[Ohio-Talk] EXT: Shared Scooters and Bikes

[Andra Stover]

Todd, that is great. Thanks for sharing. Nice job.

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 8:18 PM Todd Elzey via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Fellow Federationists:
>
> As many of you know one of the areas I work on is covering local government
> meetings in the Kettering region. On Monday I pulled up the agenda for the
> Tuesday Kettering City Council meeting to prepare for coverage of the
> event. I took special note of the proposed ordinance on the agenda that if
> passed would allow shared scooters and bikes to operate in the City of
> Kettering. The Ordinance appears to allow both docked and dockless devices.
> As we know these types of devices can be problematic for many individuals
> with disabilities, including those of us who are blind or have low vision.
> In fact, the NFB of Ohio passed a Resolution on the issue in 2019.
>
> On behalf of the NFB of Ohio Springfield Chapter and in my own personal
> capacity I reached out to the Kettering City Manager, Mark Schwieterman,
> and the entire Kettering City Council. I shared our Resolution with them.
> Then, although journalists rarely want to become part of the news they are
> covering, Tuesday evening during Council's public comment section, as a
> resident of Kettering, I spoke on the Ordinance proposal. If you would like
> to hear what I told Council, the video of the meeting can be viewed at:
> http://vod.mvcc.video:8080/CablecastPublicSite/show/10781?channel=1
>
> I also included the issue in the article I wrote about the meeting for the
> Kettering Sentinel. That article can be viewed at:
>
> https://ketteringsentinel.town.news/g/kettering-oh/n/49899/kettering-city-council-approved-2-ordinances-and-7-resolutions-its-november
>
> Fortunately, this work is paying off. City Manager Schwieterman has agreed
> to discuss possible solutions to the issues I raised, and I have gotten
> some interest in the issue from Kettering's incoming Mayor Peggy Lehner.
> But if you have a connection to Kettering, and are also concerned about the
> Ordinance proposal I encourage you to reach out to the City to let them
> know of your concerns. The text of the proposed Ordinance is attached to
> the November 9, 2021, Council agenda which can be found at:
> https://www.ketteringoh.org/city-council-meetings/
>
> The Council and Mayor can be emailed
> at KetteringMayorCouncil at Ketteringoh.org and City Manager Mark
> Schwieterman
> can be emailed at KetteringCityManager at Ketteringoh.org  If you email the
> Mayor and City Council, or the City Manager, it would be great if you could
> include me with a copy to toddelzey at gmail.com so that I can be aware of
> your comments when we discuss the issue further with the City.
>
> Thank you and I hope everyone is having a great post convention week.
>
> Todd Elzey
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