Warming Center from Laura KlocowJudi Funk
From: Laura Klocow <laurahoerner@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2024 9:55 AM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL warming center
I am writing to voice my opinion on the warming center on Meridian. I have lived in the neighborhood off of Hawthorne
for the last 17 years. We moved to this neighborhood because it was safe, quiet and a beautiful area to raise our little
family. In the last few years it has become riddled with things I wish my son did not have to experience at such a young
age. We have seen people urinating in many places throughout the area, with their "parts" in full view of anyone going
by, we have seen people defecating in public, people falling down in the middle of the street, walking down the middle
of the street, beating each other, passing out all along Meridian... I know that there are addiction and mental health
issues present but I don't feel safe walking around the neighborhood with my son any more. We were screamed at by a
woman at the park for playing tennis on the tennis courts until she went and fell down in the grass and passed out. Our
quiet neighborhood has been overrun with transients and does not feel safe any longer. I understand that people need
help and a safe place to stay but that doesn't mean that my safe place that I have built and worked so hard for should
suffer. I do not support the warming center and hope that their conditional use permit is revoked!!!!
Thank you for listening,
Laura Klocow
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