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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON <br />NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT/CODE ENFORCEMENT <br />Meeting Minutes <br />August 22, 2006 <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 5:55 p.m. in Training Room 1602, City Hall Ross Annex. <br />ATTENDANCE <br />The following Committee members were present: Lisa Bist and Carlos Bustamante <br />Absent: Alberta Christy <br />Staff present were: Jay Trevino, Executive Director Planning and Building Agency; Jim <br />Ross, Executive Director Public Works Agency; Kenneth Adams, Assistant Director <br />Planning and Building Agency; Ben Kaufman, Chief Assistant City Attorney; and Bruce <br />Dunams, Community Preservation Manager. <br />AGENDA ITEMS <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES -JULY 31, 2006 MEETING <br />' Approved by a vote of 2:0 (Christy absent) <br />SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE <br />Bruce Dunams provided an overview of the comments from the previous City <br />Council study session and highlighted the primary issues from that meeting. <br />He asked that the committee respond to a series of policy questions and provide <br />detailed policy direction to staff for the purpose of developing an ordinance. <br />The committee discussion focused upon complete containment of shopping carts on <br />the site as City Council policy. There was considerable discussion on the penalty <br />component which will complement the containment system. Further discussion <br />focused upon the timing of the proposed ordinance and the effective implementation <br />date. <br />The committee emphasized that they expect a strong educational element which <br />includes multi-language marketing program. The committee stressed the need to <br />have multi-dimensioned educational program using a variety of tools to convince the <br />public to not remove the shopping carts from the merchant's site. <br />The committee then focused upon a detailed discussion on the enforcement <br />components of the program. The committee provided policy feedback on <br />enforcement against both the merchants and the alleged perpetrators. <br />13B-6 <br />