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I. Appendix F: ADA Design Standards and Procedures A. Design Standards City of Orono Engineering Standards and Design Details This section provides information on the latest applicable rules, design guidance, and best practices related to ADA accessibility in the City of Orono. The City adheres to the design details and procedures outlined in the City Standard Plates and Design Details. Documents outlining these can be seen at the following location: http://www.ci.orono.mn.us/vertical/sites/%7BCBFC8FAF-C313-4854-A229- 98A3482257F0%7D/uploads/Standard Plates.Ddf 2. Public Rights -of -Way Accessibility Guidelines Public Rights -of -Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG), developed by the Access Board, are draft guidelines that address accessibility in the public rights-of-way. Sidewalks, street crossings, and other elements of the public rights-of-way present unique challenges to accessibility for which specific guidance is considered essential. The Access Board is developing these guidelines that will address various issues, including access for visually impaired pedestrians at street crossings, wheelchair access to on -street parking, and various constraints posed by space limitations, roadway design practices, slope, and terrain. PROWAG can be found at http://www.access-board.gov/attachments/article/743/nprm.pdf. In 2010 and 2015, as a part of the development of MnDOT's Transition Plan, MnDOT Issued Technical Memorandum 10 -02 -TR -01 Adoption of Public Rights of waV Accessibility Guidance and Technical Memorandum No. 15--02-TR-01 Adoption of Public Rights -of -Way Accessibility Guidance (PROWAG), respectively to their staff, cities, and counties. These memorandums, which have both expired, make the PROWAG the primary guidance for accessible facility design on MnDOT projects. In addition, these technical memorandums can be found on MnDOT's website. See (http://techmemos.dot.state.mn.us/). 3. Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right -of -Way The Access Board is proposing these accessibility guidelines for the design, construction, and alteration of pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way. The guidelines ensure that sidewalks, pedestrian street crossings, pedestrian signals, and other facilities for pedestrian circulation and use constructed or altered in the public right-of-way by state and local governments are readily accessible for pedestrians with disabilities. When the guidelines are adopted, with or without additions and modifications, as accessibility standards in regulations issued by other federal agencies implementing the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Architectural Barriers Act, compliance with these accessibility standards is mandatory. These proposed accessibility guidelines can be found on the Access Board F.1