Georgetown Edition | February 2024

Government

City Council adopts Sidewalk Master Plan The Sidewalk Master Plan—approved by Georgetown City Council Jan. 23—focuses on connectivity by lling in gaps in existing sidewalks and creating safer routes near schools, according to city documents. The total estimated cost of the plan is $31.64 million. In a nutshell The plan prioritizes projects into four tiers: • Public schools ($7 million): sidewalk seg- ments that provide direct access to schools • Gaps ($22.82 million): identies connectiv- ity gaps in the existing sidewalk network • Downtown ($775,000): focuses on complet- ing the downtown sidewalk network • Small capital improvements ($1.05 million): projects that are less than 200 feet in length

Call volume increases After a slight decline in

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2022, the Georgetown Police Department experienced an uptick in the number of calls for service in 2023.

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SOURCE: GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY IMPACT

Georgetown police see more calls for service Calls for police service and motor vehicle crashes were up in 2023, Georgetown Police Chief Cory Tchida said at a City Council meeting Jan. 23. The gist Tchida said there were 28,085 calls for service in 2023. However, 22.99% of them are 911 hang-ups.

The other top types of calls include: • Citizen assist: 9.2% • Motor vehicle crash: 7.85%

• Burglary alarm: 5.72% • Reckless driving: 5.55% • Suspicious activity: 5.45% • Welfare concern: 5.03% What else? Georgetown PD received calls for 3,419 crashes in 2022 and 3,763 in 2023—an increase of 10.06%.

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