"Councilor Claire Syrett said it will take everyone who cares about downtown to work to solve its problems and “it can’t be all up to our police officers and the courts to do that for us. “There’s going to need to be a continued effort that draws on social interactions, activities and other strategies to help us with that,” she said.
NOOOOO! That's why I pay Property, Income, and other Taxes! ...so that YOU, The City, The Police, etc. Take care of this! 
"Activities"? You mean like, basket weaving?
 Good Lord! Are these people on drugs?