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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - February 3, 1993 (34)6+OF CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION c44 w+ AGENDA TITLE: Consider Eastside Task Force Recommendation MEETING DATE: February 3, 1993 PREPARED BY: City Manay-�r RECOMMENDED ACTION: Review recommendation and take action as deemed appropriate. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At its regular meeting of Wednesday, January 20, 1993, the City Council heard a request from Ms. Virginia Snyder for the formation of a group of citizens living on the east_ side of the City to review and evaluate suggestions and concerns of the residents of that area. Ms. Snyder was advised that this item would appear on this agenda. Attached is some information supplied by Ms. Snyder. FUNDING: None required Respectfully submitted, Thomas A. Peterson City Manager TAP:br Attachment CCCOM707/TXTA.07A APPROVED. THOMAS A. PETERSON 'e Y.I d Dare, City Manager GG. CITN'COU`fCR PHIf 1 W A f (':141.'1O, ,Ltny•a IM f. A "I(A(N C A�ayett Prn 7rrtrpnu• RAV I: DAA%F't)RI 51f 191f N 1 ttA%N 101M W R Wand') C-JII)I R CITY OF LODI (II1' II.A1.1 1.1 WFII PINI CTRII I P() PDX U106 1OD1. ( Al IfORh1A 9i141 1910 1_40! tt4 Sb td 1a�,2, -! 111 February 5, 1993 fllnstA% A Pf Tf R50% .City .Man,1Ce'r IFNNIftR A4 PfRRI%' ('rty (4•eA SIM %1,-4AIT (dy Aft, ,," Virginia Snyder 412 E. Oak Lodi, California 95240 Dear Virginia: This will confirm the directions given by Mayor Pennino at the City Council meeting of February 3, 1993 to you, Mrs. Virginia Lahr and Mr. John Young regarding the formation of an Eastside Task Force. Mayor Pennino directed the following: 1. That the three persons listed above meet with staff, in particular the City Attorney, to discuss the ideas and guidelines of the formation of this committee; and 2. To report back to the City Council with your recommendations within 30 days. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact our office. Very truly yours, a,T-, 'if �rft�rrin City Clerk im CC: City Attorney, Bob McNatt MEASTSID/TXTA.02k7 1 As January 25, 1993 To: Lodi City Council From: Virginia Snyder Dear Council Member: An interesting article about Oakland's efforts to fight drugs, crime, and urban decay is attached. If you decide to appoint an eastside task force to look for solutions to Lodi's problems, maybe we can learn from Oakland's experience. The one thing that troubles me about this article is the apparent differences between the Safe Streets movement and the Oakland Police Department. It's my feeling that any eastside task force should work closely with the Lodi Police Department and also with the Gang Task Force. Since my presentation at the last Council meeting, I've received lots of support for an eastside task force. If eastside residents will convert the verbal support into action, I believe within a few years we'll see significant improvement in our eastside neighborhoods. We don't have a lot to lose by trying. Things are getting worse every year. My prayers are with you as you consider your decision. I know you have to take into account many things I'm not aware of. I also appreciate the fact that the City Council will take the heat for task force recommendations that might be unpopular with certain elements; slum landlords might fall into that category. That's one of the ceasons I feel it's vitally important we: 1. Demonstrate how property values rise and maintenance costs go doyen when rentals are properly managed. 2. Let eastside business people know how valuable they are to the community and do everything we can to create conditions that will allow them to earn a greater profit. 3. Show eastside churches we are a force for decency and good in our city, and so Licit their support. 4. Involve Lodi's diverse ethnic groups in the effort. 5. Operate within the framework of existing city ordinances to protect the City of Lodi from possible legal complications. This started out to be a short note. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. Please approve an eastside task force. Thanks very much for your time. Sierely, Virgihia Snyder r ...,w.¢►•..,�. AIS Oakland Agencies Join Communoty To Fight Crime Teams have shut down 1,000 drag houses eg pew mariao f]r.rs+.lw*r ar sw Rkky NAllass sttteb bb Bntwbg taspactaa, rstY pubw bead wt fres twodtsOfatb raft wrka ottielats and .«tot coated Dltby blooket bre nod a bldg officers oc—altanled pdke the bimself and stated directly into day Williams and McCrory ware btu barrel of a gua. arrested. no 2CYea1`4141 Kb= Wdee Crawford. wba esubb"d ttty and his friend. Victoria MCCMY. unit M IS> & said theme "malMagtar 22, cowered amid rotimg food and d raporm teams- have been debris in the Cbset of an Oakland bighty snttesstul is Ckabng down hone that bad been tnpdorm"d e ark Dorms and eundnating into a haven for drug a6dk4 ww dealers. buebt. `fret On of tbeW ydkd Oak- in the pow tive Years. otflesta Land Pollee Officer John Hass have responded to 2.500 negMeb Meier• waving his f &Mgneter for service and bOW Cite owbars tt Barsa. of race than LOW boon kfdt Ofd Thetwornwledoutof The clow drug dealers, Clan up their pro' �' pa up and ta.eM, et, too du" even to hide tbdr and rental and evk. Crack Op. irs, am lane Op poticlrs. cid Dune Dldsslq, ttM The recent told was one at tare saaaga for the Ilk : MOM tban1.000eon4MOdStdrug boom sicca I=by ftOakland >asddMfeasm>aId tf<7atasP Pal" DepatOmentYtytlo»ityM tteyssWgnadatbenattbavetYel 20dvHsrfuapftg npcooprat" Doped Bat Health UTAL property owners alleging Diu! The .att — sad. w d .Men Nit MW* Abdeseat An vW* goon;elgCtpaJeeotllaar.fheps tlomandobutnadeoortoederrtd. Uee what Um acre manages. a board up teres bomes ft up to k community bum" and t" fty at- yar. torneys— bas develapadaus" coordinated entotremeat pea• we operate an a vacation, gram that draws upon the ezpetidon_ bred theory of crime proven Dicksteto rid "lt tnetudes rix in he noious consttnruity ages cies fp IDC fight agafmt crime teething the neighbors to CreaM • an atmosphere that is badBt b It is the cmterpim of wb.t tante.' Oakland Potke Sagan Bob Nooefbelm Many Oatiatta Crawford bops will be a h vad• Used tnmmaatiy potting P- rWdeau Pr�itm aunOt brad, ed euW* by ffie pollee. MS grab• matter how unsay officers patrol >)tTt WM wbo wea arrested on the netgbborhoob. an outstanGmg warrant, and ..fbe people bee are tired of Mccrary.wbowrcbedhrbasmgthe d"yt lad broken drag aattrKy sad they WO a homern sutia.b Into rise home m BSth larset afar r K bad been telt rwnR pWkrsafd_ ready to stand up for tbeaaelvaa. Bald • 6 otd resident of Wb • H MOW AW pogW 60M Stsect, wbi, Do detaxd to be Sdant!- ned for fear of Wag amwed out aeotad the drug acd-Ky. wbkh by 11M deaiert to the 04U, adgbbaa teparfed bad been go bood. 'R3e Polk* are behft b We on tar weeks, and alerted the bat we are ane gent to be" owner about the pbbMed raid. bdpouradvea' R�1{1N6VA1MND S�iE":.....,....uaaew�,u�ltrrnaer• ;1°'d;r'•s•,iitYF � .r., itleighbars Fight Drugs and Win p aMsR Llerl4.eeaae ase/ hoer tLtwra► ch'"kis err aw move Pea Jy+sasn exp s man Med far•fetrbod titcl tm alb In IND. are "raw a place may can do thfe sigh the legal sksawe con"Mus nal "Vit, "Am to Improve coodataan" forcemeat programa In does trap Stoektiase to ftyettevltle, N.C. ode# baek &gamut ale have been aebed drug activity witheot very about what b ill .leg w the erlmtaal-lwstkr P� � iL prodrem and tem to make the senits have thele ower varbtions' said It. Herman Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin law proteror. But today. tedmw- derat- "lieysreexportln{thominsage 1 by Safe streets Her, an that it eltlsstu are wtficieudy dwd-baeed ergenteetloa that annoyed by roman that mist nested the approach ilaibn, In their win. threw are Oftp "rm not allied after all." said es oo the upkeep and tnafine• Ranaeb Brower. who helped or- a of tbehr property. gaalae Humboldt Avenue neiss :cedar the rules ofsmaneb>ms bats In Oakland brut year to get ted -t, raft belabor on the dalm of such aaimuces as drug dein"& tglbtetarexpto&5.00(1fndun- Ike Squnfmgandpit bull Dghzft 7be Judge, has no power to '9t was a :and happy ending. We i down a home, but the threat were all expecting It to come back. oto financial penalties often bat ttbasnt" peb lbs owner to step to and Sete Sttaef current candied care of the poblema Includes 66 suspected drug boaso -anbag out each pegriom in 21 Oakland sidgbborbooda six o many drankdrtving tickets, mon alghborboode will be added Strain claims to have closed thb year. and these is a ratting blot rug bouts to Oakland arse of t& cad an additional A In other Elsewhere In California. 46 tit• rola deka his clients be" Les have asked Sate Street for err ientamoulded atmots gey8.t100 In sbunee. And calls for blp In set. rough bng+andbng lmtins. .urh as Its churches, Oakland ,icb history of udr4 comma. rgantring to tapro s "h. A Concerns an the police dq cot. Molly Wetzel- founder xecutive director of Sate turned that also arot ad - :g a Legal tool that made it e for clr wens a t only to or. icut to act on their own, hstgbt Wetzel had when ,ted Sate Streris four vears a to treat neighborDoed c a problem of private prop nagr meat She went on to a stepbystep formula for inif better management ndiords -hose properties drug activity and other astir seems to be workuit values in the affected bonds here risen by$13,- .006_ Tao system Is simple Nelghbeoes discreetly moauor e property. k-Wg IV of poefl- bk Bkgal activity. Safe Streets. acting as the neighbors' legal agent, cobects the Information at its downtown otfltes. Wben enough evidence has been gats are& the people go M @0all c atms court and argue that the owners am -bidet mtmldpat PlOOaAAy poostAISCd f I But Wtrtsel, to a presentation thin mouth to the cetyl Communs- t) Mcing Task Force, sold the re• deployment of patrol officers Is to- oonabawt with cocimum polle- Ind. -Mb tactic is merely an add- on to the present system - She -rota "ibis half -way, method Its doomed to fadare." IU danger of web a step. ae- cordhq to Wetzel. is that the mos no a salads to citizens, Is exactly what commuotty lawing tries to review that the police depart- MM as the calwary, riding In to sold every neighborhood's Voo- Elea 'Yy wotYy Is there's a tabs ex- peectattoat rises tater the commn- 2 0 #nods up to take reeponubib- ty. aloe and violence will ecti m. oe: ahs seri& "1 we people think - to public safety. but dfferenceers keg trey tan buy officers and at mate on bow big and how eotm beck an their hattncbea and point Weed beifeces a demtoaat rete theftnger" fa Nvitlaw is integral to comme. While pig Bat tieahkabe arty-knted pobdng, sad the queftlaintid how, large a rob that sooner the better. POO should be 4tven In an V - l" �, overall —tea of community po —LL= bring, 'ft's labor-mienstm it's blew and the depa tome doesconsinsi g, ftp classic tieu have pursued their own versions, dokeor-yea• - she saW- of the We& Central to the depart - moor's program is redeploying pa• trot officer; from a tywWd to neighborhood duty. Lear this year. the deporemmt plans to as sign one officer to each of the She proposed a number of ad- dkwd programs that would Co. exits with Bat Hoaith. Including tstthe2 oommanhtes define their "a police beats, tmttug a city- wide resource center when chi, ting up sim9at programs tame frM 23 other antes and the Di+ trkt of Columbia last year. Despite ad,$ mccoun - she is considered an ardent pro motor - frustrations remain. Is, Oakland. they center on the reta- tionships between community or- ganizations and eta police d.pan, meet. "it's been a straggle In Oakland to get this tool accepted." said WetrA a former aide in City Coon. ciimaa Dick Speen. Any kind of oew and innovative program takes Lime for people to tinderAand." Now, largely because of the vis- ible results of Sale Streets, a tough consensus is emerging that pub citizen organizing out a level with traditional police action In the city's bag -range strategy for keep ing neighborhoods safe. Oakland k moving toward a new philosophy it making the most of limited police services In neighborhoods - known as "Comm munityoriented policing" - and these relationships are at the heart of it. According to Wetzel. the police department has come to accept the nerd for as expanded ctviltan rote of the hevadv bnets of neigh. city's 35 police bats. This Office"'offlcetarhood Metalilntbh. duties wM include toot patrol and working closely with nngbbor- hood organizations on crit- prohb kms The department's other maJor comp.ment of community potk• mg. ha Beat Health program. -til coatinue operating at W existIMS lewd. with we sergeant ofticers lite and It - Ate Streeu, treat Health closes drug boast- But Un- like the c"An prevent, lt call, it -"tants property oamess . deuce of criminal activity before taking them w court S.nce 19M Beat fleapit bas forced the owns s of wi dOspm* ed banes to kick oat drug dealers, dean up property. put in fences and adequate ligbting, and emb, this rental and eviction ponces said Diane Dickstein. the Pro, gram s case manager. 'The whole Ida of community policing the police tpolice department and the community." said Deputy Chief Robert Nicbellni "The strategy Is to have officers assigned to a par- ticeetar beat 24 hours a day and work with community gronpa like Safe Streets and anybody elle we can find that wants to Kort with Ahboudh wend to confident tlx: the two sides well -oink out their differences. she said the PO- bee obee department must undergo "a sailor retedinc adopting — munfty toiieiug - a department' wide philosophy. It to considered a good bet that 0alklissid'snwie this, dgpKCnW mend that awry goof isongtime Cold George Hart related last visor. and the cit; Is "erchtog for a repiacas-eat Whoever become the re: polite caster. I believes. will M scribe to and perhaps even be w&r in *a emmusifty4dws, pouring moonsaw aid Jam Skolnick a Utdvenity of CeNc else at Berkeky Sociology and Is t MolessOr- gens could learn how to keep their 'It's been a Lstrmggle in Oakland to get this and g tool accepted. Any kind of new and � :all � deperttnast ameettmgup"Qoa>E Innovative takes timeforpeople program to understand.'- lMx1Y err L sdt•�nlx s�ires�racrs only with crime and vbkate but ting up sim9at programs tame frM 23 other antes and the Di+ trkt of Columbia last year. Despite ad,$ mccoun - she is considered an ardent pro motor - frustrations remain. Is, Oakland. they center on the reta- tionships between community or- ganizations and eta police d.pan, meet. "it's been a straggle In Oakland to get this tool accepted." said WetrA a former aide in City Coon. ciimaa Dick Speen. Any kind of oew and innovative program takes Lime for people to tinderAand." Now, largely because of the vis- ible results of Sale Streets, a tough consensus is emerging that pub citizen organizing out a level with traditional police action In the city's bag -range strategy for keep ing neighborhoods safe. Oakland k moving toward a new philosophy it making the most of limited police services In neighborhoods - known as "Comm munityoriented policing" - and these relationships are at the heart of it. According to Wetzel. the police department has come to accept the nerd for as expanded ctviltan rote of the hevadv bnets of neigh. city's 35 police bats. This Office"'offlcetarhood Metalilntbh. duties wM include toot patrol and working closely with nngbbor- hood organizations on crit- prohb kms The department's other maJor comp.ment of community potk• mg. ha Beat Health program. -til coatinue operating at W existIMS lewd. with we sergeant ofticers lite and It - Ate Streeu, treat Health closes drug boast- But Un- like the c"An prevent, lt call, it -"tants property oamess . deuce of criminal activity before taking them w court S.nce 19M Beat fleapit bas forced the owns s of wi dOspm* ed banes to kick oat drug dealers, dean up property. put in fences and adequate ligbting, and emb, this rental and eviction ponces said Diane Dickstein. the Pro, gram s case manager. 'The whole Ida of community policing the police tpolice department and the community." said Deputy Chief Robert Nicbellni "The strategy Is to have officers assigned to a par- ticeetar beat 24 hours a day and work with community gronpa like Safe Streets and anybody elle we can find that wants to Kort with Ahboudh wend to confident tlx: the two sides well -oink out their differences. she said the PO- bee obee department must undergo "a sailor retedinc adopting — munfty toiieiug - a department' wide philosophy. It to considered a good bet that 0alklissid'snwie this, dgpKCnW mend that awry goof isongtime Cold George Hart related last visor. and the cit; Is "erchtog for a repiacas-eat Whoever become the re: polite caster. I believes. will M scribe to and perhaps even be w&r in *a emmusifty4dws, pouring moonsaw aid Jam Skolnick a Utdvenity of CeNc else at Berkeky Sociology and Is t MolessOr- t RECEIVED t c�� A rw ftV7 r POO 7wpv xr!vjrvr 7w Ko >Ovq Is.