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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear TLC Chapter Members and Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>At our February meeting we decided to write a resolution regarding the missing address to the Baltimore County Government Center’s accessible entrance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>A draft of the resolution is attached as well as at the end of this email. Please review it before tonight’s chapter meeting, so we can vote to adopt it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hope to see many of you on Zoom this evening. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Warmly</span>,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ellen Ringlein, Secretary<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind <span style='color:#1F497D'>of Maryland </span>TLC Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Resolution 2026-01 Regarding the Assignment of an Address to the Accessible Entrance to the Baltimore County Government Center<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the nation’s leading organization of blind and low vision people and a strong advocate for full participation in public life; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland (NFBMD), an affiliate of the NFB, and its local chapters advocate on behalf of blind and low vision Marylanders; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, the Towson/Timonium, Lutherville, Cockeysville (TLC) Chapter, the Baltimore County Chapter, the Greater Baltimore chapter, and the At Large Chapter of the NFB of Maryland all have members who live in Baltimore County; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, all Baltimore County residents, including the blind, may have business to transact from time to time at the Baltimore County Government Center, officially known as the Baltimore County Historic Courthouse, which also houses the County Executive’s office and several other important County offices; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, the only address which is publicly available for this building is 400 Washington Avenue, Towson, Maryland, which serves as the mailing address for this facility but does not refer to a public entrance to the building; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, the accessible entrance to the Baltimore County Historic Courthouse is on Pennsylvania Avenue, which is more than a block away from 400 Washington Avenue; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, an exact address is needed to engage rideshare or paratransit services; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, since the only address the public has for the Baltimore County Historic Courthouse is the 400 Washington Avenue address, the result is that rideshare and paratransit users are dropped off more than a block away from the accessible building entrance; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, MTA Mobility and associated call-a-ride paratransit services are supposed to provide door-to-door services to their customers, who by nature have disabilities including blindness and other mobility limitations; and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, it is impossible for individuals with disabilities to receive door-to-door paratransit services with an incorrect address not tied to an accessible entrance; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, blind and other disabled rideshare passengers typically need to be dropped off as close to the accessible entrance as possible; and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHEREAS, being dropped off more than a block away from the intended destination, regardless of which transportation service is used, creates an access barrier to many individuals with disabilities: Now, therefore,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland TLC Chapter on this sixteenth day of March, 2026, that this organization call upon the Baltimore County Executive, the Baltimore County Council, and any associated Baltimore County government entities and departments to remove the access barrier to the Baltimore County Historic Courthouse by assigning an address to this facility’s accessible entrance on Pennsylvania Avenue so that Baltimore County residents using rideshare and paratransit services can access the seat of their government; and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we urge Baltimore County to prominently post this new address at the accessible entrance, socialize this address, and update maps, websites, and directions to reference this address.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>