Technology Accessibility
WEST BOYD METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
WBMD1-3 2025 Updated Website Statement & Plan.pdf
TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
Contact Us
Website “Contact Us” Form: https://www.westboydmd.live/contact-us
Phone: TTY 970-617-2475
E-mail: info@westboydmd.live
Physical/Mailing Address: 550 W Eisenhower Boulevard, Loveland CO 80537
We welcome your feedback about the accessibility of West Boyd Metropolitan District Nos. 1- 3 (the “Districts”) online services. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers or would like to request assistance.
- All requests are considered on a case-by-case basis and we will reply to all communication in a timely manner
- Reasonable accommodations or modifications are provided at no cost.
- Accommodation requests that would impose an undue financial, technical or administrative burden to the Districts may not be fulfilled as requested.
Examples of accommodations include:
- Using built-in live transcription tools during virtual meetings
- Alternative document formats (such large print)
- Remediating PDFs
Commitment
The Districts are committed to providing equitable access to our services to all Coloradans.
Our ongoing accessibility effort works towards being in line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, level AA criteria. These guidelines help make technology accessible not only to users with sensory, cognitive and mobility disabilities, but ultimately to all users, regardless of ability.
Our efforts are just part of a meaningful change in making all State of Colorado services inclusive and accessible. We welcome comments on how to improve our technology’s accessibility for users with disabilities and for requests for accommodations to any of our services.
The Districts have an Accessibility Plan and Progress Report which can be accessed using the following link: https://www.westboydmd.live/technology-accessibility
How the Districts Are Implementing Accessibility
Website Testing and Remediation
- We conduct monthly technology accessibility scans of the Districts’ website against applicable Technical Standards.
- We work with the Districts’ website platform, Streamline, to improve and implement accessibility features.
- We remediate public records in an effort to provide continuous improvement of our website.
Training
We participate in webinars and review guidance provided by Streamline and the Special District Association on the topic of accessibility. We monitor for rulemaking efforts and guidance promulgated by the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology.
Procurement
We require contractors and consultants comply with all federal, state, and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, guidelines, court ruling and orders of all governmental authorities applicable to the services or work being performed, including accessibility requirements.
Updated On
This Accessibility Statement was last updated on: June 30, 2025
Accessibility Plan and Progress Report
Accessibility Standards
Our ongoing technology accessibility efforts rely on the Technical Standards provided by:
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA or higher
Accessibility Maturity
As of June 30, 2025, the District is in the Integrate Stage. Criteria includes: Roadmap including timeline is in place; overall organizational approach defined and well organized.
Progress Since Our Last Update
The Districts continue to make progress with complying with the Rules Establishing Technology Accessibility Standards as contained in 8 CCR § 1501-11, et seq.
Progress includes:
- Integration of Streamline’s DocAccess AI platform to remediate PDF documents.
- Creating accessible templates for public records
- Conducting monthly technology accessibility scans of the Districts’ website against applicable Technical Standards
- Reviewed technology accessibility scans and ordered remediation for noncompliant ICT contained within the Districts’ website
- As of 06/30/2025, the result of the regular scanning and monitoring showed the Districts’ ICT having an overall compliance score of 86% with the Technical Standards, as such term is defined in 8 CCR § 1501-11.
- Providing contact information for people to give us accessibility feedback and request reasonable accommodations or modifications. (See the Technology Accessibility Statement which can be accessed using the following link: https://www.westboydmd.live/technology-accessibility)
Challenges include:
- The District has limited funding available for remediation and no funding is provided by external sources imposing the mandates.
- The District lacks staff to provide continuity of management for technology.
- External District management and other consultants perform District operations given the relatively small scale of District operations, and they are not specialists in information technology.
- Information technology matters are not easily understood or learned by lay people who are not information technology specialists.
- Accessibility standards are rapidly changing making complete compliance difficult.
- Consultant managed website, documentation, procurement, contract and vendor management and communications present issues with remediation by multiple parties.
How We Are Implementing Accessibility
The Districts are committed to providing equitable access to all Coloradans. To that end, the Districts have a plan to prioritize, evaluate, remediate and continuously improve digital touchpoints within our services, programs and activities. We are working to incorporate accessibility into our day-to-day operations. Below, you’ll find some of the measures that the Districts are undertaking.
- Integration of Streamline’s DocAccess AI platform to remediate PDF documents.
- Continuing to remediate known compliance issues identified through regular scanning and monitoring.
- Considering accessibility roadmaps to the extent offered by the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology or other third parties.
- Direct consultants to include accessibility in the procurement processes to the extent within the Districts’ control.
- Direct consultants to create and implement a process for providing reasonable accommodations and modifications, which includes responses to requests for assistance.
- Participate in webinars and events, and review guidance, provided by the Districts’ website platform, the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology, and the Colorado Special District Association.
- Monitor rulemaking efforts and guidance promulgated by the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology.
- Incorporate and utilize, to the extent reasonably available, new and future accessibility features in public-facing technology used by the Districts.
- Conduct and maintain an inventory of technology and work to address accessibility issues.