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DECISION MAKING RUBRIC <br />When making decisions, City of Ypsilanti officials, staff and citizens will ask if the option chosen furthers at least one, if not several of the values <br />below, while not damaging the others. <br />QuestionsMeasures <br />Does this action protect or enhance safety? <br />• <br />Trend in crime rates (up or down and <br />Is natural surveillance, where people can see what is going on in <br />location) <br />public places from private ones, created? <br />• <br /> of functioning street lights <br />% <br />Are public spaces, private spaces and semi-public spaces easily <br />• <br />Enforcement of parking lot lighting <br />known, so the average person knows where the street ends and <br />requirements <br />someone’s property begins? <br />• <br />Response time of emergency services <br />Are public spaces (parks, streets, parking lots) well lit? <br />• <br /># of pedestrians in centers and public <br />Do regulations allow for, if not encourage, activity in public spaces?spaces <br />Are the places for emergency vehicles clear, accessible, and placed to <br />best help first responders do their job? <br />Does this action welcome and/or sustain Ypsilanti’s diverse population? <br />• <br />Changes in ethnic mix, city-wide and by <br />neighborhood <br />Does this action welcome new groups to Ypsilanti? <br />• <br />Changes in diversity of ages <br />Does this action reward or privilege one group over another? <br />• <br /># of public facilities and/or buildings with <br />universal design (accessibility measure) <br />Are policies flexible enough to allow and encourage diversity? <br />• <br />Trends in business types (number and % of <br />Does this action create/maintain/improve the diversity of the business <br />tax base) <br />mix? <br /> <br />