Warming Center from Amanda MurphyJudi Funk
From: amanda murphy <gapgirl99021 @yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 9:20 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL Warming center
I am Amanda S
I reside in Kalispell, Mannigton and
Whitefish stage
I am in support of rescinding the permit for the warming center. It has violated the promises they have
made that it would not adversely affect the community.
Even in the speech the director (Horn) of the warming center gave at public comment- "I have noticed
that there has been more hostility towards the homeless from our community members"
In her own words- is that not an adverse affect to our neighborhood? It is affecting us all.
I was born and raised in Kalispell. Lived here 40 years. I'm so disappointed in how our valley has
changed.
My husband serves this community as a law enforcement officer/911 dispatcher. It is not law
enforcement responsibility to have to respond to these continuous calls of nonsense that their hands are
tied.
I can't go walking in parks/streets my elderly mother as we get approached by homeless people asking
for money or spitting at us when we give them nothing.
I can't allow my 13 year old son to walk to his friends house alone as I am afraid for his safely. As I have
lived here and grown up here, this is something that I treasured and looked forward to raising my son in
an area that this was possible. But it isn't any more.
Driving in town having to see public drunk ness and drug use, and solicitation is unacceptable. My office
(a pediatric practice) in north Kalispell has consistent feces on the sidewalk. And children pass this.
Please consider revoking the permit. Let them reapply with a better plan for our community.
It's not just about them- it is about our community as a whole. Our children especially
Thankyou
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