Proposed Bellevue homeless shelter draws opposition

(AP) — A proposal to build a permanent men's homeless shelter with a day center and 40 to 60 units of transitional housing near Interstate 90 in Bellevue is meeting with opposition from neighbors.

The Seattle Times reports ( http://bit.ly/2exU7Kp ) about 1,700 residents have signed a petition opposing the location and raising concerns about crime, an influx of homeless people from Seattle, and the impacts to the surrounding community.

Advocates praise the location of the proposed shelter, adjacent to a Metro park-and-ride lot and on the same 4.3-acre property as a clinic for Public Health — Seattle & King County County.A wooded hillside behind the site rises to Bellevue College.