Item 4: Ordinance Granting 3-Month Extension on Downtown Public Safety Zone Ordinance

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Public Hearing: An Ordinance Concerning Downtown Public Safety Zones; Amending Ordinance No. 20419 to Extend the Sunset Date and Deadline for Providing a Recommendation Regarding Continued Enforcement of the Ordinance; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date Meeting Date: July 26, 2010 Agenda Item Number: 4 Department: Eugene Police Staff Contact: Pete Kerns, Chief of Police www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5102 ISSUE STATEMENT This is a public hearing concerning the extension of the sunset date and deadline for providing a recommendation regarding the Downtown Public Safety Zone Ordinance. The ordinance is scheduled to sunset on August 11, 2010. More time is needed to prepare and review the activity report, and to gather public input. An extension of the Police Commission’s recommendation by 30 days, and the ordinance sunset date by 150 days, is requested to allow the Downtown Public Safety Zone Code provisions to remain in effect until a thorough activity report can be prepared and a determination made as to whether to continue civil exclusions from the downtown area. BACKGROUND Following several work sessions and a public hearing, the City Council adopted the Downtown Public Safety Zone (DPSZ) Ordinance No. 20419 on August 11, 2008. The effective date of the ordinance was September 13, 2008, with a sunset date of August 11, 2010. Subsequently, City staff developed the necessary procedures for the exclusion process and the first arraignment date of a DPSZ exclusion occurred six weeks later on October 31, 2008. In Ordinance No.20419, the council specified a process for review of the DPSZ effectiveness: “Within two years from the effective date of the Ordinance: (1) the City Manager shall prepare a report of the activity recorded in the Downtown Public Safety Zone and provide that report to the Police Commission; and (2) the Police Commission shall review the report, obtain public input regarding the effectiveness of this Ordinance in reducing targeted incidents in the Downtown Public Safety Zone and provide a recommendation to the Council regarding continued enforcement of this Ordinance.” Attachment A is a new ordinance that will be necessary to provide more time for the Police Commission to review the staff’s activity report and provide a recommendation to the City Council. The Eugene Police Department (EPD) staff needed additional time to prepare the activity report and due to the extended time required to process other policy work there has been insufficient time to review the DPSZ activity report and receive public comment. Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100726\S1007264.doc