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ACTION: <br />Chairman Solorio directs staff to put more information on the PD website. The PD does have a <br />Facebook page where they can put up information. Add a widget to PD website, so this <br />information can be captured as well. <br />Chairman Solorio exits the meeting — 6:35PM. <br />Meeting resumes with Item No. 10. <br />Commander Gominsky spoke on fireworks, addressing the education campaign and enforcement <br />program for 2017. Due to lessons learned in prior years, he discusses community outreach <br />activities this year to include partnering with OCFA to make a PSA, flyers and an e-mail blast <br />with SAUSD, television media coverage, print media, and social media postings. He discussed <br />enforcement operations and gave an overview of illegal fireworks confiscated in the past. <br />6. Police Officer Hiring and Presentation of New Marketing Proposals (Update) — Acting <br />Chief Schnabl and Manager Carroll {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, li} <br />Police Admin. Manager Robert Carroll informed the Committee on the Department's police <br />officer recruitment efforts. Mgr. Carroll goes over the number of all sworn staffing as well as <br />current officers in the academy and those already in the training program. City Council <br />approved an agreement with Sensis Marketing which is involved in all print and digital <br />advertising. <br />7. Patrol Staffing Schedules and Their Impacts on Patrol Officer Coverage and Staffing <br />Costs (Discuss 3/12, 4/10, 5/8 and hybrid models) — Deputy Chief Valentin and Cmdr. <br />Ken Gominsky (Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, If) <br />Cmdr. Ken Gominsky described the pros and cons of the patrol schedules for the officers in the <br />city of Santa Ana. Several variables were looked at that influence the need for sworn staff. The <br />Department has a finite amount of resources and the deployment must be based on those <br />resources. Cmdr. Gominsky gives an overview of the following options: 8 -hour shift, 10 -hour <br />shift, 3/12-4/12 shift and the 3/12 and a half hour schedule, particularly as they relate to Santa <br />Ana PD. The 3/12-4/12 schedule enhances competitiveness and retention in the hiring process. <br />8. Graffiti Removal Program (Update and Discussion) — Pedro Guillen, Maintenance <br />Services Manager, Public Works Agency and Sgt. Fidencio Zepeda {Strategic Plan Goal <br />No. 1, lf} <br />13A-8 <br />