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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE <br />PUBLIC SAFETY <br />Minutes of Meeting <br />May 25, 2010 <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was convened at 5:45 p.m. at Santa Ana Police Department, 60 Civic Center Plaza, <br />4th Floor. Santa Ana. California. <br />ATTENDANCE <br />Councilmembers present: Claudia Alvarez, and David Benavides. <br />Staff present: Police Chief Paul Walters, Fire Chief Marc Martin, Deputy Chief Carlos Rojas, <br />Deputy City Attorney Theresa Judd, Deputy City Attorney Ryan Hodge, Battalion Chief Dave <br />Thomas, Deputy Fire Chief, Fire Marshal Lori Smith, Cmdr. Ken Gominsky, Sgt. Mark Bell, and <br />Loretta Tafoya, Recording Secretary. <br />Public sign-ins: John Kelly, Irma Macial, Fabiola Soto, Marianne Codiz, and Carl Banningin <br />SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />Approved Minutes of the March 23, 2010 meeting. <br />2. DANCE PERMIT REVISION - Chief Walters/C.S.S. Mike McCoy <br />Mike McCoy stated the last revisions to Chapter 11 were done in 1990. Since then, the <br />dynamics of Downtown have changed. Under existing regulation, most Downtown <br />restaurants are prohibited from dancing. The proposed modifications are intended to <br />address those changes. The new dance permit would be a pilot program and a specific <br />geographical area will be designated. It will be a two- year permit and a $500 fee will be <br />assessed on all establishments that obtain a dance permit. Chief Walters suggested <br />each establishment have a card reader to be able to control clientele. Committee <br />Member David Benavides asked if there will be limits. Mike McCoy stated there will be <br />no limits however stated that random inspections will be completed. Committee member <br />David Benavides recommended inspections every 6 months. Committee member <br />Claudia Alvarez requested Dance Ordinance be on next agenda. <br />3. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY - Chief Walters/Sgt. Mark Bell <br />Sgt. Mark Bell stated since January 1, 2000, there have been 41,383 traffic collisions <br />reported to the Santa Ana Police Department. There were 2,041 collisions involved in a <br />vehicle vs. a pedestrian, 51 collisions of all reported pedestrian collisions resulted in <br />fatalities. The pedestrian was found to be at fault in 33 of 51 cases. Alcohol was present <br />in over 50% of pedestrian fatality cases. The Traffic Section's strategies to reduce <br />collisions are to continue to provide bicycle/roadway safety presentations in local <br />elementary schools; participate in youth education events such as the OC Youth Expo; <br />work with Traffic Engineering to identify areas where roadway safety can be enhanced <br />and continue enforcing pedestrian safety laws. Committee member David Benavides <br />requested that the Traffic Division work with Public Works/Traffic Engineering and <br />Planning and Building to create a task force on pedestrian safety. Council member <br />Claudia Alvarez requested Traffic Safety be on next agenda. <br />4. UPDATE ON HOT SPOT TASK FORCES <br />Deputy Chief Rojas introduced Ken Gominsky, new Field Operations Commander. <br />Cmdr. Gominsky reviewed the new changes in Field Operations and addressed the <br />actions taken for Townsend Street and Bishop Manor. Field Operations is also working <br />with Crime Analysis to help the officers in the field locating the hot spots with the new