Post by Admin on Oct 27, 2016 6:16:30 GMT -5
I returned to the Bag for October to prep my house for a seasonal rental. With a lot of extra time on my detergent-eroded hands, I buzzed around the property. I was struck by the many barriers and obstacles to safe and reasonable access for seniors--much less those with disabilities!
To name the obvious, S-bag has yet to "look into" the ADA status of the property to make reasonable accommodation for its owners who are handicapped, as then-President Jnsn intoned at the Dec 2015 Board Meeting. Instead of doing due diligence, the board decided to have Chap have a look and he assured everyone that everything that needed to be done was done. This is a shocking disregard for the obvious barriers that many senior owners experience as well as neglect to the needs of dues-paying disabled.
Here are some obvious problems that S-bag has and some of these have already resulted in injury.
STEEL POLES all over the sides of the roadways! An accident waiting for a walker, bicyclist or motorist (disabled or not). These fussy chain barriers are a nightmare for landscaping and a significant risk for people who might accidentally stray off the roadway.
An owner sustained a head injury with an encounter with one of these roadway poles last year. There was no lighting or reflective tape on the pole.
Honorable mentions in this category are landscape blocks that have been placed by owners immediately adjacent to the roadway on property road easements, poles/guy wires holding up stab's towers on common area lawns, concrete stumps, the nearly inaccessible common property chickee hut/memorial pathway on SBT and open french drains.
Large depressions in the grounds, especially around the post office and dug out sprinkler head holes with edging. Ankle turners and possible falls with injury.
Sidewalks are not wide enough to accommodate assistive devices. If anything, sidewalks should be sufficiently wide to permit golf cart traffic to the post office. Add to the above the "surprise sprinklers" set to go off anytime of the day and trigger startle reactions and that is a recipe for an accident. This is an easy one and not very expensive to fix by in-house employees.
The boat dock continues to be a significant liability. Unstable moving walking surface and exit ladders placed in the wrong place. This has been brought to the attention of "Management". An owner had a mishap on this dock about 2 years ago (?) and ended up in the cold lake in January. She would not be with us today if the accident had not been witnessed and assistance given.
And for heaven's sake, what the heck is the sewer plant doing emitting that nasty odor??? OMG I smelled it at the point of the Driving Range! It has gotten much more intense since last year and is an Odor Barrier to use of the back area of the park.
And don't get me started on the Leaning Tower at 28GH.
And STILL, despite a death attributable to absence of sufficient lighting, no adequate lighting in main parking areas.
To name the obvious, S-bag has yet to "look into" the ADA status of the property to make reasonable accommodation for its owners who are handicapped, as then-President Jnsn intoned at the Dec 2015 Board Meeting. Instead of doing due diligence, the board decided to have Chap have a look and he assured everyone that everything that needed to be done was done. This is a shocking disregard for the obvious barriers that many senior owners experience as well as neglect to the needs of dues-paying disabled.
Here are some obvious problems that S-bag has and some of these have already resulted in injury.
STEEL POLES all over the sides of the roadways! An accident waiting for a walker, bicyclist or motorist (disabled or not). These fussy chain barriers are a nightmare for landscaping and a significant risk for people who might accidentally stray off the roadway.
An owner sustained a head injury with an encounter with one of these roadway poles last year. There was no lighting or reflective tape on the pole.
Honorable mentions in this category are landscape blocks that have been placed by owners immediately adjacent to the roadway on property road easements, poles/guy wires holding up stab's towers on common area lawns, concrete stumps, the nearly inaccessible common property chickee hut/memorial pathway on SBT and open french drains.
Large depressions in the grounds, especially around the post office and dug out sprinkler head holes with edging. Ankle turners and possible falls with injury.
Sidewalks are not wide enough to accommodate assistive devices. If anything, sidewalks should be sufficiently wide to permit golf cart traffic to the post office. Add to the above the "surprise sprinklers" set to go off anytime of the day and trigger startle reactions and that is a recipe for an accident. This is an easy one and not very expensive to fix by in-house employees.
The boat dock continues to be a significant liability. Unstable moving walking surface and exit ladders placed in the wrong place. This has been brought to the attention of "Management". An owner had a mishap on this dock about 2 years ago (?) and ended up in the cold lake in January. She would not be with us today if the accident had not been witnessed and assistance given.
And for heaven's sake, what the heck is the sewer plant doing emitting that nasty odor??? OMG I smelled it at the point of the Driving Range! It has gotten much more intense since last year and is an Odor Barrier to use of the back area of the park.
And don't get me started on the Leaning Tower at 28GH.
And STILL, despite a death attributable to absence of sufficient lighting, no adequate lighting in main parking areas.