The Village is committed to providing adequate access by handicapped
or visually impaired persons to public buildings financed in part
by federal revenue sharing. This chapter provides for a grievance
procedure providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints
alleging any act prohibited by the Office of Revenue Sharing's
(ORS) regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 794). Section 504 states,
in part, that "no otherwise qualified handicapped individual . . .
shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under
any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance . .
."
The right of a person to a prompt and equitable resolution of
the complaint filed hereunder shall not be impaired by the person's
pursuit of other remedies such as the filing of a Section 504 complaint
with the Office of Revenue Sharing, United States Department of the
Treasury. Utilization of this grievance procedure is not a prerequisite
to the pursuit of other remedies. However, the Village believes that
resolution of the complaint will be more promptly achieved if the
Village is able to provide a remedy before the complaint is brought
to an external organization.
This chapter shall be construed to protect the substantive rights
of interested persons, to meet appropriate due process standards and
to assure that the Village complies with Section 504 and the ORS regulations.