Clintonville Area Commission

The next meeting of Planning and Development will take place this Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Clinton Heights Lutheran Church at 7 pm.  As always, all CAC-connected committee meetings are open to the public.

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When:
Wednesday, September 21
5:30-7pm

 Where:
City Hall
90 W. Broad St.

Public Safety Committee Chair Mitchell J. Brown and Council President Zach Klein are conducting a Public Hearing to discuss the Columbus Division of Police’s Body Camera Policy and Implementation. 

“Body cameras are a common sense technology for the Columbus Division of Police to include as part of their community policing efforts, along with cruiser and neighborhood cameras,” said Councilmember Brown. “Cameras provide an opportunity for third-party review of behavior during an interaction between law enforcement and the community.”

Public testimony will be accepted. Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes. Individuals wishing to offer testimony must fill out a speaker slip, between the hours of8:00am and 5:00pm, at Columbus City Hall on the day of the hearing. 

“I have been and continue to be a proponent of body cameras. Body cameras have an important role to play in improving Police-Community relations, protecting our officers and keeping our citizens safe,” said Council President Zach Klein.

This is an interesting article from Columbus Underground.

http://www.columbusunderground.com/share-the-road-columbus-bw1

Similar information can be found on this blog:

http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01/14/study-sharrows-dont-make-streets-safer-for-cycling/

CLINTONVILLE PROJECT AREA MAPSPlease use this map to see if your home is in the current Clintonville Blueprint project area. Simply type in an address and the map will zoom in on the area.

See map below to view potential locations for rain gardens and porous pavement in the Clintonville project area.

https://www.columbus.gov/Templates/Detail.aspx?id=2147487327

This article discusses new data on sharrow safety.

http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01/14/study-sharrows-dont-make-streets-safer-for-cycling/

This article, available from Columbus Underground, provides good information regarding City of Columbus Bicycle Policy.  http://www.columbusunderground.com/share-the-road-columbus-bw1

Susan Ashbrook, Assistant Director/Sustainability, Columbus Department of Public Utilities, has notified CAC that residents will be receiving soon a mailing called the “Designation Order” which makes the work to be done under Blueprint Columbus official.  We all have been hearing about Blueprint Columbus for about 3 (or more) years.  The project is really going to be happening soon.  According to Susan, there will be some work this fall.  Most work, however, will begin in earnest in Spring 2017.

Please check the folder, “City Reports”, in our “Documents” section to view the mailer documents.  All four begin with the word Blueprint.

If you don’t remember anything about Blueprint or are new to the area, check out the Blueprint website:www.blueprint.columbus.gov

Call to order

II. Next meeting October 4, 2016

III. Previous meetings’ minutes

IV. Announcements

V. 232 Blenheim Road: 3332.38(G), garage height from 15’ to 20’

A. Applicant presentation

B. Questions/comment from the commissioner for the district

C. Questions/comment from the committee

D. Public questions/comment

E. Vote

VI. Discussion on proposal to reduce or eliminate CAC involvement in minor garage height

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A. Update from the chair

B. Questions/comment from the committee

C. Public questions/comment