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procedures that govern administration of the entity's program's activities, and services. The Transition Plan lists, prioritizes, and sets forth a schedule for the physical changes that must be made in order to provide programmatic access to City programs, activities, and services. This report, and certain documents incorporated by reference, establishes the City's ADA Facilities Transition Plan Update. Discrimination and Accessibility There are two kinds of accessibility: • Program accessibility; and • Physical accessibility. Programs offered by the City to the public must be accessible. Accessibility includes advertisement, orientation, eligibility, participation, testing or evaluation, physical access, provision of auxiliary aids, transportation, policies, and communication. The City may achieve program accessibility by a number of methods: • Structural methods such as altering an existing facility; • Acquisition or redesign of equipment; • Assignment of aides; and /or • Providing services at alternate accessible sites. When choosing a method of providing program access, the City will give priority to the one that results in the most integrated setting appropriate to encourage interaction among all users, including individuals with disabilities. In compliance with the requirements of the ADA, the City must provide equality of opportunity, but does not guarantee equality of results. Undue Burden The City is not required to take any action that it can demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in the nature of its program or activity, would create a hazardous condition resulting in a direct threat to the participant or others, or would represent an undue financial and administrative burden. The determination that an undue burden would result must be based on an evaluation of all resources available for use in the City. For example, if a barrier removal action is judged unduly burdensome, the City must consider other options for providing access to the benefits and services of the program or activity by individuals with disabilities. Page 3