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Update from Campus Partners:
Prepared for residents the University Area Commission
February 16, 2006
Contents:
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City outlines new
'311' system to neighborhood committees
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Litter Subcommittee
seeks funding for study
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Business
openings at South Campus Gateway Sky Bank celebrated the opening of its branch at
South Campus Gateway at the end of January. The Skye Bar, on the second floor
across the alley from the Drexel Gateway Theater, opened last night. Eddie George’s Grille 27, a
high-quality restaurant with a sports theme, is opening “quietly”
in the next few days to check out its systems, train staff and serve
customers who walk through the doors.
The official opening for the public will be Friday, Feb. 24. Y-Boutique, a new start-up business by
a young entrepreneur, should open before the end of this month with trendy
clothing for young and adult women.
We expect The Happy Greek will open its Gateway location in mid-March. Gateway
doesn’t tolerate graffiti and vandalism Making effective use of its 24-hour security staff
and of its video monitoring system with some 100 cameras (half of which are
in the parking garage), South Campus Gateway is
pressing charges or seeking restitution against individuals for graffiti,
public urination, property destruction and vandalism. As a result of the video monitoring
and quick action by the security staff, Columbus Police on Jan. 21 arrested a
17-year-old man for graffiti on several Gateway buildings. Campus Partners and the Gateway
property managers have shared photographs of the graffiti with other property
managers in the University District to identify other “tags”
which the young man likely placed on their properties. Campus Partners hopes to link the
incidents for more effective prosecution. The Gateway security staff is networking with
Columbus Police, University Police, Community Crime Patrol, the courts, other
property managers, and the university’s Student Judicial Affairs office
to send a consistent message that graffiti and similar crimes won’t be
tolerated on the east side of High Street any more than they are tolerated on
the west side of High Street.
These efforts help to meet one of Gateway’s goals, namely to set
a higher standard for behavior and the appearance of the public sphere along
High Street in the University District. City outlines new '311’ system to neighborhood committees Denis Laroche of the
city’s Technology Department explained the new “311” call
system for questions, complaints and requests for city service. He spoke on Feb. 14 at the joint
meeting of the University District Code Enforcement Task Force and the Campus
Partners Public Service Committee on refuse collection and recycling. Most of the “call centers”
of various city departments have been consolidated. Citizens may now call
“311” (depending their phone carrier, some citizens may have to
call 645-3111) to ask a question about city services or to do such things as
to report burned-out street lights or to request pick-up of bulk refuse. The call center is staffed weekdays
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staffing
hours may be extended in the future.
Citizens also may access the call center on the World Wide Web at
<www.311.columbus.gov>. Many requests for city services or complaints
can be submitted through the web site.
In addition, the web site will reply to a citizen with a report
number, which the citizen in turn can use to follow up the action by city
staff on the request or complaint.
The new system appears to make effective use of new technology to the
benefit of both citizens and city employees. In other reports at the meeting, Ray Browning of
the city’s Street Maintenance unit, presented
the street sweeping schedule in the University District for 2006. The regular monthly sweeping begins in
April and will continue through October.
He said the city doesn’t have the resources to extend the
sweeping area at this time.
Committee members discussed the regularly scheduled pick-up of refuse
and concluded that the service has improved in recent months. No refuse complaints had been
received. The University District Code Enforcement Task
Force will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, March 14, at 2 p.m. in the Litter Subcommittee seeks funding for study The Litter Subcommittee of the Code Enforcement
Task Force and the Campus Partners Public Service Committee also met on Feb.
14. Stephen DeVoe,
Jr., of the University Area Enrichment Association, presented an outline for
a three-part litter study of the University District. The study would consist of a general
qualitative analysis, a specific quantitative analysis, and a
behavioral/psychological analysis.
The purpose of the study is to generate more specific recommendations
for effective action to prevent litter.
The Litter Subcommittee voted to support an application for funding of
the study. The Litter Subcommittee
will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, March 14, at 1 p.m. in the |
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