Additional Information Item S 35/2020 Chris: May 25, 2020 Council Meeting

Chris:

Further to the request from the Development & Heritage Standing Committee (DHSC) and my subsequent conversation with you on this matter, I would offer the following additional comments to those I have already submitted for this application (which still fully apply):

In reviewing the recommendation by Administration to consider a partial closing of the subject alley, the Windsor Police Service remains in support. While it would certainly be optimal from exclusively a public safety perspective to have the entire length of the alley closed, there are other contributing factors which do not permit this; most notably the need the retain the alley in an open state by four abutting property owners to facilitate access to their properties. The partial closure option allows for property access to be retained by those homeowners who require it, while at the same time offering closure, and therefore a safer configuration that will help prevent opportunities for criminal behaviour, to occur for those homeowners located within the partial closure zone. Looking at all the homes on both Albert and Hickory Roads that abut this alley, there appears to be 37 residential properties in total. If the partial closure is approved, ten (10) of these (27%) would lie inside the closed section, while 27 would remain contiguous to the open alley. Even though the ultimate public safety goal here would be to have 100% of the homes captured by the closed alley, 27% still represents a public safety improvement over none and that is why we remain supportive of the closure in its revised form.

Respectfully,

B.A., M.A., CLEP, CMM-III Barry Horrobin, Director of Planning & Physical Resources WINDSOR POLICE SERVICE

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