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The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal law passed in 1990, provides civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, government services, public accommodations in commerical facilities, public transportation, and telecommunications. After analyzing this comprehensive federal legislation and corresponding interpretive guides, the County's ADA Coordinator has determined that the County must conduct the following five activities to comply with the Act. 1) Name an ADA Coordinator to oversee all compliance activities. 2) Provide public notices and information to all interested persons on how the county is complying with this law. The thrust of this requirement is that all county communications with applicants, participants, and members of the public with disabilities must be as effective as communications with others. 3) Conduct a self-evaluation plan to evaluate the county's current services, policies, and programs to identify and correct those which do not comply with this law. 4) Prepare a transition plan to identify all structural changes needed to existing county -owned facilities to achieve accessibility for the disabled. 5) Prepare a grievance procedure for handling complaints associated with this law. Items #1, #4, and #5 have been completed, item #2 will be ongoing, and item #3 is presented below. As previously indicated in the third activity, the county is required by 28 CFR Part 35, Section 35.105 to prepare a self-evaluation plan to evaluate its current services, policies, and programs and identify and correct those which do not comply with the Act. This plan should include a description of the areas examined and any problems identified, a description of reasonable modifications made.. and a list of individuals consulted. This plan is required to include comments from disabled individuals and organizations and other interested individuals. All of the policies and programs that are inconsistent with the Act and subsequently identified in the plan must be corrected immediately with remedial action. However, if the county can demonstrate that the required modifications would fundamentally alter the nature of its service, program, or activity, or would result in an undue financial or administrative burden, the county would not be required to make the modification. Nevertheless, the county must ensure that disabled individuals receive all county services and programs afforded to all others. In preparing this self-evaluation plan, county staff focused on the areas outlined in the ADA Title II Technical Assistance Manual: Aa aAC+ Uff n