13A - COUNCIL COMMITTEE RPTS - PUBLIC SAFETY MINUTES

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Assistant City Attorney Teresa Judd reviewed the purpose and definitions of the ordinance and the difference between the City and County ordinance. Committee member David Benavides asked Assistant City Attorney Teresa Judd what her recommendations were as to including additional locations. She stated if the city wanted to add new children's facilities they should be specified in the named ordinance. Committee member Tinajero stated he felt the Ordinance should be made more restrictive. After a discussion by Committee members and staff, a motion was made and unanimously passed the recommendation that the City Council consider adopting a revised ordinance that adds provisions similar to the county ordinance. The Committee also recommended that KidWorks, the Orange County Therapeutic Arts Center, and the Main Library be included in the list of Children's facilities. Committee member Alvarez agreed and is going to have an email sent to the Council so they will have a list of suggestions they feel should be put in the ordinance for the next council meeting. 4. CHICKEN ORDINANCE Deputy Chief Rojas reviewed the chicken ordinance modifications. After researching numerous ordinances in Orange County, modifying the distance to allow fowl to be kept 30 feet of any family residence or building designated for human occupancy, with the exception of the owner, is a reasonable distance. There is no data that determines the risk of disease and there is no indication that noise complaints will increase. The distance reduction recommendation will be consistent with the majority of Orange County cities. Deputy Chief Rojas recommends the modifications. Committee member Alvarez made a motion to accept and Committee members Benavides and Tinajero agreed to send to the Council. 5. INTEGRATED I.T. PRESENTATION Deputy Chief Harrelson and Commander Jim Schnabl proposed an Integrated Software System for the Santa Ana Police Department. They stated the major systems used at the Santa Ana Police Department are: Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Report Writing (I R2), Jail Management System (JMS), Records Management System, Digital Information Management System (SIMS) and the Case Management system (CMS). The Integrated System would eliminate nearly all of the repeat data entry based on research from agencies. Another important feature of the integrated system is the ability to go virtually paperless. While the amount of data entry required for our current systems continues to increase, the personnel needed to perform these task has decreased. This has resulted in a back log of the workload. Committee member Benavides asked about the upfront costs. Commander Schnabl stated there will be transition cost but Integrated Software Systems would work with the Police Department to keep costs down. Committee member Alvarez stated she was worried about the costs and would like an independent company to review. Committee member Benavides appreciated working with Commander Schnabi and asked what Chief Walter's recommendation was. Chief Walters stated technology has been very important to the police department, and we want to be cost-effective. We are still in recovery mode and we still don't have adequate reserves. Committee member Benavides recommended City Hall I.T. and PD combine information. Committee member Alvarez agreed. A motion was made to put on the next Public Safety Meeting agenda. 6. FIRE SERVICES EVALUATION Chief Thomas stated a weekly "Executive Summary" report will sent to the City Manager that include: news & events, board action, weekly update on response and preparedness, community events, significant emergency incidents and a table listing incidents by major category. Following a two-year period, OCFA and the City will evaluate the response performance for the current configuration of response units in the City and discuss results of the analysis, including any recommendations from either party for modifications that are warranted. Committee member Alvarez stated she wanted to make sure the OCFA can still bring good service to the community. She would also like to make a motion to have a six year plan to see if the City will stay with the OCFA; make sure we protect all records regarding services; City Council have their own survey, and have a quarterly survey of the percentage of firemen that have stayed with the City. She asked if council agreed. Motion passed. 13A-4