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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />02/OS/10 <br />Council Date: <br />Police <br />Chief Bob Hundley <br />13. <br />03/22/10 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Not an action item - first reading. [IF THE SUPERMAJOR[TY RULE IS INVOKED: Move to approve an <br />ordinance to continue Chapter 21, Article III of the Code of Ordinances.] <br />POLICY ISSUE~S~: <br />Required sunset review. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Arricle III Secrion 21-51 establishes a curfew for children known as the "Curfew Ordinance." In section 21- <br />59, every three years the ordinance requires a review to assess the effect of the ordinance on the community <br />and the problems it was meant to remedy, conduct public hearings on the need to continue the curfew, and <br />finally abolish, continue, ox modify the curfew. The table below details Police Department and Municipal <br />Court statistics with the curfew ovex the last three years: <br />Juvenile Disturbances <br />Year Violation Notices Cases Filed 2200-0500 hrs <br />2007 24 6 163 <br />2008 28 1 151 <br />2009 4 0 93 <br />Total 56 7 407 <br />Because of the curfew's positive impact on juvenile disturbances, staff recommends continuance of the <br />ordinance without any changes. <br />BOARD~COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Ordinance; Texas Local Government Code Sec. 370.002 <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$ <br />❑ Department Report ~ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />~ Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />❑ Administration ❑ Ciry Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court ❑ Legal ❑ Library ~ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris ~ Q(.~ ei n~ Revised 2/04/08 <br />a' ^ U J <br />