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However, we're still talking about 2 different things. Family shelters are different than  the services you're concerned about. As I mentioned yesterday, the family shelters that are already in my neighborhood look like apartment buildings. What we are talking about is building an apartment community that has wraparound services for them and their kids - it's just that they don't have to pay for it because they are homeless.[b] If the mayor just built it and didn't tell you, you probably wouldn't even notice any difference in neighborhood experience as a result of the shelter itself. [/b]

I also don't think it's fair to suggest that the behavior of high school students is relevant to this issue. You are conflating 3 different issues which are more or less unrelated: the behavior of homeless adults, the housing of homeless families, and the behavior of high school students.[/quote]

But the problem is, the location in Ward 3 is not zoned for the kind of building and density that is being proposed. So in fact, we would notice--because we all purchased our homes with the knowledge that a large apartment building, with all the nuisances that that brings, would never go up on that property. I have absolutely no problem with a shelter going in at that address. But I have a major problem with the size. That is zoned for about 4 to 8 families, tops. Not 36. [/quote]

You guys in Ward 3 aren't even remotely suffering as badly from the density explosion happening to us in Ward 6.  But even so, we'd notice 50 new families for sure.  The people-density increase and activity increase has been noticeable and dramatic with each new set of housing units to come online around here.[/quote]

I hear you and am sorry to see it happen. Which is precisely why our elected council member should be doing her part to protect her ward. Bring on the shelters for homeless families--all the homeless. It's impossible not to want this, especially as these bitter cold temperatures approach. But deliver shelter across northwest. Not in a high-density apartment building which will only stress the local infrastructure beyond what it was zoned for. Oh, but then the developer won't profit from his new purchase.[/quote]

Which infrastructure will be stressed?  [/quote]

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