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<div>Hello Hazel,</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>Perhaps consider if your local lighting too inviting and making it a pleasant place to hang out?<br>
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<div><font><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sharon B.C. Mansiere<a target="_blank"></a></strong></font></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Okanagan College</span></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="tel:250-492-4305" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/0">250-492-4305</a> (local 3234)</span></font></div>
<div><font><a href="mailto:smansiere@okanagan.bc.ca" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">smansiere@okanagan.bc.ca</a></font></div>
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On Apr 14, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">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
<a href="https://www.natureexplore.org/classrooms/">https://www.natureexplore.org/classrooms/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">On the Nature Explore web site, you will see that there are already a couple of Canadian examples that are “Certified”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Regarding resolution of conflicts of use of public land, the book Happy City by Charles Montgomery describes one place that asked
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author it works well and is self-maintained of debris by the users. The users simply had to be respectfullly included in the solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
<a href="mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca">bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca</a> [<a href="mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca">mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> April-09-15 4:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Building Security Issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please Help!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please respond via the listserv or directly to <a href="mailto:info@missionmuseum.com">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for any input on this matter, I appreciate any and all help I can get!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Hazel Godley</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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