PSC Agenda packet 3.10.11CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
March 10,
p.
7:00 p.m..
Cupertino City Hall
C U P E RT I N O Conference Room C
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ROLL CALL
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the commissions on issues
that are not already included in the regular Order of Business. Speakers are limited to three
minutes.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes from February 10, 2011
OLD BUSINESS
1. Discussion of Walk/Bike/Carpool (WBC) to School project ongoing. (Nguyen)
2. Boltage Program progress/updates (Pow)
3. Report on surveys to schools (Lee/Nguyen)
4. Discuss progress on participation in Alert SCC program (Huang)
NEW BUSINESS
REPORTS
Santa Clara County Fire District
Santa Clara County Sheriff
Commissioner's Reports
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, February 10, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
(No audio available)
I. CALL TO ORDER
Commissioner Tamara Pow called to order the regular meeting of the Cupertino Public
Safety Commission at 7:03 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2011 in the Cupertino City Hall,
10300 Torre Avenue, Conference Room A, Cupertino, California 95014.
II. ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present: Tamara Pow
Andy Huang
Craig Lee
Daniel Nguyen
Nina Daruwalla
Commissioners Absent: N/A
Staff Present: Captain Carl Neusel, Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office
Battalion Chief Carol Miller, Santa Clara County Fire Department
Staff Absent: N/A
Other Present: N/A
III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There wasere no oral communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
IV. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
I There wasere no written communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: Yes
MOTION: Comm. Lee SECONDED: Comm. Pow 3 to 0
1. January 13, 2011— one change
Page 5, item 5: Comm. Lee to check on how to petition for new side walk
MOTION: Comm. Lee SECONDED: Comm. Nguyen 5 to 0
2. December 9, 2010 — two changes
Page 1, Other Present: Done -> Doan, l s` Fire -> I" Five.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
1. Discussion of Walk/Bike/Carpool (WBC) to School project ongoing (Nguyen)
ACTION: NO
VOTE: NO
MOTION: NO SECONDED: NO, 0 to 0
Comm. Lee questioneds Ceity's WBC expenditure summary of $250 payment to Sedgwick
without known grant request (Action: Capt. Neusel to check), 2009-10 payment of $400 to
MVHS may have been meant forbe Lawson (Action: Capt. Neusel to check),
Comm. Pow reports Teen Comm. is planning double WOW week, March 30 to April 15 (Action
Comm Huang. How was $3,295.07 reimbursed to Teen Comm. in 2010-11 without PSC
approval?).
Comm. Daruwalla reports Garden Gate is planning another event after break in late March, and
grant applications are sent_; Nno messages from Collins.
Comm. Huang reports Lawson delayed January activity to May,
2. Boltage Program at schools and installation/implementation process (Pow)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: NOe SECONDED: NO e 0 to 0
Comm. Pow: Ntto updates this month to Ceommission on the report on the Boltage Program.
Comm. Lee request updates on the web site, end of year plan, and potential update on the beeper
tone.
3. Report on surveys to schools and survey form for October (Lee/Nguyen)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: NOe SECONDED: NOe, 0 to 0
Comm. Nguyen observes many schools walk/bike rate at fall season of 2010 seemed to decrease
slightly from 2009 with no apparent reason, and need to collect more data to solidify real trend.
4. Discuss how to increase Cupertino participation in Alert SCC Program (Huang)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: NO SECONDED: NO, 0 to 0
Commissioner Huang reports articles submitted to Cupertino.patch.com, World Jiournal. and
Sing Tao Newspaper to publish AIertSCC; and AIertSCC sign-up rate for Cupertino has almost
doubled since last quarter (886 on Aug. 2010 and 1704 on Jan 2011).
Comm. DaruwallaNi*a will refer reporter from Indian Express and Tri-city newspapers
Comm. Huang to provide 150 cards to Comm. Daruwalla for her newsletter.
Comm. Huang to ask Teen Comm. to add AIertSCC to their F€acebook/Ttwitter link.l
Comm. Huang to request AIertSCC &op -up (when entering / exiting) theat Cupertino city web
site
Comm. Huang to submit articles to high school newsletter,
5. Discussion plan to work with other commissions/liaisons, subcommittees,. etc. (Lee)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: NOe SECONDED: Noe 0 to 0
Comm. Lee : Bike/Ped Comm.'s bike transportation plan is on-line for comment, bike
community friendly application is submitted, draft for suggest route to school is sent to CUSD
for review, and requests copy of Capt. NeUSel's report.
6. Discuss work program (Lee)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: NOe SECONDED: NO Ne 0 to 0
Commissioner Lee updated the commission on the work program.
VII. REPORTS
1. Santa Clara County Fire Department
Battalion Chief Miller reporteds December's $50 total damage for 290 unit response activities and
highlighteds 183 emergency medical services, 22 service calls, 50 good intent calls, 39 false alarm &
false calls; as well as 30 inspections, 38 construction inspections, 12 Flaz. Mat. inspections and 63 plan
reviews.
2. Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office
Captain Neusel reported& January response status of 5 priority 1 calls (avg. 3.04 min.), 397 priority 2 calls
(avg. 6.07 min.), 405 priority 3 calls (avg. 9.42 min.); with small increase in robbery, residential burglary,
grand and identity theft, while small decrease in auto theft, vandalism, commercial and vehicle burglary
for 2010. Iniury aAccidentsinjtti�y has dropped 50% from 14 in January of 2010 to 7 in January of 2011
as a result of increased enforcement& in moving violations (from 512 to 823), speeding (from 92 to 149),
and other citations (from 460 to 750). Capt. Neusel provided ten years analysis for city of Cupertino and
Saratoga in support of his amplified traffic effort that increased enforcement hastwe successfully lead to
significant improvements in public safety.
3. Commission Report
Comm. Pow: reports the highlights of Mayor's monthly commission meeting, Bike/Ped review
accident map; Fine Arts status for the Fall Fest.; Tech Comm. has 2 new members and working
on cell tower, tax on phone bill, free charge stations for vehicle, and review phone/legacy tech
expenses; Library Comm. reports 3 million circulation, parking around library, and safety for
crosswalk on Torre Ave. (temp. trailer to monitor speed is good; Capt. Neusel to discuss with
David Stillman regarding additional safety such as crosswalk flash lights; Comm. Lee suggests
crosswalk white paint and coordinate with Bike/Ped Comm.); Planning Comm. has 2 new
members; Peter, Chair of Tech Comm, requests traffic accident data at Stevens CreelBubb's
double right turn lane to Stevens CreekSS; Mayor Wong is interested in new ideas for crossing
guards, and Public Safety Comm. should report once a year to the council (Capt. Neusel to
discuss with Mr. Knapp on council schedule).
Comm. Huang : no report
Comm. Nguyen: no report
Comm. Daruwalla: no report
IX. FUTURE AGENDA FOR NEXT REGULAR MEETING
1. Walk/Bike/Carpool to School Project
2. Boltage Program
3. School Survey
4. AlertSCC
X. ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting adjourned at 8:47 p.m.
XI. NEXT MEETINGS
Next regular meeting is schedule on Thursday, March 10, Conference room C., 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Andy Huang
Public Safety Commissioner