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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE PUBLIC SAFETY Minutes of Meeting July 27, 2010 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was convened at 5:45 p.m. at Santa Ana Police Department, 60 Civic Center Plaza, 4th Floor. Santa Ana. California. ATTENDANCE Councilmembers present: Claudia Alvarez, and David Benavides. Staff present: Police Chief Paul Walters, Fire Chief Marc Martin, Deputy Chief Carlos Rojas, Deputy City Attorney Theresa Judd, Deputy City Attorney Ryan Hodge, Battalion Chief Dave Thomas, Deputy Fire Chief, Fire Marshal Lori Smith, Cmdr. Ken Gominsky, Sgt. Mark Bell, and Loretta Tafoya, Recording Secretary. Public sign-ins: John Kelly, Irma Macial, Fabiola Soto, Marianne Codiz, and Carl Banningin. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approved Minutes of the March 23, 2010 meeting. DANCE PERMIT REVISION - Chief Walters/C.S.S. Mike McCoy Mike McCoy stated the last revisions to Chapter 11 were done in 1990. Since then, the dynamics of Downtown have changed. Under existing regulation, most Downtown restaurants are prohibited from dancing. The proposed modifications are intended to address those changes. The new dance permit would be a pilot program and a specific geographical area will be designated. It will be a two- year permit and a $500 fee will be assessed on all establishments that obtain a dance permit. Chief Walters suggested each establishment have a card reader to be able to control clientele. Committee Member David Benavides asked if there will be limits. Mike McCoy stated there will be no limits however stated that random inspections will be completed. Committee member David Benavides recommended inspections every 6 months. Committee member Claudia Alvarez requested Dance Ordinance be on next agenda. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY - Chief Walters/Sgt. Mark Bell Sgt. Mark Bell stated since January 1, 2000, there have been 41,383 traffic collisions reported to the Santa Ana Police Department. There were 2,041 collisions involved in a vehicle vs. a pedestrian, 51 collisions of all reported pedestrian collisions resulted in fatalities. The pedestrian was found to be at fault in 33 of 51 cases. Alcohol was present in over 50% of pedestrian fatality cases. The Traffic Section's strategies to reduce collisions are to continue to provide bicycle/roadway safety presentations in local elementary schools; participate in youth education events such as the OC Youth Expo; work with Traffic Engineering to identify areas where roadway safety can be enhanced and continue enforcing pedestrian safety laws. Committee member David Benavides requested that the Traffic Division work with Public Works/Traffic Engineering and Planning and Building to create a task force on pedestrian safety. Council member Claudia Alvarez requested Traffic Safety be on next agenda. 4. UPDATE ON HOT SPOT TASK FORCES Deputy Chief Rojas introduced Ken Gominsky, new Field Operations Commander. Cmdr. Gominsky reviewed the new changes in Field Operations and addressed the actions taken for Townsend Street and Bishop Manor. Field Operations is also working with Crime Analysis to help the officers in the field locating the hot spots with the new 13B-9