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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03011994 - 2.1 TO: BOARD OF SL;PERVISORS ., Contra FROM. Phil Batchelor, County Administrator :.±�.. j `,• Costa DATE: February 28, 1994 County SUBJECT: ENDORSEMENT OF THE EAST BAY PUBLIC SAFETY CORRIDOR PROJECT SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)A BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. ENDORSE the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project as outlined below. 2 . AUTHORIZE AND ENCOURAGE the County Administrator, District Attorney, Sheriff-Coroner, County Probation Officer, Social Service Director, Health Services Director,. other appropriate department heads and their respective staffs to participate fully in the work of the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project. 3 . AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller to make the required payment to support the initial work of the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project and to assist it to- seek foundation and other funding sources to provide the on-going support for the Project. 4 . REQUEST the County Administrator to update the Board of Supervisors periodically on the work of the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project and to recommend positions on legislation which is developed directly as a result of or in support of the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON - Mar-Gh-1, 1994 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS O�HEDATE OWN. y ATTESTEDt 1i Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR.CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: See page 3 SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY- DEPUTY BACKGROUND: Assemblyman Tom Bates has undertaken an initiative to assure the residents of the East Bay Corridor that every citizen will have the right to be safe on the streets, to have healthy families and neighborhoods, and to share equally in the opportunities of our community. This initiative was undertaken by having the mayors of Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond and their respective school districts sign a memorandum of understanding in November, 1993 mutually pledging to accomplish specified goals having to do with public safety, violence prevention, establishing programs for youth, stronger gun control, expanding drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and interdiction efforts and expanding their efforts to include other jurisdictions. The East Bay Public Safety Corridor has been expanded to include invitations to the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa and the cities and school districts stretching from at least the southern boundary of Oakland through the northern boundary of the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Invitations have been issues to the cities and school districts running as far south as Hayward. If all communities in this area decide to join the Project, it will run from the Carquinez Bridge through the City of Hayward. Assemblyman Bates has met with staff from Alameda County and Contra Costa County to review and revise the concepts which will guide the Project. He also convened a meeting including elected and appointed representatives from the federal, state, county, city and school district level to review the goals of the Project and generate support for its goals. Assemblyman Bates, Assemblywoman Barbara Lee and Senator Nicholas Petris will each author specific pieces of legislation which will further the goals of the Project. A Steering Committee has been established consisting of Assemblyman Bates and the County Administrators of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. In addition to the Steering Committee, the Project will operate through at least four subcommittees, as follows: ■ Education Committee ■ Law Enforcement Committee ■ Juvenile Diversion Committee ■ Environmental Improvement Committee The Project is requesting contributions of $10,000 each from the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa and the cities of Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond. Additional cities which wish to join will be asked to contribute $3,000 each. The East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project believes that its efforts can only be successful by preventing problems from occurring, rather than treating the symptoms after a problem has manifested itself. This means that the Project's emphasis must be to deal with children and their parents at the earliest possible age and to deal with the entire family, rather than the behavior of one individual . This also means that such typically disparate services as Public Health, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Welfare, Child Protective Services, Juvenile Probation, Police, the Schools, Environmental Health, Building Inspection, Planning, District Attorney and the Courts have to work together and see that each has a role to play in helping the community to heal itself. It is important to also note that government agencies by themselves cannot be the only ones committed to change. If so, as soon as the government agencies leave a community, the community will return to the same condition it was before their intervention. It is only when the individual members of the community decide that change is needed that there is any chance that the change will be permanent. 2 In this case, government resources can be brought to bear on the community in defined ways for a specified period of time. The community members can be taught how to improve their own community. Then, when the government agencies leave, the community leaders can keep the process in place. The initial funding which is made available will allow the Project to seek funding ongoing from private foundations, from the state and from the federal governments. We are currently working on a mission statement for the Project, along with goals and measurable outcome objectives for the Project which will be shared with the Board of Supervisors as soon as they have been approved by the Steering Committee. Contra Costa County has a significant stake in seeing that problems are addressed in that portion of the Corridor which is within Contra Costa County. A significant portion of the County's health, welfare and law enforcement resources are used in this area of the County. We believe that a cooperative working relationship involving the federal, state, city, county and school agencies which serve this area of the County is essential to being able to address some of the area's problems in a constructive manner. We have to get ahead of the problems and prevent their getting worse or we will surely have to dedicate more and more of our limited resources to simply putting band-aids on the symptoms in West County. Extending that cooperation to the communities in and around Berkeley and Oakland simply recognizes that crime, drugs, poverty and unemployment do not recognize county boundaries and that the problems flow easily back and forth between the counties. In view of the leadership, dedication and energy which are being provided to this effort by Assemblyman Tom Bates, we are recommending that the Board of Supervisors endorse and support the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project, authorize staff to participate, make the requested contribution and stay up-to-date on . the activities in the Project area. cc: County Administrator District Attorney Sheriff-Coroner Health Services Director Social Services Director County Probation Officer Auditor-Controller 3 STATE CAPITOL OFFICECHAIR P.O.BOX 942849 �` +. !�J'((�� STANDING COMMITTEE ON SACRAMENTO,CA 94249-0001 HUMAN SERVICES )916)445-7554 � XtTXxtt 7J)A rtY��lY1 8A FAX:)916)445-6434 �G�i✓i` i4f Ai G COMMITTEES 3923 DISTRICT OFFICES GRAND AVENUE TOM BAI�A BATES c NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 8 OAKLAND,CA 94610 MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY TOXIC MATERIALS )510)428-1423 FOURTEENTH DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY FAX:(510)428.1599 RICHMOND OFFICE 2/14/94 (Valentine's.Day) 1108 BISSELL AVENUE gT�T4! ROOM 202 RICHMOND,CA 94801 To: Task Force Members of the East Bay Public Safety Corridor a )510)234-0211 FAX:234-0213 Project and Friends of the Corridor. ►�•a� From: Assemblyman Tom Bates Subject: Convener's Update and Proposed Road Map A) February 4th Meeting FollowFebruary 4th Follow-Q The eighty-seven elected and appointed representatives present at the meeting commented on and edited the Public Safety Corridor Action plan. The changes to the Action Plan include more emphasis on providing prevention and opportunity services to younger children, using volunteers and service participants to provide support to community programs, and soliciting . community involvement. The revision should be complete by February 22, 1994 and available for circulation shortly thereafter. The Task Force agreed to move forward:to secure funding and implement the Action Plan. The following is a list of necessary steps to advance the project: 1. Task Force Members will be asked to assume various working group responsibilities. The Convener in conjunction with the two County Administrators will suggest working group assignments. If a participant wishes to be reassigned, that request will be honored. Given the several federal funding opportunities identified, it is necessary for the working groups to develop proposals for consideration as soon as possible. (see below #9) 2. The package of legislation will be modified as discussed and introduced by February 25, 1994. Working groups will be needed to comment on and develop support strategies for the legislation. 3. Acting on the decision that the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project (Corridor) would not establish a new level of government but would coordinate its activities using a 501(c)(3) as a planning, convening and, as needed, a conduit for funding Corridor community based programs, the East Bay Community Foundation has agreed to act as the initial sponsor and fiscal agent. They will assist in reaching out to other foundations to support the Corridor project. Printed on Recycled Paper As discussed the Corridor project will have a Steering Committee co- chaired by the two county administrators, with the membership of the City Managers, School Superintendents, Senator Petris, and Assemblymembers Lee and Bates. 4. As of February 10, 1994, Nanette Banks has been released by the City of Berkeley to act as staff for the East Bay Community Foundation on the Public Safety Corridor Project. She can be reached temporarily at 510/428-1423, FAX 510/428-1599 5. Regarding possible Corridor expansion; the Mayors and City Managers of Hercules, Pinole (cities that belong to the West Contra Costa Unified School District), and the Cities and Unified School Districts of Alameda and San Leandro have received information about the Corridor and have been invited to join our efforts. The San Lorenzo School Board has also been sent information. (San Lorenzo is an unincorporated community between San Leandro and Oakland.) At the request of the Mayor of Hayward, information has been provided to them about the Corridor. If they wish to join they will discuss it with the Hayward School Board. Both the City Council and School Board must pass formal resolutions in order for a community to become a full member of the Corridor. The Corridor's founding cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and Richmond and the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa are supporting the 501(c)(3) with a contributions of$10,000 each. All new cities are expected to contribute at least $3,000 upon joining the Corridor. (Initially, it was decided that school districts would not be requested to make a financial contribution.) 6. The Convener has discussed the Corridor project with all the elected State and County representatives in the possible expansion areas. They all expressed enthusiasm and willingness to support the Action Plan. 7. Congressman Stark has been sent Corridor information and will be briefed and asked for assistance. 8. Communities wishing to join will have until March 17, 1994, Saint Patrick's Day, to take formal action. (Saint Patrick, you will recall, drove the snakes from Ireland. We have some modern day snake- driving to do ourselves). 2 If all the communities decide to join, the Corridor will extend from Crockett (Carquinez Bridge) through the City of Hayward. The Corridor will be an unprecedented cooperative arrangement by connecting the following levels of government: 2 counties 12 cities 6 unincorporated communities 9 school districts 3 community college districts 2 transportation districts 1 regional park district After March 17th, Assembly Bill 1640, legislation defining the Corridor will be amended to reflect the inclusion of any new cities. No further additions to the Corridor area are planned. .9. It is suggested that working groups be appointed immediately to accomplish the following: a) Determine the demographic/statistical base of the Corridor. b) Apply for a series of linked Enterprise Zones with City and County Development Directors coordinating a job creation element in the proposal. C) Establish the Electronic Highway in the Corridor d) Develop applications for the "Extended Boot Camp" (the Corridor's "First Strike and You're In" policy), other Department of Justice funding possibilities, and assess and upgrade county camps and ranches. e) Develop applications for Department of Education opportunities including: i) School to Work; ii) Goals 2000; iii) Safe Schools; and iv) Integrated Social Services. 3 f) Develop applications for Health and Human Service funding opportunities. g) Develop applications for National Service, Vista Volunteer/Special Volunteer/Foster Grandparent programs; plan coordinated use of work-study students at Corridor colleges and universities. h) Design and implement after-school and weekend youth employment program. i) Design Enhanced Juvenile Correction Program. j) Expand the "Drug Court" concept throughout the Corridor. k) Design and Implement the Return of Non-violent Offenders Pilot Program (State legislation.) 1) Establish a multi jurisdictional law enforcement coordinating group to: i) develop a shared law enforcement and juvenile justice database and a career criminal tracking system; ii) establish a single regional crime laboratory; iii) develop a multi-city gang suppression program; and iv) identify and coordinate action to address all Corridor "hot spots." m) Convene a task force of educators and child development specialists to develop programs for the following purposes: i) dispute resolution; ii) multicultural awareness; iii) violence prevention; and iv) drug/alcohol education in every primary school. 4 n) Develop and implement an aggressive outreach program to give information and get ideas and feedback from: i) young people; ii) businesses; iii) labor; iv) foundations; V) community-based organizations; vi) teachers; vii) churches and religious leaders; and viii) citizen community stakeholder - a meeting in every public school that shares our progress to date and breaks into small groups to solicit ideas for implementation. 5 3/14/94 B) Other Actions needed to Implement the Corridor Vision 1. On February 22, 23, and 24, a delegation of State Legislators will be in Washington DC. The White House is arranging visits with the Departments of Justice, Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, and White House experts who work in these policy areas. The Department of Justice has not yet approved the Community Policing grants of Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond. Letters of support have been sent by Senator Petris and Assemblymembers Lee and Bates. 2. On February 25, an important Enterprise Zone Applicant Briefing will take place in Los Angeles. We are exploring the possibility of establishing a series of linked Enterprise Zones in the Corridor. Tom Bates will organize a delegation to go to L.A. 'to represent the Corridor. (If you can go please contact Nanette Banks.) 3. The Regional Directors of the U.S. Departments of Justice, Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, ACTION, and the Small Business Bureau will be briefed and asked to participate on the Corridor Task Force, as soon as possible. 4. The Governor and key legislative leaders will also be briefed on Corridor activities, emphasizing the historic nature of the undertaking and inviting state participation. 5. Develop a database on the incidence and costs of indicators of crime and violence including teen pregnancy, emergency room visits related to violence, and school drop-outs. Develop programs to cut these indicators in half to present to the entire Task Force for discussion. 6. Going public: we need an evaluation plan, and a plan for sharing our experience with other areas and with the public. If we succeed in cutting crime and violence, it will be of major importance to the nation; both in terms of public policy, as an example of "reinventing government", and as a symbol of hope -- an indication that government can work and that social problems can be solved. 7. Please contact Nanette Banks (510) 428-1423 with suggested additions and changes to the workplan. 17:00 6 . .2.1 EAST BAY PUBLIC SAFETY CORRIDOR PROJECT MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project is to improve the quality of life of the residents of the corridor and to accomplish this by empowering the residents to create a safer, healthier, and more economically viable environment in which to live and raise their families. GOALS: This mission is going to be accomplished by focussing on the following goals.: ♦ Training and inspiring the residents of the project area to take charge of their own community, help them learn how to solve their problems and• empower them to transform their community into the type of place they want to live and raise their families. ♦ Intensifying prevention efforts in areas such as health care and substance abuse. ♦ Improving. the quality and level of education in the corridor. ♦ Improving the level of employment in the corridor. ♦ Increasing the availability of recreation services to residents in the corridor. ♦ Increasing 'the availability, quality and affordability of child care in the corridor. ♦ Improving the general level of health of the residents in the corridor. ♦ Improving the physical environment in which the residents of the corridor live. METHODOLOGY: The East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project believes that its efforts can only be successful by preventing problems from occurring, rather than treating the symptoms after a problem has manifested itself. This means that the Project's emphasis must be to deal with children and their parents at the earliest possible age and to deal with the entire family, rather than the behavior of one individual. This also means that such typically disparate services as Public Health, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Welfare, Child Protective Services, Juvenile Probation, Police, the Schools, Environmental Health, Building Inspection, Planning, District Attorney and the Courts have to work together and see that each has a role to play in helping the community to heal itself. The Project will only succeed by helping the residents of the community to take charge of their own community, make it 'what they want it to be and keep it that way. Government agencies by themselves cannot be the only ones committed to change. If so, as soon as the government agencies leave a community, the community will return to the same condition it was before their intervention. It is only when the individual members of the community decide that change is needed that there is any chance that the change will be permanent. In this case, government resources can be brought to bear on the community in defined ways for a specified period of time. The community members can be taught how to improve their own community. Then, when the government agencies leave, the community leaders can keep the process in place. MEASURABLE OUTCOMES: The East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project will demonstrate its success by achieving agreed-upon outcomes in these areas: ✓ A decrease in the level of teenage pregnancy. ✓ A decrease in the level of school drop-outs. ✓ A decrease in the proportion of the population that is on welfare. ✓ A decrease in the unemployment level. ✓ A decrease in the number of arrests for serious crimes, such as murder, rape, armed robbery, burglary, drive-by shootings, and drug sales (an actual increase in the number of arrests can be expected initially) . ✓ A decrease in the homicide rate. ✓ A decrease in the number of children who do not have their inoculations . ✓ A decrease in the number of complaints received regarding building, zoning and litter violations. STRUCTURE: The East Bay Public Safety Corridor Project will operate through a Steering Committee and four subcommittees: ■ Education Committee ■ Law Enforcement Committee ■ Juvenile Diversion Committee ■ Environmental Improvement Committee Prepared by the Contra Costa County Administrator's Office - March, 1994.