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City manager highlights bike-lane repainting, pier completion, sensory bags and camera-registration program
Summary
The city manager reported progress on a bike-lane repainting project and the completed Huron Pier, announced sensory bags for the police department and a voluntary autism/special-needs registry, and introduced a voluntary surveillance camera registration program for residents to aid investigations.
At the council meeting the city manager gave a multi-topic report covering public-works projects, community programs and new public-safety tools.
On infrastructure, the manager said the city has started a bike-lane repainting and crack-sealing project and expects the work to take about a month, weather permitting. He also announced completion of the Huron Pier project and thanked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the marine contractor for their coordination.
On public-safety programs, staff described sensory bags provided to the police department by the Erie County Board of DD. Each bag includes noise-reducing headphones, sunglasses, simple fidgets and picture-based communication boards to assist officers when interacting with residents who have sensory processing needs. The city also rolled out a voluntary autism and special-needs registry for residents to provide emergency-contact and behavioral information so first responders can better assist them in emergencies.
Finally, the manager described a voluntary surveillance camera registration program that allows residents to register privately owned cameras with the police; staff emphasized the city will not have remote access to cameras and that registration simply helps investigators quickly identify nearby cameras after an incident.
The manager also reminded the public of an upcoming citywide cleanup (May 2) and listed several near-term commission and committee meeting dates.
