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<br />Therefore, the increased number of charges will add more burden to an already limited number of <br />available jail beds. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />This topic relates to the Safe Community Vision: A community where people feel safe, valued, and <br />welcome. In addition the topic also relates to several of the City Council’s ten goals: The Homeless, <br />Sustainability, Downtown and Police Initiatives. The Park Rules currently provide an option of <br />exclusion from parks and playgrounds for certain offenders. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br />Following the public hearing: <br /> <br />1)The council may take final action on the proposed ordinance on August 11, 2008, as scheduled. <br /> <br />2)The council may direct staff to modify the proposed ordinance and schedule final action on the <br />ordinance for a future date. <br /> <br />3)The council may decide that at this time it does not want to pursue any further action regarding <br />exclusion ordinances. <br /> <br />Attachment B is an ordinance creating the offense of Violation of Downtown Public Safety Zone <br />Restrictions. If Council chooses to adopt an exclusion zone ordinance, Attachment B provides a <br />mechanism for the police to cite excluded persons if they enter the downtown public safety zone in <br />violation of their exclusion order or variance. The offense of violation of downtown public safety zone <br />restrictions is very similar to second degree trespass. <br /> <br />Attachment C provides a map of the proposed Downtown Public Safety Zone. These boundaries were <br />chosen to minimize the size of the Downtown Public Safety Zone while still including the area that <br />generates the greatest number of complaints and calls for service. Several councilors suggested a slight <br />change to the proposed boundaries to extend the zone approximately one-half block to the west in the <br />area of Seventh Avenue and Lincoln Street. This new area is not included in the attached map, but with <br />Council direction following the public hearing, could be included in the final version of the ordinance. <br />The ordinance provides this description of the exclusion zone boundaries: the downtown public safety <br />zone includes the area generally bounded on the north by, and including, the south sidewalk of Seventh <br />Avenue, then south along, and including, the west sidewalk of Lincoln Street, then east along, and <br />including, the south sidewalk of 11th Avenue, then north along, and including, the east sidewalk of Pearl <br />Street, then west along, and including, the south sidewalk of Eighth Avenue, then north along, and <br />. <br />including, the west sidewalk of Oak Street to the south sidewalk of Seventh Avenue <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />This is a public hearing only. Following the City’s receipt of all testimony, the City Manager will make <br />a recommendation to be included in the council packet for action on August 11, 2008. <br /> <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION <br /> <br />This is a public hearing; therefore, no motion is required. The ordinance will be brought back to the <br />council for action on August 11, 2008. <br /> Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080721\S0807213.doc <br /> <br />