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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON (~ NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT/CODE ENFORCEMENT Meeting Minutes July 31, 2006 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:42 p.m. in Training Room 1602, City Hall Ross Annex. ATTENDANCE The following Council members were present: Lisa Bist, Alberta Christy and Carlos Bustamante Staff present were: Jay Trevino, Executive Director Planning and Building Agency; Kenneth Adams, Assistant Director Planning and Building Agency; Ben Kaufman, Chief Assistant City Attorney; Bruce Dunams, Community Preservation Manager; and Will Hayes, Project Manager, Public Works Agency. AGENDA-ITEMS 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. June 27, 2006 Meeting B. July 25, 2006 Meeting Cancelled Approved by a vote of 3:0 2. SHOPPING CART CONTAINMENT ORDINANCE Bruce Dunams provided a detailed overview of the staff proposal to address the shopping cart issues of the greater Santa Ana community. In addition to the staff proposal, he also provided the committee with a cart retrieval survey conducted by staff that provides information from store managers regarding the cart retrieval system at their respective place of business. Mr. Dunams provided details of the staff proposal which include two primary elements. These elements focus on (1) containing a merchant's shopping carts on- site, and (2) retrieving them in these hopefully rare instances where the carts have been taken off-site. His proposal generated a number of questions and comments from the committee members. Mr. Kaufman provided the committee members with a legal synopsis of the activities of other communities including Buena Park, Anaheim and Long Beach. He suggested the committee be prudent in recommending an appropriate sunrise clause in the legislation so as to give all interested parties an opportunity to prepare for the program's implementation. 13B-1