Public Services Committee Meeting

NOTE: Minutes are considered “draft” until approved at the next meeting. MINUTES Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Public Services Committee * 4:30 PM Carnegie Town Hall 235 West 10th Street Members Present: Council Member Sue Aguilar, Council Member Kenny Anderson Jr., Council Member Michelle Erpenbach, and Council Member Dean Karsky Members Absent: None Staff Present: Tamara Jorgensen, CMC, Assistant City Clerk; Lorie Hogstad, CMC, City Clerk; David Bixler, Budget Analyst; and Jim David, Legislative/Operations Manager 1. Call To Order Committee Chair Kenny Anderson Jr. called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. 2. Review and approval of minutes dated May 14, 2013 A motion was made by Council Member Sue Aguilar and seconded by Council Member Michelle Erpenbach to approve the minutes. Anderson Jr. called for a voice vote and all members present voted yes. Motion Passed. 3. Tobacco Policy in the Parks by Don Kearney, Director of Parks and Recreation and Jill Franken, Public Health Director Don Kearney, Director of Parks and Recreation spoke regarding the tobacco free policy in the city parks. Kearney stated one of the focal points of stopping tobacco use was to focus on youth. Jill Franken, Public Health Director, reviewed and discussed a PowerPoint presentation encompassing the following slides: Purpose and Strategy with Policy; Researched Topic-Identified Problem; Needs Snapshot/Resident Survey; Defined Scope of Work; Developed a Phased Approach; and Report Implementation Success. Sergeant David Huntimer, Sioux Falls Police Department, spoke regarding the status of enforcement of the policy. He stated the program is going very well and they have not received any negative responses. Council Member Dean Karsky asked if this was a policy or an ordinance. He asked if this was enforceable as an ordinance. Discussion was held regarding writing citations under 95.032 as copied below.  95.032 AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN CONDUCT; NOTICE. The director may prohibit conduct in those areas of the parks when and where the director deems conduct dangerous or unduly interfering with another's use of the parks such as, but not limited to, picnicking areas. A notice prohibiting activity within a specific area shall be conspicuously displayed setting forth which activity, conduct, or games are restricted. (1992 Code, § 27-16.14) (Ord. 49-99, passed 4-19-1999; Ord. 96-12, passed 12- 4-2012) Anderson Jr. asked how it is determined which events fall under these criteria. Huntimer stated that any event where there are people 18 years of age or younger at that event. 4. Open Discussion There was none. 5. Adjournment A motion was made by Council Member Michelle Erpenbach and seconded by Council Member Sue Aguilar to adjourn the meeting at 4:52 p.m. Anderson Jr. called for a voice vote and all members present voted yes. Motion Passed. Tamara Jorgensen, CMC Assistant City Clerk