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B A K E R S F I E L D
AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
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Staff: Alan Christensen, Assistant City Manager
Councilmember, Irma Carson - Chair
Councilmember, Mike Maggard
Councilmember, Jacquie Sullivan
REGULAR MEETING
SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS and COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE
and Community Advisory Committee
of the City of Bakersfield
Thursday, August 10, 2006
11:30 a. m.
City Manager's Conference Room
The meeting was called to order at 11:40 a.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Present:
Absent:
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Councilmember, Irma Carson - Chair
Councilmember, Jacquie Sullivan
Councilmember, Mike Maggard
Advisory members present: Bob Malouf, Employers Training Resource; David Strong, Corp 4
Better Housing.
ADOPTION OF THE JULY 14, 2006 AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT
Adopted as submitted.
PUBLIC STATEMENTS
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DEFERRED BUSINESS
a. Update regarding Gang and Graffiti Enforcement (Police Chief Rector)
Police Chief Rector gave an overview of statistical information on Gang and Graffiti
violence. There were 55 gang shootings in 2004, 85 in 2005, and 30 in 2006. There
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were 32 homicides, 16 of which were gang related. Approximately 114 graffiti arrests
have been made and 223 cases were cleared, with most of these arrests being
juveniles. For the first 6 months of 2006, the Gang Enforcement Unit made 1,300
arrests, seized 77 firearms, and conducted almost 1,900 probation/parole searches.
b. Discussion regarding Safer Neighborhood Parks
Assistant City Manager, Alan Christensen, informed the Committee that a letter that will
be mailed out to our State representatives requesting legislation for safer parks. It will
state that the Safe Neighborhoods and Community Relations Committee is seeking to
establish crime-free zones around all public parks. This legislation would be similar to
the current provision under California State law which establishes safe zones around all
schools.
Recreation and Parks Director, Dianne Hoover, said that cameras are being installed in
several public parks around the City, but the location of the cameras will not to be
known to the general public. She also mentioned that they had a meeting at Silver
Creek and Riverwalk Parks to discuss setting up the Neighborhood Watch/Park Watch
Program. Karen Bennett with the Police Department Crime Prevention Division was
present at the meetings and gave information to the public as to how they could get
started on the program. Kern Security was hired to patrol certain parks after the hours
of operation (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.).
c. Discussion regarding timeline to development a plan for State of Emergency to
Stop the Violence (Committee Chair Carson)
Committee Chair Carson distributed the draft State of Emergency Action Plan for
discussion. Beverly Johnson, Department of Health Services; Mark Stansbury, Ebony
Counseling Center; Karen Goh, Garden Pathways, Inc. and Sheryl Barbich, Vision
2020 have volunteered to write the plan. It will consist of a five-step strategy which is
Intervention, Prevention, Community Involvement, Job creation and Suppression. Ms.
Carson said that the timeline for the draft to be completed is no later than December,
2006. She also mentioned that they will consider the adoption of a joint standing
committee at the September 18t" Joint City/County Meeting and the plan will be
submitted to the Committee at that time.
5. NEW BUSINESS
No Items
6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
None
7. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 12:40 p.m.
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Staff present: Assistant City Manager, Alan Christensen; Assistant City Manager, John W. Stinson;
City Attorney, Virginia Gennaro; Recreation and Parks, Dianne Hoover; Police Chief, William Rector;
Capt. Archie Scott, Lt. Hajir Nurridin, Bakersfield Police Department; and Capt. Tim Taylor.
Others present: Karen Goh, Garden Pathways; Marque Standsbarry, Ebony Counseling Center;
Manuel Gonzalez, Stay Focused; Patricia Cueto; Tom Dinnauer, Valley Plaza; and several members
of the media.
cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council