Okay, the time is now 10 03 a.m.

and we'll call this public safety committee meeting to order.

Um Madam Clerk, could you please call the roll chair core?

Present councilmember Castillo Angiano.

Present.

Councilmember Castillo.

Councilmember Spears.

Here we have quorum.

Thank you.

First item on the agenda is approval of minutes from May 19th, 2025.

Can I have a motion to approve?

Motion and a second.

Is there any discussion?

And there's no folks signed up to speak.

Okay.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Okay.

Motion carries.

Okay, so the only item on the agenda today is just setting an overview of what this committee is charged with, the subcommittees that we have.

So we just thought we'd take today to level set on what we're assigned to do, set our subcommittees, and then talk about a little bit about what we're already doing in those two subcommittees.

Um and then we'll take some ideas at the end for what you guys want to talk about over the next several months.

So sharing this charge, this is the uh charge from the mayor that was sent out uh several weeks ago, but um I'll just go ahead and read it.

The public safety committee shall oversee matters related to public safety associated with fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency preparedness, police and law enforcement, animal care services, street lighting and shade.

The committee will create an interpersonal violence subcommittee to identify policy solutions to address the persistently high rates of interpersonal violence in our community.

Additionally, this committee will create an elder abuse subcommittee to identify opportunities to address the unique public safety concerns impacting our seniors, i.e.

financial fraud and physical abuse.

So we're gonna have two presentations on those um subcommittees here shortly.

I did ask members previously what they wanted to serve on for subcommittees.

So councilmember Castillo and I will serve on the interpersonal subcommittee, and then Councilmember Castillo Anguiano, and then eventually Councilmember McKee Rodriguez and Councilmember Spears will serve on the elder abuse subcommittee.

I wanted to see what y'all thought thought about for us meeting.

We have some stuff already for the October agenda, but coming back to November and sharing what you think might be ideas for how we could move those two areas of focus forward.

Does that sound okay to come back in November?

Okay, Mira.

So we'll come back and Maria's gonna help staff those, right?

And so she'll come back and help staff those two subcommittees so that we can meet and figure out exactly where we want to uh focus in those areas.

Uh the other thing that I just wanted to share about how I see this committee moving forward is really thinking about community safety as a whole.

We talk a lot about uh we see a lot of the data.

I remember I get uh I think Councilmember Castillo and I got to serve on this committee last year and um uh last couple years, and so is Councilmember McKee Rodriguez.

And we get a lot of data.

And Maria and I have talked a little bit about how do we make that data more digestible and uh really understand trends and why things are happening and focus more on the why rather than just um focusing on what we're doing as a result.

And so we're I think we can focus a lot about community safety, thinking about street lighting is a big thing that we're probably gonna get a win on this budget cycle, but continuing to focus on needs also and not just gaps and other ways that we can help support our community overall.

So that's the way I'd like to for us to move forward.

If anybody has does anybody have any other comments about the charge or um how they could see us moving forward with public safety for this term?

Well, I mean, I'm always interested in more officers in control.

Um to your point about lighting, it's always being talked about the mailboxes and how we can address that better.

I think that was a I think I'd like to bring that back in October.

Maria and I talked about because it was a previous initiative that we never fully got through public safety.

So um, yeah, bringing that back in um October is something I'd like to do.

And I'm I'm excited about the um assessment we're doing for the fire department, yeah, and how what we're gonna see there, making sure we're just maintaining mental health resources for our fire and police.

I have a long list, really.

Well, and feel free to share it or send in an email however you want, but definitely the fire needs assessment will also be on the agenda in the next couple meetings.

Anything else from your council members?

Councilmember Castillo Anguiano?

I don't think you thought on the street light gap.

Maybe do like some kind of gap.

Oh, your mic, sorry.

Uh like a street gap uh if if we can do some kind of analysis for street light gaps, um, quarterly statistics on fire and police, good neighbor program updates, and I can send this in an email to you as well.