PSC Agenda Packet 06.16.11 I ? r CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
June 16, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall
CUPERTINO 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 May 12, 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, May 12, 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 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 201 1 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: Lt. Don Morrissey, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Lt. Drew Vazquez, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Battalion Chief Daron Pisciotta, Santa Clara County Fire Department
Staff Absent: Captain Carl Neusel, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office (Educational Leave)
Other Present: N/A
III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There was no oral communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
W. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
There was 1 written communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
Written communication to Commissioner Pow from residents Basu/Nadkami resolved by Lt.
Morrissey.
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V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: Yes
MOTION: Comm. Nguyen SECONDED: Comm. Lee 5 to 0
1. March 10, 2011 — Approved as amended 4 changes
On page 2 "Public Works" to "Parks & Recreation ".
On page 3 "Lincoln have" to "Lincoln has"; "the vendors" to "the vendor "; "Comm.
Daruwala" to "Comm. Daruwalla'; "has translated" to "has offered to translate"
VI. OLD BUSINESS
1. Discussion of Walk/Bike /Carpool (WBC) to School project ongoing (Nguyen)
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: Yes
MOTION: Comm. Lee SECONDED: Comm. Nguyen 5 to 0
Comm. Huang reports Lawson Middle School could not complete "Bike One Week" project due
to school calendar and requests to use the grant fund to upgrade bike racks. Comm. Lee, who is
the liaison with Bike /Pad Commission, recalls the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) could
provide bike racks for free. Comm. Nguyen mentions the WBC grant should be used for
incentives and not for capital expenditures. Comm. Lee motions to deny the bike upgrade
request; transfer the bike rack request to Bike /Ped Commission; and request refund of the grant
money which has already been paid.
Comm. Lee notices the Teen Commission presentation to council involves significant sum of
grant fund spending, and he is concerned that spending details are unknown to Public Safety
Commission (PSC).
Comm. Lee notices a resident proposes a web -based (pilot) carpool program at the last City
Council meeting. Lt. Morrissey attended a follow -up meeting with John Bartas (the creator of
the web - site), Mark Linder from the City of Cupertino and Monta Vista High School Principal
April Scott on this proposal, and expressed concerns with city's potential liability exposure. Lt.
Morrissey's concerns included; background checks of driver's, bullying issues /management,
ADA requirement, privacy issues and damages to vehicles by carpool participants. Comm. Lee
recalls Regnart and Faria Middle Schools have informally connected parents to carpool without
liability issues. Lt. Morrissey highlights these concerns need to be addressed if city were to
consider formally sponsoring this proposal.
Comm Lee reports Bike /Ped Chair William Chan is requesting updates to the school contacts for
safe route to school. Comm. Lee recommends delaying the update until September as contacts
may be changed with the new school year.
2. Boltage Program at schools and installation/implementation process (Pow)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No 0 to 0
Comm. Pow reports no updates from Kennedy and Lincoln Middle Schools.
Comm. Lee suggests evaluation of the progress of the program, its improvements, lessons
learned, and potential needs for the coming school year. Comm. Nguyen volunteers to perform a
preliminary statistic analysis of the participation data to spot any potential improvement for the
program.
3. Report on surveys to schools (Lee/Nguyen)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No 0 to 0
Lt. Morrissey reports the Cupertino School Resource Officers (SRO) have distributed the survey
forms to the schools, and upon collection, he will deliver the data to Comm. Nguyen.
4. Discuss how to increase Cupertino participation in Alert SCC Program (Huang)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: NO SECONDED: NO 0 to 0
Comm. Huang reports holding multiple Personal Emergency Preparedness training at local
churches and received 150 plus residents sign -up which is provided to the County AIertSCC
office to process.
Comm. Huang presented AIertSCC information on FM Radio 96.1/92.3 and KTSF TV Channel
26.
County EOC has also accepted Comm. Huang's recommendation to implement a cell phone
SMS sign -up scheme with the "32075 ".
Comm. Huang reports completion of the PSC's 2010-2011 goal of doubling the AIertSCC sign -
up rate for Cupertino (881 on Aug. 2010 and 2361 on May. 2011). The top three cities are Palo
Alto at 9.2 %, Cupertino at 5.9 %, and Morgan Hill at 5.3 %.
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Comm. Pow suggests establishing the goal of doubling the current sign -up rate for next year,
which would be achieving 12% by Aug. 2012.
Comm. Lee recommended a proactive enrollment campaign with all the schools when the new
school year starts in September. Additionally recommended and revisiting the schools that did
not show interests last year such as CUSD.
VII. REPORTS
L Santa Clara County Fire Department
Battalion Chief Pisciotta reports 6 fire incidents with $29,500 total damage, with 297 unit
response activities and highlights 1 "overheat ", 201 emergency medical services, 5 hazardous
conditions, 13 service calls, 52 good intent calls, and 19 false alarms. Battalion Chief Pisciotta
reports that all responses times are well within contract, county, and national times. Battalion
Chief Pisciotta announces that Ken Kehmna has been appointed as the new County Fire Chief.
No reports on inspections, construction inspections, or plan reviews.
2. Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office
Lt. Morrissey reports status of 8 priority 1 calls with average response time of 3.4 min.
(improvements from 4.7 min.), 374 priority 2 calls (avg. 5.97 min.), 311 priority 3 calls (avg.
9.63 min.); with increase in grand theft and domestic violence, while decrease in commercial
burglary, identity theft, residential and vehicle burglary. There were 9 Driving Under the
Influence arrests (DUIs) and a significant reduction in total accidents as a result of increased
enforcement efforts in moving, speeding violations, and other citations.
3. Commission Report
Comm. Lee updates the Commission on the work program.
Comm. Pow updates the Commission on the presentation for May 17 Council meeting.
Comm. Lee updates the commission that Bike/Ped Commission reported the city received bronze
level Bicycle Friendly Community status from the League of American Bicyclists. Comm. Lee
riotices City Council has some items on its next meeting agenda that he feels should be discussed
at /by PSC. Comm. Pow responds stating all formal requests of new PSC agenda items will be
considered in concert with the city, similar to all previous agenda item requests.
Comm. Daruwalla reports the highlights of Mayor's monthly commission meeting, such as the
Library Commission working on the book sales due to State budget cut and County charging an
$80 annual fee per library card for anyone who lives outside the Santa Clara service district in
July 1 The Planning Commission is working with TJ Maxx to place a TJ Maxx Homewood's
Store in the empty Mervyn's space in the Cupertino Crossroads shopping center. Tech
Commission continues to work on reducing City's expenditures via energy efficient lighting.
Teen Commission completing the double.Walk One Week (WOW week) campaign. Bike /Pad
Commission working on making the City more bike friendly. Finally, Mayor Wong is joining
the Hsinchu sister city trip and cancelling his trip to Toyokawa Japan, (Cupertino's sister city)
due to the earthquake and tsunami.
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 9:00 p.m.
XI. NEXT MEETINGS
Next regular meeting is cancelled and a special meeting is scheduled on Thursday, June 16,
Conference room D. 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Andy Huang
Public Safety Commissioner
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