Ordinance 2921-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

PLAN ELEMENTS Public Safety Summary Safety and security—both real and perceived—are critical to revitalizing a downtown. To attract residents, businesses, and visitors, a downtown must not only be relatively free of potential threats to people and their property, but also be a place of relative order and civility. There are four principal means by which a downtown plan such as this can address safety and security objectives: • Encourage greater on -street activity and habitation in downtown. • Direct new development and civic improvements to create a setting less conducive to criminal activity. • Encourage cooperation between City departments, especially Police, and the downtown residential and business communities. • Encourage cooperative efforts to maintain a clean, attractive, and well -kept setting that indicates a sense of lawful order and care among community members. The first two measures are addressed in the land use and streets and open space sections. The last two are discussed in the two recommended actions below. Proposed Public Safety Improvement Actions P-1 Initiate more substantive cooperation between City departments and local organizations to address safety and security issues. While there are already some ongoing efforts in this regard, greater coordination between City departments (especially the Police Department) and the community (perhaps through the Downtown Everett Association) would be an important first step. This combined group could then work on programs that have proven effective elsewhere, such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), Block Watch, advocacy for lighting, and greater patrolling of "hot spots." EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN - DRAFT 6/29/2006 97