HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-23-19 Public Comment - T. Strigenz - HRDC Warming Center SiteFrom:timstrigenz@gmail.com
To:Sarah Rosenberg
Cc:Chris Mehl; Agenda
Subject:HDRC home in S. Bozeman
Date:Wednesday, October 23, 2019 9:06:48 PM
Mr. Mehl and Ms. Rosenberg,
I understand the need for a warming shelter in Bozeman. I also am sympathetic to the needs of
others. Every day I take care of the indigent and less fortunate at the hospital. I frequently do so
knowing I am not going to get reimbursed for care I provide. And that is ok, because, always, you
just do the right thing.
What I also understand and am very hesitant to compromise on is the safety and well being of my
family, namely my kids. We live 250 feet from the proposed home where 36 people will be residing
every night. They will be coming and going from that house at nearly the exact same hours as my 5
year old twin girls and 8 year old boy walk to and from Morningstar Elementary. I worry enough
about traffic buzzing by on Graf, the pressures of growing up in a social media crazed society, and
just the typical perils of being a kid. This is not something I or other families of South Bozeman
should have to worry about.
Do the right thing. Put this house where it’s more appropriate: Downtown, where these people
don’t have to ride a bus to get home for the night; where 36 people in a single home isn’t an
anomaly, but somewhat the norm.
Please, do the right thing.
Timothy J. Strigenz MD