1. Proposal for Alcohol Impact Area for North Portland

2. Requested by: Neighborhood associations St. Johns business owners Individuals Business associations

3. According to 30 local business owners in St. Johns “We, as St. Johns business owners, encourage you [North Precinct Commander] to take aggressive action to curb street drinking in the St. Johns community. Street drinking and the criminal behavior associated with it negatively impact the business environment of St. Johns.”

4. According to 30 local business owners in St. Johns “The negative effects of street drinking in St. Johns include but are not limited to: –Aggressive “panhandling” of customers –Verbal harassment and/or intimidation of customers –Alcohol-related street litter –Public intoxication and drunken behavior –Public urination and defecation”

5. According to 30 local business owners in St. Johns “While we have noted some reductions in these behaviors, current activities remain at an unacceptable level. We encourage the North Precinct to cooperate with other government agencies to take appropriate steps to further reduce street drinking in St. Johns.”

6. As requested PPB ONI DA Business owners Neighborhood associations and others Worked together And ask city council to request an alcohol impact area in north Portland

7. This is Community policing Community prosecution

8. Authority comes from Oregon Administrative Rule 845-005-0303

9. 1. No single container sales of packaged beer or malt liquor containing 5.8% or more alcohol by volume in amounts less than 16 fluid ounces, except in quantities of six or more. 2. No sales of packaged beer or malt liquor containing 5.8% or more alcohol by volume in amounts 16 ounces or more. 3. No sales of packaged fortified wine containing more than 13.8% alcohol by volume. Proposed Restrictions

10. Six packs of 12 ounce bottles are OK Regular wine is OK Large containers of high alcohol per volume beer/malt liquor and fortified wine are not

11. Proposed AIA / including St. Johns area hotspot

14. AIA History 1980’s winos in Old Town Old Town community and PPB collaborate 1986 city council restricted fortified wine sales in Old Town and OLCC complied –By 1987 the restrictions had reduced: Disorderly conduct Litter Vandalism Other criminal activity

15. AIA History 1987 city council recommends permanent restrictions Street drinkers switched to other kinds of alcohol, including cheap unfortified wine and 32 and 40 ounce beer and malt liquor In 1992 six retailers restricted the sales of these in downtown and central eastside –the liquor industry marketed 22 ounce products

16. AIA History Within one year these six retailers noticed less litter, panhandling and disruptive behavior and fewer customer complaints 1993 city council was recommending restrictions on all retailers in the area and 40 retailers voluntarily restricted >16 oz. beer and malt liquor By 1994 detox < 20% Drinking in public < 60%

17. AIA History 1995 OLCC adopts AIA Administrative Rule 1999 Washington Liquor Control Board adopts Portland Model AIA that it notes was somewhat successful in its voluntary approach 2001 Tacoma, WA adopts an AIA 2003 Seattle, WA adopts an AIA

18. OAR Requirements: Generally

19. 1. A petition for rulemaking from the Portland City Council

20. 2. Cooperation to voluntarily address the problem. 9-11-01 public meeting 10-9-01 public meeting 1-10-02 public meeting 2-10-02 public meeting

21. No voluntary plan reached due to the “level playing field argument.” This happened in Old Town This happened in Seattle Addressed in expanded area

22. 3. Documentation of the problem:

23. Street drinking and detox reports are up in North Precinct

24. WITH TRENDLINE - BASED ON DATA ONHAND AS OF 08/06/04 BY OFFICER JOHN LAWS

25. Almost half of the North Precinct reports are in the proposed area

27. Street drinking and detox reports are down in the rest of the city

29. Beer / malt liquor is the street drinking alcohol of choice in North Precinct

30. PROPOSED ALCOHOL IMPACT AREA STREET DRINKING / DETOX BY TYPE OF ALCOHOL IN 2004 Based on data on hand as of 12/21/2004

31. In 2004 containers >16 oz. comprised 84% of those attributed to street drinkers in the proposed area

32. 2004 AIA KNOWN CONTAINER SIZE BASED ON DATA ON HAND AS OF 12/21/2004 BY OFFICER JOHN LAWS

33. AIA 2004 Known Brands

34. AM PM Mini-Mart, 5282 N. Lombard 7-Eleven, 6840 N. Fessenden 7-Eleven, 7330 N. St. Louis 7-Eleven, 6117 N. Lombard B-Mart, 9501 N. Ivanhoe City Food Market, 7240 N. Fessenden Deli Express, 7920 N. Lombard Fred Meyer, 6850 N. Lombard Larson’s Grocery, 8902 N. Wall Lombard-Fortune Mini-Mart, 6221 N. Lombard Lombard Street Market, 4904 N. Lombard Perch Tavern, 7505 N. Lombard Plaid Pantry, 9101 N. Lombard Portway Tavern, 7600 N. Willamette Ranger Tavern, 9520 N. Lombard Safeway, 8330 N. Ivanhoe Shamrock Shopping Center, 8101 N. Fessenden Six Point Inn, 6801 N. Columbia Way Tienda Y Panaderia Santa Cruz II, 8630 N. Lombard 4. A list of the affected businesses

35. 5. Negative affects The proposed restrictions might result in immediate lost revenue to some licensed businesses Possible displacement of chronic public inebriates and illicit street drinkers In Tacoma it was believed that chronic public inebriates went elsewhere to purchase alcohol

36. Negative affects In Tacoma: –Sales for liquor retailers did not show a systemic change as a result of the AIA –The little data available demonstrated increased revenues for the distributors after implementation of the AIA

37. 6. Positive affects In Portland, the initial six retailers who voluntarily restricted sales reported fewer problems with: –Litter –Loitering –Panhandling –Disruptive behavior –Fewer customer complaints

38. Positive affects In Portland: –Detox holds declined 20% the first year and 60% by the third year –Drinking in public declined 40% the first year and remained at that level through the third year –Disorderly conduct dropped 25% by the third year

39. In Tacoma after one year: –Emergency medical services < 35% –Detox admissions < 21% –Liquor in park police calls < 61% –Citizens reported fewer chronic public inebriates and problems –Citizens felt safer and better about their neighborhoods

40. The Tacoma study concluded: “…that the AIA rules have been effective at achieving most of the goals of dealing with the problem of chronic public inebriation. Some of the results are quite strong, especially the reductions in police service calls within the AIA, the decreases in alcohol related emergency medical services incidents and detoxification facility admissions, and the public perceptions of changes in problems associated with chronic public inebriation.”

41. The Tacoma study concluded: “[I]t is probable that the AIA restrictions are just one aspect of an entire community wide effort to deal with chronic public inebriation. Putting the AIA restrictions in place strengthened the community wide efforts and gave others more motivation to deal with the problem of chronic public inebriation.”

42. Community-wide improvement efforts enhanced by AIA PDC store front improvements program utilized in the St. Johns community Jazz Festival Lombard Plan Art in the Window Tree planting Neighborhood Assoc. community improvements St. Johns foot patrol Police enforcement of transient camps North Portland trespass agreement / exclusions Community court

43. Support for alcohol restrictions Neighborhood Associations St. Johns Community Association of Portsmouth Arbor Lodge Kenton University Park Cathedral Park

44. Support for alcohol restrictions Others North Portland Business Association Caring Community of North Portland Portland Public Schools Prevention Office James John School

45. Support for alcohol restrictions Business Owners Kitsch-N-Stitch Wright Bros. Glass Instant Labor Crouchly Plumbing Jower’s Inc. (work boots and clothes) Companion Pet Clinic

46. Support for alcohol restrictions Business Owners Paperbacks. Etc. Dr. Mellum (dental clinic) Baxter Auto Parts Peninsula Haircutting Timmco, Inc. Pattie’s Clothing and Home Plate It’s A Dog’s Life

47. Support for aggressive actions to curb street drinking Super Burrito LTL Smokeshop Barber Shop Bridge City systems Rainndog Café Vinni’s Pizza Murphy Beds NW

48. Support for aggressive actions to curb street drinking Adam’s Bargain Outlet St. John’s Discount Market Rainbow Curio Co.* Lund Electronics* Kokiyo Teriyaki* One Love Records* *moved

49. Conclusion Then Sgt. Greg Hendricks noted of the Old Town experience: –“Retailers had consistently resisted accepting any responsibility on how the sale of alcoholic beverages could negatively impact a neighborhood. Lobbyists from the liquor and retail industry attempted to pressure the city council into not supporting the partnership.”

50. Conclusion But alcohol restrictions were effective in the Old Town area An AIA was effective in Tacoma, WA St. Johns area citizens have requested an AIA An AIA will enhance their efforts to improve their community

54. WITH TRENDLINE - BASED ON DVD DATA ONHAND AS OF 04/23/04 BY OFFICER JOHN LAWS

55. BEER MALT LIQUOR BRANDS FOR STREET DRINKERS in the City of Portland for 2003

56. 6. Positive affects Per a comprehensive study by the Trinity College: –Society spends on average $7.32 for every $1.09 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor sold.

57. Positive affects Other finding from the Trinity study: –High-potency alcoholic beverages known as fortified alcohol have been the hallmark of urban package stores for decades. – –[T]hey have become a favorite of low-income alcoholics and youths. – –Malt liquor is made in the same way as regular beer, with the one big exception that extra alcohol is added to increase potency. … The average price of a malt liquor 40 is one dollar and nine cents. For one dollar you get about seven regular beers. –

58. Positive affects –High alcohol content causes people to get very drunk, and may also cause people to develop an addiction much faster. Treatment experts claim that fortified alcohol promotes addiction, misery, and homelessness. –Many would argue that a police officer's job is to deal with problems such as public drinking. … [W]e make the assumption that the time police officers spend dealing with problems caused by fortified alcohol is a cost to society because they could have been dealing with something more important and not caused by fortified alcohol.

59. Positive affects The study concluded: –Fortified alcohol is nasty stuff that has numerous costs to society. It kills people and has repercussions that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer’s money to fix.