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Home My WebLink About070318 PSC minutesCouncil Public Safety Committee 2nd Floor Conference Room City Hall July 3, 2018 Members Staff: Others: Council r®Guti6rrez CliffMoore, City Manager Anita Quintana, Councilmember Funk Ana Cortez, Assistant City Manager Community Integration Council e er Coffey (alt) Jeff utter, City Attorney Committee Dominic izzi, Police Chief Aaron Markham,e u Fire Chief Scott Schafer, Public Works Director Joe Caruso, Code Administration Manager Cynthia in , City Prosecutor Brad r, SunComm Manager Ryan leek; Legal Sarah t ins, Legal Executive Minutes Guti6rrez called i ` o order. 1. May , 2018 The May 24, 2018i i r reviewed. u i cc the minutespresented and Gutierrez seconded i . The minutes were _ approved unanimously. 2. Department reports . Fire Department Markham updated the committee ill fires and advised that Yakima ity Fire personnel were no longer on scene. Text 1 Coughenour reported that they have approximatelysubjects who are repeatedly using Text 1 snon-emergency issues. They have noticed a dropin the abandoned call rate since Text to 911 was implemented. Funk asked if theremaybe mental health issues withof the callers and if they could routed to an answer line. Coughenour advised i working itgroup s those issues. b. Police Rizzi presented the policecommunity lici report. The Department ill provide a report monthlyf community outreach civii that have taken placer ul ` r the nearfuture, Gutierrez IRizzi on the policedepartment's_-n report. c. Legal The committee requested to have domestic violence remain i item ____ requested monthly_ r number of domestic violencereports arrests ri current year to the previous r, and year to datenumbers. y would also like _; report from Legal regarding who the implementation of domestic violence protocols are impacting civ n ss of prosecutionhandling of cases. d. Public Works i. Safe Routes to Schools Schafer presented a status report on the sidewalkprojects under the Safe Routes to Schoolsgrants. Adams Elementary and Washington Middle School project is underway with_ projected August completion itd Elementary projectlot of behind the scenes work that has to be completed befor construction can begin.is preferablework in summer fort safety students. T t project is looking to start construction next summer. Applications r grants'for McKinley and AppleValley Schools v submitted staff ill receive notic o approval/denial x year. Funk asked if fundingreceived for these o schools if the work could completed next year, and i y preparation work could is year in anticipationhaving funding it I Schafer advised he wouldreport from is staff of what s already in - preparation. Gutierrez stated she wouldlike see a plandeveloped r all elementary! in Yakima. ii. Traffic Calming Anita fr Community Integration Commit c r presented committee's r c i regarding traffis calming requests. T r r 1 discussion regarding t is calming and data. Funk requested collision data gatheredr II Ave. Schafer advised his department has received new radar signs and they are beingilizGutierrez would like to recommend the full council ipetition process on Cherryi collecting data. Item ' ill be added to the Public Safety Committee report at the July 17 meeting. expressed concern wi i committee recommendations into committee reports to be approvedy the full council without discussion. Code Enforcement Watkins presented a proposed amendment to YMC 11. 10.600 regarding nuisance properties. The amendment would make nuisance liens equal to tax liens, which would give them higher precedence over other liens. It was MOVED by Coffey and SECONDED by Funk to send the item to the full council. 3. New Business New business was deferred until after 4. Other businesi. nffi•; = a. Forum report Gutierrez advised the report needed to consolidate duplicate concerns, categorize feedback, determine where the City can and cannot make an impact. She would like to see some of the frequently asked questions on the City's website. Funk suggested also having that information available on the police department app. She also felt information could be rolled into the governor's proviso. The report will be updated for the July 10 full council meeting. ilew Business - revisited Prior to executive session, the committee opened the meeting for public comment. Morgana Holman of Yakima, Kelly Murray of Yakima, Kari Anderson of Yakima, and Hailey Ann Parrish of Yakima all spoke in favor of repeal of the pit bull ordinance. It was MOVED by Coffey and SECONDED by Funk to adjourn to executive session to discuss pending litigation. The committee adjourned to executive session at 4:02 p.m. The committee resumed proceedings at 4:25 p.m. Gutierrez announcet, that the committee would be recommending modification of the pit bull ordinance to the full council. 5. Recap of future agenda items Add domestic violence as a standing agenda item for Lega-. Staff information on Garfield sidewalk project Long term strategic plan for Safe Routes to Schools Updated forum recap in July 10 council report 6. Adjournment It was MOVED by Funk and SECONDED by Coffey to adjourn. Meeting was adjourned at 4:28. The next meeting is scheduled for July 26, 2018 at 3:00 in the 2nd Floor Conference Room. Dulce Gutie6rrez, !Chair