Americans with Disabilities Act

NOTICE UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the City of Forest Park will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs and activities.

Employment: City of Forest Park does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the ADA.

Effective Communication: City of Forest Park will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in the City of Forest Park programs, services and activities including: sign language interpreters, documents in Braille and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing or vision impairments.

Modifications to Policies and Procedures: City of Forest Park will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in the City of Forest Park offices, even where pets are generally prohibited.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program or activity of the City of Forest Park should contact the office of Shalonda Brown, City of Forest Park, 785 Forest Parkway, Forest Park, GA 30297 or call (404) 608.2347 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.

The ADA does not require the City of Forest Park to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.

Complaints that a program, service, or activity of the City of Forest Park is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to Shalonda Brown, City of Forest Park, 785 Forest Parkway, Forest Park, GA 30297 or call (404) 608.2347.

The City of Forest Park will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.