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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMNUSSION <br />MEETING HELD ON MARCH 7, 1995 <br />PUBLIC INTORMATION MEETING - FOLUTH WORKSHOP <br />PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF ZONING CODE TO ALLOW DOMESTIC ABUSE <br />SHELTER AT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2380 SHADYW'OOD ROAD <br />(#5 - Public Comments & Questions - Continued) <br />Mevers also asked about the tumaway rate If it is 60® o and there has iit .er been a victim <br />from Orono able to enter Sojourner or Home Free, could the area people uet turned away <br />from this shelter if it is tilled. He was concerned with the shelter being generally tilled <br />with people from other areas Hessburg said that people could call to check on space <br />available If there was an opening, it w ould be filled with people frcm our area but others <br />would not be turned awav because they were not from this area. Meyer asked then if <br />there would be no guarantee ot a bed available. Hessburg said that the shelter would be <br />filled on a first-come, first-seized basis The shelter would be operated bv Westonka <br />advocates and would make it available for local people il beds were open Schroeder said <br />that you car not guarantee a bed, and the shelter would serve a bigger area than Orono. <br />Meyers asked if the shelter would be expanded with the expansion of the service area. <br />Schroeder said this would be addressed in the conditional-use per.mit Performance <br />standards would oe set This shelter is limited lo 20 beds, and the Commission is not <br />anticipating otr.er shelters Once an amendment ot the code is passed, outer shelters are <br />conceivable in the area but performance standards would limit where this would happen. <br />At present, there are no expectations of any larger facility than stated Hessburg said this <br />structure is limited in size and there are budget constraints Peterson reported that he has <br />worked for ten years at the Simpson House located at Lake St. and Lyndale Ave in <br />Minneapolis Half of the people using the shelter at any given time are not from our state <br />and are not turned away Peterson said to keep in mind that there are only 25 shelters in <br />the whole state. <br />Dee Smith of Corcoian who has also resided in M»> id. is a volunteer at Harriet Tubman <br />Shelter a*id an advocate of W estonka, as well as a g.eviously battered person. She <br />reported that the mothers are given alot of responsiblity while at the shelter They are <br />given a curfew, must sign in and out, and given specific instructions to live by She is in <br />favor of all communities having a shelter. Smith said some women w ho come are terrified <br />while others just need to get away from a situation and are hurting people who need help <br />and are not there to bring more violence to the area. <br />Phyllis O'Malley asked if the side road was vacated. Gaffron said it was not technically <br />vacated, just barricaded, and is a city dedicated road.