03/19/2013
Please see the agenda for Law Enforcement Day: Friday, March 29th--we hope to see most of you there!!!
Youth Leadership Greenville Class 7
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT DAY
Friday, March 29, 2013
Purpose: To learn how our local law enforcement and local government work. See our law enforcement and local government in action.
Note: we are going to be outside during the morning session on this day so please dress appropriately with comfortable walking shoes.
8:00 – 8:30 Welcome and Continental breakfast at the Chamber
8:30 – 9:00 Travel to Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Training Facility
9:00 – 10:15 Introduction and Tour of the GCSO Training Facility
• K-9 Demo, Lt. Tommy McConell
• Fire Arm Demonstration, Lt. Tommy McConell
10:15 – 11:00 Gang Awareness, Investigator Dustin Woodall
11:00 – 12:00 Lunch and Learn
• Internet Safety, Investigator Mike Rainey
12:00 – 12:45 Travel to Greenville City Hall
12:45 – 1:30 Meet and Greet, City Councilman Amy Doyle
1:30 – 1:45 Overview and Role of Greenville City Council, Camilla Pitman, City Clerk
1:45 – 3:00 Mock City Council Meeting (Broke Koonce)
Introduction of a local policy issue: food trucks permitting
• Divide into groups and prepare for a council meeting
• Council meeting
• Questions and discussion
3:00 Travel back to the Chamber
Planning group session assistants:
• Morning session: Jamario Twitty
• Afternoon session: Sandra Yudice
City Council Mock Session
Role Playing Scenarios
Policy issue:
• Food Truck Revolution: To Permit or Not to Permit.
Instructions:
• Prior to the session:
o Read the editorial Give food trucks a place in city (The Greenville News, 3/12/2013).
o Read the editorial Chicago deserves better rules on food trucks (ChicagoBusiness.com, 5/10/2012).
o Read the Food truck freedom: How to build better food-truck laws in your city – Executive Summary (Full report may be found at http://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/economic_liberty/vending/foodtruckfreedom.pdf)
o Develop your own arguments in favor and against of the food truck policy issue.
• The class will be divided in groups for role playing as noted below.
Role playing:
• Five city council members
o Mayor
Preside the council meeting.
o City council members:
At large city council member (represents all city residents).
Three members representing districts 1, 2, and 3.
• Consultants
o City hired consultant to research and make recommendations to city council.
o Discuss benefits and disadvantages.
o Make recommendation.
• SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC)
o Discuss health and food regulations, trash generated, etc.
• Food truck business owners
o Argue in favor of adopting policy issuing permits.
o Request city council to approve issuing permits.
• Downtown restaurant owners
o Argue against adopting policy to issue permits.
o Request city council not to approve permits or restrict food trucks in Downtown.
• City staff: policy chief, city attorney, city manager
o Concerns: public safety, traffic congestion, potential law suits for passing restrictive ordinances, enforcement costs, etc.
• Residents
o In favor and against (arguments: noise, pollution, traffic congestion, business opportunities, public health, trash, entrepreneurial freedom, existing business concerns, etc.)
