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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 5, 2007 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT ViITH GRAFFITI <br />TRACKERS <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1 ~' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Graffiti Trackers to <br />provide software to assist in the enforcement of graffiti abatement and <br />criminal investigation in an amount not to exceed $85,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Graffiti has exacted a great toll on the resources of the City of Santa Ana <br />for many years. Eradication and investigation of graffiti crimes involves <br />resources from the Police Department, Santa Ana Unified School District <br />Police, and Public Works and Parks, Recreation, and Community Services <br />Agencies. Statistics consistently demonstrate that graffiti is on the <br />rise. <br />City removal crews from the Public Works and Parks, Recreation, and <br />Community Services Agencies remove graffiti from public and private <br />property. The City estimates that approximately $2 million are spent <br />annually on graffiti removal. Currently the abatement and investigation <br />process involves the abatement crews taking photographs of the graffiti <br />with Polaroid cameras and creating a form identifying the square footage, <br />cost of removal and location. The information is then forwarded to the <br />Police Department for investigation. This is a very cumbersome process." <br />Graffiti Trackers services include examination, data entry, and cataloging <br />of the information from photographs of the graffiti taken by crews into a <br />relational database accessible by the police detectives. Graffiti Trackers <br />will also provide the GPS enabled cameras to the City, eliminating the need <br />for Polaroid film expenditures. The services provided by Graffiti Trackers <br />will expedite and increase the City's ability to process graffiti cases and <br />prosecute offenders. <br />65B-1 <br />