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Item No. 6.B.
For Meeting of: November 6, 2018
ITEM TITLE: Accept Council Committee minutes
SUBMITTED BY: CaIly Price, Assistant to the City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
082318 Public Safety Committee minutes
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Council Public Safety Committee
Members:
Councilmember Gutierrez
Councilmember Cousens
Councilmember Funk
2nd Floor Conference Room
City Hall
August 23, 2018
3:00 p.m.
Staff:
Cliff Moore, City Manager
Ana Cortez, Assistant City Manager
Dominic Rizzi, Police Chief
Aaron Markham, Deputy Fire Chief
Scott Schafer, Public Works Director
Cynthia Martinez, City Prosecutor
Tony Miller, Director of Emergency Mgt.
Chad Stephens, Police Lieutenant
Det. Mike Durbin, Police
William Doyle, Legal Intern
Terri Croft, Police
Executive Minutes
Gutierrez called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.
Others:
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1. July 30, 2018 minutes
It was MOVED by Cousens and SECONDED by Gutierrez to accept the minutes
as presented. The minutes were approved unanimously.
2. Department reports
a. Fire Department
Markham provided a monthly report of calls for service and fire inspections.
The committee discussed the recent arson fires and the investigation of
them. Tip lines are available for anyone with information regarding
suspicious activity.
b. Police Department
Rizzi presented the community policing report.
Stephens advised of parking issues on 18th Street between Walmart and
Sarg Hubbard Park, and also on W. Chestnut Avenue between 19th Avenue
and Stanley. Suggested prohibiting parking on 18th Street in areas and
restricting parking times on Chestnut.
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The issue on 18th Street is primarily homeless subjects living in RVs. The
committee discussed what prohibited parking would do regarding
displacement to other areas. The committee requested information on the
capacity of Camp Hope for RV parking, as well as the possibility of utilizing
city -owned property for RV parking.
c. Legal
Martinez discussed the domestic violence reports distributed at the previous
meeting. There was discussion regarding the domestic violence statistics
and DV referrals to Legal, which occurs when the offender is gone when the
officer arrives on scene. Discussed a "Gone on Arrival" project, which
would provide quicker relief for victims. Funk inquired if the Legal and
Police Departments currently had capacity to initiate this program. Staff
advised the departments do not. There was additional discussion regarding
various funding opportunities to increase capacity for the police and
prosecutor's divisions. Staff advised the committee of various aspects of
domestic violence arrests, investigations, and prosecution. The committee
suggested authorizing the police and prosecutor to compare our current DV
resources with national best practices, and will report this to the full council
during council reports. Gutierrez would like to see a full time victim
advocate and additional prosecutors added, and made a MOTION to add
the addition of a victim advocate to the 2019 budget discussion. Motion was
SECONDED by Cousens. Motion PASSED.
Boyle presented a proposed amendment to the shopping cart ordinance. It
was MOVED by Gutierrez to recommend option 3 of the proposal, with the
elimination of the Saturday/Sunday exclusion, to the full council. Motion
was SECONDED by Cousens. Motion PASSED unanimously.
d. Public Works
i. Safe Routes to Schools
Cortez gave the report on Safe Routes to Schools with a proposal for
the next 5 years. The committee discussed what Safe Routes to
Schools grants covered. The committee requested a list of the
existing infrastructure and needs for all elementary schools in the
city. The also requested to have areas that have TIB/TIP projects
overlapping them. Gutierrez requested a timeline for working with
the Yakima School District on their suggestions.
f. Yakima County Emergency Management
Tony Miller advised there would be a full-scale airport exercise on
September 15. He updated the committee on grants that had been applied
for.
Miller presented the Everbridge flyer that was discussed at the previous
meeting.
3. New Business
None
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4. Other business
a. Analysis of input from Public Safety Forums
Reviewed the four most commonly discussed topics at the forums and
proposed to focus attention on those four times. Recommended modifying
item 1 to improving communication with the City of Yakima, as that is more
focused and within our ability to control.
1 — Improve communication and protocols with residents, victims, witnesses
and the City of Yakima.
3 — Increase patrolling and presence of uniformed officers, positive
interaction incentives.
6 — Implement a clean campaign approach: streets, alleys, sidewalks,
crosswalks, graffiti, trees, lawns, potholes, poles.
15 — Organize neighborhoods so they know each other, events, contacts.
Funk requested public safety staff identify positive activities and programs
for youth that the city might look for grant funding for.
The committee agreed to prioritize these forum topics.
5. Recap of future agenda items
Public Safety Report
Inventory of DV resources
Report back from staff on capacity at Camp Hope for motorhomes, use of 2
acre city -owned lot for motorhomes, and code issues with using a
motorhome as a residence.
Shopping cart ordinance — on September 11 full council agenda
6. Audience participation
None
7. Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 5:17.
The next meeting is scheduled for September 27, 2018 at 3:00 in the 2nd Floor
Conference Room.
Dulce Gutierre ` , Chair