Alice Sueltenfuss, executive director of one of the city’s largest homelessness service providers, HOPE Longmont, said the organization was never approached to weigh in on the legislation. “That’s a huge problem for me,” she said during the public hearing. According to Public Safety Chief Zach Ardis, the law comes in response to concerns raised by the business community. “I tried to learn more in an outreach meeting that I made a point to go to,” she said, but the only mention of the ordinance was that it pertained to business districts. “Tonight I learned the point of the ordinance but, come on, it is about homeless individuals.”In the end, council voted to table the ordinance until its second regular session in August to discuss alternatives with the various service providers throughout the city.