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* You need to tell the observer that this place belongs to someone, and that no one else belongs here. Gated communities are a good example of this concept. Fenced yards do the same thing. * Teach the people who live or work in the area to report suspicious circumstances. The next step is to consider that information when reviewing site plans and redevelopment plans. San Diego has a CPTED team that consists of one law enforcement official and one trained planner. They use a "check list" of the following items to review every site plan: * Is there natural surveillance? * Is there natural access control? * Is there territorial reinforcement? * will there be maintenance of the area? WALKABLE COMMUNITIES The key to a "walkable" community is to work toward traffic calming situations, and to keep pedestrian traffic away from auto traffic. Short blocks and streets set up in a grid system tend to balance out traffic because there is no major traffic pathway, thus calming traffic. There should be a place for every type of traffic use: * Cars * Bicycles * pedestrians * Nature hikes A good system development review will assess all the following: * Security * Convenience * Efficiency * Comfort * A sense of "welcome" A city should be planned so the elderly or disabled don't need a car to get around. Streets and other public spaces should be planned for broader missions than simply moving cars. ROAD DESIGN AND RURAL CHARACTER The main idea presented at this session was that a straight wide street is an incentive to speed. The speaker felt that, whenever appropriate, providing rural roads, which are generally narrow and winding with grassy shoulders and no formal design, the result is traffic calming. A COORDINATED APPROACH TO CODE ENFORCEMENT The main point of this session was that there has to be an end date for compliance wi th ci ty demands, or the public won' t take you seriously. Ci ties are trying to change from being complaint driven, to being proactive.