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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE PUBLIC SAFETY Minutes of Meeting September 23, 2008 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was convened at 5:40 p.m. at the Santa Ana Police Department, 60 Civic Center Plaza, 4th Floor Conference Room, Santa Ana, California. ATTENDANCE Council members present: Claudia Alvarez and David Benavides Council member absent: Sal Tinajero Staff present: Assistant City Attorney Paula Coleman, Fire Chief Marc Martin, Police Chief Paul Walters, Police Commander Paul Gonsalves, and Recording Secretary Janet Chop. Public Sign-ins: Rene Guzman, Barbara Lamare, Jeannie Darrow, Trung Le, and George Collins. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approved Minutes of the August 26, 2008 meeting. 2. RELEASE OF PRISONERS FROM JAMES MUSICK FACILITY Paula Coleman discussed the responses to the Public Records Requests from surrounding cities. Committee Members asked if she could find out how the agreements in the cities were established regarding the release of inmates. 3 STUDENTS LOITERING IN NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND FUNDAMENTAL SCHOOLS This item was continued to the next Public Safety Committee meeting. 4. SAFETY ISSUES IN DOWNTOWN PARKING STRUCTURES Commander Gonsalves reviewed research that was conducted to determine crime statistics for the downtown parking structures. He found that since January 2008, there had been only 5 reported vehicle burglaries,2 stolen vehicles, and 1 recovered vehicle at 310 N. Birch. There is a security guard present from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm on a daily basis. When the security guard leaves is when the burglaries take place. At the 201 W. 3rd street parking structure, the 24-hour security guards have stopped the burglary problem (no reported burglaries this year). At the parking structure at 420 N. Main Street, every night at 11 :00 pm, the cashiers block all access into the structure using large security gates. With no access into the structure, there are no parked vehicles to burglarize (no auto burglaries this year).