Interfaith Sanctuary has been continuing to develop their plan for their proposed homeless shelter at 4306 W State St. They have applied for Design Review which will be held on October 12, 2022 at City Hall starting at 6 PM.

Details on the meeting including links to sign up for Zoom or join via YouTube are at https://www.cityofboise.org/events/pds/2022/october/design-review-committee/

WE NEED YOUR ATTENDANCE AND TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING. Please plan to join and testify.

WE ALSO NEED YOU TO SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS to the Design Review Committee by 5 PM Thursday October 6th. Send your comments to zoninginfo@cityofboise.org and be sure to indicate DRH22-00345 on the subject line and in your comments.

The Design Review application is DRH22-000345. It may be viewed on the City’s Accela website at https://permits.cityofboise.org/CitizenAccess/Cap/CapDetail.aspx?Module=Planning&TabName=Planning&capID1=22CAP&capID2=00000&capID3=00X38&agencyCode=BOISE. Click the “Record Info and Documents menu on the” on the left side of the page. Then click “View Record Documents”. The page will update with a list of available documents (including the VPNA Comment Letter). Key documents of interest include the following:

• Their updated Letter of Intent (PDS-Letter of Intent-). This highlights their intention to not build the Day Shelter building, and to increase the size of the main building by roughly 11,500 square feet.

• Updated site plans and building floorplans which have names beginning with “PDS-Maps and Drawings”. These drawings show the changed floorplan and site plans. You will notice the population changes between adult male beds and adult women beds (6 less men and 6 more women); significant changes to building entrances; use of existing kitchen building for beds; new kitchen in main building; etc. There are many differences from prior plans and we encourage your thoughtful review.

• The VPNA comment letter (VPNA COMMENT LETTER 9-22-22) which highlights some of the issues the VPNA has with this revised application.

Please contact the VPNA with any questions.