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“is rs." s=s it -f=~3 *s =s,,^. <br />appear until the application reached the Council level of review. This led to approval delays <br />which conflicted with the propertv owners’ schedule, the building ended up being demolished. <br />when there was no e.xisting building. <br />Schroeder questioned how the service area would change with a building in the proposed <br />loc^ton Mabusth showed an overhead indicating Westonka s service area is generally the <br />"est quaSt of Lake Minnetonka but would expand to include most of |he I^e <br />Mimemi^a area cities. Schroeder asked if Westonka had its choice, where would it place a <br />shelter to serve its community. Webber indicated that centrality is not as critical as access and <br />other site specific characteristics. Affordability is also a large factor. <br />Peterson asked whether high visibility is expected to bring in walk-in traffic without police <br />referrals Webber indicated affirmatively, noting that is a benefit of this visible sue. She <br />further noted that one of the jobs of volunteer or paid advocates is to assist '''I*™* <br />dem^Wnr'vhether or not they wish to involve the police and the legal system. Pe eraon <br />uuesrned whether the low estimate of need indicated by police reports is actually an iriicator <br />of an unmet need for a shelter. Sichender noted that statistically in an affluent family <br />husband has a hi»h income the woman has more to lose, such as her life style custody of <br />children etc and therefore affluent victims tend to suy in a bad situation. Such vicnms ^ <br />potential users of the shelter on a walk-in basis, Peterson suggested that *e <br />flie police, which raises a red flag in the neighborhood, may be a reason for the histoncally low <br />number of referrals to shelters via our police department. <br />Sichender reiterated that 60% of the requests for shelter at Home Free and Sojourner <br />awav due to lack of space, and in essence ate operating at 100% occupancy with no a “V <br />servi the total need. Mabusth and Webber both agreed with Sichender s assessment. Li^^ist <br />questioned whether uhere are any statistics indicating the numbers °f <br />Webber indicated she could provide that infotmauon but did not have it with her. Pe erson <br />suggested that while his gut feeling is that whUe Orono is an affluent coi^^V >■ <br />the same problems as other communities, yet the statistics <br />great need. He noted that the police department’s recent analysis indicates of 38 abusers jaUM. <br />r^yl victim was referred to a shelter, 2 went to suy with friends. 1 went to a hospiuL and <br />this’^is from a toul of 160 domestic abuse calls over a two year penod. Sichender <br />Tis hard to determine how much a facility might be used when it currently isn ‘ <br />noted that in the 38 cases where the abuser went to jail, that action nude it safe <br />to suy at home as was suggested by Lt. Cheswick at the last meeting. Berg suggested that when <br />the abuser is released or later If the abuse continues, the lack of a shelter option b«oi^ ”0' <br />Obvious. Mabusth commented that it was initially clear that sutistics would <br />specifically for Orono, and that the need for a shelter would have to be reviewed m terms of <br />J