PSC 07.14.11 CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, July 14, 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 7:11 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, 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
Commissioners Absent: Daniel Nguyen
Nina Daruwalla
Staff Present: Captain Carl Neusel, Santa Clara County Sheriff's 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
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VOTE: Yes
MOTION: Comm. Huang SECONDED: Comm. Lee VOTE: 5 to 0
1. June 16, 2011 — Approved as amended 1 change
On page 2 "Comm. Nguyen agrees" to "Comm. Pow agrees ".
VI. OLD BUSINESS
1. Discussion of Walk/Bike /Carpool (WBC) to School project ongoing (Nguyen)
ACTION: Yes
VOTE: No
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Pow requests commissioners to consider new ideas to promote the WBC program, and
Cpt. Neusel suggests a survey of the parents to identify their WBC incentives. Comm. Lee
agrees and suggests survey with the PTA also in order to better understand each school's unique
concerns and requirements (e.g. Lawson needs more bike rack, Hyde concerns with its street
intersections, and Faria has many travelers from far). Comm. Pow recommends to create a PSC
packet for the PTA meeting, including items such as AIertSCC signup and WBC application
form. Comm. Pow will design a sample PTA handout package.
Cpt. Neusel provides the WBC spending update report, and Comm. Lee requests clarification on
the "supplies" item if that were expenses from the Teen. Comm. Cpt. Neusel will discuss with
city hall to clarify.
Comm. Lee reports $30k was added to the Crossing Guards program at last Council meeting and
recommends to request more details (such as adding 3 or 4 more guards, at which street and what
time). Cpt. Neusel is also interested to share his SRO inputs for the new crossing guards, and
will discuss with city hall to obtain more details.
Comm. Lee reports Mayor Wong was talking about the possibility of redirecting WBC's unused
funding at last Council meeting, and recommends Comm. Pow to discuss this with Mayor Wong
at next Mayor's meeting.
2. Boltage Program at schools and installation/implementation process (Pow)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Pow has requests Leslie and David to confirm their continue role as the lead in the
coming school year; to provide data to Comm. Nguyen for analysis, and to share any new WBC
ideas.
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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 is absent from the meeting so the survey report will be presented at next meeting.
4. Discuss how to increase Cupertino participation in Alert SCC Program (Huang)
ACTION: YES
VOTE: NO
MOTION: No SECONDED: No VOTE: 0 to 0
Comm. Huang reports that the 6/21 Council meeting has approved the budget of $15k to involve
all 14 Cupertino schools on the signup of Alert' CC. A $1k budget will be allocated to each
school for top performers and $1k for the top school among the 14 schools. Comm. Huang
recommends a more detail discussion about the date(s) for the event, the procedure to verify the
sign -ups, the prize award program, and the minimum participation level ( -20% to 30 %) in order
to be eligible for the prize. Comm. Pow suggests prizes for the teacher as they will be the main
driver for the students, and Comm. Lee agrees that prizes should be provided to the best
performing students, class teachers, and students who has achieved a baseline level of signup
(such as 20 persons); and the prize for the base lime achievers could be a free ice cream coupon
donated from local stores. Comm. Pow recommends to promote the award program at the
parents night. Comm. Huang suggests to work with a selective school first to verify the award
procedure, and Comm. Lee volunteers to work together to form a proposed procedure at next
meeting.
VII. REPORTS
1. Santa Clara County Fire Department
Battalion Chief Pisciotta reports 14 (13 in May) fire incidents with $64,110 ($491,850 in May)
total damage, with 195 (186 in May) unit response activities and highlights 3 (3 in May) building
fire, 173 (167 in May) emergency medical services, 5 (2 in May) hazardous conditions, 17 (14 in
May) service calls, 47 (31 in May) good intend calls, and 25 (34 in May) false alarms.. In
addition, 195 (186 in May) fire prevention programs (such as construction inspection and
building plan review) and 26 (37 in May) haz mat programs (such as haz mat inspection and
building plan reviews). Battalion Chief Pisciotta mentioned that county has transitioned to the
new Rural Metro for EMS services.
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2. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Cpt. Neusel reports response status of 6 priority 1 calls with average response time of 3.9 min,
397 priority 2 calls (avg. 6.2 min.), 352 priority 3 calls (avg. 9.7 min.); with increase in robbery,
burglary residential / commercial, identity theft and sex crimes, while decrease in grand / auto
theft, and burglary vehicle. He highlights the robbery was due to a suspect resisting lost
prevention's arrest at Sears; sex crimes due to a cut-of-state sex offender failure to unregister at
Sears and an unlawful crab /touch incident at Memorial Park; as well as dramatic vehicle burglary
reduction from 19 in May to 7 in June due to the special effort at Elephant Bar parking lot.
There are 9 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, with
one fatality involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
Captain Neusel mentioned that county comm. are taking advantage of their new EMS predictive
model in order to be proactive in responding to certain areas at certain times of the day, and
could provide a tour of the county comm. for the commissioners.
Cpt. Neusel proposes to have his SRO to provide an update report at the next PSC meeting, and
Comm. Pow recommends to have it added to next month's agenda.
3. Commission Report
Comm. Lee will updates the commission on the work program at next meeting.
Comm. Pow: no report
Comm. Daruwalla: no report.
Comm. Lee: no report.
Comm. Huang: no report
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. AIertSCC
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X. ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
XI. NEXT MEETINGS
Next regular meeting is scheduled on Thursday, Aug. 11, Conference room A., 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Andy Huang
Public Safety Commissioner
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