{"id":4059,"date":"2021-10-03T17:54:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T17:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:24:22","slug":"concrete-and-asphalt-are-not-the-only-ways-to-make-an-ada-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/2021\/10\/03\/concrete-and-asphalt-are-not-the-only-ways-to-make-an-ada-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Concrete and asphalt are not the only ways to make an ADA trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My young adult kids have mobility issues and sometimes they use wheelchairs.&nbsp; Measure 3-568 does NOT conflict with Federal ADA Laws in any manner whatsoever.  Measure 3-568, which I fully support, was written by Citizens to ensure Natural Parks would be protected and saved for future generations to enjoy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m outraged by those who exploit the compassion of others to undermine a good and just cause.&nbsp; Recognizing that Measure 3-568 was overwhelmingly supported by LO Voters, city officials quickly crafted a competing measure in order to implement future development in our Natural Parks at some future point.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters of the city measure are making a false claim.&nbsp; Because Citizens Measure 3-568 prohibits the use of concrete and asphalt trails, they maintain that this goes against ADA law.&nbsp; This claim is false.  They omit the fact that ADA trails can be made of other natural materials.&nbsp; The Federal Outdoor Guide, page 15, clearly states this fact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/files\/aba\/guides\/outdoor-guide.pdf\">https:\/\/www.access-board.gov\/files\/aba\/guides\/outdoor-guide.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To those of you who are weaponizing ADA laws, you are a shameful bunch and your methods impart dishonesty. &nbsp; To those who seek to honorably protect ADA laws,&nbsp;please know that there are many different ways to construct an ADA trail in a natural area.&nbsp; I appreciate your humanity and love for nature.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isabel Sturman<br>Lake Oswego<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My young adult kids have mobility issues and sometimes they use wheelchairs.&nbsp; Measure 3-568 does NOT conflict with Federal ADA Laws in any manner whatsoever. Measure 3-568, which I fully support, was written by Citizens to ensure Natural Parks would be protected and saved for future generations to enjoy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I\u2019m outraged by those who exploit the compassion of others to undermine a good and just cause.&nbsp; Recognizing that Measure 3-568 was overwhelmingly supported by LO Voters, city officials quickly crafted a competing measure in order to implement future development in our Natural Parks at some future point.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Supporters of the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-protect-lo-parks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4062,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4059\/revisions\/4062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveloparks.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}