The City of Glenwood City is committed to providing adequate
access by handicapped or visually impaired persons to public buildings.
This chapter provides for a grievance procedure providing for prompt
and equitable resolution of complaints alleging any action prohibited
by 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 (ORS), United States Department
of the Treasury. Utilization of this grievance procedure is not a
prerequisite to the pursuit of other remedies. However, the City believes
that resolution of the complaint will be more promptly achieved if
the City 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 City complies with Section 504 and the ORS regulations.