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Home My WebLink AboutPSC Minutes 11-3-16 approvedCouncil Public Safety Committee November 3, 2016 MINUTES Members: Councilmember Carmen Mendez (chair) Councilmember Kathy Coffey Councilmember Dulce Gutierrez The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m. • Narcan Staff: City Manager Cliff Moore Chief Dominic Rizzi, Police Chief Bob Stewart, Fire Joe Caruso, Code Administration Scott Schafer, Public Works Cynthia Martinez, Prosecutor Helen Harvey, Legal Sara Watkins, Legal Brooke Goosman, Legal Joe Rosenlund, Public Works Brett Sheffield, Engineering Ken Wilkinson, Parks & Recreation Terri Croft, Police Stewart provided a report on the increase in prescription opioid overdoses. The Yakima Fire Department started using Narcan in 2015 to address this issue. At that time, Narcan was only available as an IV, and thus could only be administered by employees with paramedic certification. However, there is now a Narcan formula that can be administered nasally which allows anyone with an EMT -B certification to administer the medication. All firefighters have an EMT -B certification, which allows for Narcan to be carried on all fire apparatus. Implementation will begin in January 2017. There is minimal training required and no contraindications for administering the medication in a non -opioid overdose. The committee inquired if the medication could be kept within temperature specifications on the fire apparatus, which Stewart advised it could. They also inquired if the police officers would be carrying Narcan. Rizzi advised they would not at this time. Because the fire and ambulance services have the medication, the police department has not been put in a position where officers were the first responders who would need to administer the medication. Due to the cost of the medication and the inability to guarantee it stays in the temperature specifications in the take home vehicles, police officers will not carry it at this time. This policy will be reviewed if there is an increase in overdoses. Rizzi further advised that his discussions with the DEA task force sergeant indicates that the region is continuing to see a larger problem with methamphetamine than with fentanyl. Coffey inquired if the issue should be forwarded to the full council. Mendez advised it A not need to go to the full council at this time, however the committee would continue to monitor the issue. • Crime Statistics report Rizzi provided the committee with a crime statistics report. Over the past 30 years, there has been an overall decrease in crime, with periodic anomalies such as 2015 where there is a small spike. Crime has continued to decrease in 2016 and it is expected the downward trend will continue in 2017. Rizzi also explained the two main types of crime reporting: Uniformed Crime Report (UCR), which only counts the highest crime committed in an incident, and National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS), which counts all crime associated in an incident. Mendez noted that there was no breakout line for Washington state crime statistics. Brown indicated that the crime trends statewide have been consistent with what we have experienced in Yakima. Rizzi discussed domestic violence rates. He noted that domestic violence is not isolated to any demographic. The data does not indicate if domestic violence is being reported at a higher level or if it is occurring at high levels, but the domestic violence rates are a disturbing trend. He recommended promoting non-violence in households. Mendez requested that representatives from the YWCA and any other domestic violence service providers be invited to the next meeting to be included in the discussion of how to address domestic violence. Gutierrez also requested that Legal staff bring information from other cities of policies and options they have implemented to combat domestic violence. Goosman discussed the YWCA victim advocate services. Moore advised some communities are trying aggression replacement therapy for juveniles. • Proposed Update to YMC 11.10 Neighborhood Conservation/10.05 Fire Debris Watkins presented proposed revisions to the neighborhood conservation ordinance, which has not been comprehensively updated since 2001. The purpose of the revision is to improve how liens are imposed on properties. YMC 10.05 lacks enforcement languages. Watkins advised this could be addressed on the council's time table. The current ordinance is workable until this item can be placed on the council's full agenda. It was MOVED by Gutierrez and SECONDED by Coffey to forward to the full council. Motion PASSED unanimously. Moore inquired if there was an abatement fund, which Caruso advised there was. • Proposed Update to YMC 6.45.015 Disclosing Intimate Images Goosman advised the proposed revision to the municipal code to adopt the RCW regarding disclosing intimate images without consent of the subject of the image. It was MOVED by Gutierrez and SECONDED by Coffey to move the issue on to the full council. Motion PASSED unanimously. • YPAL Contract Deliverables The issue of proposed YPAL contract deliverables was opened for discussion to determine the issue the committee members wanted to prioritize for the upcoming YPAL contract. The agreement presented had "housekeeping" changes made but no changes or additions had been made to the contract deliverables. After some discussion, it was decided that the issue should be discussed at a separate meeting. Some of the items for future discussion would be: space within the Washington Fruit Community Center for additional organizations; providing classes in parenting, classes for senior citizens, gang diversion, domestic violence programs, etc.; increasing the operating hours of the center; finding partners and contributors. The goal of the contract would be to make the WFCC a center for the entire neighborhood and to make YPAL sustainable by establishing partnerships with other providers. Additional information for the discussion that would be helpful would be the portfolio of services provided by the SECC, OJJDP programs, and information on the student population of the surrounding schools. A special meeting will be scheduled as soon as possible for this discussion. Old Business • Update on options for 3 intersections with highest collisions Sheffield provided an updated report on options to address the intersections at 16tH Avenue/Chestnut, 40th Avenue/Chestnut, and Lincoln/Custer. The recommendation for 16th/Chestnut and 401h/Chestnut would be to install median curbing to make the intersections right in/right out only. The cost would be $17,500 per intersection. The recommendation for Lincoln/Custer is to restripe Lincoln from 4 lanes to 3 lanes and include bike lanes. The cost for restriping would be $75,000, as the current striping must be ground down and the roadway resurfaced. It was MOVED by Gutierrez to send the item to the full council for discussion of now to fund the project. The motion died for lack of a second. Coffey inquired what type of accidents were occurring at these intersections. Sheffield advised they were fairly damaging with about half experiencing some injury. Mendez requested information on accidents for the past 1-2 years to further prioritize and determine funding. • Approval of minutes It was MOVED by Gutierrez and SECONDED by Coffey to approve the minutes of September 29, 2016 as presented. Motion PASSED unanimously. Good of the order: Mendez inquired why Wilson Middle School was listed as a priority school for YPAL. Shoenbach advised he would have to discuss with YPAL staff how that determination was made. It was MOVED by Coffey and SECONDED by Gutierrez to adjourn to the December 1, 2016 meeting. Motion PASSED unanimously. Approved: �I // IIIA O a, / I?m / i %! i /Z