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Interestingly, Katie Lindsay (Kalpakis) was a vocal opponent when such a destination, a Super Walmart was proposed in Sherwood where she owned a house where she raised her children, because she doesn't want those people near her own house. She emailed and testified at a Sherwood City Council meeting urging that the city pass an ordinance prohibiting a 24 hour Walmart. Specifically, her reservations was about the 24 hour parking. The store and parking would have provided a 24 hour access to restroom which she later says as a human right, and a place where homeless people can rest and sleep in their RVs. Essentially, Katherine Lindsay did not want what she's advocating in other people's back backyard coming to her own backyard expressing that she's "spent a lot of time ''<u>dealing with transients</u>'', heavy crime and public intoxication" and "she does not want this in her community". These are speculative concerns about foresight of homeless activity. This suggests she's a NIMBY herself who does not want the very type of people she is advocating for in her professional capacity anywhere near her own house. She apparently found it so objectionable that she personally emailed and testified at a city council trying to get the City of Sherwood to pass an ordinance against 24 hour parking Walmart near her house.
"Katherine Kalpakis, 16380 SW Red Twig Drive, came forward and said she has emailed the Council and said she bought a home in Sherwood in 2011 and is raising 3 small children here and has not attended meetings but she has voted, does research on the elections and she watches the meetings on TV. She said she has a very reasonable concerns and questions for the Council and the Planning Commission regarding the 24 hour parking. She said she received one response from Mayor Middleton. She stated for 3 1/2 years she worked for the largest homeless shelter in Portland and she did safety planning which is when a client can't come into the program they let them know what is practical for them to do and some of the advice is to go to the airport or find a Walmart parking lot. She said she also worked in Arizona with domestic violence shelters and that was also the advice they gave. She said she is concerned and stated it is easy to remedy the situation by eliminating the 24 hour parking and she has read reports that some of the crimes at Shari's and Wendy's are not significant, but that is not true about Walmart and she has spent a lot of time dealing with transients, heavy crime and public intoxication and she does not want this in her community and recommends they pass an ordinance. She said she does not want to have to pay for that or the burden of enforcing the 24 hour parking on our Police Department and said they should have to pay for it. She referred to an article in January from Pamplin Media that reported about the homelessness in this area and it suggested that people find safe places like Walmart because it is better to be in large groups rather than being on their own. She stated that this is a responsible thing for Council to prevent."<ref name="katie testimony">Sherwood City Council meeting minutes, June 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20170131134712/https://www.sherwoodoregon.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/city_council/meeting/1330/06.12.13_city_council_minutes.pdf</ref><br />
That article referenced by Lindsay (Katherine Kalpakis) is likely ''Men on the street'', by Saundra Sorenson, in the January 03 2013 print of TheTimes https://pamplinmedia.com/ttt/89-news/125909-men-on-the-street
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