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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-31-2006 - CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT/CODE ENFORCEMENT Meeting Minutes July 31,2006 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:42 p.m. in Training Room 1602, City Hall Ross Annex. ATTENDANCE The following Council members were present: Lisa Bist, Alberta Christy and Carlos Bustamante Staff present were: Jay Trevino, Executive Director Pianning and Buiiding Agency; Kenneth Adams, Assistant Director Planning and Building Agency; Ben Kaufman, Chief Assistant City Attorney; Bruce Dunams, Community Preservation Manager; and Will Hayes, Project Manager, Public Works Agency. AGENDA ITEMS 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. June 27, 2006 Meeting B. July 25, 2006 Meeting Cancelled - Approved by a vote of 3:0 2. SHOPPING CART CONTAINMENT ORDINANCE Bruce Dunams provided a detailed overview of the staff proposai to address the shopping cart issues of the greater Santa Ana community. In addition to the staff proposai, he also provided the committee with a cart retrieval survey conducted by staff that provides information from store managers regarding the cart retrieval system at their respective place of business. Mr. Dunams provided details of the staff proposai which inciude two primary elements. These elements focus on (1) containing a merchant's shopping carts on- site, and (2) retrieving them in these hopefully rare instances where the carts have been taken off-site. His proposai generated a number of questions and comments from the committee members. Mr. Kaufman provided the committee members with a legal synopsis of the activities of other communities inciuding Buena Park, Anaheim and Long Beach. He suggested the committee be prudent in recommending an appropriate sunrise clause in the legislation so as to give all interested parties an opportunity to prepare for the program's impiementation. - The following individuals spoken on behalf of proposed legislation: George Kunz, Ray Gawronski, Evangeline Gawronski, Lynnette Verino, Debbie McEwen, Julie - Stroud, Bertha Rivera, Dorothy Newhouse, Ann Moore, Mark Guzman, Mary Guzman, Rita Corpin, Maria Rodriguez, Francisco Risotto, Rick Edge, Judy Edge, Darren Shipman, Dave Hollerer, Jeff Dickman, Ester Trujillo 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS One Morrison Park resident asked that the council be conscious of the court's placement of residents into half way houses that are operating in neighborhoods adjacent to the civic center complex. 4. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS - None 5. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING A. Shopping Carts 6, NEXT MEETING DATE: Tuesday, August 22,2006 ADJOURNMENT - 7:02 P.M. ~~ Kenneth Adams Assistant Director Planning & Building Agency KAlrb 5: Council Comm/NICE CCIN1CE Minutes 07-31-06 - - Neignborhood ImprovemenUCode Enforcement Council Committee Minutes 2 July 31,2006