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Public Safety Committee Minutes 2008 04-24-08 APPROVED WITH CORRECTIONS - 7/24/08 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE 800 Game Farm Road Yorkville, IL 60560 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING City Hall, Conference Room Thursday, April 24, 2008 — 6:00 P.M. PRESENT: Chairperson Spears, Committeemen Sutcliff, Werderich ABSENT: Committeeman Plocher ALSO PRESENT: Lieutenant Don Schwartzkopf, Assistant City Administrator Bart Olson Chairperson Spears called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. in the Conference Room of City Hall. PRESENTATION: None MINUTES: None NEW BUSINESS: 1. PS 2008-16—Police Reports for March, 2008 The following discussion took place: • Chairperson Spears asked Lieutenant Swartzkopf to inform Molly that the report format is great. He stated that if there is other information that the committee would like to see in the report that they should contact Molly directly. This item is informational only. 2. PS 2008-17 — Ordinance Amending City code Adopting Smoke Free Illinois Act Assistant City Administrator Olson stated that this change will allow the city to process local ordinance violation tickets which also allows the City to receive a larger portion of the fines. With no further discussion, this item was moved to the Consent Agenda. OLD BUSINESS: 1. PS 2007-43 — Parking Restrictions for Select Arterial and Collector Streets Committeeman Sutcliff stated that on Cannonball Trail approximately 180' south of Independence, there is a distance of 3 houses that Bill McCue would like to have parking allowed while he is building and selling the homes. Chairperson Spears stated that Chief Martin feels that this is a collector street and it would be difficult to change the parking restrictions at a later time. After discussion, it was determined that this section of roadway would be added back to the proposed restricted roadways. Chairperson Spears stated that she would prefer to start the no parking restriction on West Countryside after Palmer Drive. Lt. Swartzkopf added that Chief Martin would prefer not to make that change as the street is used as a cut-through and a raceway. If residents in the area require additional parking, they can call the Police Department to get special permission. a) Restrict Parking on East Kendall Drive Chairperson Spears stated that the concern is a home daycare center located at 305 E. Kendall Drive. At the present time, the resident places cones on the driveway so that the parents who are dropping off and picking up children can't park in the driveway. This requires parents to park on the roadway for drop off and pick up. However, residents of the apartment complex park on the roadway as well. Committeeman Werderich stated he didn't feel this roadway qualified as a collector street. Lt. Swartzkopf stated that while it is not officially a collector street, it is used as one, similar to Somonauk. It was determined that Lt. Swartzkopf would personally speak with the resident to try to come to a resolution. The discussion regarding East Kendall Drive will return to this committee for further discussion. The remainder of the parking restrictions will be sent to the Consent Agenda of May 13, 2008. 2. PS 2008-05—Administrative Adjudication Attorney Orr was not present to discuss this matter, however, Committeeman Werderich discussed his concerns with her via telephone. His concern was that constitutional rights would be taken away by using the process for traffic violations as the statute says that the burden of proof is on the defendant, therefore they are guilty until proven innocent. However, Attorney Orr explained that Illinois Vehicle Code violations are excluded. Committeeman Sutcliff stated that Committeeman Plocher is concerned about section 1-13-6a2 in that it states `owner or operator' and the owner could be cited for someone else's error. Chairperson Spears stated that Attorney Orr explained that is someone other than the owner is operating the vehicle; the operator could be brought into the matter. This item will be addressed with Attorney Orr when this matter goes before City Council. This item will move forward to City Council. 3. PS 2007-28—Ice Cream Vendors/Soliciting Ordinances Chairperson Spears stated that this item was before the committee last year. Attorney Orr has advised that the City cannot legally ban vendors. Assistant City Administrator Olson added that he believes that Mayor Burd has increased the cost of the background check to $25.00. This item was moved t the City Council Consent Agenda. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS: Committeeman Sutcliff—none Committeeman Werderich — He attended the Raintree Village neighborhood watch meeting last week and wished to commend the Police Department for the way they conducted the meeting. They got people excited about becoming involved. They were very positive and he was very impressed with the meeting. Lt. Swartzkopf will pass this along to Sergeant Groesch and Detective Mott who conducted the meeting. Additional discussion took place regarding other neighborhood watch groups. Lt. Swartzkopf stated that the meetings would start taking place again. Lt. Swartzkopf — A burglary suspect was apprehended the evening of that neighborhood watch meeting. The suspect confessed and a lot of property was recovered including laptop computers, passports, etc. Additionally, the suspect burnt 2 vehicles. He was not charged with arson due to lack of evidence. That evening there was no supervisor on duty for the Police Department and the most senior officer had 2 years experience. It was a great example of good police work. A press release should be distributed today. Lastly, please remember to lock your cars. ADJOURNMENT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: With no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 7:07 p.m. Minutes respectfully submitted by Margaret M. Hartigan.