Wadeview Quarterly Community Meeting on Mar 3rd

Some key take aways from the Wadeview Park Community Meeting on Mar 3rd. Wadeview Park and SoDo residents ask City Commissioner Patty Sheehan and Lisa Portelli questions about the open-access low-barrier Kaley Avenue homeless shelter City Council approved November, 4th 2024.

• Commissioner Sheehan agrees we do not have community consensus

• The City’s primary directive is to get the homeless off the street 

• These initiatives are primarily or entirely funded using federal ARPA Covid funds from 2021

• Binder of 1300 petitions against the shelter with full contact information and comments is given to Commissioner Sheehan and still have 20-40 coming in almost daily

• Number of beds the shelter will have is unknown to Commissioner Sheehan or Lisa Portelli; not 300

• Commissioner Sheehan did not have a say in the terms of this deal (“not privy to the negotiations”) - what negotiations if no record?

• Commissioner Sheehan admitted she does not have community concensess.