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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
PUBLIC SAFETY
Minutes of Meeting
May 1 0, 2004
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was convened at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall 8th Floor Conference
Room, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California.
ATTENDANCE
Councilmembers present: Councilmembers Alberta Christy, Claudia Alvarez.
Staff present: Assistant City Manager Debra Kurita, Assistant City Attorney Paula
Coleman; Police Chief Paul Walters; Fire Chief Phil Garcia; Assistant Director
PRCS Gerardo Mouet, and Fire Marshal Lori Smith.
Public Present: Vic and Judy Edge; and Glen and Julie Stroud.
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS
1.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Approval of Minutes of the November 17, 2003 meeting was deferred until
the next scheduled meeting.
2.
FIREWORKS, REGULATIONS & FEES
Fire Marshal Lori Smith updated the Committee on the Fireworks
Booth Lottery and presented Information Bulletin 04-02 for their
review. There will now be a total of 85 fireworks booths.
3. PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO SAFETY-RELATED FEES AND
CHARGES
Assistant City Manager Kurita reviewed the new and modified safety
related fees for the Police and Fire Departments in the budget for
2004-05. Included in the fees will be a revised application fee of
$300 for fireworks booths.
4. SANTIAGO PARK ENFORCEMENT UPDATE
This item was continued to the meeting of July 12, 2004.
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5.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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Ms. Stroud directed a question to Chief Walters as to the
Department's policy on pedestrian safety and jaywalking fines.
Ms. Edge identified some of their concerns and issues related to
ongoing parking problems and illegal activities in the park and
around the Sandpointe Neighborhood. She provided items to the
committee she had collected at the park.
Ms. Edge also asked about the timeframe that fireworks are allowed
to be sold, which is from noon July 1 to Midnight July 4.
6. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
Council member Alvarez requested reports of the following issues:
. Incidents of fireworks booth violations from last five years;
. Correlation between seasons of crime that may need extra
staffing; and
. Listing of intersections with highest number of accidents.
7.
ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
A. Santiago Park Enforcement Update
B. Briefing of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)
8. NEXT MEETING - Monday, July 12, 2004, 6:00 PM, Police
Department, 60 Civic Center Plaza, 4th floor, Santa Ana, California.
ADJOURNMENT - 8:00 p.m.
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PAUL M. WALTERS
Chief of Police