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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE PUBLIC SAFETY Minutes of Meeting July 31, 2007 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was convened at 5:40 p.m. at City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, gcn Floor, Santa Ana, California. ATTENDANCE Council members present: Claudia Alvarez and David Benavides. Council member Sal Tinajero absent. Staff present: Assistant City Attorney Paula Coleman, Police Chief Paul Walters, Fire Marshal Lori Smith, Police Deputy Chief Pete Jensen, Police Deputy Director Mike Lewellen, Community Preservation Manager Bruce Dunams, Sr. Community Preservation Inspector Alvaro Nunez, Police Training Commander John Gableman, Sgt. Javier Esparza, Officer Tom Serafin, Asst. to the City Manager Mark Lawrence, and Recording Secretary Janet Chop. Public present: Doug Irvine, OC Register SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approved Minutes of the June 26, 2007 meeting with an addition to Item 3 to include the two specific sites of the 800 block of South Townsend and the 1000 block of East Bishop in the expanded areas of the original Weed and Seed sites. 2. SANTA ANA POLICE ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES LEAGUE (SAPAAL) Chief Walters introduced Officer Tom Serafin who is responsible for the new SAPAAL Program. Officer Serafin gave a power point presentation on the new program, which is a youth crime prevention program operating at the McFadden Library Learning Center. There are currently 45 children, age 7 to 12, participating in all types of activities such as sports, cooking, crafts, tutoring, etc. The purpose of the program is to encourage youths to stay in school, resist the temptation to join gangs, and to combat violence. It is believed that youth who are involved in supervised extracurricular activities are significantly less likely to participate in high- risk illegal behavior. Commander Gabelman and Sergeant Esparza reinforced the benefits of the program.