CITY OF LAKEWOOD
PUBLIC NOTICE

The Public Safety Committee will meet Monday, October 4, 2010 at 6:15 PM in the Room of Lakewood City Hall, 12650 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. The following items will be discussed:

Communication from Law Dir Hurley regarding Revisions to Traffic Code (Referred 9/8/10).

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 62-10 Amend 335.01 Drivers of Commercial Driver’s License Required (1st Reading 9/8/10, 2nd Reading 9/20/10

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. ORD. 63-10 Amend 333.021 – Operation in Willful or Wanton Disregard of Safety (1st Read 9/8/10, 2ND 9/20/10)

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 64-10 Amend 335.07, Driving Under Suspension, 335.072 (Driving Under Financial Responsibility Law Suspension or Cancellation (keep all driving under suspension penalties first degree misdemeanors (1st Read 9/8/10, 2ND 9/20/10)

Communication from Mayor FitzGerald & Police Chief Malley Lateral Entry for Firefighters (Referred 9/20/10)

PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 70-10 Lateral Entry for Firefighters. (1st Read 9/20/10)


Brian Powers, Chair
Monique Smith, Member

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

January 19, 2010

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Eight Lakewood property/business owners have joined together to underwrite the cost of a pilot program to add additional police presence to the Downtown Lakewood's commercial district this spring:

Detroit – Warren Bldg
The Coral Company
Rozi’s Wine House
Lakewood Public Library
INA/Bailey Buildings
Geiger’s Clothing & Sports
Phoenix Coffee

The program will be administered by LakewoodAlive. The funding will provide for additional police patrols in Downtown Lakewood at strategic times starting in mid-April and ending in mid-June.

The link below describes the benefits of having enhanced police presence in downtown commercial districts.

LakewoodAlive will be seeking feedback from downtown stakeholders throughout the pilot process to assess the effectiveness of the effort.

Congratulations and thank you to the leaders of these 8 establishments for stepping up to enhance the Downtown Lakewood experience:

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Several Downtown Lakewood property owners are working together with LakewoodAlive to launch a pilot program to enhance security in the commercial district this spring. The plan calls for hiring uniformed off-duty Lakewood Police officers to patrol the area at strategic times to establish a visible sense of enhanced security as weather improves and activity increases. The property owners recognize that a successful business district will attract a variety of visitors. The desire is to assure that Downtown Lakewood is a place where all feel welcome and safe.

From Terri Richards
City of Lakewood CERT COORDINATOR

Quarterly City Wide Block Captains Meeting
Tuesday, March 24th at City Hall Auditorium. Time is 6:45 pm.

There will be a 30 - 40 minute BC meeting that will include discussion of the block watch signs and window stickers that will soon be available. There will also be a short presentation by a representative of ESOP. ESOP - Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People - was recently profiled in a Plain Dealer article. ESOP has been at the forefront of the foreclosure crisis since 1999, and is a certified HUD Housing Counseling Agency, providing free foreclosure prevention services to Ohio homeowners. ESOP works with homeowners and their lenders to obtain affordable resolutions that preserve home ownership.

The meeting portion of the evening will be followed at by a presentation on neighborhood mediation and problem solving at 7:30 pm. The speaker will be Mr. Ian Heisey of Bellaire-Puritas Development Corporation. Since joining the staff at Bellaire-Puritas Development Corporation in 1996, Mr. Heisey has coordinated the Mediation Program which, with the help of trained community volunteers, offers dispute resolution assistance to any resident, landlord, tenant, business owner or community group in Ward 20 of Cleveland.

The meeting will wrap up no later than 9pm. An agenda will follow in the coming weeks. If any Block Club group has a topic for the meeting agenda that is of interest city-wide, please contact me.

Kindly call or email me to attend. Please pass this along to your fellow captains, club members or other interested residents. All are welcome as long as seating remains. Please mark your calendar to join us for an evening of useful information to help us all in our efforts towards making Lakewood stronger and safer!

Thank You!


Terri Richards
Lakewood CERT Coordinator
Block Club Information Office
Office Hours: Mon. - Fri.
1 - 5 p.m.
216-529-6657
terri.richards@lakewoodoh.net

Several business/property owners are meeting with Neighborhood Officer Angela Ortiz at the LakewoodAlive office next week to talk about working together to assure that visitors to the area leave with the impression that it is both safe and clean.

Lewis Drive Neighborhood Block Watch


A Year in Review...

Launched Lewis Drive South of Madison Ave. Neighborhood Block Watch in October 2008 with 8 members. Today our membership stands at 77

50% Block Watch Members are Landlords including 19 Landlords that do not live in their double on our street.

Children’s Happy Hour where 40 residents enjoyed children’s games, Kool-Aid and Cookies.


Held a Friday evening Adult Happy Hour where 25 residents enjoyed each others company while drinking their favorite alcohol beverage.


Sent security alert flyer in Spring to residents when a “Peeping Tom” was prowling our street who has been apprehended.


Communicate crime alerts nearby our street and offering advice on how to prevent from being a victim.


Introduced a forum to meet newly elected Ward 3 City Councilman, Mike Summers and our neighborhood Police Officer Kevin Fischer.


Created the neighborhood block watch welcome kit for new residents to Lewis Drive. (All new members can have a packet at their request).


Held 5th annual street sale where 15 homes participated.


Created a flower garden at the corner of Lewis Drive to honor the Lakewood High School Rangers with their school colors.


Honored Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day with an American Flags display on each tree lawn from Madison Ave. through Lakewood Hts. Blvd.


Launched the Summer and Fall Neighborhood Block Watch membership drives.


Ongoing Support from The City of Lakewood Mayor’s Office, City of Lakewood Police Department, and Councilman Mike Summers.


Created the Lewis Drive brand: a friendly, caring and diverse community to call home.