HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-03-25 Public Comment - E. Mongar - Homeless RecommendationHomeless recommendation
1. Use 1 to 3 acers of city owned property, fenced in with no maintains land scaping.
Constructed on a Colo sac design with the homes 5’ apart. You can get a lot of homes on
1 to 3 acers. Multiple Colo sac will work also. Each Colo sac will become a community. If
you fence in each Colo sac then if there is an incident requiring the local PD to take a
suspect into custody they cannot run far with only one road in and a tall fence around
the perimeter, separating this community from your community.
2. Geothermal heating and cooling with radiant heat and cooling in the floor.
3. Water and sewage connected to city system. Have water limiters built into the water
system so they cannot flood the place. No outside water spickets.
4. Fire hydrants as required by code.
5. Build 14’ x 14’ concrete tiny studio homes, with concrete kitchens and with 3-minute
push button water at kitchen sink for dishes, 1 gallon per flush concrete toilet, concrete
sinks with 30 second push button water in bathroom, and 5-minute push button water in
concrete showers so there is nothing for them to burn, flood, or destroy. Any fires will be
contained within the home and can be easily put out and cleaned up.
6. Have nonadjustable on demand hot water heaters built into wall secured from outside,
these heaters can take care of multiple home.
7. You supply no furniture or beds, just basic studio housing.
8. Steel doors, shatter proof windows that are not lockable. You are not offering them any
more security than they would expect to have if they were sleeping in a tent in your
parks, you are only offering them a place to do it legally, with minimal cost to the city
and your community will feel safer knowing the homeless are not spread out throughout
your city.
9. If the overflow homeless decides to put up tents between the houses, fine, let them fill
the property, they are doing this to be part of the community offered to them.
10. All windows to be used an egress window.
11. All plumbing and wiring installed in walls and floors with LED recessed lighting. No
exposed plumbing or wiring. Once a year go in and replace any broken lights, if the
homeless knocks out a light, they have done it for a reason, maybe it is to darken a
corner or area to sleep in, and therefore you may not need to replace the lighting.
12. Supply dumpsters for trash being emptied once a week.
13. Let the homeless paint or tag the houses as they wish over time.
14. By doing this kind of out of the box thinking you can give them a place to stay warm and
dry, reducing the possibility of death. You are supplying them with a roof, water,
sewage, and warmth, you do not need to supply them with food. You will see they will
take care of themselves and self-manage, self-govern the community. You only need to
tell the homeless where the community is. Have the local PD roll through from time to
time. As long as they are not breaking the law within the community, let them be.
15. If you choose to have it only open during the cold weather then once you close it in the
spring, go in and clean up any left trash and vehicles. do not clean any of the tagging or
painting done, very low maintenance required. If a window is not able to be seen
through, fine, as long as it opens for egress, same with the steel front door. To you it may
look bad but to the homeless it is fine, they do not care as long as it works. If all the
homes are full then the left over homeless will have to stay at the local shelter or will put
up tents within the community offered. You are not renting these homes; you are just
supplying them with a community within your city. As long as they are not causing harm
to themselves or others let them self-manage, self-govern. Your city cost will be minimal,
and if you keep it open all year it will give them a place to stay without being in the parks
or other places your citizens do not want them. instead of treating them like outcasts
give them a community of their own. Some will stay and transition into your society but
most will move on to find a community that they feel excepted in.
16. Ask local contractors to donate material and labor to off set the initial cost.
Please let me know what you think of my suggestion via the email below.
This is my suggestion.
Sincerely
Eric Mongar
116 Riverview A
Great Falls, MT 59404
ericmongar@gmail.com