Neighborhoods and Community Services Presentation for the Tacoma - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tacoma’s Dept. of Neighborhoods and Community Services

Presentation for the Tacoma Property Crimes Reduction Task Force Meeting 5: February 24, 2016 Panelists: (Lisa Wojtanowicz, Division Manager, NCS)

Our Mission and Major Programs

Vision: With the Community… “actively participate in the stewardship of safe, clean, attractive neighborhoods” Through… “sustainable, co-produced partnerships “ As a result… “City services align with community priorities” “the community is actively engaged in the maintenance, enjoyment, and improvement of the neighborhood”

Our major partners

Neighborhood Councils Neighborhood Business Districts Neighborhood groups Individuals

An informal ‘SWOC’ assessment – what we do well, where are the gaps?

 Strength  Focus of Department on individual and community safety  Weakness  Reactive to complaints  Opportunity  Department goals to get more proactive  Challenge  Understanding and implementing systematic approaches

Current initiatives or programs relevant to reducing property crime

 Code Compliance  Rapid Graffiti Removal  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design  Community Cleanups

Current initiatives or programs relevant to reducing property crime

Critical Area, 2, 0% Derelict Building - 2.01.060 (D), 360, 9% Graffiti, 330, 8% Health & Sanitation, 62, 1% Junk Vehicle(s), 24, 1% Lan d Use, 60, 1% Neglected Historic Property, 2, 0% Noise, 30, 1% Nuisance, 2783, 67% Stop Work, 354, 8% Substandard Building - 2.01.060 (D), 151, 4% Unfit Building, 20, 0%

Code Compliance 2015 Cases Created

Critical Area Derelict Building - 2.01.060 (D) Graffiti Health & Sanitation Junk Vehicle(s) Land Use Neglected Historic Property Noise

Current initiatives or programs relevant to reducing property crime

 Rapid Graffiti Removal  Program is open to properties on “key corridors”  Provides removal up to three times or $2,000 worth of service at no cost to the property

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 We must have a signed permission slip on file (we currently have 1,571 properties that have chosen to participate)  -From April of last year thru January 2016 we have removed 311 incidences of graffiti

City of Tacoma Rapid Graffiti Removal Program Key Corridors

Current initiatives or programs relevant to reducing property crime

 CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design)  Trained Staff  Part of the Rapid Graffiti Removal Program  Part of the Crime Free Housing Program

 Community Cleanup Program  All single family and duplexes in the City eligible to participate  16 Cleanups held between April and October each year  Average attendance is over 200 households per cleanup

Longer-term agency goals relevant to property crime reduction?

 Increase and sustain individual and community safety  Increase the utilization of City services  Increase the availability and accessibility of safe and affordable housing  Decrease the length of time individuals experience homelessness  Decrease the number of families and individuals living below the poverty line

How well are we coordinating -- with each

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 Internal Coordination with City Departments  Coordination with Police and Code Compliance and a daily basis  Coordination with TPU  External Partners  Community Groups  Neighborhood Councils  Neighborhood Business Districts

Suggestions and Observations

 Need for systematic changes  Need for proactive outreach  Need for comprehensive and sustainable solutions