I’m writing about a problem that confronts older seniors who are handicapped or partially handicapped, like myself.

I’m referring to the number of handicapped spaces that are available for parking at many locations, the worst being 415 Rolling Oaks Drive.

It’s a medical building with only three parking spaces available for handicapped parking.

What makes it worse is that with only a small area available on the upper level, the rest of the parking area is down below and requires climbing or navigating many steps to reach the medical building. There’s a hospital attached to the building which has four spaces available in its area.

I’ve contacted the city of Thousand Oaks person in charge about this problem, and he finally went out–after much prodding–and admitted there weren’t enough handicapped spaces.

He said there’s nothing the city could do about it because of state and federal laws (that set the standards.)

I also contacted the management company, and, of course, nothing’s been done. I think this a problem that Senior Concerns should get involved in.
Frank Carnicelli
Newbury Park