A Denver judge ruled to dismiss a lawsuit filed in an attempt to block a safe outdoor camping site from going up at a neighborhood church for those experiencing homelessness.
Park Hill residents file lawsuit to try to block safe outdoor camping site from neighborhood church
William Peterson
and last updated 2021-05-07 20:12:19-04
DENVER â Five Park Hill residents have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block another safe camping site for people experiencing homelessness from going up at the Park Hill United Methodist Church early next month.
The lawsuit was filed by attorneys Heather Anderson Thomas and Douglas W. Baier on behalf of residents Kurt Monigle, Dave Rodman, Jean Baptiste-Varnier, Justin Lovac and Blair Taylor in Denver District Court on Thursday against the Colorado Village Collaborative, city of Denver, Park Hill United Methodist Church and its pastor, Nathan Adams.
A group of Park Hill residents are suing the nonprofit Colorado Village Collaborative, Park Hill United Methodist Church and the City of Denver to stop a safe-camping site for people experiencing homelessness proposed for South Park Hill. The proposed [site] has not met the requirements set out by the city, pose[s] a real danger to minors and school-aged children, does not address the impact it will have on the neighborhood and displaces people from an area with available resources to an area not equipped to handle the purpose of the [safe-camping site], reads a motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction filed in Denver District Court on May 6 by local attorneys Heather Anderson Thomas and Douglas W. Baier on behalf of five plaintiffs. Nathan Adams, the church s lead pastor, is the one person named as a defendant; he declined to comment on the suit. The lawyers for the plaintiffs have not responded to interview requests.