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s <br />.- <br />SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE <br />PUBLIC SAFETY <br />Minutes of Meeting <br />July 10, 2006 <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was convened at 6:05 p.m. in City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Stn <br />floor conference room, Santa Ana, California. <br />ATTENDANCE <br />Councilmembers present: Alberta Christy, Claudia Alvarez and Carlos <br />Bustamante. <br />Staff present: Assistant City Attorney Paula Coleman, Police Chief Paul Walters, <br />Fire Chief Phil Garcia, Police Cmdr. Alan Caddell, Sgt. John Follo, and Fire Capt. <br />Dan Moorhouse. <br />Public present: Evangeline Gawronski, Debbie McEwen, Maria Sandoval, Dave <br />Lopez, Tom and Barbara Lamare, AI Amezcua, and Lisann Martinez. <br />SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS <br />1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />Approved Minutes of the March13, 2006 meeting. <br />2. FIREWORKS ENFORCEMENT UPDATE <br />Capt. Moorhouse updated the Committee on the results of the 4th of <br />July holiday fireworks. He said overall the Fire Department was <br />pleased with the low incidence of fire-related calls. Councilmember <br />Christy suggested changing the ordinance to limit days and times of <br />usage. Paula Coleman will look into other cities' policies and will <br />bring results to the next Public Safety meeting. <br />The public present expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the 4th of July <br />illegal fireworks this year and the lack of patrol cars and police response. <br />They all wanted the committee to support banning fireworks in the City. <br />3. STRIKE FORCE UPDATE <br />Chief Walters introduced Sgt. Follo who made a presentation on the <br />Police Department's Strike Force and updated the Committee on statistics <br />from December 2005 through June 2006. He also reviewed some major <br />cases and feels the Force has been very successful with a total of 584 <br />arrests of mostly parolees. <br />