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Health and Public Safety Committee Meeting Minutes February 11,2011 Page 2 • Qualitv of Life Ordinances Progress Council Member White noted that a chart had been prepared by the Council Attorney in the past which summarized data on several quality of life ordinances. Following discussion, the following recommendation was made: Recommendation: The Council Attorney would be asked to work with the Ordinance Violations Bureau Clerk and update the chart on the quality of life ordinances. Upon review of the same by the Committee, the Committee would make recommendations for ordinances which should be repealed or amended. � Graffiti Council Member White noted that Council Member Oliver Davis has been working on this. She stated that initiatives like this should be made known to the Chairperson of the Committee before being implemented. Based on comments from Council Member Henry Davis, Council Member White, Council Member Rouse and Council President Dieter it was apparent that a much more comprehensive approach to addressing graffiti is needed. It was noted that the police department no longer has a gang unit, and that much of the graffiti appears to be gang related. Jeff Young has voluntarily removed graffiti at his own expense. It was suggested that: Recommendation: The City Administration be invited to a Committee meeNng to outline how the city cleans-up graffiti [which must be done on a timely basis]; and also summarize how the City enforces graffiti regulations,including the judicial process they are utilizing. • Ille�al Dumping Council Member White stated that illegal dumping is a city-wide issue. Council Member Henry Davis suggested that "hot problem areas" should be addressed. Council President Dieter stated that a plan to address illegal dumping should be presented by the Administration to the committee. It was suggested that: Recommendation: The Department of Code Enforcement would be invited to a meeting of the Health and Public Safety Committee to hear their vision, plan, and accountability of enforcement addressing illegal dumping. Data from the 2010 year on this topic should be summarized by Code which addresses among other things manpower, costs to the city, and costs paid by violators. • Progress for Receiving Regular Updates from LeEal on Ordinance Violations Council Member White noted that the first report from the Legal Department was received last week which summarizes Code violation fines paid in their department. The reporting is a result