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6.A. - Page 19 of 50 DAC Section 2 — Executive Summary and Statement of Understanding Disability Access Consultants, LLC (DAC) has extensive experience in the evaluation of program and facility accessibility and provides a full continuum of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and accessibility services for public entities, such as the City of Redwood City. Founded as a California corporation in 1998, DAC has provided services for the past 20 years to assist public entities to comply and implement accessibility requirements in accordance with the ADA, Title 24 of the California Building Code, California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD), Public Right -of -Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG), Caltrans Standards and Specifications, Section 504 and related federal, state and local disability -related nondiscrimination laws and regulation. DAC has conducted over 22,000 building inspections, surveyed thousands of parks and playgrounds and performed hundreds of programmatic reviews and self -evaluations to study the accessibility of programs, services, activities, events and related areas. DAC has surveyed over 4,000 miles of public rights-of-way. DAC understands that the City of Redwood City is soliciting proposals from qualified professional firms to compile and implement a comprehensive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self -Evaluation and Transition Plan for City programs, facilities, parks, parking lots, streets, intersections and sidewalks. DAC understands that the City seeks to secure the most qualified proposer to perform field investigations within the City rights-of- way and City facilities in order to identify obstacles limiting accessibility. The City is also looking for advisement on methods to improve accessibility and to help determine a schedule for achieving ADA compliance. DAC has the relevant experience with all state and federal accessibility regulations, public agency provided services, programs and activities requirements, and has extensive experience in preparing accessibility survey and evaluation reports for Title II entities. As DAC has CASp certified inspectors on staff, the inspection reports will be completed or reviewed by a qualified Certified Access Specialist (CASp). The self-evaluation and transition plan project can be called an update, as it appears that the City of Redwood City completed a plan in the early 90's. There are advantages to identifying the plan as an update as it demonstrates ongoing compliance and assists with preparing notices for the public input process that will state that the City of Redwood City is "updating" their current plan. DAC has a team of 25 staff, including CASp certified inspectors, dedicated to assisting public entities, such as the City of Redwood City, with ADA compliance. DAC has a comprehensive understanding of applicable standards, regulations and requirements under Title II of the ADA, California Building Code and related state accessibility standards. DAC staff also includes certified playground safety inspectors to provide a value-added service if requested by the City. DAC Contact and Organizational Information Disability Access Consultants, LLC is headquartered in Oroville California, but also operates offices in Arizona, Illinois, Georgia and Florida to serve our customers nationwide. The services provided to the City of Redwood City would primarily be provided by staff based in our Oroville California office. The primary contact person from DAC who would be designated as the project manager is Barbara Thorpe, President, who can be reached from our Oroville office. Disability Access Consultants, LLC bthorpe@dac-corp.com 2243 Feather River Boulevard Office: (530) 533-3000 Oroville, CA 95965 Toll Free: (800) 743-7067 DAC is organized as a California Limited Liability Company (LLC) with Federal Tax ID Number 45-4715526, and California Secretary of State registration number 201127610339. DAC is also certified through the California Department of General Services as a Micro Business with Certification ID 1448080. Barbara Thorpe, President, holds authority to sign contracts for DAC. Barbara Thorpe, President DAC Response to the City of Redwood City for ADA Consulting Services 3 25