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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 />9. <br />04/12/10 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Move to approve the continuation of the Paris Children's Curfew Ordinance No. 2007-007 <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Required sunset review. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Article III Section 21-51 establishes a curfew for children known as the "Curfew Ordinance." Section <br />21-59 of the ordinance requires a review every three years to assess the effect of the ordinance on the <br />community and the problems it was meant to remedy, conduct public hearings on the need to continue <br />the curfew, and finally abolish, continue, or modify the curfew. The table below details Police <br />Department and Municipal Court statistics with the curfew over 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 Z Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />yTD Actual <br />$ <br />Z Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />~ Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library E Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />YI ec~~~~~~ <br />