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Regular City Council Meeting AND Board of Adjustments and Appeals Monday,July 23,2012 Page 39 at Rosedale 6-8 years ago, and the Police Department not addressing additional security needs with the redevelopment. Chief Mathwig noted that this plan is not meant specific to Wal-Mart, but was based on the impacts to the Police Department from any big box retailer, as well as support retailers in the vicinity. Also, Chief Mathwig noted that this Twin Lakes area has been a "sleepy area" of vacant land and truck terminals until now, and did not overly tax his department. Chief Mathwig noted that typical calls have been for theft of copper wire, transients, or occasional semi trailers stolen. However, as the area proceeded to develop, he anticipated ramifications, and the proposed Security Plan was intended to address those impacts, at least in part, and hopefully serve as a foundation for future redevelopment throughout the community and police service requirements. Chief Mathwig opined that it was obvious that once large retailers and businesses developed in any area, po- lice response needs would dramatically increase. Chief Mathwig noted that this became obvious with the redevelopment of Rosedale, and hadn't been proac- tively addressed at that time,but evident in hindsight. Chief Mathwig advised that staff was currently in discussions with Wal-Mart representatives about security, and plan details were not yet finalized; however, he noted that Wal-Mart was very receptive to agreeing to work on these security issues. Chief Mathwig used several examples (e.g. parking area lighting, full-time secu- rity personnel staffing). Chief Mathwig opined that the proposed location would certainly be visible to I-35W traffic, creating a potentially larger volume of traffic than normal, and was an unintended by-product of retail. Chief Mathwig advised that this Plan would be a response protocol asked of any larger stores by the Police Department to provide us with their losses in detail to pro- vide sufficient documentation for the City Attorney to prosecute violators. Chief Mathwig advised that this could incorporate on-site loss prevention staff- ing; state-of-the-art camera systems at point of sale sites; and sophisticated IT as the backbone to support that data, such as identifiable imaging for tracking pur- poses. Councilmember McGehee opined that the suggested enhanced lighting sounded like a prison yard; and would definitely have negative impacts on the surround- ing neighborhoods, as well as limiting future residential development adjacent to this area. Councilmember McGehee further questioned the cost to the City to interface with these sophisticated data systems. Chief Mathwig advised that the City's IT system is already available, and there should be no additional cost to the City; and the identifiable imagine was simply indicating digital photos, which most larger retailers already provide. Chief