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Authorizing the Office of Neighborhood Safety to apply for a grant from Harvard University to fund and employ a two-year Harvard fellow from the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
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WHEREAS, on February 24, 2022 the City of St. Paul created the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) pursuant to City Ordinance 22-9; and
WHEREAS, ONS is charged with establishing, coordinating, and advancing violence prevention, interruption, and reconciliation strategies throughout the City in order to increase safety and overall wellbeing of residents; and
WHEREAS, ONS has a need for a staff member with expertise in the fields of research analysis of crime prevention systems, and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), a proven and accepted field of social science that works to change the physical environment of crime-plagued areas to reduce opportunities for crime and disorderly behavior; and
WHEREAS, ONS has communicated its research analysis and CPTED needs to a representative of the fellowship program at the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University; and
WHEREAS, the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s fellowship program awards two-year grants to local government agencies to fund and employ graduate-level Harvard Fellows to work within local government throughout the Country providing assistance, expertise, and leadership to those agencies; and
WHEREAS, through the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s fellowship program, Harvard would send a graduate-level Fellow to ONS for two-year period to assist ONS with research analysis and CPTED applications; and
WHEREAS, the John F. Kennedy School of Government would fund the costs for the Fellow’s salary and employee benefit during the period of the fellowship; and
WHEREAS, ONS would be obligated to provide the Fellow a workspace, a laptop computer,...
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