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WORK STUDY <br /> <br />WS.A. <br /> <br />PROPOSED COMMERCIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM <br /> <br />Community Preservation Coordinator Bruce Dunams assisted by Senior <br />Community Preservation Inspector Estella Rodarte presented a proposal to <br />increase the Division's Commercial Code Enforcement staff by 8 positions in next <br />year's budget. Dunams reviewed the current staffing and workload of the Division, <br />discussed the deployment, responsibilities and skills needed for the new staff, and <br />outlined the tools staff would use to gain compliance. He explained how the <br />Commercial Code Enforcement program would be publicized and detailed the <br />anticipated progression of the program following inspector recruitment and training. <br /> <br />Councilmembers Christy and Bist commented that the need for additional <br />commercial code enforcement was clear and the program desired by the <br />neighborhood associations, and urged the Council to support this program in the <br />budget. <br /> <br />WS.B. SHOPPING CART PROGRAM UPDATE <br /> <br />Maintenance Service Manager Paul Emery explained that, as the result of a <br />change in State law, the City had begun removing abandoned shopping carts from <br />the public right of way as of February 1, 1999. He reported that in the 10-week <br />period between February 1 and April 11, a total of 3,428 carts had been taken to <br />the City yard. <br /> <br />Emery provided the Council with a list showing the number of carts abated. He <br />indicated that carts whose ownership could be determined were returned to their <br />owners and those without an identifying plaque were crushed and sold as scrap, <br />noting over 1,700 carts had been crushed to date. Emery responded to <br />Councilmembers' questions regarding the six-month cart removal contract and <br />explained contract continuation and levels of service would be evaluated at a future <br />date. <br /> <br />Mayor Pulido commented that he was scheduled to meet with Todd Priest from the <br />Grocers Association to discuss quicker cart pick-up service. <br /> <br />WS.C. GRAFFITI REMOVAL PROGRAM UPDATE <br /> <br />Police Lieutenant Mike Foote assisted by Maintenance Services Manager Paul <br />Emery and Park Superintendent Mike Lopez presented a report from the City's <br />Graffiti Task Force. <br /> <br />Foote noted graffiti, a national phenomenon, first began to escalate in 1992 and <br />had reached 710,000 square feet in Santa Ana by December of that year with a <br />projected removal cost of $1.2 million. He explained that in 1993 an inter-agency <br />task force involving City departments and the School District formed to combat the <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 122 APRIL 19, 1999 <br /> <br /> <br />