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Committee Chairman Benavides takes a couple of items out of order. 6. Illegal Fireworks (After action report regarding 2014 Fourth of July) — Commander Gominsky (Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, 2d) Commander Gominsky gives a Power Point presentation. Working on information received, undercover officers were sent out to over 50 catering and fruit vending trucks; however, no illegal fireworks were found. Officers also checked 15 fireworks booths, again no illegal fireworks were found. This year, the Police Department used Craig's list and Facebook where officers acted as individuals seeking to buy illegal fireworks. Five undercover operations were initiated and over 800 pounds of fireworks were seized. Officers were deployed at targeted locations from July 1 through July 4 to handle fireworks enforcement, and this was a successful operation. An overall comparison for the last seven years showed that 14,002 different illegal fireworks were seized in 2007 and 25,687 were seized in 2014. People selling fireworks on Craigslist are doing this as a business. Look at ways to shut these people down. ACTION: Commander Gominsky will research and compare fines in other cities. 8. Discussion of Effects and Impacts of Homeless Population — Staff (Strategic Plan Goal No. 5, 3d) Recommendations were made at a previous City Council meeting, specifically for the conversation to be brought to the Public Safety Committee. At a previous Public Safety meeting, there was a general overview of the item given by staff. One action item was an assessment being done on the idea of a check -in center. Alma Flores gives a Power Point presentation. The Development & Transportation Committee Meeting being held on September 30th will have a discussion on resources available for the homeless. There are a number of public safety concerns as it relates to the homeless community in the Civic Center. We do have issues with lost and abandoned property. It is stored for 90 days and complies with State and City laws. We have an Anti- Camping Ordinance. Both the anti - camping ordinance and storage of property has been upheld in court. Two check -in centers in Orange County are compared: La Palma Park Check -in Center operated by Mercy House and the Costa Mesa Check -In Center operated by volunteers. Both check -in centers were evaluated for costs, hours of operation, programs and services offered. Santa Ana is looking at the OCTA transit terminal to be used as a check -in center. E 13C -32