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Regular Meeting 23 May 14, 2026 get to our vehicles break into things and then there abusers come along and find them, everybody finds people. I don’t want it here at all. Resident Ellen Kubiak of Townline Road I just don’t understand the fear, I guess. I listen to this gentleman, I feel like he’s following whatever laws, zoning or whatever that is what you guys really need to follow through with what we are talking about. These are ten women that sounds like it’s a safety issue is going to be done with the Sheriffs or whatever there hiring, local ex law enforcement. These women need help, they’re going to be there 12-15 months, they’re there to get help, they’re not there out to hurt anybody, they’re there to get help and to be safe in a rural community I think is a good thing for them, I don’t understand. I don’t know why everyone is such an uproar. But anyway, I think they will be secluded and quiet and not harm anybody else. They’re there to get help, they’re abused, I don’t see the fear that everyone is talking about. Follow the law whatever that all is um I don’t know, I just think it is a right thing for them to get help. If it’s the right facility for them then why not I don’t get it. Resident Danette Fernandes of Bush Gardens I understand everybody that lives in and around the area has valid concerns. Has anybody even looked this up? I just looked it up while sitting here. It says there is no conclusive proof that living near a well-run safe home such as confidential Domestic Violence Shelter creates a measurable safety or long term financial risk for the surrounding community and its safety risks real versus perceived. It’s real easy everyone knows how to use Google, look it up and just take a step back. I get all of you that have grandkids and live next door, but there is already crime around. Did anybody see the news, the drugs, the crime, it’s here already so. Just saying. Resident Helen Bourgeois of Williston Road I feel for all these ladies, but with such strong restrictions what do we have to offer them. What are they going to get by being in this house other than being safe? Is there going to be classes, is there going to anything for them there? If they can’t go anywhere, can’t be on the phone they can’t do this can’t do that, that doesn’t sound good for them. So, what can we offer them other than a nice place to live, which that is a beautiful house, I wouldn’t mind living in it myself. But what else can we offer them, what do we offer them once they are there? Is it only going to be ten? Resident Steven Beddick of Two Rod Road I have been to every one of these meetings since the very first one. One thing I have noticed is the organizers of this home have changed their story about every meeting that we have had. So, the very first meeting they told us this needed to be confidential that if anyone knew this was a home for battered women that they couldn’t do it here because it would not be safe for the women that people would know it was a battered home that if there wife went missing they would come looking for them. Ok, well everyone knows this is a shelter for battered women and yet they are still here. So then, they initially said we don’t need security and were just going to have some Social Workers in there. Now they’re hiring Police Officers. When we asked what is your experience operating such a shelter this exact organization, this particular organization has only run day shelters. They have never run an extended time live in home. So when you say a well-run organization, how do we have any assurance. We are the guinea pig. We are the first one where there putting in such a place so you know they just have not been honest, they haven’t been transparent. I don’t think they are deserving of getting a permit varication. I’ll rest my case. Resident Kelly Beddick of Two Rod Road He said this permit is more or less a family permit; you don’t need Security for a family. Second, what happens if they violate this Special Permit? Do they get fined, do they get revoked. Who’s there to police whether they violate their permits and conditions and if they do lose their permit, what happens to the house? They talked about modifying a little bit inside. Now you have a single dwelling home that’s been modified for ten women so how is that going to be put back on the market to have an interested buyer? We are not worried about the women, we are worried about who’s coming to look for the woman or the trafficker’s, that’s what we are worried about it’s not the women it’s who they bring, and when you talk about statistics on Google, they don’t keep statistics, so you can do a Google search but that Google search is not valid because they do not keep statistics. I looked it up at the last meeting if you were here the last meeting you would have seen that.