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i nteroff ice M E M O R A N D U M to: Cary Teague, City Planner from: Connie Sheehan, Crime Prevention Specialist subject: Lakeview Business Center Site Plans Review date: January 11, 1999 After reviewing the site plans for the Lakeview Business Center, I have the following concerns: 1. New construction in `98 under John Allen received heavy vandalism to the windows in the amount of $50,000.00 by elementary aged children. Because the buildings off of campus drive are far removed from the public eye and passerbys, they are more at risk for every type of crime. 2. I recommend security fencing such as iron gate or chain link which can be seen through and would not be a target for grafiti to surround the property, or at a minimum the parking lot. The parking lot should have one main entrance and exit which should be gated. Employees could be given access cards which would work on the gate and the interior of the building. Access cards are connected to a data base which records who and when entered a portion of the building. 3. Move the parking lot from 8th Ave. SW to the other side of the building off of campus drive. You will receive more patrol and natural surveillance from the road by passerbys. Otherwise, patrol cars would need to enter the private road and go all the way around the building to patrol the lot. Understand the patrol is more than willing to do this, however it would be a deterrent to an offender to have parking off of a main road. If shift changes will take place for the warehouse operation, you create natural surveillance of employees coming and going off of campus drive to their vehicles. 4. The trash and recycling area is currently within one of the docking areas. It should be completely separate from the dock and parking lot which holds employee vehicles. The most common type of internal theft occurs when employees hide goods from the warehouse or office in a bin of recycling or trash and load it onto a truck or personal vehicle through a secluded dock area. 5. While I saw four loading docks, I wanted to recommend that loading and unloading docks be separated. This curbs the chances of theft. 6. With three entrances off of 8th Ave. SW, designate one main entrance as the employee and customer entrance and exit. Do not allow any warehouse doors to be unlocked during business hours to accommodate smoking breaks. All other doors should remain alarmed. 7. When office areas are combined with warehouses, it is best to have one door going from the office to the warehouse area. This eliminates internal theft and theft opportunities from multiple