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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: FYI. Rasa FCores City Manager's Office X'5222 Flores, Rosa Tuesday, April 05, 2016 10:35 AM Huizar, Maria Soto, Daniel FW: Fireworks issue - Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Agenda From: Mark Warrick [ Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 10:06 AM To: !City Council Subject: RE: Fireworks issue - Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Agenda Public Opinion Regarding Agenda Item 65A. OPTIONS FOR THE SALE AND USE OF SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS To the honorable city council members: I am a resident of Santa Ana and have lived here most of my life. Having lived in other cities where ALL fireworks were illegal and where the cities had giant public fireworks shows at safe parks and schools, I'm indifferent to the idea banning all fireworks in Santa Ana. But perhaps the better path is not a total ban of all fireworks forever, but a temporary moratorium for one year. Last year was totally out of control with the illegal fireworks. The police don't have the resources to go after everyone. I saw no police at all around and Disneyland grade fireworks everywhere. It's difficult for police to figure out who is doing what, especially when they are surrounded by law abiding citizens. If all fireworks are illegal, then there's no question when the police are patrolling which houses are firing off illegal fireworks. The fines for using illegal fireworks need to be increased and attached to other revenue streams. As a model, in the city of Orange, if the police have to come out to your home for a noise disturbance more than a couple times in a night, they don't arrest everyone or kick everyone out - they just add a fine to your water bill for about $500 for "police services". As it stands now, everybody shooting off the fireworks knows (a) it's unlikely they will be caught and (b) they probably won't get arrested or fined. We need to make it so expensive to get caught that it's just not worth the risk. This is regardless of whether all fireworks are banned or not. I personally don't mind if ALL fireworks are banned. But I support the idea of keeping the legal fireworks if measures are put into place to better control the illegal fireworks. ---mark Mark Warrick 1048 Fairbrook Lane Santa Ana, CA 92706