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Sergeant John ~'. Saul~a of the Scauth 1=3en.d police Department stated. that ~ gas investigated thirty (~t3} cases in a two {2j weep period. Darrrage to hc~n~r€;s and. lausirresses; and no~v then are targeting churches and. the;i.r air co~~dition.in~ tr.nits arad stealing the metal and copper coils. `T'hieves a.re going: ont<? roofs to get access to such units as well as to the sides of buildings. Ike noted that in sorrae cases tl~e deductit~les are SOf),€~Ot3. Sgt. Szuba stated that fhe ordinance would assist the departaraerat in "going aftc;r suspects" anc9 that the docura~entatior~ ~~fould aid the~r~ in their dete€:~ive work. lie ~rgreed that rrran hole c;o~rers r?~ay tae the next hot ite~x~. E.~et~ir~g leads m~a~j help get confessions and infor~~-tatiorr leading to the rinb leadcr•s o~ these which are orgar~i.~c;cl. S~~t Bryant stated that tl.~e: vehicle infs3rrr~atiorD which wotdld be recTuested vsrould also be of great assistance to tl~er~~. ~`atherine Koppel, Director cal' the Department of bode ~:nforcernent stated that the proposed. ordinance is necessary in order to he;ip South ~er~d ad€iress what is beeornirig a nationwide epidermic. She stated. that copper and alu~a~irrtrrn thet"ts in particular are increasing. Site noted first the series ire rho ~Sra~itlz I3enc1 I~i°iha~azc on vacant homes sl~o~vs tl~e an~orar~t of dagger. Shy; does not want to order dornoiition but ~~rhen walls are tlroken up to get to pipes and wires i.t nay l~re necessar~~. She rooted that occupied hones and garages on alleys have lead alu~minur~l siding taken a second. time, Such action is intirmidating and. I~ri.ngs other crirrre. She seas this as being costly to the taxpayers ~aeeause: they have a contract for t~oardit~g up proper°ties arrd "t-aoar°d tips are up Cep°,~o this year so far". She concluded .laer remarks day stating that she would lime the ordinance to he apprcaved. (~ity Attorney C-harles f,eot~e noted. that he and. tl~e council Atto.rn.e~J have lead some ~;c>oci n~eetir~~;s and drat they leave also net with Mr. Mirkin. 1-Ie th~:n provided to tl~e C;on~~~~ittee a one~page handout listing curr•er~rt activities ~vl~ich are licensed acrd tlae depa~-tt~re~ats a,~nc~~ do ins}~ections and the offices wl~icl~ approve. I-Ie also provided a two-page Tow chart orre dated March lath and the other dated March 2~th of the procedure to obtain a scrap yard license (copies attached}. He suggestc;d that since the Board. of I~trl~lia; ~ilorks carries orrt only rrtir~isterial duties that the council nay want to consider droppi~rg them fro~aa the actual licensing proeedr.~re. Ne noted that lac discussed this with the council Attor~~ey and that rho proposed str-eanalining is a decision which. they v:ould life the ~"otrncil tc? c;orrsider. 1•Te believes the process would be more eftTcient as a resr€it. 11e also provided a. map prepared. ley CIS which showed fire ~~~eli-head protected areas and the businesses currentl}~ licensed as scrap yards. Mr. Lecane stated that additiorr.al regulations are needed ire order to assist the polio; depar~tn~er~t. Ike noted that the ordrnance references on page 10 the current ncaise regulations, and float his depart3ment has received calls about scrap yard noise. ~'~~irncil lulermkaer Dieter then offered. into the reco~°d a ;-page docur~aent showing twenty-three ~2~3 photograpl-rs of properties which had. alurmir~trr~ siding stolen fi-t~rr~ then {copy attached}, Council Ivle~nlaer V~fhite then asked fc~r corm.~-nents fror-n arry one in opposition. to the proposed ordinance.. 1~1arc1~ ?7.26(.ki ',-1~~1t1~ ~~d P~hiic ti~Fet~` C'c>n~~ni€[vee~i il~~a'?Il!Ki Si>uLEi Let3c[Conlrixn~ ~~trtir~ci3 -'~~~e 3 siY 6