1. The ADA Transition Plan: Where Is Your Agency?
Parks and recreation agencies across the country lead municipalities and counties in complying with this requirement…or
do they? This discussion will identify the three most common phases of compliance status.
•Happy to embrace the ADA Transition Plan requirements and already implementing changes to existing facilities after our
access audit and transition plan development
• We understand the ADA transition plan requirement and are seeking agency funding and resources to meet this require-
ment, and support from the city or county manager and our elected officials
•Have been instructed by our elected officials, risk management, city or county legal, to ignore this requirement until a
complaint is filed
About the Speaker: McGovern served 16 years as Executive Director of the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Associa-
tion (NSSRA) in Northbrook, Illinois. NSSRA is the first intergovernmental partnership formed in 1970, and exists to provide
recreation services for adults and children with disabilities. Prior to that McGovern worked as a consultant for Americans
with Disabilities Consultants, and worked from 1979 to 1989 as Executive Director of the West Suburban Special Recreation
Association, located in Franklin Park, Illinois. He began his career as Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator for the City of
Albuquerque, New Mexico Department of Parks and Recreation in 1975.
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