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Home My WebLink About09/07/2010 04B Minutes 08-11-2010 Council Gang Free Initiative Steering Committee 4` 5 5 �,� s.t r, W"" a`'Y a " '- ',*°�'"�"a.5� - + . sue': x r'�7' w w -*"r z 46 s t pt a v` 4 % 6 e 4 e y 't ,ev,�i>. u..a t ' a ,x,, �' �., ;.w' t z ' " i t��fi �� ..� ; e' S��E.'.... r� �Opl��t��l�ttee� :1.1��5"�� — �.� ; � t �' �,t�„� �;. gang F ree Initiative Wednesday, August 11, .2010 Members in attendance: Kathy Coffey, Chair Nick Marquez Maureen Adkison Luz Gutierrez Jim Hagarty • ' Elaine Beraza Ester Huey Eva Valdivia Darrell. Blue Elias Garcia Cynthia Martinez Pat Garcia Sam Granato - Greg Bohn Ken Trull City of Yakima support staff in attendance: Lt. Mike Merryman Cally Price • Kathy Coffey welcomed the steering committee and led the introductions. She introduced Darrell Blue (retired media) and Ester Huey (SECC). Approve August 3rd minutes: The minutes from the August 3 me were reviewed. Beraza motioned to accept the minutes as presented and.Hagarty seconded the motion. Review organizational chart: Merryman reviewed the organizational chart and the roles of each position. Review SPI definitions: ` Merryman began a discussion on the SPI (suppression, prevention and intervention) definitions. Suppression is the law enforcement and prosecution side; prevention is where kids and /or parents are educated about the resources available; and intervention is what is used to give kids a way out of gangs. The Committee discussed the definitions and their interpretation of the words. Coffey stated that the definitions were provided to give the Committee a starting point and that they can be modified. Below are some of the comments from the discussion: - need to get kids that are involved... before they totally cross the line - when the kids are ready to cross the line we need to pull them back over - resources need to be available to kids when they come out of incarceration - while incarcerated, kids need to prepare for life when they get out 'so they don't fall back into their old habits (judges can require participation in various programs) - work with and educate the parents as well as the kids • - suppression is where we don't have any say...we can be part of intervention though GFI Coordinator proposal review update: Merryman reported that seven applications were received. The Selection Committee narrowed it down to three. City Purchasing will be checking references and the Committee hopes to have a decision made by the end of this month. The four proposals were eliminated because they either did not fit Yakima; did not submit all the requested information; and two did not meet the basic minimum requirements. Purchasing will notify the applicants of their status. Appoint sub - committee chairs /co- chairs: The Committee discussed the three sub- committees (suppression, intervention and intervention) and which members wanted to serve on which sub - committee. After open discussion the following was determined: Suppression: Co- Chairs, Nick Hughes and Bill Lover Members, Martinez, Hagarty, Granato Intervention: Co- Chairs, Garcia and Marquez Members, Roa, Rodriguez -True Prevention: Co- Chairs, Gutierrez, Valdivia Members, Beraza The sub - committees will arrange a meeting time, etc after the next Steering Committee 9 g meeting (August 26 Members should be thinking of other people that would be good to have on the sub - committees and be prepared to discuss the names at the next meeting. Remember: the people on the sub - committees do not have to be on the Steering Committee. Date for next meeting: The group discussed which day of the week and what time of day works best for future meetings. Since some of the members will be school age, it was agreed that after school starts the meetings will be held at 4pm. The day of the week that was agreed upon was Wednesday. Meetings will be every two weeks. Once things are operating smoothly, the meeting frequency will be reduced. After discussing some of the criteria for the students (age, gender, school, etc), Gutierrez suggested that interested students should complete applications and that the names be submitted to Mike Merryman. The names will be discussed at the next meeting. Other items: Beraza reported that she made contact with one of the principals to ask for names of students that would be good to have on the Steering Committee. Granato stated that most of us have an idea what gangs and gang members are like in Yakima. What we envision and what is real may not be true. Granato suggested that the Steering Committee consider having a retreat where Yakima gang members come and actually talk about gang life and membership. Granato and Marquez will work together on scheduling a retreat. Action items: - Price will send the Steering Committee a Zink for the City's Boards & Commissions application. - Granato and Marquez will work on a retreat - Trull will see about a member of the juvenile court to serve on the suppression sub - committee The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be Thursday, August 26 at 4:00 p.m., in the YPD training room located on the second floor of the Police and Legal Center, at 200 South Third Street. Approved, J'��1_. Dater • l ' [CD 0