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2 4. PROPOSED MASSAGE PARLOR ORDINANCE PIS Pena gave an update on the Massage Establishment moratorium enacted by the City Council that will be in effect until May 21,2007. Upon staff review of other cities' ordinances, it was found that there was no differentiation between massage establishments and day spas. PIS Pen a will be doing further research before the ordinance is updated to protect the City from unscrupulous operators. It will then be presented to the Public Safety Committee. Chief ACA Kaufman talked about the Massage Establishment Permit. 5. UPDATE ON 800 BLOCK S. TOWNSEND AND 1000 BLOCK E. BISHOP Deputy Chief Jensen updated the Committee on these locations. He said a 21-member task force from City Departments were following a Problem Oriented Policing model to improve the area. The task force visually inspected the Bishop Manor area and will bring all data to a meeting in the near future, documenting strategies and track actions taken. Townsend Street will be studied next using the same plan. A progress report will be provided each month on Bishop Street. It was suggested that the Public Safety Committee walk through the areas with the task force at a future time. 6. FIREWORKS ENFORCEMENT COMPARISON WITH GARDEN GROVE Fire Marshal Smith compared how Garden Grove handled enforcement of illegal fireworks compared to Santa Ana. According to their after-action report, they took primarily the approach of giving citations and did not confiscate many illegal fireworks. Conversely, Santa Ana removed a significant amount of illegal fireworks from the street and issued fewer citations. The education programs for each city are similar and send the same messages. The costs of the seasonal efforts were markedly different, Garden Grove spending approximately $100,000 and Santa Ana approXimately $36,000. Both jurisdictions, having been in the education mode for just three years, concur that only time will tell which enforcement and education program methodologies best deter the use of illegal fireworks. 7. PROFILE OF HOMICIDE AND SHOOTING VICTIMS FOR 2007 Chief Walters reviewed City-wide gang and non-gang-related homicides and shootings for 2007. The data showed that homicide and gang shooting victims were gang members or associates in 45 of the 74 incidents (61 %); homicide and gang shooting suspects were gang members in 56 of the 74 incidents (76%). In addition to the 63 gang- related shootings, there were 42 non-gang related shootings from January 1 through July 31,2007.