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Assistant City Attorney Teresa Judd reviewed the purpose and definitions of the ordinance and <br />the difference between the City and County ordinance. Committee member David Benavides <br />asked Assistant City Attorney Teresa Judd what her recommendations were as to including <br />additional locations. She stated if the city wanted to add new children's facilities they should be <br />specified in the named ordinance. Committee member Tinajero stated he felt the Ordinance <br />should be made more restrictive. After a discussion by Committee members and staff, a motion <br />was made and unanimously passed the recommendation that the City Council consider adopting <br />a revised ordinance that adds provisions similar to the county ordinance. The Committee also <br />recommended that KidWorks, the Orange County Therapeutic Arts Center, and the Main Library <br />be included in the list of Children's facilities. Committee member Alvarez agreed and is going to <br />have an email sent to the Council so they will have a list of suggestions they feel should be put in <br />the ordinance for the next council meeting. <br />4. CHICKEN ORDINANCE <br />Deputy Chief Rojas reviewed the chicken ordinance modifications. After researching numerous <br />ordinances in Orange County, modifying the distance to allow fowl to be kept 30 feet of any family <br />residence or building designated for human occupancy, with the exception of the owner, is a <br />reasonable distance. There is no data that determines the risk of disease and there is no <br />indication that noise complaints will increase. The distance reduction recommendation will be <br />consistent with the majority of Orange County cities. Deputy Chief Rojas recommends the <br />modifications. Committee member Alvarez made a motion to accept and Committee members <br />Benavides and Tinajero agreed to send to the Council. <br />INTEGRATED I.T. PRESENTATION <br />Deputy Chief Harrelson and Commander Jim Schnabl proposed an Integrated Software System <br />for the Santa Ana Police Department. They stated the major systems used at the Santa Ana <br />Police Department are: Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Report Writing (I132), Jail Management <br />System (JMS), Records Management System, Digital Information Management System (SIMS) <br />and the Case Management system (CMS). The Integrated System would eliminate nearly all of <br />the repeat data entry based on research from agencies. Another important feature of the <br />integrated system is the ability to go virtually paperless. While the amount of data entry required <br />for our current systems continues to increase, the personnel needed to perform these task has <br />decreased. This has resulted in a back log of the workload. Committee member Benavides <br />asked about the upfront costs. Commander Schnabl stated there will be transition cost but <br />Integrated Software Systems would work with the Police Department to keep costs down. <br />Committee member Alvarez stated she was worried about the costs and would like an <br />independent company to review. Committee member Benavides appreciated working with <br />Commander Schnabl and asked what Chief Walter's recommendation was. Chief Walters stated <br />technology has been very important to the police department, and we want to be cost-effective. <br />We are still in recovery mode and we still don't have adequate reserves. Committee member <br />Benavides recommended City Hall I.T. and PD combine information. Committee member Alvarez <br />agreed. A motion was made to put on the next Public Safety Meeting agenda. <br />6. FIRE SERVICES EVALUATION <br />Chief Thomas stated a weekly "Executive Summary" report will sent to the City Manager that <br />include: news & events, board action, weekly update on response and preparedness, community <br />events, significant emergency incidents and a table listing incidents by major category. Following <br />a two-year period, OCFA and the City will evaluate the response performance for the current <br />configuration of response units in the City and discuss results of the analysis, including any <br />recommendations from either party for modifications that are warranted. Committee member <br />Alvarez stated she wanted to make sure the OCFA can still bring good service to the community. <br />She would also like to make a motion to have a six year plan to see if the City will stay with the <br />OCFA; make sure we protect all records regarding services; City Council have their own survey, <br />and have a quarterly survey of the percentage of firemen that have stayed with the City. She <br />asked if council agreed. Motion passed.