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Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods:
How do we prevent crime and promote safe and healthy neighborhoods where
people live, work, and play?
Goal: Strengthen neighborhood relationships, invest in well-connected infrastructure and public safety.
Strategy 1: Support neighborhoods through resources, communication, and programs.
Performance
Measures
Objective
1.1
Increase the number of active
Neighborhood Associations
Activities
What will be done?
Develop marketing plan for
existing neighborhood
resources
Assess current number of
Neighborhood Association
groups
Map crime data and
Neighborhood Association
boundaries
Establish new and/or
revive existing
Neighborhood Associations
Number of active
neighborhood
associations
Responsibilities
Who will do it?
Leigh Britt
Bill Cantin
Baseline
22
February 2015
update
23
Target
27
Data Source
Resources
Funding/time/people/materials
Staff time
Office of
Neighborhood
Services
Timeline
By when? Month/Day/Year
Complete
Leigh Britt
Bill Cantin
Staff time
Complete
Barbara Buck
Jerry East
Staff time
Complete
Leigh Britt
Bill Cantin
Action Team
Staff time
Ongoing
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CHIP Action Plan UPDATED 2/26/15
Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods:
How do we prevent crime and promote safe and healthy neighborhoods where
people live, work, and play?
Goal: Strengthen neighborhood relationships, invest in well-connected infrastructure and public safety.
Strategy 1: Support neighborhoods through resources, communication, and programs.
Performance
Measures
Objective
1.2
Increase the number of trained
Neighborhood Watch members
Activities
What will be done?
Map crime data and
Neighborhood Watch
groups
Assess current number of
Neighborhood Watch
members
Establish new and/or
revive existing
Neighborhood Watch
groups by providing
training
Pursue funding for public
safety programs
Number of
Neighborhood
Watch members
Baseline
87
February 2015
update
128
Target
150
Data Source
Neighborhood
Watch program
Responsibilities
Who will do it?
Barbara Buck
Jerry East
Resources
Funding/time/people/materials
Staff time
Office of
Neighborhood
Services
Timeline
By when? Month/Day/Year
Complete
Melvin Buckner
Bill Cantin
Staff time
Ongoing
Melvin Buckner
Bill Cantin
Staff time
Ongoing
Melvin Buckner
Barbara Buck
Action Team
Staff time
Ongoing
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CHIP Action Plan UPDATED 2/26/15
Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods:
How do we prevent crime and promote safe and healthy neighborhoods where
people live, work, and play?
Goal: Strengthen neighborhood relationships, invest in well-connected infrastructure and public safety.
Strategy 1: Support neighborhoods through resources, communication, and programs.
Objective
1.3
Increase utilization of, and
dedicate full-time staff persons to,
neighborhood-based programs
Performance
Measures
Funding for
neighborhoodbased programs
Baseline
$6,000 for
neighborhood
activities;
$2,500 for
neighborhood
mini-grants;
$3,000 for
neighborhood
cleanups;
$1,000 for tools
and signs for
neighborhoods;
$500 for
neighborhood
training on code
compliance
$13,000 total
February 2015
update
ONS staff
collecting data
Target
$13,000
Data Source
Office of
Neighborhood
Services
Funds expended as
of May 13, 2014
$272.99 minigrants
$938.05 cleanups
$96.90 printing
$1,307.94 total
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Number of
neighborhoods
utilizing
resources
Dedicated fulltime staff
person(s)
Activities
What will be done?
Establish baseline funding
for neighborhood-based
programs
Determine feasibility for
dedicated full-time staff
person(s)
10
ONS staff
collecting data
0 FTE (request for
additional staff
was not
recommended for
FY2015)
0 (no staff added
for FY2015)
15
Office of
Neighborhood
Services
.5 FTE
Office of
Neighborhood
Services
Responsibilities
Who will do it?
Bill Cantin
Resources
Funding/time/people/materials
Staff time
Neighborhood
Watch program
Timeline
By when? Month/Day/Year
Complete
Leigh Britt
Bill Cantin
Melvin Buckner
Staff time
Ongoing
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Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods:
How do we reduce crime and promote safe and healthy neighborhoods where
people live, work, and play?
Goal: Strengthen neighborhood relationships, invest in well-connected infrastructure and public safety.
Strategy 2: Advocate for the increased funding for well-connected infrastructure.
Objective
Performance
Measures
Baseline
2.1 Increase funding for well-connected
infrastructure
Funding for wellconnected
infrastructure
FY2014 CIP general
fund budget requests
$15,491,726 for 10
street projects
$2,398,593 for 9
sidewalk projects
Major maintenance
$751,000 for 3 projects
$1,092,000 for 12 parks
projects
$100,000 for
Greenbelt/trail
FY2015 CIP is
approx. $13.8
million for 1-2
year projects
0
Community
Development
has sent aside
funding for HIA
Infrastructure defined as sidewalks,
trails, street lights, parks, and public
transit
Increase the use of Health Impact
Assessments (HIA) in infrastructure
planning and development
Increase neighborhood walk-throughs
with policy makers
Number of
completed HIAs
Number of
neighborhood
walk-throughs
with
0
February 2015
update
3-5 year
projects $24
million +
(Amount varies
due to
infrastructure
needs, priorities,
and funding)
0
(potentially
review this
measure)
Target
Maintain
current funding
level
Data Source
FY2014
budget/CIP
Numerous
projects but not
enough
funding. Last
$6 million of
GetAbout
money is being
spent over the
next 2 fiscal
years. Will
need to
reevaluate once
GetAbout grant
is complete.
1
Public Health &
Human Services
12
Community
Development
Office of
Sustainability
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policymakers
Increase the number of community
champions who advocate for
infrastructure funding
Number of
funding
advocates
Activities
What will be done?
Establish baseline funding
for well-connected
infrastructure
Responsibilities
Who will do it?
Jason Wilcox
Barbara Buffaloe
Rachel Bacon
Coordinate neighborhood
walk-throughs with policy
makers
Barbara Buffaloe
Bill Cantin
Lawrence Simonson
Include recommendations
from an HIA on proposed
pedestrian infrastructure
Identify community
champions to advocate for
increased infrastructure
funding
Jason Wilcox
Rachel Bacon
Lawrence Simonson
Neighborhood leaders
130
PedNet staff
individuals/households collecting data
(representing 286
people)
4 clubs/organizations
(representing 1,185
people)
13 businesses
(representing 2,344
people)
147 total memberships
Resources
Funding/time/people/materials
Staff time
Staff time
City Ward Check-ins
Collaboration with Healthy
Lifestyles Action Team
Staff time
Consolidated Planning Funding
(CPG)
PedNet
Community advocates
162
PedNet
Timeline
By when? Month/Day/Year
Complete
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
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Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods:
How do we reduce crime and promote safe and healthy neighborhoods where
people live, work, and play?
Goal: Strengthen neighborhood relationships, invest in well-connected infrastructure and public safety.
Strategy 3: Reduce crime by implementing progressive crime prevention and intervention strategies.
Performance
Measures
Objective
3.1 Increase the frequency of positive
interaction between public safety
agencies and the community
Activities
What will be done?
Increase the number of
public relation events with
neighborhoods and public
safety officers
Number of
outreach events
Responsibilities
Who will do it?
Barbara Buck
Melvin Buckner
Baseline
February 2015
update
2013 – 78
2014 – 73 yr to
date
(Doesn’t include
Neighborhood
Watch numbers)
CPD staff
collecting data for
rest of 2014 and
2015 YTD
Target
5% increase to
2014 numbers
Resources
Funding/time/people/materials
Staff time
Google calendar
Data Source
Columbia Police
Department
Google site for
media/patrol
Timeline
By when? Month/Day/Year
Ongoing
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CHIP Action Plan UPDATED 2/26/15
Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods:
How do we reduce crime and promote safe and healthy neighborhoods where
people live, work, and play?
Goal: Strengthen neighborhood relationships, invest in well-connected infrastructure and public safety.
Strategy 3: Reduce crime by implementing progressive crime prevention and intervention strategies.
Objective
Performance
Measures
Baseline
February 2015
update
3.2 Increase after-school programming for
at-risk youth population
Number of youth
using afterschool programs
52 students
enrolled in TOP
program 2013-14
school year
(gathering data
from other
sources)
Michelle getting
numbers. TOP has
been expanded to
the county so #’s
should increase
Activities
What will be done?
Collect baseline data on
the number of youth using
after-school programming
Responsibilities
Who will do it?
Michelle Riefe
Becky Markt
Expand current
programming
Michelle Riefe
Becky Markt
Collect follow-up data
Michelle Riefe
Becky Markt
Target
5% increase
Resources
Funding/time/people/materials
Staff time
Teen Outreach Program (TOP)
Youth Community Coalition (YC²)
Boys & Girls Club
Staff time
Teen Outreach Program (TOP)
Youth Community Coalition (YC²)
Boys & Girls Club
Staff time
Teen Outreach Program (TOP)
Youth Community Coalition (YC²)
Boys & Girls Club
Data Source
PHHS
YC2
Timeline
By when? Month/Day/Year
Ongoing (have TOP
numbers)
Ongoing
Ongoing
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