Racial Equity Impact Analysis (REIA)

The Racial Equity Impact Analysis helps the City consider racial equity outcomes when shaping policies, practices, programs and budgets.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan for Public Works: 2022 Update - REIA

Section 1: Background

Does this impact one of the City's Goal Areas

Policy Goals

Operational Goals

Public Safety	No
Housing	No
Economic Development	No
Public Services	No
Environmental Justice	No
Built Environment & Transportation	Yes
Public Health	No
Arts & Culture	No

Workforce	No
Spending	No
Data	Yes
Community Engagement	No

Describe the impact on selected goal areas.

The intent of the ADA Transition Plan is to identify barriers to accessibility, establish priorities for improvements, and develop an implementation plan and timeline for removing accessibility barriers in the public right of way.

Who participated in completing this analysis?

Public Works staff.

Section 2: Data

LIST THE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED AND THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF CONSTITUENTS IN THOSE AREAS:

All wards; all residents of Minneapolis.

What does available data tell you about how constituents from BIPOC communities currently relate to the desired outcome as compared to white constituents?

More than 1 of every 10 people have a disability in Minneapolis. At the national level, Native Americans have the highest disability rate among working-age adults (16 percent), followed by blacks (11 percent), whites (9 percent), Hispanics (7 percent), and Asians (4 percent) (Brookings, 2018). We do not have demographic data specific to the Minneapolis community.

What data is unavailable or missing? How can you obtain additional data?

Disability status data by racial demographic is unavailable.

Section 3: Community Engagement

Using the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Public Participation Spectrum, which participation strategy(s) was used when engaging those who would be most impacted?

Inform	Yes
Consult	No
Involve	No
Collaborate	No
Empower	No

Describe the Engagement and what have you learned?

Public Works connected with City advisory committees that were key stakeholders in the development of the 2020 Plan including the Pedestrian Advisory Committe (PAC), Minneapolis Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities (MACOPD), and the Minneapolis Advisory Committee on Aging (MACOA) to share key highlights of the ongoing work and an overview of process since 2020. Since the content of the plan was not dramatically altered, engagement was limited and aimed to inform on progress made to date. Feedback from these advisory committees was received and integrated where possible as part of this update. The biggest feedback heard was the desire to understand infrastructure compliance status and the cost and timeline associated with reaching complete ADA compliance in the public right of way. This information is included in the 2022 update to the ADA Transition Plan for Public Works.

Section 4: Analysis

How does the outcome for this ordinance, amendment, or policy help the city achieve Racial Equity?

Implementing accessible infrastructure benefits all residents, particularly people with disabilites and an aging population. As part of this work, equity criteria scores are used to help prioritize infrastructure improvements through a racial and economic equity lens.

Section 5: Evaluation

How will impacts be measured? What are the success indicators and process benchmarks?

Public Works tracks infrastructure improvements in the public right of way and reports back annually on these improvements. In addition, Public Works will be reviewing and updating the ADA Transition Plan on a bienniel basis to track progress on the recommendations and milestones outlined in the plan.

How will those who are impacted be informed of progress over time?

Public Works reports out on infrastructure improvements annually through the Your City, Your Street progress report. In addition, the ADA Transition Plan will be updated on a bienniel basis which will include progress information that will be shared publicly through a report out to City Council and available online.

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