Accessibility Plan

Good evening.
I was attempting to take my elderly mother to attend the sand sculptures last weekend only to find out there isn’t a pad on the sand to be able to wheel her around. She uses a power wheelchair with wider wheels and as soon as we rolled off the mat at the entrance the chair became stuck. The volunteers offered a low back sport wheelchair a much younger person could use or a very large four wheeled scooter. Both totally inappropriate for her. I was thinking for such a big event that goes on for over a month perhaps some type of mat could be rolled out. The area is not that big to cover. Perhaps the type used in rinks or even used mats from various industries.
It was disappointing to just have her peek through the entrance.

Access to the only entrance to the sand sculptures. Gravel is not good. Suggest using rubber mats. Plus you can’t easily get off the curb to the gravel walkway. I wrote about this issue in the survey as well.

Large events in Parksville Community Park ban parking. Unfortunately, for a town with a large seniors population, this means excluding many of your citizens. This could, however, be easily solved. Find one or two large parking areas and provide a shuttle bus from that location back and forth to the park.

I cannot access the city Hall from the front because the letdown is too high for a walker to pass. I have to lift the walker to access!!!! I carry books or documents on the walker to go teach at the Elder College. I have to park in the back but sometimes the parking spots are occupied. I have to park further and not convenient to take out the walker from my van. Solution: make the front parking accessible! Thanks!