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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—November 29, 2010 15 7.B, Traffic Administrative Citation Program (continued) MOTION: Mayor Har stead moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to Approve Ordinance 2010-014, Establishing Procedures for the Administrative Citation of Traffic Offenses, to Approve Resolution 2010-068 Authorizing - Administrative Citations for Certain Traffic Offenses and to Authorize Staff to Notify the Commissioner of Public Safety Regarding the City's Actions to Participate in this Program. Councilmember Holden asked when the program would take effect. City Attorney Filla stated the program would be effective once the ordinance was published. MOTION: Mayor Harpstead moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to amend the primary motion to include Publishing a Summary of Ordinance 2010-014. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). The amended motion was called to a vote. ,o The motion carried unanimously (5-0). .,, Councilmember Holmes stated there is a panic button at the Bias. She asked what happens when this button is pushed. Commander Paget clarified this button sends a distress call to the Ramsey County dispatch and they send a Deputy to the facility. The Deputy will try and reach someone on site to try and assess the situation before arriving in order to determine the best approach for entry. Councilmember Holden stated there had been a lot of theft from autos reported. She stated she had been surprised because she had not been made aware of this. She asked Commander Paget how the Council would be able to obtain this information. Commander Paget stated the number of thefts from autos has gone up but Arden Hills is still a safe community. Arden Hills is at half the level of neighboring communities. The Sheriff's Department does have methods in place for notifying neighborhoods about problems in their areas. One effective method is to sign up on the County's website for text message updates. The neighborhood watch captains sometimes have not been informed as promptly as they should be and the department is reviewing this. One of the main problems at this time is the secondary crime that occurs from auto break-ins and that is the use of credit cards and identity theft. These are crimes that are being investigated more by the department. One of the problems is people need to be reminded that there can be crime in their neighborhoods and that they should lock their car doors and access doors to their homes. Councilmember Grant stated that there had been an incident in Arden Hills where the response time of the Sheriffs Department had been a problem. He stated he would like to see more visibility of the Sheriff's Department in the community and the neighborhoods.