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Graffiti Task Force Preliminary Action Plan June 4, 2007 The following information describes the City's current graffiti removal operations and preliminary action plan to advance the Graffiti Task Force Program. Current Operations • Continue expedited Graffiti Removal by beginning PWA crews at 6:00 a.m. Monday thru Friday to focus first on major arterials in an effort to remove the graffiti from commuter routes into the city. • Weekend contractor will continue to work the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. and locate graffiti by inspection and by information provided by the City's Graffiti Hotline to which he has access. • Continue answering Graffiti Hotline with a live person Monday thru Friday 7:00 am to 3:30 pm (877) 786-7824 - STOPTAG, with a standard that all calls for ground level graffiti to be removed by either City crews or the contractor within 48 hours of notification to hotline. • Graffiti Task Force will continue to meet monthly to assist all the agencies involved to shaze information and tools regarding graffiti. • Community Preservation will continue to deploy (5) inspectors to the graffiti abatement efforts. Inspectors are visiting the most frequently tagged properties and requiring building modifications to minimize access and requirin~graffiti removal within 72 hours. Since the program began in February all properties along I7 and Main St have been visited. Approx 4-5 school classrooms have been attended to discuss graffiti. Inspectors are also delivering to property owners: o Educational materials o Contact numbers o Paint possibilities The Police Department will continue their Gang Section -Graffiti Task Force Team to make arrests, probation searches and collect restitution from those apprehended. The Rewards Program will continue for information received leading to an arrest and conviction. The team continues to conduct presentations on graffiti to neighborhood and business associations. Action Plan PWA staff is working directly with utility companies to perform graffiti removal on their Above Ground Facilities (AGF). One Company, SC Edison has committed by hiring a third party contractor. Their contractor will have a crew available from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday to cover graffiti on their facilities within the Southern California Region (55,000 square miles). What this means for Santa Ana is they now have an 800 number that PWA dispatch can give information to that comes into them through the hotline. SC Edison is guaranteeing a 48 hour turn azound on calls that come in on their 800 number. 65A-4