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HomeMy WebLinkAbout032819 PSC minutesCouncil Public Safety Committee 2nd Floor Conference Room City Hall March 29, 2019 3:00 p.m. Members: Councilmember D. Gutierrez (chair) Councilmember Cousens Councilmember Funk Councilmember White (alternate) Staff: City Manager Cliff Moore Police Manager Jeannett Mora Fire Chief Aaron Markham City Prosecutor Cynthia Martinez Brad Coughenour Public Works Director Scott Schafer Executive Minutes Gutierrez called the meeting to order. 1. February 28, 2019 minutes The minutes were moved by Funk. Approved by consensus. 2. Department Reports a. Fire Department i. Fire Department monthly report Markham reviewed the monthly report Others: ii. Fire Department Fire System Records Management Program presented by Tony Doan and Jay Deloza. After some questions from the committee were clarified, it was MOVED by Funk to forward the report to the full council. Motion PASSED by consensus. b. Police Department i. 2018 Yakima Police Department annual report Mora reported the annual report will be presented at the next meeting c. Legal Department i. Martinez spoke about the deflection and diversion program presented at the International Association of Police Chiefs training that focuses on public safety in the community. Martinez went over the different programs and law enforcement resources. Moore talked about the impact it currently has on the city jail and how it would reduce costs. Funk requested clarification on the draft and had questions on how it could impact the workload for the current staff involved in this. Gutierrez stated this would be brought forward to council and Martinez will provide ideas to propose this program including salaries, funding, and costs associated. d. Public Works Department i. Safe Routes to Schools Schaefer provided an updated on a crossing signal across Kiwanis Park due to the two school zones. Garfield Elementary safe routes to school update will begin at the end of June towards the end of the school year and will be completed mid-August in time for classes to begin. A public meeting will be arranged at Garfield in May to inform the community about the upcoming project. Gutierrez asked about translation services and this was confirmed. Moore asked the committee if this was a standing agenda item and Gutierrez confirmed. e. Codes i. None f. Emergency Management i. Tony Miller provided a flooding update. Flooding has been minor. Water diversion at West Valley Park was reported and flooding is decreasing at Wide Hallow near Cottonwood and 96th. The rivers are predicted to not reach flooding levels. Homeless encampments at the Greenway and Highway 12 were reported and GIS is being used to track them. 3. New Business a. None 4. Other Business a. Public Safety Discussion with the Yakima School District i. Gutierrez stated the subjects the council agreed to discuss to cover in this meeting are safe routes to schools, gang prevention, and youth development. Mayor Coffee and YSD President also agreed to these subjects. Moore scheduled this meeting April 25th, 2019 at 6pm. Funk brought up the topic on after school programs and Gutierrez stated that would be included in these subjects. Gang prevention is related to the GRIT program and working with the Yakima School District. The SAMSA (Substance Abuse of Mental Health Service Administration) grant will also be asked if they would like to play a role with these topics. This grant would cover $300,000/year fora 5 year period. $180,000 of this funding would focus on mental health services, life skill training with a target audience of 16-24 years of age. Moore also mentioned that there is funding for one staff member and is working with Comprehensive Mental Health. ESD105 will also be a part of this project with a building which will hold an open doors project which will work with youth who have been out of school for more than 90 days. This will help them get back on track with online schooling or a GED program. Moore identified that some of these youth have mental or drug abuse and this funding will help address those obstacles. Funk discussed some possible overlapping of funding among the different programs. Moore offered to have staff help with this. Gutierrez would like to see Public Works present something on safe routes to school. Gutierrez made some suggestions staffing helping with the different topics. 5. Recap of future agenda items 6. Audience Participation None 7. Items for council committee report a. Fire System Records Management Program b. Safe Routes to School 8. Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 4:26 p.m. Dulce Gutierrez, hair