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City Of Pekin Faces Mobility Lawsuit

City Of Pekin Faces Mobility Lawsuit

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Mahkno Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 5 years ago   Dec 9, '18 9:42am  
Where are the calls for Pekin city council to resign? Where is the scrutiny about mismanagement of public works in Pekin? Where is the scrutiny for the lack of code enforcement on sidewalk repairs by property owners? Perhaps the Pekin city manager should take a pay cut to help pay for these wheel chairs? Its not just the sidewalks... there is the endemic flooding from inadequate storm water management.
 
I have driven on Pekin's roadways. They just as bad as Peoria's.
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tntrecycling Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 5 years ago   Dec 9, '18 9:42am  
Good thing we are in 2018 looking into 2019. Back in the 60`s people were just screwed. Lets get together and help instead of wanting to make problems all the time.
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ChefKevin Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 5 years ago   Dec 9, '18 9:48am  
@Mahkno : Pekin's city council didn't force through a hotel and a couple of money losing shopping centers Emoticon
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Mahkno Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 5 years ago   Dec 9, '18 8:16pm  
Mahkno : Pekin's city council didn't force through a hotel and a couple of money losing shopping centers
 
@ChefKevin : The City of Pekin does have a money losing airport. Arguably much of Pekin is a boarded up money losing retail desert. East Peoria's levee district may be hurting Pekin more than Peoria.
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tntrecycling Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 5 years ago   Dec 9, '18 8:19pm  
@Mahkno : Pekin does have a Wal-Mart. I don't know if its Super or not?
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Mahkno Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 5 years ago   Dec 9, '18 8:36pm  
Mahkno : Pekin does have a Wal-Mart. I don't know if its Super or not?
 
@tntrecycling : Wal-Marts are not good indicators of good economics for anyone except Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is famous for extracting concessions that end up costing areas money. Then there are the depressed wages.
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starbound64 Active Indicator LED Icon 5
~ 5 years ago   Dec 9, '18 10:17pm  
@ChefKevin : That's what I was thinking. Can you imagine all of the residents paying thousands of dollars for the chance a handicapped person wants to walk/roll by?
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 5 years ago   Dec 10, '18 10:40am  
How much access should a city be REQUIRED to provide??
 
@EyeintheSky : The recently departed George HW Bush signed the Americans with Disability Act back in 1990. Public Agencies that have more than 50 employees are required to have a plan that brings the public right of way into compliance with accessibility requirements. There is no deadline as to when the local public agency has to make everything accessible, but they need to make a commitment to invest a certain amount of money to removing barriers annually. The plan starts by identifying all the barriers, then prioritizing them, then fixing them gradually over time.
 
Here is more details on that plan needs to include, as described for local governments from Illinois DOT:
idot.illinois.gov/as sets/uploads/files/d oing-business/manual s-split/local-r
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EyeintheSky Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 5 years ago   Dec 10, '18 11:05am  
@joepyeweed : So the most important question is who pays for it then and who is doing the upkeep on same projects. don't matter how pretty it looks today down the road it will need fixing.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 5 years ago   Dec 10, '18 11:13am  
Yes all infrastructure eventually needs maintenance. Infrastructure in the public right of way is the taxpayers responsibility. A lot of these sidewalk programs target old sidewalks that need replacement anyway and do not meet current standards. ADA compliance is often worked into most communities sidewalk replacement programs, that they already have. (new sidewalks, anything built post 1990 should already be accessible.)
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 5 years ago   Dec 10, '18 11:15am  
I noticed the City of Peoria was contemplating putting its sidewalk replacement program on the chopping block as part of their budget fix. The sidewalk replacement funds are the designated funds for ADA compliance for the City.
 
I wonder if Peoria cuts out the sidewalk replacement program if that causes them to fall out of compliance with their ADA requirements. Possibly open the city up to a similar class action lawsuit that Pekin is facing.
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