PSC 06.16.11 CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, June 1.6, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room C
(No Audio available)
I. CALL TO ORDER
Commissioner Tamara Pow called to order the regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety
Commission at 7:09 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2011 in the Cupertino City I -hall, 10300 Torre
Avenue, Conference Room C, 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 Daron Pisciotta, Santa Clara County Fire Department
Staff Absent: N/A
Other Present: N/A
III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were no oral communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
IV. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
There were no written communications to discuss at this regular meeting.
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: Yes
MOTION: Comm. Lee SECONDED: Comm. Nguyen VOTE: 5 to 0
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1. May 11, 2011 — Approved as amended 1 change
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VI. OLD BUSINESS
1. Discussion of Walk /Bike /Carpool (WBC) to School project ongoing (Nguyen)
ACTION: Yes
VO'L'E: Yes
MOTION: Comm. Pow SECONDED: Comm. Nguyen VOTE: 5 to 0
Comm. Pow received grant request from Eaton elementary for the WOW week for the sum of
$345.16 and recommends approval.
Comm. Huang requested Ms. Beena Menon of Lawson to refund the unused portion of the grant
money. Capt. Neusel reports he has received the check from Lawson for the sum of $830.72
Comm. Lee reminds the commission on the lack of Teen Comm. presentation to PSC on the
details of WOW spending, and Comm. Huang will request it again when Teen Comm.
reconvenes in September.
Comm. Pow requests commissioners to consider new ideas to promote the WBC program, such
as incentive for more effective proposals.
Comm. Daruwalla reports one of the item at Mayor's meeting was that council will consider
final budget amendments /proposals for city budget by next Tuesday, and requests commissioners
to review if current WBC budget is adequate. Comm. Lee reports the current spending and
remaining budget based on the work program report. Comm. Nguyen feels current budget is
adequate, and Comm. Pow also agrees unless new ideas are introduced.
Comm. Lee requests Capt. Neusel to provide an update of the current WBC spending, including
the Teen Comm. spending details, from the city.
2. Boltagc Program at schools and installation/implementation process (Pow)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Pow reports no updates from Kennedy and Lincoln.
Comm. Lee suggests Comm. Nguyen to obtain direct login access so he could perform detail
analysis. Comm. Pow agrees and will contact Lesley or David for the login access.
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3. Report on surveys to schools (Lee/Nguyen)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Nguyen reports receipt of the school's survey data from the SRO, and highlights Garden
Gate has. provided data (thanks to Comm. Daruwalla's encouragement) but no data received from
Hyde Middle school and Sedgwick Elementary school.
4. Discuss how to increase Cupertino participation in Alert SCC Program (Huang)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: YES
MOTION: Comm. Lee SECONDED: Comm. Daruwalla VOTE: 5 to 0
Comm. Huang reports holding meeting with Monta Vista high school teacher and will work with
student leaders in the coming school year to take advantage of the newly implemented cell phone
SMS sign -up scheme with the "32075 ".
Comm. Huang would like to propose to the city council on 6/21 meeting for a AlertSCC budget
of $15k to involve all 14 Cupertino schools on the signup of AlertSCC. A $lk budget will be
allocated to each school for top performers and $1 k for the top school among the 14 schools.
VII. REPORTS
1. Santa Clara County Fire Department
There was no report due to temporary IT issue.
2. Santa Clara County Sherill's Office
Cpt. Neusel reports response status of 7 priority 1 calls with average response time of 3 min. 370
priority 2 calls (avg. 6 min.), 311 priority 3 calls (avg. 10 min.); with increase in burglary vehicle,
auto theft and vandalism while decrease in sex crime, grand theft, and identity theft. He
highlights vehicle burglary in Elephant Bar parking lot which typically peaks at 6 -8pm on
Wednesday and Friday nights has significantly decreased due to increased patrol activity and
employee awareness. He also provides explanation for the sudden increase of sex crimes in
March /April were primarily due to underage consensual sex, indecent exposures, and late reports
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for crimes dated back to 1966 and 2005. There are 15 DUIs and significant reduction in total
accidents as a result of increased enforcements in moving violations, speeding, and other
citations such as cell phone usage.
3. Commission Report
Comm. Lee updates the commission on the work program.
Comm. Pow updates the commission on the success of presentation for May 17` Council
meeting and requests commissioners to consider new ideas for WBC.
Comm. Lce updates the commission on Bike /Ped Comm. May 18 meeting when Lawson's bike
rack request were discussed. Bike /Ped Comm. is aware of the Lawson's current bike rack issue
due to lack of adequate spacing and the design of rack placement. Bike /Ped Comm. will work
with Lawson to address these issues.
Comm. Daruwalla reports the highlights of Mayor's bi- monthly commission meeting, such as
City council 6/21 meeting will consider budget amendment /proposals, the Library Comm.
working on poet laureate; Planning Comm. Tech Comm. and Teen Comm. did not report due to
time constraint.
Comm. Lee updates the commission that city council meeting on June 7 announced a new
crossing guard contract with Crossing Guard Services (with references from Davis and Concord)
replacing current All City Management for the cost of $118K (a 10% lower bid) on July
Comm. Lee suggests Capt. Neuscl to obtain CGS's contact info from the city, and Conran.
Nguyen agrees to look into more details with CGS. Comm. Daruwalla mentioned she has
volunteered for six years at Garden Gate, and highlights the video that was videotaped by Capt.
Neuscl and edited by his daughter. Capt. Neuscl reminds the commission that Santa Clara
County would not approve Sheriff's office to train crossing guards due to liability concerns.
Comm. Huang requests data of EMS response time with the incoming of a new contractor Rural
Metro replacing AMR.
Comm. Nguyen: no report
IX. FUTURE AGENDA FOR NEXT REGULAR MEETING
1. Walk/Bike/Carpool to School Project
2. Boltage Program
3. School Survey
4. AlertSCC
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X. ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
XI. NEXT MEETINGS
Next regular meeting is scheduled on Thursday. July 14. 2011, conference room A. 7:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Andy Huang
Public Safety Commissioner
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