FOUR YEARS LATER RESIDENT GETS SIDEWALK CURB CUT

AFTER A FOUR YEAR BATTLE WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, THE TENANT FROM OUR POST "MOBILITY SCOOTER VS APARTMENT COMPLEX" HAS WON AN IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATION REQUEST ON TWO COUNTS:

ONE, THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS MULTI-DISABLED INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO UTILIZE THE MOBILITY SCOOTER WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY ON AND OFF THE SIDEWALK AS THERE IS NOW A CURB CUT IN PLACE THANKS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF POLITICIANS SUCH AS DELEGATE SUSAN MCCOMAS, BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD INC, HARFORD COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, HARFORD COUNTY DISABILITIES COMMISSION, AND OTHERS AS WELL. WHAT A TRIUMPH FOR THIS DISABLED TENANT AND FOR THOSE TO FOLLOW, INCLUDING SENIORS WHO NOW HAVE BETTER ACCESS FOR THEMSELVES; AND PARENTS, WITH INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN BABY STROLLERS, ALSO HAVE A SAFER METHOD OF TRAVERSING ONTO AND OFF THE SIDEWALK WITHOUT UNDO STRESS AND PRESSURE. THE HANDICAPPED CURB CUT IS A TOTAL WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE, IN PARTICULAR TO THE MULTI-DISABLED RESIDENT IN NEED OF IT.

TWO, IT WAS FURTHER AGREED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO INTERFERENCE FROM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WITH THE BUILDING OF A PATH FROM THE PATIO TO THE SIDEWALK AS THE APARTMENT IS FACING THE BACK AND THE TENANT MUST TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 25 FEET OF GRASS PRIOR TO REACHING THE SIDEWALK -- A MAJOR ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEM WHEN IT RAINS AND / OR SNOWS.

AGAIN, SAID MULTI-DISABLED RESIDENT HAS WON AN IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATION REQUEST ON TWO COUNTS -- A SIDEWALK CURB CUT AND NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE BUILDING OF A PATH FROM PATIO TO SIDEWALK.