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Home My WebLink About10/08/2008 PSAC Reports CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MIKE NORKIN, CHAIRMAN DR. SHAWN BHUTTA, VICE.CHAlRMAN NICOLEDAILEY, COMMISSIONER AL LYONS, COMMISSIONER DENNIS "JAY" STEWART, COMMISSIONER ROBERT BRADY, CITY MANAGER WWW.LAKE.ELSINORE.ORG (951) 674-3124 PHONE (951) 674-2392 FAX LAKE ELSINORE CULTURAL CENTER 183 NORTH MAIN STREET LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92530 OCTOBER 8, 2008 6:00 PM The City of Lake Elsinore appreciates your attendance. Public participation provides the Commission with valuable information regarding issues of the community. Regular meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. If you are attending this Public Safety Advisory Commission Meeting, please park in the Parking Lot across the street from the Cultural Center. This will assist us in limiting the impact of meetings on the Downtown Business District. Thank you for your cooperation. The agenda is posted 72 hours prior to each meeting outside of City Hall and is available at each meeting. The agenda and related reports are also available at the City Clerk's Office on the Friday prior to the Commission meeting and are available on the City's web site at www.lake-elsinore.orq. Anywritings distributed within 72 hours of the meeting will be made available to the public at the time it is distributed to the Public Safety Advisory Commission. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should contact the City Clerk's Office at (951) 674-3124, ext. 261 at least 48 hours before the meeting to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENTS (Any person wishing to address the Public Safety Advisory Commission on any matter must complete a request form prior to commencement of the meeting. Comments limited to 3 minutes.) CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS (All matters on the Consent Calendar are approved in one motion, unless a Commissioner or any member of the public requests separate action on a specific action.) 1. Minutes of the September 10, 2008 Regular Public Safety Advisory Commission. 2. PSAC Meetinq Cancellation November 12, 2008 Recommendation: Approve recommendation to cancel the regular PSAC meeting of November 12, 2008, and adjourn on December 10, 2008. BUSINESS ITEMS 3. Leqal Counsel Briefinq a) BUI and Boater Safety b) Peaceful Assembly/Demonstration Recommendation: Discussion, receive and file. 4. Citizen Corps Kickoff Meetinq Debriefinq Recommendation: Discussion, receive and file. PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS CITY STAFF COMMENTS PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT The Lake Elsinore Public Safety Advisory Commission will adjourn to a regular meeting to be held on Wednesday, December 10,2008, at 6:00 p.m., at the Cultural Center located at 183 N. Main Street, Lake Elsinore, CA, 92530. AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING I, VIVIAN M. MUNSON, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, do hereby affirm thata copy of the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall, 72 hours in advance of this meeting. //ss// VIVIAN M. MUNSON CITY CLERK DATE (\ r\ [\ MINUTES PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE 183 NORTH MAIN STREET LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 ............................................................................... CALL TO ORDER - 6:00 P.M. Chairman Norkin called the Public Safety Advisory Commission meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Information/Communications Manager Dennis. ROLL CALL PRESENT: CHAIRMAN NORKIN VICE-CHAIR BHUTTA COMMISSIONER DAILEY COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMISSIONER STEWART NONE ABSENT: Also present were: Information/Communications Manager Dennis, Assistant City Attorney Mann, Sergeant Chavez, Lake and Aquatic Resources Director Kilroy, Code Enforcement Officer Slater,Traffic Engineer Basubas and Clerk of the Board Munson. PUBLIC COMMENTS Pete Dawson, LEMSAR, spoke of having mandatory education for operating a boat. Chairman Norkin requested the Assistant City Attorney to research 668.1 and indicated the Chief of Police indicated to him that his interpretation was a person only has to take a boating safety course if ordered by.a judge. COMMISSION APPROVES CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM(S) 1. Minutes Minutes of regular PSAC meeting of August 13, 2008. 1 n n (1 Lake and Aquatic Resources" Director" Kilroy reported the 'Riverside County "Transportation Commission operates the local emergency call boxes. He also indicated a number of cities and counties are discontinuing the use of call boxes of which three have been acquired by the City, however, they need to be upgraded for the hearing impaired. He noted the City is currently working with a "private call answer center that will be providing the City with a template of a flow chart which will allow the City is put together a matrix for them before the City proceeds with a contract. It was the consensus of the Commission to receive and file report. 3. COMMISSION RECEIVES AND FILES PARKSMART AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES UPDATE Code Enforcement Officer Slater presented the staff report. He reported on 'ParkSmart" Large Vehicle Parking Ordinance, news rack ordinance enforcement and graffiti ordinance. He indicated the 'ParkSmart' Program has been very successful and has not received any parking-related complaints in his area within the last six months. Chairman Norkin inquired if protests are a code enforcement or a police department issue. Code Enforcement Officer Slater responded people have the right to assemble and carry on their freedom of speech" as Icing as it does not interfere with safety or traffic. . Chairman Norkin inquired about the newsrack ordinance. Code Enforcement Officer Slater responded the ordinance has been. another huge success. He noted they have removed a total of 18 news racks and have been receiving many positive comments from the public. Commissioner Stewart thanked Officer Slater for seeing these accomplishments through. Chairman Norkin requested a graffiti update. Code Enforcement Officer Slater responded he did not have the statistics to determine whether or not graffiti has been increasing or decreasing and noted he has not seen any increase in his area. Commissioner Dailey noted there is an increase of graffiti in her neighborhood (north end of town). 3 ('\ The following vote resulted: AYES: CHAIRMAN NORKIN COMMISSIONER DAILEY COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMISSIONER STEWART. NOES: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE ABSENT: VICE-CHAIRMAN BHUTTA PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS Commissioner Dailey provided an update on CERT. She indicated a luncheon kickoff event will be held October 1st in the Cultural Center. CITY STAFF COMMENTS Information/Communications Manager Dennis announced the following: n 1 ) 2) A City Council budget study session will be held on September 18th at 5:00 p.m. in the Cultural Center. The progress on Citizen Corps is going very well. Clerk of the Board Munson made an announcement regarding two candidates'forums that will be held on Saturday, September 26th at noon in the Cultural Center, and on Monday, September 29th at the Diamond Club at 6:00 p.m. Chairman Norkin announced Captain Fetherolf has been promoted and will be leaving the City and stated Captain Fetherolf is one of the best things that has happened to this City. Commissioner Stewart thanked Mr. Dennis and Commissioner Dailey for all of their hard work on the Citizen Corp. Information/Communications Manager Dennis indicated Vice-Chairman Bhutta had to leave early and stated he extended his thanks to Mr. Dawson, Sergeant, Chavez, Mr. Slater and Mr. Basubas for attending the meeting and also extended his congratulations to Captain Fetherolf. Chairman Norkin inquired about a presentation a CSO was going to give the Commission regarding business and neighborhood watch. n Sergeant Chavez responded he will see that the presentation is given at the October meeting. 5 (\ (\ --n CITY OF ~ LAKE 6LSiNOIU: \ I ~~ DREAM EXTREME REPORT TO PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION TO: HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION FROM: MARK DENNIS INFORMATION/COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER DATE: OCTOBER 8, 2008 SUBJECT: PSAC MEETING CANCELLATION NOVEMBER 12, 2008 BackQround Approval of this item would cancel the regular PSAC meeting of November 12, 2008, . adjourning to the-regUl!'frPSACfneeting onWednesday, DecemberlO,-2008:- Discussion Normal staff support for the Noyember PSAC meeting will be disrupted because of a week-long EGC disaster training event from November 3-7, and the Veteran's Day holiday (Nov. 11) and Golden Guardian Exercise (Nov. 13-15) the following week. It is therefore recommended that the regular November PSAC meeting be cancelled. Fiscal Impact None Recommendation Approve recommendation to cancel the regular PSAC meeting of November 12, 2008 and adjourn to-December-10, 2008. ----- (\ (\ , CITY OF A LAKE 6LsiNo~ \ I ~~ DREAM EXTREME REPORT TO PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION TO: HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION MARK DENNIS INFORMATION/COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FROM: DATE: OCTOBER 8, 2008 SUBJECT: LEGAL COUNSEL BRIEFING BackQround Assistant City Attorney David Mann will address the P~AC in response to ques!ions posed-at the PSAC meetingofSeptemoer 10-;2008. u__ - Discussion Last month, the City Attorney was asked to address two topics at the next meeting: a) Boating Under the Influence -(BUI) and Boater Safety Coursework, which arose from a public comment inquiring about mandatory boater safety instruction; b) Peaceful assembly/demonstration, which arose from a citizen complaint about a demonstration that occurred-in historic downtown during a recent visit. Fiscal Impact None (\ CITY OF A LAl(f: 6LSiNORI: \ I ~~ DREAM EjTREME REPORT TO PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION TO: HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMISSION FROM: MARK DENNIS INFORMA T10N/COMMUNICA TIONS MANAGER DATE: OCTOBER 8, 2008 n SUBJECT: CITIZEN CORPS KICKOFF MEETING DEBRIEFING n BackQround This itern~~_Jq~nabl~post-ev~nt discussion and evaluation of. the Citizen Corps Kickoff meeting held on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Discussion The Citizen Corps subcommittee has completed its first two objectives in support of the goal of establishing a Citizen Corps Council by January of 2009: a) Passage of the draft Citizen Corps Framework by the City Council in May. b) Hosting a Citizen Corps Council kickoff event, which was attended by 38 potential Citizen Corps Council participants and volunteers. -- --- The subcommittee will use feedback from the event to refine the action plan for getting the Citizen Corps Council up and running in January, 2009. Fiscal Impact None