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Home My WebLink About10/19/2010 04B Minutes 10-06-2010 Council Gang Free Initiative Committee 4 . , ), a • a ^ � fi i � +, rr fi „ r r:�".. �+? � '��:`:�� ''"�'1 ' r, '�*°'r a,r i �� . �� ` .�c .. � � S` e e r�;ei - � rtte een ® i : ute sg k �� n n.n n ._ : # - ' , gang Free Initiative Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Members in attendance Kathy Coffey, Chair Sam Granato Dave Ettl Chris DeVilleneuve Ken Trull Darrel Blue Pat Garcia Greg Bohn Nick Marquez Nick Hughes Luz Gutierrez Carol Folsom — Hill Eva Valdivia Elaine Beraza Sonia Rodriguez Don Jones City of Yakima support staff in attendance Mike Merryman Cally Price • Kathy Coffey welcomed the steering committee members and thanked Beraza for hosting the meeting Introductions were given Coffey reported that Councilmember EttI replaced Councilmember Lover on the Steering Committee Discuss meeting location. The Committee members discussed locations for the meeting Since YSD worked for everyone and the room has audio /visual capabilities, it was decided to hold future meetings here Beraza will check the calendar for availability Approve August 26 minutes. The minutes from the September 8 meeting were reviewed Folsom -Hill motioned to accept the minutes as presented and Beraza seconded the motion The motion passed unanimously Director's Report o Coordinator update A press release was sent out announcing that Steve Magallan would be the GFI Consultant. There was discussion about the salary/fee that was going to be paid Coffey stated that there is a total of $75,000 budget for Magallan He will be paid an hourly rate of $90 for his work and submitted a breakdown of the projects and time involved for each The fee does not include travel time Granato reported that Magallan will be working on a community needs assessment which is required to access grant funds • o Focus discussion Merryman reported that he will be meeting with Magallan on Monday to discuss the plan o Next steps Magallan will provide leadership training to the Committee and the Sub - Committees o Sub - Committees Merryman shared some statistics for Yakima and LA. Statistics show that violence is continually getting worse all over the country Sub - Committee Updates. Prevention Gutierrez reported that the prevention committee met. The group discussed the possibility of holding a gang meeting and orientation for the community at Washington Middle School in the next few weeks Beraza suggested that the group also consider having a booth at the Parents Forum in November Coffey stated that she was asked to speak to a group of school counselors Some of the feedback from the students (through the counselors) was that: -kids need more after school activities held at the schools -a mentoring program for the youth would be a great idea Intervention Rodriguez offered to chair the committee Suppression Granato reported that the group met. They have been working on the nuisance properties and things are going very well There was open discussion regarding the Crime Analyst Supervisor position and budget reductions DeVilleneuve made the motion that the Steering Committee support the crime analyst position Folsom -Hill seconded the motion The motion passed unanimously DeVilleneuve will draft a letter to the City Council on the Committee's behalf Student Participation Update. Beraza introduced the student committee members and explained that the students will be full participants with voting rights Good of the Order: Ettl reported that the City Council Economic Development Committee has authorized $100,000 in block grant funds to be used on crime prevention The City will install additional lighting and shields in north east and north central Yakima Folsom commented that lighting is being blocked by trees in various areas If the problem is on private property the homeowner needs to take care of it. If the problem is in a right of way or on City property, the street department will take care of it. Gutierrez distributed a report from the Yakima County Comprehensive Youth Gang Initiative outlining how the federal funds were distributed Date for the next meeting. The next Steering Committee meeting will be Wednesday, October 20 at 4 00 p m at YSD Administration Building (104 N 4 Avenue) • The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be Wednesday, October 20, from 4 00 — 5 30 p m , at the Yakima School District Administration Building, 104 North 4 Avenue Future agenda items - determine process for submitting names for subcommittee assignments - retreat update Approved b �. :� :� Date `0 •1 -1 o 1 f i •