Focus Area: Infrastructure (Field Operations)
Staff Contact: Mary Jaeger / Zach Hardy
Subject: Authorization of the 2026 ADA Sidewalk Repair and Replacement Project, PN 3-C-093-26.
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Consideration of Resolution No. 26-1019 authorizing the 2026 ADA Sidewalk Repair and Replacement Project, PN 3-C-093-26.
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Summary:
This project provides for the repair and/or removal and replacement of sidewalk and sidewalk ramps throughout the City that are identified by the City Engineer or designee as not meeting Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements due to trip hazards, conditions, cross slopes, etc.
The 2026 ADA Sidewalk Repair and Replacement Project provides funding for sidewalk ADA issues and/or citizen sidewalk complaints. This annual project allows the City of Olathe to pro-actively address known sidewalk issues, to respond more quickly to citizen sidewalk requests, and to improve transportation options for pedestrians and disabled populations throughout the City.
In 2025, the City of Olathe contracted for the repair and/or removal and replacement of approximately 33,704 square feet of sidewalk and 4 ADA sidewalk ramps throughout the City of Olathe, via the 2025 ADA Sidewalk Repair and Replacement Project. Since the project started in 2018 over 184,000 square feet of sidewalk and 141 ADA sidewalk ramps with reported ADA concerns have been repaired or replaced.
Sidewalk work authorized under this project will be managed by the Street Maintenance Section of Infrastructure (Field Operations).
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Financial Impact:
Funding for the 2026 ADA Sidewalk Repair and Replacement Project, as approved in the 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Plan, includes:
GO Bonds $450,000
Total $450,000
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Action Needed:
Approval of Resolution No. 26-1019 authorizing the 2026 ADA Sidewalk Repair and Replacement Project, PN 3-C-093-26.
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Attachment(s):
A. Resolution