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gang Free Initiative
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Members in attendance
Kathy Coffey, Chair Nick Hughes
Dave EttI Chris DeVilleneuve
Maureen Adkison Sam Granato
Elaine Beraza Nick Marquez
Carol Folsom Hill Cynthia Martinez
Greg Bohn Luz Gutierrez
Pat Garcia Eva Valdivia
City of Yakima support staff in attendance
Dave Zabell Gaily Price
GFI Consultant:
Steve Magallan, Magallan Consultancy
Kathy Coffey welcomed the steering committee members and led the introductions
® Approve August 26 minutes. The minutes from the October 6 meeting were reviewed
Beraza motioned to accept the minutes as presented and Folsom -Hill seconded the motion
The motion passed unanimously
Sub Committee Updates.
Suppression Granato provided background information on the Safe Street project.
This project has been in the works and should be funded in January The employees
on the Task Force have been identified (Yakima Police Department — 3, Yakima
County — 1, Department of Corrections — 1, Washington State Patrol — 1, ATF /ICE /FBI
— 1) The offices and workstations are ready to go, officers /detectives are working with
the Crime Analyst and will focus on open cases
DeVilleneuve distributed a draft copy of a letter he prepared to the City Council on the
Steering Committee's behalf There was discussion about the letter The Committee
decided that some language about the urgency of the request be added Beraza
motioned to accept the letter submitted by Chris and that it is forwarded to the City
Council on the Committee's behalf Folsom -Hill seconded the motion The motion
passed unanimously DeVilleneuve will make the changes to the letter and submit it to
the City Council
Prevention Gutierrez reported that the Committee has been meeting regularly The
Prevention Sub - Committee is having a listening session on October 28 from 6-
8 OOpm at Washington Middle School The agenda is being finalized and will be sent
out with a press release in the next few days Beraza offered the translation system
for the event.
Intervention Marquez reported that the Intervention Sub - Committee met and will be
coordinating future meetings with Magallan Marquez offered to Co -Chair the
Intervention Sub - Committee with Rodriguez -True
During some neighborhood meetings, Garcia has heard people say they would like to have
an on -site crises response team (not police) The Steering Committee will discuss this during
the retreat.
New Business.
Retreat: November 13 is the date for the Steering Committee retreat. It will be an all -
day event with the location to be determined Marquez asked if there would be a
presentation on gangs in Yakima Several people only know about gangs from what
they read in the paper There are several incidents that are not reported to the paper
Executive Committee There was discussion about the need for an Executive
Committee to deal with day -to -day administrative items The Committee would deal
with protocol, etc
Histogram One item that will be on the retreat agenda is to review and update •
Yakima's history If you have any business plans, grant applications, papers or
documents, etc please bring them to the retreat. Folsom -Hill commented that there is
a lot of value going back and looking at where we have been and help shape where
we are going This will get everyone on the same page
Community Assessment: This is something that is starting now If you are interested
in participating contact Magallan Marquez commented that the Yakima County Gang
Coalition is preparing a community assessment and that the Steering Committee might
be able to tie into what they are doing Magallan distributed a timeline that was
reviewed by the Committee
Old Business.
Student Participation Coffey reported that schools are very receptive to having
someone speak during meetings She suggested having a speaker's bureau, etc that
would be available for anyone interested The person (or people) speaking would
have a power point and handouts for the meetings Coffey, Adkison and the students
will create a presentation that can be used
Beraza stated that due to several conflicts the student from Davis is not able to attend
the meetings She requested permission to replace the student. The Committee •
authorized Beraza to find a replacement.
Date for next meeting. The next meeting for the Steering Committee will be November 13
(retreat) at 8am in the auditorium at Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health
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