HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-31-19 Public Comment - A. Weiss - HRDC Warming Center SiteFrom:Andrea Weiss
To:Agenda; Sarah Rosenberg; Chris Mehl
Subject:PROPOSED HRDC WARMING CENTER AT 3025 WESTRIDGE DRIVE
Date:Thursday, October 31, 2019 9:55:02 AM
Hi,
I am contacting you to express my concern and opposition to the proposed HRDC Warming Center
located 3025 Westridge Drive in the Figgens subdivision. I understand the need for such a facility,
but I am very opposed to its location. This location is a few feet from the crosswalk that many
children use to get to school every morning and we don't need transients in the area spying on our
children. Currently I feel safe enough in our neighborhood to let our kids ride their bikes to their
friends houses and to school if this shelter is in place that security my kids would be safe would be
gone. A homeless shelter will fundamentally change the character of our neighborhood, risk the
safety of our children, likely lower the value of surrounding properties.
The proposed shelter brings the risk of disturbances and incidents that would not otherwise occur in
my neighborhood. Other HRDC shelters have experienced disturbances ranging from break-ins to
arrest warrants being exercised by the police.
I appreciate the need for this facility, and I truly believe in its value, but I do not think a homeless
shelter located near an elementary school fits the character or safe nature of the neighborhood and
I respectfully ask that you do not approve its application.
Sincerely,
Andrea Weiss