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boards and commissions; • Deny persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in services, programs, or activities that are not separate or different from those offered others, even if the City offers permissibly separate or different activities; and • In determining the location of facilities, make selections that have the effect of excluding or discriminating against persons with disabilities. Title II of the ADA provides that public entities must identify and evaluate all programs, activities, and services and review all policies, practices, and 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, when viewed in their entirely. This report, and certain documents incorporated by reference, establishes the City's ADA Self Evaluation & Transition Plan Update. Discrimination and Accessibility There are two kinds of accessibility: Program accessibility; and Physical accessibility. Absence of discrimination requires that both types of accessibility be provided. Programmatic accessibility includes physical accessibility, but also entails all of the policies, practices, and procedures that permit people with disabilities to participate in programs and to access important information. Physical accessibility requires that a facility be barrier -free. Barriers include any obstacles that prevent or restrict the entrance to or use of a facility. Program accessibility requires that individuals with disabilities be provided an equally effective opportunity to participate in or benefit from a public entity's programs and services. Program accessibility may be achieved by either structural or non - structural methods. Non - structural methods include acquisition or redesign of equipment, assignment of aides to beneficiaries, and provision of services at alternate sites. 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; Page 3