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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMNflSSION <br />PL.UC abuse <br />'“'s°Su“4'^*“S.Tv?SS <br />(#4B - Specific Zoning Issues - Continued) <br />The shelter will heve to meet cenatn limits and crttena which have not yet been <br />d«e^ri A public hearing will also be regutred. The Planning Co^sston wall ne^ <br />to ask the CouncU to direct them to make a zoning amendment Stand^ds tor the shelter <br />would then be made E.vhibits G-H list the permitted uses m l-Kidential tmd commCT^^^ <br />areas Schroeder reported that a conditional-use permit would be the vehicle for the <br />shelter if it is done GaiTron has looked at other cities and thetr zoning laws. Most cities <br />have not had codes allowing for a shelter until a shelter was proposed. <br />1 <br />(#5) PUBLIC COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS <br />Phvllis O-Mallev of Kellv Avenue addressed the safelv- issue. She voiced <br />the lack of a fence for the aiea and more traffic bemg brought mto the area becau^ ot the <br />closure of Old Beach Road Hessburg answered that the site is two acres. ^ 8 <br />S-in ^ea will be created for children Schroeder added that performance standards <br />would be made in regard to the safety ot children. <br />Jackie Mever of Mound said she was a friend of Westonka Intervention and has visited <br />five shelters in Minnesota, Harriet Tubman. Plymouth shelter. Sojourner <br />and two in St Paul. Onlv one ofthese shelters had a vacancy She also noted tto the <br />sheers were not fenced around but had fenced-in areas There were stnct regulations and <br />an intercom and a security system in place. Children were not allowed to go m ^d out <br />and were under the watch of volunteers A form was filled out if a child was taken out by <br />someone other than their mother. <br />Richard Mevets of 2195 Bavview, Orono. ask if adolescents were handled in the same <br />manner as younger children. Hessburg said that policies and guidelines were “• <br />each group of children When victims and chUdren come to a shelter, they must loUow the <br />policifs or would be removed from the shelter Schroeder said that one ot the questio s <br />the Commission looked at were calls to the police depariment reg^dmg at a <br />shelter. Of the 30-40 calls, the vast majonty were for parkmg problems, alarms, and y <br />locked in cars. There were no serious problems associated with the calls.