[BCMA] Building Security Issues

Tue Apr 14 17:25:17 PDT 2015

Hello:

Here is a solution you might want to have a look at, Anti Loitering
Mosquito Device, http://www.movingsoundtech.com/

>From the comments and newspaper articles it sounds like those who use it
have success.

All the best,

Bralorne Pioneer Museum

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

>  Hello Hazel,
> There is a lot of information that like all people, loiterers like light.
> My son did a study last year and while doing his research he found examples
> of cities that added light into back alleys got more crime there, and
> cities that reduced light got reduced crime. His own study found increased
> vandalism in better lit areas, supporting what the other studies found.
> This is the exact opposite of what we have been taught. It is not as simple
> as all light is bad, but if you are interested, I could direct you to
> people that know more about this.
>
>  Perhaps consider if your local lighting too inviting and making it a
> pleasant place to hang out?
>
> *Sharon B.C. Mansiere*
> Biology Professor
> Okanagan College
> 250-492-4305 (local 3234)
> smansiere at okanagan.bc.ca
>
> On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
> bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:
>
>   Your problem with control and appropriate use of the outdoor space is a
> familiar one for many museums, historic sites and historic houses, both
> urban and rural.
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>
> Check out the concept of turning the outdoor space into a Certified Nature
> Classroom.   The concept as presented by Nature Explore is well described
> at https://www.natureexplore.org/classrooms/
>
>
>
> That could allow a fenced area on the public land, an area that you would
> use as your “Nature Classroom” to be open for use as part of your Nature
> programing.    It could be open during your open hours and closed when you
> leave.   Fencing could be well designed for interpretation and landscape
> aesthetics, not just another chain-link wall.
>
>
>
> On the Nature Explore web site, you will see that there are already a
> couple of Canadian examples that are “Certified”.
>
>
>
> Regarding resolution of conflicts of use of public land, the book Happy
> City by Charles Montgomery describes one place that asked its street people
> what they really wanted.   The answer was a covered shelter with places to
> sit and some sense of privacy from the general public who might be critical
> of them.   An outdoor shelter was created with some view fencing, and
> according to the author it works well and is self-maintained of debris by
> the users.    The users simply had to be respectfullly included in the
> solution.
>
>
>
> Good Luck.
>
>
>
> Cuyler Page
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> *From:* bcma-bounces at lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces at lists.vifa.ca
> <bcma-bounces at lists.vifa.ca>] *On Behalf Of *Moderated BCMA subscriber
> listserv.
> *Sent:* April-09-15 4:09 PM
> *To:* bcma at lists.vifa.ca
> *Subject:* [BCMA] Building Security Issues
>
>
>
> Please Help!
>
>
>
> We are facing some security issues at our museum which pertain to the
> outside space, the museum grounds.  Unfortunately, because of the location
> and style of our building, as well as very limited open hours, it has
> become somewhat of a local “hangout” where groups of street people will
> gather, smoke, eat, spread their stuff out etc., along with other
> undesirable activity, much illegal.  The worst part about it is that our
> 108 year old building is at serious risk.  Cigarette butts are constantly
> snuffed out on the wooden porch or flicked into the nearby bark mulch (even
> during a 35 degree summer day) plus excessive garbage is always left behind
> and vandalism to the building is a constant problem; new “tags” are added
> daily despite us constantly painting over them.  Sometimes dangerous
> garbage (drug paraphernalia) is also left behind, leaving other members of
> the public as risk.
>
>
>
> I have done a lot of research into possible solutions to the problem and
> have come to the conclusion, after trying many more subtle approaches, that
> the only way to keep this from happening is to have our grounds fenced in,
> monitored for trespassing, and only open during the hours that the museum
> is open.  However, our building (and the grounds) is owned by the District
> of Mission and leased to the Historical Society for $1 per year, so I have
> run into the argument that you cannot fence in “public” grounds.  As far as
> I’m concernd, the grounds are just an extension of the Museum and if you
> can’t wander through the Museum (which is a public building) when it is
> closed, why should you be able to wander through the grounds?
>
>
>
> Does anyone else have this security situation in place?  Do you know of
> any Museum’s (in Canada) that do?  As in, the building is owned, but not
> run, by the city/district/town and yet the grounds are fenced?  I am hoping
> to find examples of where this does happen to present with my argument.
> Could anyone suggest any other Museums for me to contact that may have such
> a system in place?
>
>
>
> Please respond via the listserv or directly to info at missionmuseum.com
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance for any input on this matter, I appreciate any and
> all help I can get!
>
>
>
>
>
> *Hazel Godley*
>
> Manager
>
>  [image: LOGOTYPE_ANTGOLOD]
>
> Operated by the Mission District Historical Society
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> 604-826-1011
>
> info at missionmuseum.com
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> www.missionmuseum.com
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