Attachment F - Opposition - PHO-1-23--Z-SP-2-19-7.pdf

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Chase Hales
From:
Dianne Langmade <eagleii@cox.net>
Sent:
Monday, June 26, 2023 10:07 AM
To:
PDD PHO
Subject:
PHO-1-23--Z-SP-2-19 Communication or lack of
Regarding the PHO-1-23--Z-SP-2-19 Planning Hearing on 21 June, 2023, there was one comment I neglected to 
make.  Mr. Gilbert emphasized the communication between the Madison Pioneers Coalition (MPC), Neighbors and 
individuals living or having property within the proximity of the HSC,  and the HSC, City of Phoenix and others during the 
HSC Quarterly Meetings hosted via Zoom by the HSC.  Please note the MPC, individuals most impacted by the chaos on 
the streets surrounding the HSC, are given only 5-minutes for this, "community outreach meetings to discuss compliance 
with the zoning stipulations, ..., and issues/concerns from the community, and how those concerns could be addressed 
by the shelter providers or the City." (stip #15 a-f) 
The allocated five minutes is hardly enough time for the MPC to address issues/concerns.  Instead what the Quarterly 
meetings have become is an infomercial by the HSC and other service providers to highlight what they do, and not 
address problems from the crime and chaos created by those on the street seeking services at the HSC.  Because of the 
ineffectiveness of the Quarterly meeting to address the MPC concerns, many of the neighbors within "The Zone" have 
stopped attending.  The number of people Mr Gilbert quoted as attending as being in the 60's are actually  in the mid-
30's, with most of those attending are associated with the HSC and service providers.  The reason for the lack of  MPC 
attendance is the neighbors find these meetings ineffective.  We need solutions, not an infomercial. 
https://hsc-az.org/community/#feb7 [hsc-az.org] 
FYI, This is a link for reference to these meetings.  Thank you for your attention to the manner surrounding the streets of 
the HSC 
Dianne Langmade 
1345 W. McKinley St 
Received After 6/21/23 PHO Hearing 
ATTACHMENT F

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Adam Stranieri
From:
Anthony M Grande
Sent:
Friday, June 9, 2023 3:45 PM
To:
PDD PHO
Subject:
FW: Central City Planning/HSC meeting  PHO-1-23--Z-SP-2-19
Attachments:
HSC stipulation hearing.doc
Please see the written comment related to the PHO case. 
 
Thanks, 
 
Anthony Grande 
Planner II – Village Planner 
City of Phoenix 
Planning & Development Department 
Long Range Planning 
Office: 602-256-5648 
200 West Washington Street 
Phoenix, AZ 85003 
 
 
 
From: Jo‐Ann Lowney <jolow999@msn.com>  
Sent: Friday, June 9, 2023 3:20 PM 
To: Anthony M Grande <anthony.grande@phoenix.gov> 
Subject: Central City Planning/HSC meeting PHO‐1‐23‐‐Z‐SP‐2‐19 
 
Dear Anthony Grande,  
 
Please include this letter in packet for consideration of  
PHO-1-23--Z-SP-2-19 
 
 
 
CENTRAL CITY VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE  
Phoenix City Hall 
200 W. Washington St., Phoenix, Arizona

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June 9, 2023 
  
RE:  PHO-1-23--Z-SP-2-19 
 
  
HSC wants the important stipulation of a required 3-year review to be dismissed, allowing them to have 600 
beds plus the extra 300 for ever. 
  
We cannot let this happen. 
  
HSC has not lived up to their agreement to keep our neighborhood clean because although they have cleaners 
doing the job daily, they cannot keep up with the refuse and human waste due to the huge and growing 
homeless population living in semi-permanent shacks and tents on the rights of way and sidewalks of our 
neighborhood, drawn there by the open campus policies of the HSC.  There is no way to keep things clean in 
such conditions. 
  
The state of decline for the last many years has continued since HSC got their way with this. The people on the 
street are in most cases resistant to services.  Nor do they want to go into dormitory shelters.  We need to find 
an answer to shelter offering something the homeless population will prefer over the street.  Structured camping 
sites have worked well in locations all over the country, we need to add them to the mix of approaches to 
helping the unhoused population out of a miserable and dangerous situation. 
  
They need an alternative to shelters and there is no hope to ever be able to offer ‘Housing First’ to 
everyone.  We need safe, structured campgrounds on city or state property, where people can go with their pets 
and friends, have their tents, but have access to services when they are ready for them, and most of all, have 
toilets, showers, water and shade and some measure of security.  One city using this model is Denver, Colorado. 
  
The HSC model is ineffective and self serving.  It ill serves their ‘clients’ and it does not seem to want to take 
into consideration the wellbeing of the city or neighborhood within which it operates.  At the very least, HSC 
should not be expanded and should continue to cooperate with all stipulations, including the 3 year review. 
 
  
Thank You, 
 
 
 
Jo-Ann Lowney 
www.jo-annlowney.com [jo-annlowney.com] 
 
 
Gallery 119 
119 S 11th Ave 
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Submitted to staff at Central City VPC 6/12/23

To THE village Planning Committee, 
I am in strong opposition of HSC having their review removed.  They have not lived up to their end of the 
agreement and should in fact be put back to their original capacity limit of 425 which was actually not 
being managed effectively.  
My property and my neighbors is not cleaned and kept safe as agreed and is such a disaster from 
violence, drugs and mental health issues. It is an environmental disaster making my property unusable. 
This neighborhood was duped by the last agreement.  We trusted them and felt that all of our 
concessions were a Good Neighborhood Agreement of sorts only have our properties, businesses and 
lives decimated by what transpired following making this agreement. 
This removal of review should not be removed. HSC should be held accountable now and the agreement 
from two years ago should be revoked and at best got back to the limit of four hundred and twenty five 
beds.  
What is happening in this area is hurting (and in too many cases killing) more people than helping.  There 
is a better solution.  This is not it. 
Angela Ojile 
Madison Pioneers Coalition 
602-501-3802  
AngieOProperties@gmail.com

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Adam Stranieri
From:
Anthony M Grande
Sent:
Monday, June 12, 2023 7:43 AM
To:
PDD PHO
Cc:
Adam Stranieri
Subject:
FW: PHO-1-23—Z-SP-2-19-7
Please see the comment on this case below. 
 
Anthony Grande 
Planner II – Village Planner 
City of Phoenix 
Planning & Development Department 
Long Range Planning 
Office: 602-256-5648 
200 West Washington Street 
Phoenix, AZ 85003 
 
 
 
From: Jeff Spellman <jeff.spellman@cox.net>  
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:19 PM 
To: Anthony M Grande <anthony.grande@phoenix.gov> 
Cc: Bill Morlan <bmorlan@electricsupply.com>; Michael R Angulo <michael.angulo@phoenix.gov>; Angela Ojile 
<angieoproperties@gmail.com> 
Subject: PHO‐1‐23—Z‐SP‐2‐19‐7 
 
Anthony ‐  
 
I served, along with several other neighborhood leaders, on the City's Task Force to address Homeless Services. The plan 
approved by City Council called for smaller specialized shelters for specialized populations.   We are making progress on 
that strategy. My neighborhood was the first to support one of these specialized shelters known as The Haven. I believe 
the 3‐year review of stipulations was intended to allow a greater number of beds at the HSC while the City pursued this 
new strategy for smaller shelters.  
 
I realize this review is not about reducing beds but rather how the campus is performing on the stipulations. I'll leave 
that assessment to the neighbors and businesses that are dealing with this crisis each and every day to comment.  
 
The 3 year review was stipulated as a way to assess progress. In support of the City's approved Strategies, I am 
absolutely opposed to removing this stipulation.   
 
Thank you,

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Jeff Spellman 
602‐499‐2038 
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