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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINN
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1 A RESOLUTION CON RNING STATE LEGISLATION REGARDING
2 CRIME PR VENTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
3
4 WHEREAS, violent crimes of all types, including weapons-related crimes, domestic violence, and
5 juvenile crime, have a significant, negative impact on residents and businesses in the City of Saint
6 Paul; and
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8 WHEREAS, there has been an increasing number of weapons-related offenses, domestic violence,
9 and juvenile crime across the nation; and
10
11 WHEREAS, there has also been an increasing number of sexually violent crimes including varying
12 degrees of criminal selcual assault; and
13
14 WHEREAS, this trend towards increasing numbers of weapons-related crimes domestic violence,
15 and juvenile crime is now being seen throughout Minnesota and in Saint Paul; and
16
17 WHEREAS, the proliferation of weapons decreases the safety of public safety officers as well as
18 Saint Paul's neighborhoods and residents; and
19
20 WHEREAS, the increase in domestic violence sexual violence, and juvenile crime has a very
21 negative effect on the City's families, neighborhoods, and schools in the City; and
22
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul supports State legislation,
24 some of which has been introduced or is being developed by Saint Paul legislators, that would
25 increase cities' abilities to combat rising crime rates; and be it
26
27 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City specifically supports such State legislation that will aid cities
28 in their efforts to combat increasing juvenile crime rates including legislation that would:
29 • provide funding for "positive alternative" programs for youth to help keep them away
30 from drugs and crime, such as adult role modelling programs, community service
31 programs, community service programs, and youth apprenticeship programs;
32 • allow law enforcement agencies to photograph repeat juvenile offenders for
33 identification purposes;
34 • allow for locked detention facilities for repeat juvenile offenders involving violent
35 crimes;
36 • certify older juveniles who are repeat violators of weapons crimes as adults for the
37 purposes of sentencing;
38 and be it
39
40 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City supports such State legislation that will aid cities in their
41 efforts to decrease the number of weapons-related crimes including legislation that would:
42 • remove preemptive provisions of State gun control laws allowing cities in the
43 Metropolitan Area to enact stronger gun control requirements than are currently in
44 state statutes such as stronger gun registration requirements;
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2 hours;
3 • set tougher penalties for crimes committed with weapons;
4 • ban the sale, distribution, and possession of military assault weapons as defined in
5 pending federal legislation;
6 and be it
7
8 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City supports such State legislation that will aid cities in their
9 efforts in eliminating domestic violence including legislation that would:
10 • increase funding for Battered Women's Shelters;
11 • increase funding for Victims Witness Advocacy Programs to assist in the prosecution of
12 domestic abuse cases;
13 • create a state-wide education curriculum requirement in schools to help prevent
14 domestic violence and other forms of violence;
15 • provide financial assistance for education in public schools to help prevent domestic
16 violence and other forms of violence through a program similar to the D.A.R.E.
17 program;
18 and be it
19
20 FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City supports such State legislation that will aid cities in their
21 efforts to eliminate criminal sexual assault including legislation that would:
22 • establish a mandatory minimum sentences of 84 months incarceration without the
23 option of probation or early parole for first time offenders committing First Degree
24 Criminal Sexual Assault;
25 • establishing mandatory life sentencing without early probation or parole for repeat
26 offenders committing First Degree Criminal Se�al Assault;
27 • create a separate correctional facility for repeat criminal setcual assault offenders.
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RESOLUTION
ITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
1 A RESOLUTION ONCERNING STATE LEGISLATION REGARDING
2 CRIM$�PREVENTTON AND PUBLIC SAFETY
3
4 WHEREAS, violent crimes of all tyges, including weapons-related crimes, domestic violence, and
5 juvenile crime, have a significant, neg�tive impact on residents and businesses in the City of Saint
6 Paul; and
7
8 WHEREAS, there has been an increasing,number of weapons-related offenses, domestic violence,
9 and juvenile crime across the nation; and `�.
10
11 WHEREAS, there has also been an increasin�,number of se�ally violent crimes including varying
12 degrees of criminal sexual assault; and
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14 WHEREAS, this trend towards increasing numbe� of weapons-related crimes domestic violence,
15 and juvenile crime is now being seen throughout ' esota and in Saint Paul; and
16
17 WHEREAS, the proliferation of weapons decreases t safety of public safety officers as well as
18 Saint Paul's neighborhoods and residents; and
19
20 WHEREAS, the increase in domestic violence sexual viole ce, and juvenile crime has a very
21 negative effect on the City's families, neighborhoods, and sc ools in the City; and
22
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of S int Paul supports legislation by the
24 State of Minnesota that would increase cities' abilities to comb rising crime rates; and be it
25
26 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City specifically supports State egislation that will aid cities in
27 their efforts to combat increasing juvenile crime rates including legi ation that would:
28 • provide funding for "positive altemative" programs for yo�th to help keep them away
29 from drugs and crime, such as adult role modelling programs, community service
30 programs, community service programs, and youth apprenti�ship programs;
31 • allow law enforcement agencies to photograph repeat juverul offenders for
32 identification purposes;
33 • allow for locked detention facilities for repeat juvenile offender involving violent
34 crimes; �
35 • certify older juveniles who are repeat violators of weapons crimes 'as adults for the
36 purposes of sentencing;
37 and be it
38
39 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City supports State legislation that will aid cities in their efforts
40 to decrease the number of weapons-related crimes including legislation that would:
41 • remove preemptive provisions of State gun control laws allowing cities in the
42 Metropolitan Area to enact stronger gun control requirements than are currently in
43 state statutes such as stronger gun registration requirements;
44 • require gun stores to properly secure handguns in safes or vaults during non-business
45 hours;
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2 • ban the sale, distribution, and possession of military assault weapons as defined in
3 pending federal le�slation;
4 and be it `
5
6 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ity supports State legislation that will aid cities in their efforts
7 in eliminating domestic violence incl ing legislation that would:
8 • increase funding for Batte ed Women's Shelters;
9 • increase funding for Victi Witness Advocacy Programs to assist in the prosecution of
10 domestic abuse cases;
11 • create a state-wide education mculum requirement in schools to help prevent
12 domestic violence and other fo of violence;
13 • provide financial assistance for e cation in public schools to help prevent domestic
14 violence and other forms of violen through a program similar to the D.A.R.E.
1S program;
16 and be it ,
17
18 FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City supports State gislation that will aid cities in their efforts to
19 eliminate criminal sexual assault including legislation t t would:
20 • establish a mandatory minimum sentences o 84 months incarceration without the
21 option of probation or early parole for first t e offenders committing First Degree
22 Criminal Se�al Assault;
23 • establishing mandatory life sentencing without rly probation or parole for repeat
24 offenders committing First Degree Criminal Se al Assault;
25 • create a separate correctional facility for repeat c 'minal se�al assault offenders.
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UEPARTMENT/OFFICE/COUNCIL DATE INITIATED �
city counci� 11/25/91 GREEN SHEET �°• 15824
INITIAUDATE INITIAL/DATE
CONTACT PERSON 8 PHONE �DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR �CITV COUNCIL
Councilmember Long x4473 �gg�QN �CITYATTORNEY �CITYCLERK
NUAABER FOR
MUST BE ON COUNCIL AOENDA BY(DATE) ROUTING �BUDGET DIRECTOR �FIN.&MGT.SERVICES DIR.
ORDER �MAYOR(OR ASSISTANn �
TOTAL#OF SIGNATURE PAGES (CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE)
ACTION REQUESTED:
Supporting a series of changes in State law and funding practices that
would help cities with their public safety and crime prevention efforts.
RECOMMENDATIONS:Approve(A)or Reject(R) PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING�UESTIONS:
_ PLANNING COMMISSION _CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION �• Has this person/firm ever worked under a contrect for this depanment?
_CIB COMMITfEE _ YES NO
2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
_STAFF _
YES NO
_ DISTRIC7 COUR7 _ 3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessed by any current city employee?
SUPPOFlTS WHICH COUNCIL OBJECTIVEI YES NO
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to gresn shsst
INITIATINO PROBLEM,ISSUE,OPPORTUNITY(Who,What,When,Where,Why):
Cities are facing rapidly increasing rates of serious crimes and must
search out increasingly aggressive methods to combat them.
ADVANTAGES IFAPPROVED: -
Cities will gain much needed new tools to fight increasing crime rates.
DISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED:
None.
DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPHOVED:
Cities will have increasing difficulty in insuring the safety of their
citizens.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION S COST/REVENUE BUDGETEp(CIRCLE ONE) YES NO
FUNDING SOURCE ACTIVITY NUMBER
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:(EXPLAIN) ��
NOTE: COMPLETE DIRECTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE GREEN SHEET INSTRUCTIONAL
MANUAL AVAILABLE IN THE PURCHASING OFFICE (PHONE NO.298-4225).
ROUTING ORDER:
Below are correct routings for the five most frequent types of documents:
CONTRACTS(assumes authorized budget exists) COUNCIL RESOLUTION (Amend Budgets/Accept. Grants)
1. Outside Agency 1. Department Director
2. Department Director 2. Ciry Attorney
3. Ciry Attorney 3. Budget Director
4. Mayor(for contracts over$15,000) 4. Mayor/Assistant
5. Human Rights(for contracts over$50,000) 5. Ciry Council
6. Finance and Management Services Director 6. Chief Accountant, Finance and Management Services
7. finan�ce Accounting
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS(Budget Revision) COUNCIL RESOLUTION (all others,and Ordinances)
1. Activity Manager 1. Department Director
2. Department Accountant 2. Ciry Attorney
3. Department Director 3. Mayor Assistant
4. Budget Director 4. City Council
5. Ciry Clerk
6. Chief Accountant, Finance and Management Services
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS(all others)
1. Department Director
2. Ciry Attorney
3. Finance and Management Services Director
4. City Clerk
TOTAL NUMBER OF SIGNATURE PAGES
Indicate the#of pages on which signatures are required and paperclip or flag
each of these pages.
ACTION REQUESTED
Describe what the projecUrequest seeks to accomplish in either chronologi-
cal order or order of importance,whichever is most appropriate for the
issue. Do not write complete sentences. Begin each item in your list with
a verb.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Complete if the issue in question has been presented before any body, public
or private.
SUPPORTS WHICH COUNCIL OBJECTIVE?
Indicate which Council objective(s)your projecUrequest supports by listing
the key word(s) (HOUSING, RECREATION, NEIGHBORHOODS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
BUDGET,SEWER SEPARATION). (SEE COMPLETE LIST IN INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL.)
PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS:
This information will be used to determine the citys liability for workers compensation claims,taxes and proper civil service hiring rules.
INITIATING PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTUNITY
Explain the situation or conditions that created a need for your project
or request.
ADVANTAGES IF APPROVED
Indicate whether this is simply an annual budget procedure required by law/
charter or whether there are specific ways in which the City of Saint Paul
and its citizens will benefit from this projecVaction.
DISADVANTAGES IF APPROVED
What negative effects or major changes to existing or past processes might
this projecUrequest produce if it is passed (e.g.,traffic delays, noise,
tax increases or assessments)?To Whom?When?For how long?
DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED
What will be the negative consequences if the promised action is not
approved?Inability to deliver service?Continued high traffic, noise,
accident rate?Loss of revenue?
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Although you must tailor the information you provide here to the issue you
are addressing, in general you must answer two questions: How much is it
going to cost?Who is going to pay?
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Public Safety and Crime Prevention
Briefing Paper
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Background
Local governments across the country are searching for new
measures with which to combat the rising rates in crime they are
experiencing. Many of the measures being considered require
changes in State law to either to give cities greater levels of
authority or greater levels of State funding.
Issue
Juvenile Crime
Various ways to combat the rising rates of crimes committed by
juveniles. These include new or improved measures for prevention
and intervention as well as improved methods for arrest and
prosecution. Methods of intervention and prevention will help
give youth alternatives to drugs and crime. These methods would
include providing funding for "positive alternative" programs for
youth such as adult role modelling programs, community service
programs, community service programs, and youth apprenticeship
programs. Improved methods for arrest and prosecution are needed
to close loopholes in the abilities of law enforcement agencies
to track repeat juvenile offenders, properly secure repeat
juvenile offenders and sentence juvenile offenders in such a way
so as to reflect the serious nature of their crimes. Improved
methods of arrest and prosecution could include allowing law
enforcement agencies to photograph repeat juvenile offenders for
identification purposes, allowing for locked detention facilities
for repeat juvenile offenders involving violent crimes, and
certifying older juveniles who are repeat violators of weapons
crimes as adults for the purposes of sentencing.
Weapons Crime
Additional new methods for combating the rising numbers of
weapons related crimes are needed as well. Cities are hampered
in their efforts to remove deadly weapons from their streets by
State preemptive statutes. Because of this, cities require the
removal of preemptive provisions of State gun control laws so
that cities in the Metropolitan Area may enact stronger gun
control requirements than are currently in state statutes. These
requirements could include stronger gun registration requirements
or a ban on the sale, distribution, and possession of military
assault weapons as defined in pending federal legislation. There
is also a need to reduce the accessibility of firearms to
criminals. To help do this, State legislation that would require
gun stores to properly secure handguns in safes or vaults during
non-business hours is necessary. Finally, tougher penalties for
crimes committed with weapons are needed to help deter criminal
weapon use.
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Public Safety and Crime Prevention
Briefing Paper
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Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is a problem that disrupts the families,
businesses, and schools of the State's cities. Many other forms
of crime have been attributed to the negative impact of domestic
violence. To help protect and treat the victims of domestic
violence, the State needs to increase funding for Battered
Women's Shelters and increase funding for Victims Witness
Advocacy Programs to assist in the prosecution of domestic abuse
cases. To help stop the cycle of domestic violence, the State
needs to create a state-wide education curriculum requirement in
schools to help prevent domestic violence and other forms of
violence and provide financial assistance for education in public
schools to help prevent domestic violence and other forms of
violence through a program similar to the D.A.R.E. program.
These programs will help aid cities' attempts to eliminate
domestic violence and the additional problems it causes.
Criminal Sexual Assault
Finally, the State must assist cities in their efforts to
eliminate criminal sexual violence and aid the victims of this
problem. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the methods
being used to combat criminal sexual violence are terribly
inadequate and do not successfully protect citizens. Many
treatment programs of individuals convicted of criminal sexual
violence have dubious success rates, and many individuals
convicted of criminal sexual violence are released before they
serve their full sentence. These actions indicate to the
community in general, and specifically to those who might commit
criminal sexual violence, that the State does not consider this
type of crime serious enough to prosecute aggressively. To help
eliminate criminal sexual violence, the State must establish a
mandatory minimum sentences of 84 months incarceration without
the option of probation or early parole for first time offenders
committing First Degree Criminal Sexual Assault. It should also
establishing mandatory life sentencing without early probation or
parole for repeat offenders committing First Degree Criminal
Sexual Assault. Finally, it should create a separate
correctional facility for repeat criminal sexual assault
offenders. This steps will remove repeat offenders from the
streets and send a strong signal to those who would commit these
crimes that Minnesota will no longer tolerate their actions.
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Public Safety and Crime Prevention
Briefing Paper
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Recommendations
The State Legislature should take the following steps to aid
cities in their efforts to fight increasing crime rates:
Juvenile Crime Criminal Sexual Violence
• provide funding for • increase funding for
"positive alternative" Battered Women's
programs for youth; Shelters;
• allow law enforcement • increase funding for
agencies to photograph Victims Witness Advocacy
repeat juvenile offenders Programs;
for identification • create a state-wide
purposes; education curriculum
• allow for locked requirement in schools to
detention facilities for help prevent domestic
repeat juvenile offenders violence and other forms
involved in violent of violence;
crimes; • provide financial
• certify older juveniles assistance for education
who are repeat violators in public schools to help
of weapons crimes as prevent domestic violence
adults for the purposes and other forms of
of sentencing; violence through a
program similar to the
D.A.R.E. program;
Weapons Crimes Criminal Sexual Violence
• remove preemptive • establish mandatory
provisions of State gun minimum sentences of 84
control laws allowing months without option of
cities in Metropolitan probation or early parole
Area to enact stronger for first time offenders
gun control requirements; committing First Degree
• require gun stores to Criminal Sexual Assault;
properly secure handguns • establish mandatory life
in safes or vaults during sentencing without early
non-business hours; probation or parole for
• set tougher penalties for repeat offenders
crimes committed with committing First Degree
weapons; Criminal Sexual Assault;
• ban the sale, • create separate
distribution, and correctional facility for
possession of military repeat criminal sexual
assault weapons; assault offenders.
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Initiate PAGE
CSSP {Apprvd by Committee, 9/13/91} . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Property Tax Relief:
Local Government Aid {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . 5
Constitutional Dedication of Sales Tax
(Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . 7
Fiscal Disparities {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91) . . . . . 8
Polluted Lands {Approved by Council, 9/19/91} . . . . . . . 10
MELSA Funding {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . . . . . . 13
Housing Issues {Apprvd by Committee, li/22/91} . . . . . . . 17
HRA Expansion of Powers {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . 24
Substantial Support
Metropolitan Parks/Como Park Dept Service
{Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . 27
URAP {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Public Safety Issues {Apprvd by Committee; 11/22/91j . . . . 34
Maternal Child Health {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . . 39
Parking Tag Income {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . . . . 41
Housing Court {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . . . . . . 43
Photo Cop {No recommendation, lack of quorum, 11/8/91} . . . 45
Metropolitan Transportation Trust Fund
{No recommendation, lack of quorum, 11/8/91} . 47
Immunization Transferability/Medical Records
{Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . 49
Metropolitan State University
{No recommendation, lack of quorum, 11/8/91} . 51
Presidential Primary Funding
{No recommendation, lack of quorum, 11/8/91} . 53
Cultural Tourism/Historical Preservation District
{No recommendation, lack of quorum, 11/8/91} . 55
Monitor
- Health Care Access {Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91} . . . . . 58
Ayd Mill Road tApprvd by Committee, 10/18/91) . . . . . . . 60
Service Charge Definition Change
{Apprvd by Committee, 10/18/91) . . 62