These minutes were approved at the Public Safety Committee Meeting of 4/25/2023
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
March 28, 2023
City Hall
Council Chambers
910 Calle Negocio
San Clemente, CA 92673
1. CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Loeffler called the Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Committee of the City of San Clemente to order at 3:00 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City Council Member Victor Cabral led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Committee
Members Present: Chair Rick Loeffler
Nick Berkuta
Michael Greenwald
Scotland Roeber
Captain Rod Mellott, Marine Safety
Captain Jay Christian
Chief Cheyene Maule, Orange County Fire Authority
Members Absent: Vice Chair Charles Hightower
Staff Present: Adam Atamian, Deputy Community Development Director Natanya Wilcher, Office Assistant
Special Guests: City Manager Hall, Council Member Victor Cabral, and Ryan Case, Orange County Crime Prevention Specialist
3. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS / PRESENTATIONS
Presentation by Kelli Gallioni, Sr. Manager for Emergency Planning of The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
The presentation was postponed until the June meeting.
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Committee of March 28, 2023
4. MINUTES
A. Minutes from the Regular Public Safety Committe meeting of February
MOTION BY MEMBER GREENWALD, SECOND BY MEMBER ROEBER AND CARRIED 4-0-1, Vice Chair Hightower absent, to approve the minutes from the Public Safety Committee meeting of February 28, 2023.
ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Chair Loeffler introduced City Manager Andy Hall.
City Manager Hall discussed the Council's direction to establish a plan to address code violations and expressed appreciation to the Committee.
Ryan Case, Orange County Crime Prevention Specialist, discussed his prior experience and efforts to work with the City and to serve the community.
Council Member Victor Cabral discussed the recent City Council meeting at which North Beach residents addressed the City. He commended the Sheriff's Department. Chair Loeffler discussed the importance of the meeting and commended the Sheriff's Department.
Tawny Burns, San Clemente Resident, stated she attend the Council meeting.
She expressed her respect to the Orange County Sheriff's Department and concern for the North Beach residents' safety concerns.
Javier Arnone, San Clemente Resident, discussed his career as an airline pilot and focus on safety. He expressed disappointment with the Council's deferral of action.
Chair Loeffler stated he attended the Council meeting and the Council expressed concern about the need to issue a request for proposals. He stated Captair Christian committed to work on the issue. He reminded the community that the Public Safety Committee worked at the direction of the Council.
REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Code Compliance Performance Measures FY2023 Q1
B. Park Rangers Performance Measures FY2023 Q1
Deputy Community Development Director Atamian reviewed the Code Compliance and Park Rangers Performance Measures.
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Committee of March 28, 2023 In response to Member Berkuta, Deputy Director Atamian clarified activities included in the number of park and beach patrol visits and patrol of high complaint areas.
Member Greenwald expressed concern with hiring and training individuals who then left the City. He suggested requiring five years of service or repayment of onboarding expenses. Deputy Community Development Director Atamian discussed the cost associated with certification.
Chair Loeffler referenced the number of parking violations and questioned which areas were enforced. He requested the number of citations issued by Park Rangers. Deputy Director Atamian clarified the Rangers worked between 4:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. He discussed internal review of options for full time, higher salaried positions and stated evaluation of the positions would be addressed during the budget process. He discussed the increased workload of the Code Compliance Division. He stated there were currently no Park Rangers certified to issue citations. He explained that if the City trained Park Rangers, they left for higher paying positions.
City Manager Hall stated the Council had directed efforts to retain quality employees and he discussed the value of highly qualified, appropriately compensated staff.
In response to Member Berkuta, Deputy Director Atamian explained the difference between the number of complaints responded to and the number of new cases. He encouraged residents to contact the Sheriffs Department for urgent life and safety issues.
7. NEW BUSINESS
None.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Public Safety Committee Annual Work Plan FY2022-2023
1. Communications and Disaster Preparedness Project Update Member Berkuta presented a PowerPoint outlining mass care; emergency food supply; food insecurity; wireless priority service; and tsunami alert exercise.
City Manager Hall stated employees would receive incident command training.
Chair Loeffler suggested Member Berkuta's expertise be utilized.
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Committee of March 28, 2023
7. E-Bicycle/Traffic Safety
Member Roeber continued the PowerPoint and discussed the draft mission statement; increased e-bike market; types of e-bikes; challenges with the increase in e-bikes; widespread issues with e-bikes; regulations in other jurisdictions; AB1946; the Carlsbad ordinance; and lithium ion battery fires.
Chair Loeffler discussed the possibility of a task force of reserves to educate and enforce. Captain Christian confirmed efforts to establish a task force.
Chief Cheyene Maule discussed emerging technology and fire dangers of batteries.
2. Homelessness and Best Management Practices for Public Safety Personnel Project Update
Chair Loeffler requested an update on the panhandling ordinance. Deputy Director Atamian discussed the need for City Attorney review of potential first amendment issues and delay due to the transition to a new firm.
3. Legislative Review
Chair Loeffler summarized Assembly Bill (AB)93, AB271, AB701, AB955, AB1034, AB1090, Senate Bill (SB)2, SB62, SB402, and SB719.
6. Human Trafficking
Chair Loeffler stated the hotel awards effort was in progress. Deputy Director Atamian stated $3,500 was budgeted and offered staff assistance.
8. Technology Review
Member Berkuta asked about the delay in the FLOCK program, indicating Max Berg Park was incomplete. Deputy Director Atamian stated he woulc follow up with the Public Works Department. Member Berkuta asked for data on the use of Phase 1 FLOCK. Captain Christian discussed the crimes solved based on data from the FLOCK system. City Manager Hall discussed the possibility of the use of mobile cameras.
4. Neighborhood Watch
Member Greenwald expressed enthusiasm for working with the new Crime Prevention Specialist. He stated the Neighborhood Watch program would be established by district, rather than blocks.
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Committee of March 28, 2023 D. Committee Chair
None.
E. Committee Members
Member Berkuta thanked the CERT team for its assistance with the recent mudslide; and announced CERT training.
Member Greenwald echoed comments about the three agencies working together and thanked them for their participation in the Public Safety Committee meetings.
F. City Staff
Deputy Director Atamian discussed Code Compliance staffing.
11. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY COMMITTEE MEMBER GREENWALD, SECOND BY MEMBER
BERKUTA, AND CARRIED 4-0-1, Vice Chair Hightower absent, to adjourn at 4:47 PM to the next Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Committee scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at City Hall in Council Chambers at 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, California.
Respectfully submitte
Loeffler,
Attest:
Adam Atamian, Deputy Community Development Director