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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT/CODE ENFORCEMENT
Special Meeting Minutes
August 16, 2006
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 5:45 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center
Plaza, Santa Ana.
ATTENDANCE
The foilowing Council members were present: Lisa Bist, Alberta Christy and Carlos
Bustamante
Staff present were: Jay Trevino, Executive Director Planning and Building 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. SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE
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Bruce Dunams provided an overview of the previous abandoned shopping cart
discussion that has occurred at previous NI/CE Council Committee meetings. He
summarized the staff proposal to the committee which includes both a containment
and retrieval element.
He summarized the meeting with Santa Ana merchants in a separate meeting. He
stated the markets were generally concerned about imposing both containment and
retrieval system. He indicated that markets preferred to work with a retrieval system
as base system from which to operate.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM
The following neighborhood residents spoke in favor of shopping cart legislation:
John Bowery, Julie Stroud, Lolita Inez. Barbara Muirhead, Debbie McEwen, T.C.
Bradford, Judy Edge, George Collins, Vicki Yammamoto, Desi Reyes, Evangeline
Gawronski, Steve McGuigan, Manny Pinion, Tish Leon, Bernadette Urman, Michael
Macres, Glen Stroud and Mary Guzman
The following market and cart use vendors provided input from a merchant
perspective: Jennifer Forkish, Shawn Thompson, Steve Garcia, Joe Cabrera and
Joe Greene
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3. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
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Committee member Bustamante offered his comments supporting a containment
only system focusing upon the problem as private property issue. He requested staff
investigate the legal circumstances under which the code enforcement staff could be
granted citation authority for people whom are in illegal possession of shopping
carts. He asked that staff investigate the "smart cart" concept now used at the
airports.
Committee member Christy asked several legal questions regarding shopping carts
from outer cities, carts with items not purchased from local markets, shopping carts
as transportation for children and infants and shopping carts used as utility vehicles
for alternative transportation and storage. She stated that abandoned shopping
carts are a primary issue for the merchants.
Committee member Bist thanked the group for its participation and asked a number
of questions about administrative guidelines and procedures. She asked that the
council study session focus upon the greater policy issues rather than the specific
details of the ordinance. She asked that it include an educational program as a part
of the overall implementation program. She asked that staff investigate enforcement
alternatives and additional containment alternatives.
ADJOURNMENT - 7:35 P.M.
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Kenneth Adams
Assistant Director
Planning & Building Agency
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Neighborhood Improvement/Code
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August 16, 2006