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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE
PUBLIC SAFETY
Minutes of Meeting
November 8, 2004
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was convened at 6:00 p.m. in City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, 8th
Floor, Room 831, Santa Ana, California.
ATTENDANCE
Councilmembers present: Councilmembers Alberta Christy, Claudia Alvarez.
Staff present: Assistant City Attorney Paula Coleman, Police Chief Paul Walters,
Fire Chief Phil Garcia, Fire Marshal Lori Smith, and Police Lieutenants David
Valentin and Bill Tegeler.
SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approved Minutes of the September 13, 2004 meeting.
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2.
FIREWORKS ORDINANCE REVIEW UPDATE
Fire Chief Garcia and Fire Marshal Smith reviewed the committee
concerns and draft Ordinance regarding changes that would impose
an 80 percent residency requirement on fireworks booth applicants.
After discussion, the committee recommended that the Ordinance be
changed to the 80 percent residency requirement and be presented
to the City Council prior to the next fireworks application period.
3. HARBOR BOULEVARD ENFORCEMENT
Lt. Valentin reviewed a power point presentation on the problems on
Harbor Blvd. regarding prostitution activity and the Police
Department's strategic plan of action to address this illicit activity that
is impacting residential and business communities. The presentation
reviewed the historical response of enforcement, a sampling of
complaints in the area and the enforcement program entitled
"Operation Cleanup" that began October 1, 2004 and yielded 143
arrests, using 3,000 man hours.
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He also presented a recommendation to the Committee of a
proposed Ordinance that would establish a Municipal Code to allow
the seizure of vehicles that were used to solicit prostitution activity.
The Committee was in agreement with the recommendation and
requested that the proposed Ordinance be presented to the City
Council in December.
4. TRUANCY ISSUE
Lt. Tegeler reviewed the Orange County Truancy Program that was
created by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act of 2000 to curb
crime and delinquency among at-risk youth and young offenders.
The Police Department is working with Juvenile Probation officers to
reduce truancy, which should ultimately reduce criminal activity
associated with truancy.
5.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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No Public Comments
6.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
No Committee Member comments.
7. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
A. Fireworks Information
B. Impact of Proposition 69 (DNA)
C. Truancy Update
8. NEXT MEETING DATE - Monday, March 14,2005,6:00 PM, City
Hall, 8th floor conference room, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana,
California.
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PAUL M. WALTERS
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