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Pub3ic Safety Minutes, page 2 <br />- The ability to safely go out at night. <br />- Working on vandalism. <br />- Reaching younger people - youth pragram recreational <br />faci3ities -- give them "something to do". � <br />- Allowing various iife styles in a diverse finar�cial and <br />ethnic community. This this was expanded to state the <br />ideal af not concentrating lower income housing in any <br />one area. <br />The group reviewed the fax sent to Chair Essex by Geoff Kaufmann <br />{attached). <br />The group agreed a� basic suinmary would be: adequate response to <br />what we can't control and prevention - pre-planning to mitigate and <br />prepare for what we can control. <br />WHERE WE ARE NOA <br />The group reviewed some of the data provided by staff and asked <br />questions about crime trends and police department activity. <br />Parental guidance and responsibility and educational responsibility <br />of public safety pxoviders was mentioned frequently. This area <br />will be reviewed again as there was a lot of information to discuss <br />and digest. <br />CHARTING DIIR COURSE <br />It was decided to have the next meeting an Thursday, November 5 at <br />6:30 pam. due to conflicts and the elections. <br />The group requested meetings with various public safety providers <br />during the next three weeks starting with the Fire Department and <br />Health One far the November �th meeting; the Juvenile Officer, <br />Schoo3 Liaison Officer, and Community Resource Coordinator for the <br />Tuesday, November lOth meeting, and Traffic and Civil Defense <br />areas at the Tuesday, November 17th meeting. <br />The group will also try to Iook at what are good and successful <br />practices used around the country i.n the public safety area. <br />The group requested minutes from the other Vista 2000 groups. Lee <br />Mehrkens requested that our minutes also be organized by subject - <br />a page on the Visions Statements, a page an the Strategy Statements <br />and a page on the current situation shortcomings and issues. These <br />pages could be added to and used for notes during meeting <br />preparation and a meetings. (These pages are attached). <br />Revised roster is attached. <br />Meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. <br />/TA <br />