HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-06-19 Public Comment - C. Wester - HRDC Warming Center SiteFrom:C
To:Agenda
Subject:opposition to #19-438 warming center at 3025 Westridge
Date:Wednesday, November 06, 2019 11:08:31 AM
I oppose special use permit application #19-438, a proposal to place a warming
center at 3025 Westridge Drive.
As city commissioners, you have been honored by the vote of the majority of voters of
Bozeman to serve on the city commission. What have you done with this majority
vote? You have taken this majority vote and passed Ordinance #1997 that changed
the zoning of the majority of residential areas in Bozeman! Ordinance #1997 dated
April 18, 2018, changes the zoning of all residential areas (zones R-1 through R-5) in
the city of Bozeman to place transitional and emergency housing in these zones, and
yes, hidden in the definition of these types of “housing” is “warming center.”
Home buyers and now homeowners have no choice in whether to live next to a
warming center or not, because you have removed that choice for us.
Ordinance 1997 does nothing to ensure the compatibility of uses and to promote
public health, safety and welfare, which are our guarantees in Montana law.
The proposal for a warming center at 3025 Westridge Dr. pits 28 homeless adults
against 1,192 children--students at Morningstar and Sacajawea. These 1,192
children who have yet to chart their course are being pitted against 28 adults whose
course has taken a wrong turn. Ask yourself who is the most vulnerable here, who
holds the future of this community and this city in their hands.
C. Wester
2601 Westridge Dr.