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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE PUBLIC SAFETY Minutes of Meeting March 27, 2007 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was convened at 5:34 p.m. in City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, 8th floor conference room, Santa Ana, California. ATTENDANCE Councilmembers present: Claudia Alvarez, David Benavides, and Sal Tinajero. Staff present: City Manager David Ream, City Attorney Joe Fletcher, Assistant City Attorney Paula Coleman, Police Chief Paul Walters, Fire Chief Phil Garcia, Deputy Chiefs Tony Harrelson and Pete Jensen, Sgts. Marty Shirey and Doyle Smith, PISs Yolanda Pena and Gina Rivera, PCCS Mike McCoy, Mark Lawrence of the City Manager's office, and Janet Chop, Recording Secretary. Public present: Glen and Julie Stroud, and Leah Fraser. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Since previous Council members are no longer on the Committee, the Minutes of July 10, 2006 were noted for the record. 2. LATINO HEALTH ACCESS' ALCOHOL PRESENT~TION Leah Fraser, PhD, Director of Policy for the Latino Health Access reviewed the concerns of the Latino Health Access in regard to off-sale establishments in Santa Ana. She suggested that the City place a moratorium on off-sale stores in over-concentrated areas. PIS Yolanda Pena gave the Police Department ABC License Policy overview. She also covered the history of the City's ABC process and the number of licenses in the City. The Committee requested that she come back to the next meeting with the number of licenses based on census tracts that were noted by the Latino Health Access. 3. ANIMAL SERVICES ISSUES Sgt. Marty Shirey reviewed the animal services the City is currently providing. She introduced Sgt. Doyle Smith who reviewed the concepts of new ordinances that are being recommended by the Police Department Animal Services Section. It was the consensus of the Committee to have the recommended Ordinances drafted by the City Attorney's Office. 13B-1