[Blind-rollers] wheelchair access and city ordinance

[Maureen Pranghofer]

Hi
Is there always water there?  Where does thewater come from that it doesn't 
dry up.
Maureen


-----Original Message----- 
From: Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire via Blind-rollers
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 11:44 PM
To: Blind Rollers Mailing List
Subject: [Blind-rollers] wheelchair access and city ordinance

Hi, all,
Sub says it all.
Recently, I've been having to put up a huge fight with the city and county 
of Denver here in Colorado.
I usually go out to the Super Wal-Mart on Hampden Avenue and Dayton Street 
to pick up my medications and I also like how it is wheelchair friendly.
On the way back up to the intersection, I come across a huge water puddle 
which a Wal-Mart associate recently described it as a foot wide water 
puddle.
Thankfully, I've never had my power chair short out, but I'm concerned one 
day, it can happen to someone else or eventually when winter hits soon, the 
foot wide pudle will turn into one major piece of ice.
I realize that with a power chair, it's not the best to go through water 
such that size, but there's not really another alternative way to get around 
the area.
When I've have had to deal with that foot wide water puddle, I've had to amp 
up the speed on my chair to the last speed which is 6 so my chair would move 
through it quickly.
I have filed numorous complaints with the city and their claim is and this 
is the quote from Damage Control, "According to the city ordinance, each 
person is responsible for their property even if it is not directly in front 
of a business".
Damage Control claims that Wal-Mart is responsible for getting that problem 
fixed and despite that I told Damage Control that I have already spoke to 
Wal-Mart on this problem and because of where the sidewalk is, it is beyond 
their property and directly outside their territory.
Once again, I had to go back to square one having to see if I could launch a 
complaint with neighborhood inspection instead.
This is very frustrating going round and round with a city who tries to say 
they are best and accessible, but I'm not so sure anymore.
Any ideas, suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated.
I have tried to look up things on:
http://www.denvergov.org
www.denvergov.org
but problem I'm running into is that the web site is no longer speech 
friendly for those that use screen reading programs.
Sorry for the long, message.
Just needed to vent and get this all off of me.
Sincerely:
Bibi and MAR son Odie
orleans24 at comcast.net
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