Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) is exploring a cooperative agreement with the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) regarding the Trico Plant #1 Building. The objective of this agreement will be to identify an economically feasible, historic preservation appropriate, adaptive reuse proposal for the property. This cooperative agreement marks a milestone in the pursuit to rehabilitate the historic Trico Plant #1 Building. For over the past year Preservation Buffalo Niagara has been working in a limited advisory capacity with the BNMC to find a historic preservation reuse alternative for the property. This agreement would formalize that relationship and the effort to preserve and reuse this historic landmark.

A critical component of this renewed effort is for the final reuse proposal to be eligible for State and Federal Historic Tax Credits. Relevant studies and experts have previously noted that any potential adaptive reuse of Trico Plant #1 Building will need to depend heavily on historic tax credits and other public incentives. As is the case with numerous local and regional economic development projects, the historic tax credit incentive is a critical tool that allows projects of this magnitude and complexity to become financially feasible.

In order to guarantee the eligibility and the ultimate reuse of the Trico Plant #1 Building, Preservation Buffalo Niagara strongly supports the current local historic landmark application for the property. Such designation would not only allow for valuable public involvement in the reuse process but would also protect the historic integrity of the building and it’s eligibility for historic tax credits and/or other State and Federal funding. We ask the public to actively support the historic designation of the Trico Plant #1 Building by contacting their respective City of Buffalo Common Council Members before next Tuesday, April 30th’s Council meeting.

Preservation Buffalo Niagara is eager to assist the BNMC as well as the community in indentifying an economically feasible, historic preservation appropriate, adaptive reuse proposal for the historic Trico Plant #1 Building. This solution not only recognizes and honors the historic significance of the building but also ensures its future revitalization as an economic development success.

All,

I have learned that a few ATM’s in the area may have become compromised by
skimming devices. ATM Card Skimming is a method used by criminals to capture
data from the magnetic stripe on the back of an ATM card, these devices are
attached to or in proximity to the factory installed card reader. The other
component is the installation of a camera that view the keypad to obtain
your PIN information. These cameras are not easily detected as you will see
from the attached document (in Pdf). Criminals have hit bank ATM’s, Bank
ATM’s inside gas stations and every other type of ATM out there. Be careful.

What can you do?
Inspect the front of the ATM for unusual or non standard appearance.
Scratches, marks, adhesive or tape residues could be indicators of
tampering.

Give it the “wiggle test”. Wiggle the hardware to see that it is affixed
firmly, add on devices are typically done with some type of adhesive.

Attached is some general information about skimming. Please share with your
friends and neighbors.

Thank You,

Chief Patrick Pascall
A District
Buffalo Police Department

District “A”  Police Chief’s Community Meeting

Friday, February 15th., 2013
11:00 AM
AT TROCAIRE SCHOOL OF MASSAGE
2262 Seneca Street
Buffalo, NY 14210

January 23, 2013

Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) is pleased to announce that Terry Robinson will be
the organization’s new representative on the City of Buffalo Preservation Board. Mr.
Robinson has been a dedicated trustee of PBN since 2008. After graduating from
Calasanctius Preparatory School in 1972, Mr. Robinson received a degree in Political
Economics from Princeton University and later went on to serve in the United States
Marine Corps as an Operations Control Officer. As a life long community activist, Mr.
Robinson has worked on a variety of social issues including advocating for the
downgrading of the Kensington Expressway, pushing political officials to look beyond
demolition of abandoned buildings as a means to stabilize deteriorating city
neighborhoods and presenting an alternative-redistricting plan for the City of Buffalo’s
Common Council in 2011. Mr. Robinson lives with his wife Marcia in his childhood
neighborhood on Humboldt Parkway.

Mr. Robinson will be replacing Joseph Kunkemoeller who has been PBN’s
representative to the Preservation Board since June 2010. PBN would like to graciously
thank Mr. Kunkemoeller for his years of service and his dedication to the mission of
PBN.

Merry Christmas from SoBflo.com More to come as we gear up for 2013

Preservation Buffalo Niagara is proud to present a new monthly series of “Buffalo Talks” open to the public. The first presentation is by Timothy Bohen, author of the new book Against the Grain: The History of Buffalo’s First Ward. A book signing will follow. The event will take place in collaboration with the newly opened Waterfront Memories and More museum at the recently opened Mutual Riverfront Park.

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          It seems we have overburdened our Community Police Officers
(CPO’s) to the point that I have been getting some complaints from the
community about their “delayed” response time. With that in mind, let me
clarify the process for getting neighborhood issues resolved in a timely
manner:

1.   Call 911 first: If the problem is occurring at that time, call 911.
Remember, 911 is to be used for emergency situations, or situations where
time is a factor (burglary in progress, known suspect is seen, other crime
in progress). Do NOT call the CPO in these situations!

2.   Call 311 second (or in addition to 911): This is to be used for issues
that are not emergency in nature (neighbor issue, constant problem that
needs to be addressed by police) but needs attention in a timely manner.
Remember, our CPO’s get EVERY 311 complaint, and responds IN WRITING back to
311 (and they get back to you). Many times we will also respond to the
person that called, unless that person wants to remain anonymous.

3.    Call the CPO (if necessary): The CPO should be called when an issue
may seem to have been unaddressed, or where a complicated follow-up is
required. Remember, our CPO’s are out in the community every day, and do not
spend much time in the “office”. I use the term “catastrophic success” when
I speak of the success of the CPO program. What I mean is that they are so
successful at what they do, they are becoming so busy that delays in
response is the result. In other words, resulting in substantial, sometimes
ruinous effect on community relations (complaints lately from some BC
members).

4.   In response to issues, we will implement the following:

a.   Send out guidance on making complaints to police (see above). This will
help reduce redundancy, and thus free up some CPO time to address critical
community issues.

b.   Developing a common CPO email address. This will allow for the CPO on
duty to access ALL CPO mail, even when another CPO is off or on vacation
(yes, they do get days off). Many time we have found that emails are sent to
an certain CPO, and that CPO is off (on a typical week it could be 3 or 4
days). As a concerned citizen, my problem should not have to wait until a
certain CPO returns. Being fixed now.

c.   Update the CPO’s phone. Currently we have an older cell phone (almost
rotary). We have made a request to the department to update the phone to
where we can get calls and text.

I hope this helps both you the resident, and the CPO’s that work so hard for
our community on a daily basis.

Thank You,

Chief Patrick Pascall

A District

Buffalo Police department

  I thought I should send this information under a separate cover
from the weekly crime report as it is information that is important to the
residents. Please share with neighbors and friends:

1.    ATM Thefts: See the attached video. Bottom Line: Be careful of your
surroundings while withdrawing money from the ATM machine. This has NOT
happened in this area, but knowing this trick will prevent it from
happening.

2.    The Crime Report: Keep in mind while reading the crime report that all
person’s arrested are innocent until proven guilty. Also, many of the crimes
listed with a known suspect eventually end up with an arrest. These are not
always reported on the crime report. Our detectives are doing a great job
with the follow-up.

3.    98 Abbott: It seems that someone keeps damaging the property at this
address (see crime reports). If anyone has any information on any suspect,
let us know.

4.      Pharmacy Robbery: Listed in this week’s crime report will be an
armed robbery of the pharmacy on Seneca Street (at Knoerl). It seems some
drug addict went in the store and pulled a silver hand-gun and demanded a
certain type of pain killer. I have attached a photo of the car used.
IMPORTANT: The description: White male, in mid to late 40′s, sunglasses,
with a tattoo on his fingers that spelled “DIE”. If anyone knows someone
with this description call our detectives immediately before he tries it
again.

5.    Store Thief: As listed in several previous crime reports, a man was
going into numerous stores throughout WNY and stealing cigarettes and
driving away. WE GOT HIM! Great work by the officers here at A District. He
told us he would spend his entire “work day” going around stealing from area
stores, and then go to a Deli on the east side and sell them for crack.
Sound familiar!

Thank You,

Chief Patrick Pascall
A District
Buffalo Police Department

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South Buffalo Coalition Meeting

Tuesday October 30, 2012
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tosh Collins Community Center – 35 Cazenovia Street, Buffalo, NY 14210