The City of Manawa 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 action prohibited
by the Office of Revenue Sharing's (ORS) regulation (31 CFR 51-55[d][2])
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 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 ORS regulations.