From davetori at fuse.net  Thu Dec  1 09:28:15 2005
From: davetori at fuse.net (Dave & Tori)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:28:15 -0500
Subject: [Northside CPOP] Reminder - CPOP Mtg. tonight @ 6PM @ Sidewinder
Message-ID: <EGELJFOCIBKMNCFINPIHGELNDAAA.davetori@fuse.net>

All,

Our CPOP meeting tonight will again be at Sidewinder on 4184
Hamilton Ave.

Last Meeting: At our last meeting, we agreed to solicit funding
from landlords with properties who will benefit from the presence
of cameras.  I proposed a fee of $5/unit/month paid up front for
the year that the landlord could choose to pass down to the
occupants.  This would require 12-20 units per camera.  Thus far,
we have verbal committments from larger donors for 4 of the 9
cameras in residential areas.

Funding: I would like to use this as a working session to get a
list of key selling points down on paper for requesting funding
for cameras from landlords and residents.  Separately, Bruce will
be coordinating efforts to approach city council to have the city
provide funding but wheras we can't count on that funding I
believe we should go forward with seeking our own committed
sources. We are going to need to decide who will approach building
owners with agreements to have cameras mounted on their buildings
and who will will help with soliciting funding.  We have a meeting
with CPD/Citywatchers on Dec 15th.

Monitors: The community will realize the most benefit from cameras
when they are actively monitored. Whereas montoring of cameras is
expected to be performed predominantly by community volunteers,
I'd also like to get a preliminary feel for if anyone on the
distribution list is interested in taking the surveillance
training course and volunteering time to monitor the cameras.

Hope to see you tonight,

Dave
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From davetori at fuse.net  Thu Dec  8 19:10:36 2005
From: davetori at fuse.net (Dave & Tori)
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:10:36 -0500
Subject: [Northside CPOP] FW: Winter Operations update
Message-ID: <EGELJFOCIBKMNCFINPIHMEPKDAAA.davetori@fuse.net>

RE: Winter Operations update
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From: Hardy, Tiffaney [mailto:Tiffaney.Hardy at cincinnati-oh.gov]
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:51 PM
Subject: RE: Winter Operations update


Here is the Winter Weather Update from the Department of Public
Service for 12.8.05 at 4PM.

  <<Media Release-12-8- 4 PM - CS.doc>>

Tiffaney Hardy

Department of Public Services

---------------------------------------------------

805 Central Avenue, Suite 215

Cincinnati, OH  45202

P 513.352.5498

F 513.352.5497

<www.cincinnati-oh.gov>
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From davetori at fuse.net  Sat Dec 17 22:30:29 2005
From: davetori at fuse.net (Dave & Tori)
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:30:29 -0500
Subject: [Northside CPOP] Update on Northside Surveillance Camera Project
Message-ID: <EGELJFOCIBKMNCFINPIHMEDADBAA.davetori@fuse.net>

NORTHSIDE CAMERA SURVEILLANCE PROJECT STATUS REPORT - December 17,
2005

This is to provide the CPOP team, COP Members, and BlockWatch
45223 with an update of the status of the Northside surveillance
camera project.  Because some of you are on more than one of the
mailing lists, you may be receiving multiple copies of this
message.

I would like to provide an upfront thanks to all who have
contributed to progress to date with special thanks going to
Stefanie Sunderland, Bob Sala, Terri Windeler, Bruce Demske, Cindy
Sherding, Scott Stulfarth, and Don Beimesche!  We're almost
there!!!

Progress Areas

Timing - Eric Franz is working with the City and CityWatcher to
complete a contract with CityWatcher.  They hope to have a
contract in place in time to have installations begin in Februrary
and completed by June.  Neighborhoods who are ready to go could
jump ahead of neighborhoods who aren't.  We're ready now which is
a very good thing.

Right of Entry & Release Agreements Completed - This week we
passed a major milestone in the project by having secured the
written permission of building owners allow cameras to be mounted
at all 18 of the proposed neighborhood locations. In the process
of signing the agreement, owners were made aware that they will be
responsible for providing the electricity at a cost of
approximately $2/month. In addition, Bob Sala has signatures from
owners of 4 more buildings that may be used as alternate buildings
in cases where the primary choice may not work out.  I submitted
these in a detailed report (~150 pages of documentation) to Eric
Franz on Friday. Cudos go to Terri Windeler, Bob Sala and Cindy
Sherding for all of their hard work in tracking down owners and
securing their permissions in very short timing.

Funding - We're making extremely good progress towards finding
funding for the first year's on-going operating costs. Costs per
panning camera still range from $59 to $99 per month per camera
which pay for a combination of internet bandwidth and CityWatcher
fees for maintaining the network and storage of digital video.  At
the $99 rate, this would require payment of $10,800 for the
residential area and approximately the same for the business
district. Moving below the $99 price is dependent on ability to
tap into unsed internet bandwidth already in place in the
neighborhood.  These include city optical fiber run to McKie Rec
Center and the Firestation as well as the high speed commercial
bandwith of local businesses.  Cudos go to Stefanie Sunderland,
Bob Sala, and BlockWatch 45223 for all of their hard work in
beating the bushes (No not George) for funding.
  a.. The Northside Business Association has received
approximately $5000 in contributions for cameras to be deployed in
the business area along Hamilton and Spring Grove Avenues.  Bob
Sala is leading this effort.
  b.. We have received verbal committments totally approximately
$6000 of the $10,800 needed.  Jim Gargas of CRC has agreed to find
CRC funding for 50% of the costs needed for the camera covering
the area surrounding the Children's Park at Chase & Fergus. COP
has agreed to contribute funding for the operation of one camera
for one year. We are waiting for approval of the Northside
Community Council to release NSP funds for an additional $1000
asked for in separate requests by Stefanie Sunderland and Scott
Stulfarth.
  c.. Accounts are being set up by the Northside Business
Association and the Northside Community Council so that private
contributions are tax deductible. We can now begin accepting
checks for the residential area payable to Northside Community
Council and for the residential area payable to Northside Business
Association.
  d.. We have secured private loans for any outstanding balance in
the event that we have not covered the entire first year's
expenses prior to the installation.
  e.. Bruce is keeping tabs on status of City Council proposals to
cover partial/full funding of operating costs and will be
coordinating Northside efforts to campaign for such funding.  At
this time, there is at least one proposal in place to cover 50% of
the operating costs where it is rumored that such costs would
apply only to coverage areas of very high crime.
  f.. Bruce is leading area efforts to determine if we can tap
into unused private internet bandwidth.  Eric Franz of CPD is
working with the city to determine the ability to tap into the
city optical fiber.
Camera Locations - Neighborhood locations have been finalized.
Sean Darks (CityWatcher) and Eric Franz did a drive by review this
week and gave the thumbs up for the majority. We've requested
their return to address concerns sites deemed unsuitable as well
as review of alternates. Locations within the residential areas
are based primarily on the highest frequency of calls for police
service.  Cameras will be moved after the first year of operation
if it becomes apparent that there is a higher need in other areas.
We beileve that any moves are unlikely for several years given
that current designated locations have been habitual problems for
years.

     Residential Areas
     Business District


     Chase/Kirby
     Hamilton/Chase


     Hanfield/Kirby
     Hamilton/Lingo


     Hanfield/Witler
     Hamilton/Knowlton


     Hanfield/Lakeman
     Hamilton/Moline


     Blue Rock/Witler
     Hamilton/Blue Rock


     Chase/Langland
     Hamilton/Cosby


     Chase/Fergus
     Spring Grove/Cosby


     Chase/Williamson Pl
     Knowlton?s Corner


     ApJones/Fergus
     Spring Grove/Cooper



Camera Monitors - It is time to begin soliciting community
volunteers who are willing to commit a few hours per month to
monitoring the cameras.  Please have anyone that is interested
contact me. Volunteers must agree to a police background check and
take training at the Cincinnati Police Academy which basically
will teach what types of behavior you should look for and report.
COP members will be required to take an abbreviated form of the
training. Currently, monitoring must be performed in two person
teams which is designed to avoid misuse of the cameras. Monitoring
can only be performed at approved sites (again to prevent misuse).
Currently, Twin Towers Retirement home in College Hill has an
approved area. We will likely look for a suitable area to set up a
workstation in McKie.  More information will be provided later on
the next available training date.


This report has been submitted by Dave Henry on behalf of the
Northside CPOP team.
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From Robin.Henderson at cincinnati-oh.gov  Tue Dec 20 15:10:40 2005
From: Robin.Henderson at cincinnati-oh.gov (Henderson, Robin)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:10:40 -0500
Subject: [Northside CPOP] Update on Northside Surveillance Camera Proj
	ect
Message-ID: <BFCB6B3016EA0048A6D7AE7442162B580744F522@CITYHALL.rcc.org>

Congratulations once again on doing a phenomenal job! You all deserve a lot
of credit.
Thanks for being such a professional, positive face for Northside
 

Robin Henderson 
Program Manager/ Community Improvement 

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful 
801 Plum Street 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 

513/352-4388 phone 
513/352-4389 fax 

E-Mail: Robin.Henderson at cincinnati-oh.gov 
www.KeepCincinnatiBeautiful.org 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave & Tori [mailto:davetori at fuse.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 10:30 PM
To: 9NSCPOP Mail List
Cc: 7NSCOP Mail List; donb at nsbt.net; Cindy Sherding; Kevin Brewer; Louis
Webb; Scott Stuhlfauth; Shelley Werner; Talmadge Hunter
Subject: [Northside CPOP] Update on Northside Surveillance Camera Project


NORTHSIDE CAMERA SURVEILLANCE PROJECT STATUS REPORT - December 17, 2005
 
This is to provide the CPOP team, COP Members, and BlockWatch 45223 with an
update of the status of the Northside surveillance camera project.  Because
some of you are on more than one of the mailing lists, you may be receiving
multiple copies of this message.
 
I would like to provide an upfront thanks to all who have contributed to
progress to date with special thanks going to Stefanie Sunderland, Bob Sala,
Terri Windeler, Bruce Demske, Cindy Sherding, Scott Stulfarth, and Don
Beimesche!  We're almost there!!!
 
Progress Areas
 
Timing - Eric Franz is working with the City and CityWatcher to complete a
contract with CityWatcher.  They hope to have a contract in place in time to
have installations begin in Februrary and completed by June.  Neighborhoods
who are ready to go could jump ahead of neighborhoods who aren't.  We're
ready now which is a very good thing.
 
Right of Entry & Release Agreements Completed - This week we passed a major
milestone in the project by having secured the written permission of
building owners allow cameras to be mounted at all 18 of the proposed
neighborhood locations. In the process of signing the agreement, owners were
made aware that they will be responsible for providing the electricity at a
cost of approximately $2/month. In addition, Bob Sala has signatures from
owners of 4 more buildings that may be used as alternate buildings in cases
where the primary choice may not work out.  I submitted these in a detailed
report (~150 pages of documentation) to Eric Franz on Friday. Cudos go to
Terri Windeler, Bob Sala and Cindy Sherding for all of their hard work in
tracking down owners and securing their permissions in very short timing.
 
Funding - We're making extremely good progress towards finding funding for
the first year's on-going operating costs. Costs per panning camera still
range from $59 to $99 per month per camera which pay for a combination of
internet bandwidth and CityWatcher fees for maintaining the network and
storage of digital video.  At the $99 rate, this would require payment of
$10,800 for the residential area and approximately the same for the business
district. Moving below the $99 price is dependent on ability to tap into
unsed internet bandwidth already in place in the neighborhood.  These
include city optical fiber run to McKie Rec Center and the Firestation as
well as the high speed commercial bandwith of local businesses.  Cudos go to
Stefanie Sunderland, Bob Sala, and BlockWatch 45223 for all of their hard
work in beating the bushes (No not George) for funding.

*	The Northside Business Association has received approximately $5000
in contributions for cameras to be deployed in the business area along
Hamilton and Spring Grove Avenues.  Bob Sala is leading this effort. 

*	We have received verbal committments totally approximately $6000 of
the $10,800 needed.  Jim Gargas of CRC has agreed to find CRC funding for
50% of the costs needed for the camera covering the area surrounding the
Children's Park at Chase & Fergus. COP has agreed to contribute funding for
the operation of one camera for one year. We are waiting for approval of the
Northside Community Council to release NSP funds for an additional $1000
asked for in separate requests by Stefanie Sunderland and Scott Stulfarth. 

*	Accounts are being set up by the Northside Business Association and
the Northside Community Council so that private contributions are tax
deductible. We can now begin accepting checks for the residential area
payable to Northside Community Council and for the residential area payable
to Northside Business Association. 

*	We have secured private loans for any outstanding balance in the
event that we have not covered the entire first year's expenses prior to the
installation. 

*	Bruce is keeping tabs on status of City Council proposals to cover
partial/full funding of operating costs and will be coordinating Northside
efforts to campaign for such funding.  At this time, there is at least one
proposal in place to cover 50% of the operating costs where it is rumored
that such costs would apply only to coverage areas of very high crime. 

*	Bruce is leading area efforts to determine if we can tap into unused
private internet bandwidth.  Eric Franz of CPD is working with the city to
determine the ability to tap into the city optical fiber.

Camera Locations - Neighborhood locations have been finalized. Sean Darks
(CityWatcher) and Eric Franz did a drive by review this week and gave the
thumbs up for the majority. We've requested their return to address concerns
sites deemed unsuitable as well as review of alternates. Locations within
the residential areas are based primarily on the highest frequency of calls
for police service.  Cameras will be moved after the first year of operation
if it becomes apparent that there is a higher need in other areas.  We
beileve that any moves are unlikely for several years given that current
designated locations have been habitual problems for years.
 



 

Residential Areas

Business District


 

Chase/Kirby

Hamilton/Chase


 

Hanfield/Kirby

Hamilton/Lingo


 

Hanfield/Witler

Hamilton/Knowlton


 

Hanfield/Lakeman

Hamilton/Moline


 

Blue Rock/Witler 

Hamilton/Blue Rock


 

Chase/Langland 

Hamilton/Cosby


 

Chase/Fergus 

Spring Grove/Cosby


 

Chase/Williamson Pl

Knowlton's Corner


 

ApJones/Fergus

Spring Grove/Cooper

 
Camera Monitors - It is time to begin soliciting community volunteers who
are willing to commit a few hours per month to monitoring the cameras.
Please have anyone that is interested contact me. Volunteers must agree to a
police background check and take training at the Cincinnati Police Academy
which basically will teach what types of behavior you should look for and
report.  COP members will be required to take an abbreviated form of the
training. Currently, monitoring must be performed in two person teams which
is designed to avoid misuse of the cameras. Monitoring can only be performed
at approved sites (again to prevent misuse). Currently, Twin Towers
Retirement home in College Hill has an approved area. We will likely look
for a suitable area to set up a workstation in McKie.  More information will
be provided later on the next available training date.
 
 
This report has been submitted by Dave Henry on behalf of the Northside CPOP
team.
 

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From davetori at fuse.net  Fri Dec 30 16:20:10 2005
From: davetori at fuse.net (Dave & Tori)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:20:10 -0500
Subject: [Northside CPOP] Northside CPOP Meeting
Message-ID: <EGELJFOCIBKMNCFINPIHIEHGDBAA.davetori@fuse.net>

Ooops!

Folks - I'm sorry but this message from Dec 11th was caught up in
my draft message folder when I was having problem with e-mail.  My
sincerest apologies if anyone was inconvenienced by my goof.

Best Regards & A Belated Happy Holidays,

Dave



Hello All,

The CPOP Meeting to be held this Thursday is cancelled.  The
subgroup who has been working details of the surveillance camera
project has a meeting from 3:30-6:30 with Eric Franz to solidify
details related to the camera locations.  We'll report progress to
the group and I will likely be soliciting help with our funding
campaign.

As of right now, we think we have solid committments to fund about
6 of our 9 residential cameras from a variety of sources.  Funds
for the business district cameras are also off to a good start.

Please let me know if you'd like to have a meeting on December
29th.  Otherwise, our next scheduled meeting would be January 5th.

Happy Holidays,

Dave
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From ssunderland_2848 at fuse.net  Sat Dec 31 16:13:13 2005
From: ssunderland_2848 at fuse.net (Stefanie Sunderland)
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:13:13 -0500
Subject: [Northside CPOP] Northside CPOP Meeting
In-Reply-To: <EGELJFOCIBKMNCFINPIHIEHGDBAA.davetori@fuse.net>
Message-ID: <20051231211514.QPDZ24344.gx6.fuse.net@sas>

CNCURC also has a meeting scheduled for the 5th at 5:30 that I hope not to
postpone.  I'll plan on leaving at 5? or 5:15 depending on where the meeting
location is.  Stef

 

 

  _____  

From: cpop-admin at northside.net [mailto:cpop-admin at northside.net] On Behalf
Of Dave & Tori
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 4:20 PM
To: 9NSCPOP Mail List
Subject: [Northside CPOP] Northside CPOP Meeting

 

Ooops!

 

Folks - I'm sorry but this message from Dec 11th was caught up in my draft
message folder when I was having problem with e-mail.  My sincerest
apologies if anyone was inconvenienced by my goof.

 

Best Regards & A Belated Happy Holidays,

 

Dave

 

 

 

Hello All,

 

The CPOP Meeting to be held this Thursday is cancelled.  The subgroup who
has been working details of the surveillance camera project has a meeting
from 3:30-6:30 with Eric Franz to solidify details related to the camera
locations.  We'll report progress to the group and I will likely be
soliciting help with our funding campaign.

 

As of right now, we think we have solid committments to fund about 6 of our
9 residential cameras from a variety of sources.  Funds for the business
district cameras are also off to a good start.

 

Please let me know if you'd like to have a meeting on December 29th.
Otherwise, our next scheduled meeting would be January 5th.

 

Happy Holidays,

 

Dave

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