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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Review Follow UpFrom:Vazquez, Sylvia Cc:EMT - Directors Subject:Agenda Review Follow Up for February 18, 2025 City Council Meeting Date:Tuesday, February 18, 2025 4:17:44 PM Attachments:image001.png Good Afternoon Mayor, Mayor Pro-Tem and Councilmembers (BCC), The following are inquiries and staff responses related to Agenda items for the Tuesday February 18, 2025 City Council Meeting: Agenda Item 10: Purchase Order Contract with Magnetic Forensics What are examples of criminal activity that this software would assist with? This technology significantly enhances our ability to investigate and solve serious crimes while ensuring strict adherence to legal safeguards and privacy protections. Magnet Forensics plays a crucial role in solving complex and high-impact crimes where digital evidence is often a key component, including: · Homicides & Violent Crimes: Extracts digital evidence such as call logs, messages, and location history to establish timelines, suspect movements, and victim interactions · Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation: Recovers encrypted or deleted communications used to lure human trafficking victims, providing actionable leads for law enforcement. · Drug Trafficking & Organized Crime: Uncovers communication networks, financial transactions, and location data critical in dismantling criminal organizations · Fraud & Financial Crimes: Identifies digital footprints linked to identity theft, wire fraud, and financial exploitation · Robberies & Property Crimes: Retrieves digital evidence, including photos, videos, and GPS data, linking suspects to crime scenes · Cybercrimes & Terrorism Investigations – Assists in identifying and tracking individuals engaged in online threats, hacking, and extremist activities. We fully recognize that using this technology raises important legal and ethical considerations. Protecting privacy and constitutional rights remains a top priority, and our department is committed to ensuring that Magnet Forensics is only used in a manner consistent with the law. · Search Warrants & Legal Authorization – Detectives will only use this technology when a search warrant has been obtained as part of an active criminal investigation or when the device owner gives explicit consent. · Strict Legal Compliance – Our department adheres to all applicable digital rights protections, including Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. · No Indiscriminate Data Access – This technology is not used for random searches or mass data collection. Each use is case-specific and subject to legal oversight. Magnet Forensics is an investigative tool that enhances our ability to solve serious crimes while maintaining the highest legal and ethical standards. Thank you for your time and continued support in keeping our community safe. Agenda Item 19: Work Study Session for Parking What are the costs for: 4 FTE City staff for parking operations? $469,278 (see below) The Budgeted costs for the 1. Parking Meter Operations Supervisor, 2. Parking Meter Technician I, 3. Two Parking Meter Technician II Additional personnel costs include: Admin staff: · Exec. Dir. – 5% · Admin Manager – 10% · Sr. Accounting Asst – 10% (payroll/invoices) · Management Analyst – 10% (budget, payroll and invoice review) · Management Aide – 20% (processing of ABM invoices, journal entry payroll) Operational and maintenance costs for the parking structures and parking meters? Parking Structures Parking Meters The operational and maintenance costs for Parking Meters is $1,864,510 Expenses Amount Salaries and Benefits $631,770 Salaries Cash Out, Part-Time Salaries, Overtime, Retirement Normal Cost, PT Retirement, Medicare Insurance, $141,120 Health Insurance, Retiree Health Benefits $157,850 Workers Compensation Insurance $28,510 Utilities, Cellular, Training, Transportation $11,570 Misc. Operating Expenses: City Vehicles & Fuel $34,350 Rental City Equipment, Equip. Replacement, Accident Repair, City Yard Rental, IT Maintenance Charge, Landlines, Benefits Overhead $52,830 IT Maintenance Charges $48,390 Indirect Costs $102,450 Insurance Charges $35,720 POB Principal-Misc, POB Interest Misc, Transfer to Fund 51 $36,740 Contractor - Parking Enforcement $333,930 Contractor - IPS (smart meters)$82,000 Contractor - ParkMobile (app payment)$60,000 Contractor - Data Ticket (meter citation processing)$80,000 Contractor - Duncan (old meters)$10,000 Contractor - CiNTAS (uniforms)$1,500 Contractor - Cummins Allison (coin counting)$500 Contractor - County of Orange Treasury $1,000 Contractor - Unanticipated Repairs (Electrical, Landscape)$13,500 Debt for 800 Mhz Communication $780 Total Expenses $1,864,510 On page 699 of the adopted 2024-2025 Budget, it states that $1,227,080 is spent on "Salaries & Benefits". Is that what the City is paying for 4 FTE City staff for parking operations? This is the salary and benefits for the Parking Meter Staff (the 4 FTEs for parking operations): · 3 Parking Control Officers, · Economic Development Spec. III (Partial) · and Admin. Staff (Partial) · Parking Control Officers (will be removed) Why, in addition to salaries, is there also an additional $583,210 for “Contract Services- Professional” for the Parking Meters on page 701 of the adopted 2024-2025 Budget? These costs include the yellow listed above: Parking Enforcement, Data Ticket, Park Mobile, IPS, etc. Parking Enforcement and Data Ticket will be removed. How many spaces are in the: -Spurgeon (Fiesta) Structure: 648 -Birch Structure: 396 -Main Structure: 364 What is the average percentage of occupancy of each of those structures? What days and times are any of those structures full? Birch 89% Occupancy and full on Weekends and Peak times (peak times: Peak time is 11am to 3pm on Monday to Friday and 6pm to Midnight on Thursday to Sunday) Main 55% Occupancy but increase expected as Rafferty ramps up leases. Only full on Fiesta Patrias or OC Pride. Fiesta 70% Occupancy, full on Artwalk and Sundays during the day Thank you, Sylvia Vazquez | Deputy City Manager City of Santa Ana | 20 Civic Center Plaza | Santa Ana, CA 92701 714-647-5213 | svazquez@santa-ana.org The mySantaAna mobile app puts the power of the Santa Ana city government in the palm of your hand! The free app allows residents to quickly and easily report issues to the City, access City services, and find news and events. Download the App: