eureka City Manager shall respond to R2. 2. The Eureka C ity Council shall respond to R2. GRAND JURY REPORT NO: 03-PW-01 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT Public Works Committee INTRODUCTION: In response to a complaint from a concerned citizen the grand jury investigated the restroom facilities of the Humboldt County Parks for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In 2001, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) hired a consultant to do a study that outlined ADA deficiencies and estimated costs to bring each of these locations into compliance. Technically, none of the parks meet the specific requirements of the ADA. The parks were grouped into three categories and recommendations were made where applicable. The three categories are: (1) no restrooms (No recommendations are made for these parks which are Crab Park, Hammond Trail, M. Lockwood and Pedrazzini Boat Ramp.) (2) not accessible to the disabled and (3) accessible but not ADA compliant. 30