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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Martha G. Fuller, Director C • CITY OF SAINT PAUL Randy C. Kelly, Mayor Proiect: Falcon Heights Town Square 25 West Fourth Street Telephone: 651-266-6565 Saint Paul, MN 55102 Facsimile: 651-228-3261 Dates: March 17-18, 2003 To: Heather M. Worthington, City Administrator, Falcon Heights From: Margot Fehrenbacher, AIA; CPTED/St. Paul Planning & Economic Development Officer Jeff Jacobsen, CPTED/St. Paul Police Department Officer Steve Parsons, CPTED/St. Paul Police Department Crime Prevention through Environmental (CPTED) Review: Note: The following is a written summary of our CPTED review and discussion with you and your staff, Deb Nelson on March 18, 2003. Comments relate to3 buildings -multi family apartments, retail, and senior independent apartments -reviewed per your request; drawings were not available for the townhouses. Overall we felt that Falcon Heights Town Square is an excellent project. 1. South side of the site: The strip of land on the south side of the site next to existing residential would be best served by installing a fence to control unwanted access. It should be a "see-thru" (not solid), six-foot high fence that runs along the length of the property and attaches to your buildings. Make sure the area is well-lighted but not over-lighted (avoid lighting adjacent properties). • 2. Under round parking; We anticipate that auto theft and auto-related crime may be a problem in this location. Large underground or enclosed parking garages are often targeted because there are no "eyes on the garage." A positive design feature is a wide-open garage with few obstructions, limited secluded areas /dead-ends. There are several problems that you may want to address: Security cameras are needed, especially in dead-end areas of the garage, but only if they are monitored, otherwise they are of very limited benefit in deterring crime. An option that often works well is tying security cameras to a channel of residents' televisions. This is helpful, particularly if staff is unable to monitor cameras, especially evenings and late night. Make sure residents know about this feature so they can help monitor the garage. Unauthorized access at the fire stair in parking garages to the rest of the building is possible and needs to be addressed. The design needs to allow fire exiting from the garage to the first floor /outside but prevent access to the rest of the building. We discussed design solutions. The developer's architect may have additional solutions.